Ichigo no kakera deals with a female manga artist Ichigo Nekoda (Miyazawa), whose career is heading into a downward spiral as she can't reinvent the success of her 12 year old hit the Cherry Road. Now in her early 30's she's become quite fond of alcohol and egoism to some annoyance of her loyal manager Tomoko (Kajiwara), who isn't willing to leave her side even though the financial strains of her client are also becoming her personal burdens. Ichigo still gets greeted by her female fans and willingly signs autographs, but getting praised for work that she's done over a decade ago doesn't digest as smoothly as one would assume. Her on and off man, who happens to also be her editor steers toward the off days more than usual as he also grows tired of Ichigo's uninspired ways. But when the going gets tough, Ichigo heads down to a transvestite bar where she's more than welcomed with words of wisdom and a few hard drinks.

1999年开播的《救命病栋24时》创下高收视后，《救命病栋24时II》于2001年登场。这次虽然换了松雪泰子做女主角，但是整体表现超越第一部。该剧是2001夏季档日剧中收视冠军的作品，也是第30回日剧学院赏受封五项奖的大赢家，这次的系列续集不管在气势或质感，都更胜Part1版。 于是于2002年新春播出“豪华客船内で大事件発生”特别版，反应依然良好。

A Japanese assassin falls in love with the Spanish wine seller she was hired to kill.