The story of a young man who has felt since childhood utterly alien from others around him. Since that time he has learned to put on a face to hide his alienation. He feels incapable of belonging to the human society, especially so by society's refusal to take him seriously. He then follows a descent into alcohol, drugs, & suicide ...

数年前，同窗好友日向彻（小栗旬 饰）和朝比奈恒介（井浦新 饰）白手起家创立了IT企业Next Innovation。短短数年后，NI成为最受瞩目的新创公司，年仅29岁的日向也成为个人资产达250亿日元超级单身富豪。与只有初中文凭的日向形成鲜明对比的是，系出东大名门的大四女生夏井真琴（石原里美 饰）在就活战线上饱受创伤，身心疲惫不堪。奇妙的机缘将原本没有任何交集的两人联系在一起，性格存在缺陷的日向和谨慎过度的千寻彼此发生着碰撞，又相互吸引与感动。
现代社会职场中的灰姑娘故事就此上演，而沉着冷静朝比奈和他开朗乐观的妹妹燿子（相武亚季 饰）则见证着这一悲喜交加的现代浪漫故事……