Japanese

Next door to Chuo TV's offices is "Manhattan," a coffee shop for aficionados. The owner's (Masahiro Matsuoka) passion for coffee is almost a sickness and all he wants is for his customers to enjoy their coffee. He is a man of few words. If he has to say something, he gets his waiter Shinobu Gamo (Takashi Tsukamoto) to speak on his behalf. Owner's real name is unknown. He would prefer to be addressed as the shops' "Master" rather than its owner - not that anyone is aware of this. He gives his all to coffee. Despite his wishes, his regular customers don't really come to taste the coffee. They are there because of love. They use his shop as a place for dates, marriage proposals and break-ups. He doesn't show it, but it saddens him that his customers are so preoccupied with affairs of the heart and not the coffee.

One day, Nobuko Akabane (Kyoko Koizumi) visits his shop. Nobuko, who got caught up in a messy extra-marital affair which resulted in her having to leave her job at a top company, now drives a taxi. She looks anxious, as if she is waiting for someone and leaves the shop without touching her coffee. This happens again the next day. Nobuko had a customer - dance instructor Hideki Bessho (Mitsuhiro Oikawa) - who left his mobile phone in the taxi. Nobuko has made two appointments to meet with Bessho to return the phone, but on both occasions Bessho has failed to show up. One day, she appeared at the coffee shop all dressed up and tipped a cup of coffee over Bessho's head. The master watches developments in Nobuko's love life with great interest. He wants her to enjoy good coffee so decides to help her with her love life. But no sooner has he decided to do this that other love-related troubles begin to emerge. Be it screenwriter Maki Chikura (Aiko Morishita), voice actor Satoshi Doigaki (Suzuki Mastuo), new announcer Shiori Emoto (Wakana Sakai), actor Eiichiro Funakoshi (played by himself) or the waiter Gamo. And even the Master finds himself embroiled in affairs of the heart...

这是一个发生在咖啡馆里的故事。"人因为内心秘密越多，深度就越深，我用累积心中的秘密跟人生的经验，全心全意的调制一杯咖啡。"曼哈顿咖啡馆位于电视台附近，店里来客许多是从事与电视台有关的工作；有肥皂剧的女编剧，有兼舞蹈指导的舞者，有靠着可爱外表却有着怪腔怪调的年轻主播，有配音员，有肥皂剧男主角，有出租车女司机，还有像男又像女的店员，当然，最重要的还有从头到尾全靠表情演戏的店长。曼哈顿咖啡馆的店长，用心的为客人调制每一杯咖啡。然而每一个人进咖啡馆的目的不同，有的人只想坐下休息，有的人只想找个地方聊天，有的人把咖啡馆当作书房，有的人是真的想喝一杯好咖啡。但是，每个客人都有属于他们自己的故事；错综复杂的人际关系、来来去去的爱情关系、谁爱谁， 谁又不爱谁。。。