Struggling comedian Tokunaga meets intense senior comic Kamiya at a festival and asks to become his apprentice. Kamiy...

Kamiya's comedy duo relocates to Tokyo, and he and Tokunaga grow closer. Meanwhile, Sparks gets their first shot at a...

Prospects for Sparks are looking better every day as New Year's approaches. Kamiya moves in with a woman named Maki, ...

Tokunaga and Yamashita juggle part-time jobs and comedy gigs, but when Yamashita is offered a movie role, they both h...

Sparks and Ahondara perform in a variety show where the audience votes for the winner. After the results are announce...

Sparks prepares for the first stand-alone show. Meanwhile, Kamiya's situation with Maki has grown precarious, and he ...

Sparks goes from a radio gig to a spot on a TV comedy contest. Ahondara performs on the show, too, exposing the diffe...

Tokunaga's TV appearances earn him a higher income; they also open a gap between him and Kamiya, whose debts and life...

Plans for a regular spot on a TV show fall through, making Sparks has-beens overnight. Tokunaga wants to keep going, ...

Sparks play one last farewell show and bring the house down. A year later, Tokunaga's real estate job is interrupted ...