Madi Ghafur, a brave junior high school boy, is obsessed with becoming a national karate champion like Diwa, the older brother who died in the tsunami.

Poppy is surprised to find how hard it is to live in Jakarta. She works at a bar owned by Uncle Reno. Luckily, Poppy meets Stella, who teaches her to take care of herself, since she has a nightlife job. Then Poppy meets Nanda, her best friend in junior high school, who is now a heroin junkie. Meanwhile, Stella is about to be sold abroad by her own mother, Prita, to pay off gambling debts. So Stella, Poppy, and Nanda sell every valuable thing they own to raise the cash. In desperation Poppy meets Bono, who proposes to sell her virginity.

Bunga, Kejora, and Arian live on the banks of the Martapura river, Banjarmasin. They have ideals that are held hostage by the wishes and hopes of their parents. Arian, whose father was a kuriding artist, did not want his son to inherit his skills in playing kuriding. Kejora, who dreams of becoming a doctor, is opposed by his father, who is traumatized by a doctor who is thought to have killed his wife during childbirth. Bunga never developed her dancing talent in front of her well-off parents. Diagnosed at birth with cerebral palsy, Bunga's parents killed Bunga's dream of becoming a dancer. Luckily, the three of them met Teacher Sheila who guided them to realize their dreams.

New student Acha falls for Iqbal, a high-achieving student who's torn between love and family pressure.

Imah's boss Danapati rapes her. She tries to hide the fact from her husband Imah, but soon strange things start to happen as people are found dead with holes in their backs. People believe it is the work of the ghost Sundel Bolong.