1995 Africa Zaire. In the village where Yoko, who graduated from medical school, works, an epidemic of Ebola occurs. While the spread of infection has to be minimized, Yoko and the others are keenly aware of the powerlessness of humans. I think we may be a failure of God... The stage changes to 1501, the Republic of Florence. There was a sculptor who was frustrated because he couldn't get the stone he liked, and his God-like Michelangelo!

Toko, the only daughter of Nonomura Hospital, is a female doctor who has loved gambling since childhood and even gambled with patients' lives. Her childhood friend, Kumi, was being examined by Toko for her chest disease, but she committed suicide because of a lie told by her husband, Eijiro. Angered by learning the truth about her, Touko challenges Nonomura Hospital to a match...

Kobayashi is a probation officer. He works to rehabilitate former prisoners and tries to protect repentant criminals from the risk of re-offending. When he agrees to take responsibility for young Kenji Daitô, accused of murder, obscure memories seem to suddenly come to the surface. The tragedy that surrounds Kobayashi's past could well end up catching up with him...

Cura is a tortured man. A baseball player in decline, he is also dealing with the trials of fatherhood. He is raising his only son alone and his failures on the field are a source of ridicule for the young boy. Riddled with a form of bestiality, Kiura has to juggle his own shortcomings with those of society on a daily basis. Yet his goal is simple: to make his son happy.

Sabani, since his childhood, films everything he sees with a camera tied to his shoulder. A true image hunter, he never misses an opportunity to capture intense moments, even if it means provoking them himself... When he arrives in the town of Enoshima, determined to save a small dilapidated cinema from ruin, it is also to interfere, sometimes with humor, sometimes with gravity, in the daily life of the people of the region, and to push them to finally become actors of their own life.

After eight years in Africa, photo reporter Koutaro Himuro returns to Japan to receive an award. On this occasion, he meets Eriko, his ex-wife. Wishing to introduce their only daughter, Aya, to Africa, Koutaro tries to convince Eriko to let her go with him, without success. A few days later, Eriko tells him that their daughter is nowhere to be found. Only a few pictures remain, strange to say the least... A desperate attempt follows for this father to find his daughter. (Source: Black Box Editions, translated)