Rumi Hiragi

War photjournalist Yasuyuki Tsukahara married popular manga artist Yuki Sonoda and had children. Because of Yasayuki's drinking problems the couple divorced. Yasuyuki is now coughing up blood, hospitalized, and violent. Even with all of these problems Yasuyuki can't give up drinking alcohol. His family gets tired. Yasuyuki is then hospitalized in an alcoholic ward. There he finds comfort living with other patients and having conversations with doctors. With the help of his family, Yasuyuki recovers mentally and physically, but his body has already paid a heavy toll.

Soichi Negishi, un jeune homme de 23 ans adepte de musique suédoise des plus naïfs, quitte la ferme familiale située dans la préfecture d'Oita pour tenter sa chance à Tokyo. Il va devenir malgré lui leader d'un groupe de death metal : Detroit Metal City. Il va opter pour le pseudonyme de Johannes Krauser II, qui, bien entendu, a une personnalité complètement opposée à celle de Soichi.