Ame Ni Kieta Himawari

[Machine Translation] Aoi Ishioka, a fifth grader, disappeared in Sakado City, Saitama Prefecture. She was last seen walking alone in a torrential downpour. Only an umbrella was left at the scene. Was she kidnapped, ran away from home, or in an accident? After Aoi's older sister stated that she had been followed by a man at the same place a month earlier, Kenichi Nara of the Prefectural Police's Investigation Section 1 rushed to Sakado City. Aoi's personal belongings found on the train, a group of junior high school students who were said to have been eyeing the girl.... As the information becomes muddled and the family becomes agitated, the investigators are relentless in their pursuit of the truth. False information, fraud, slander, bullying, imitation.... The true nature of human nature is revealed.

埼玉県坂戸市で小学五年の石岡葵が失踪した。最後に目撃されたのは豪雨の中をひとりで歩く姿。現場には傘一本しか残されていなかった。誘拐か、家出か、事故か。葵が一か月前に同じ場所で男につきまとわれたという姉の供述を受け、県警捜査一課の奈良健市も坂戸市に急行した。二転三転する証言、電車内で発見された葵の私物、少女に目を付けていたという中学生グループ...。情報が錯綜し、家族が激しく焦燥に駆られるなか、執念の捜査で真相に迫っていく。虚偽情報、詐欺、誹謗中傷、いじめ、模倣...。露わになる人間の本性。