Seikoku

[Machine Translation] The son of a big-name TV host turns himself in for the murder of his ex-lover. Akira Kakitani, a female detective of the First Investigation Division, goes in for questioning. However, the suspect confesses to the crime, but refuses to say why he did it. Akira contacts the suspect's family, but they are plagued by online slander. Is it permissible to blame them just because they are the family of the perpetrator? As her own bitter memories come back to her, Akira sticks close to the family and investigates the background of the case. Working together with Murano and others from the Crime Victims Support Division, Akira continues his investigation while battling his unceasing malice toward the perpetrator's family, but the situation soon takes a turn for the worst. Who is responsible for the atonement?

大物司会者の息子が、元恋人を殺害したと出頭。捜査一課の女性刑事・柿谷晶は取り調べに臨む。だが、被疑者は犯行を自供する一方、動機については口を閉ざす。晶は被疑者の家族に接触するが、家族はネット上の誹謗中傷に悩まされていた。加害者の家族だからといって、責めることは許されるのか?自らの苦い記憶が甦る中、家族に張り付き、事件の背景を探る晶。犯罪被害者支援課の村野らと協力しあい、留まることのない加害者家族への悪意と戦いながら捜査を続ける晶だったが、やがて事態は最悪の方向に向かう。贖うべき「咎」は誰のものなのか―。