Watatsumi

[Machine Translation] Masakichi Toda, the president of the NPO Water Human, appears on Amanojima, an inhabited island off the coast of Sanriku that was devastated by the Great East Japan Earthquake. Masakichi Toda, who calls himself the "charismatic figure of reconstruction," establishes a support group on the abandoned island and reigns as its savior, but is suspected of embezzling 420 million yen in reconstruction aid. The money, which was meant to revive the island, has melted away for the personal gain of a single man. Ichiro Kikuchi, a local newspaper reporter, pursues the crime of Touda's desecration of the island and struggles to unravel the mysterious fraud case.

東日本大震災で被災した三陸沖の有人島、天ノ島に現れた、NPO法人「ウォーターヒューマン」代表、遠田政吉。「復興のカリスマ」と豪語する彼は、見捨てられた島に支援隊を立ち上げ、救世主として君臨するが、復興支援金四億二千万円の横領疑惑が発覚する。島を復活させるための命の金が、たったひとりの男の私利私欲のために溶けて消えてしまったのだ。地元出身の新聞記者、菊池一朗は、島を冒涜した遠田の罪を追い、得体の知れない詐欺事件の解明に奔走する。