Yutaka Hoshino

One way or another, they've all failed a little, a little sad, and a little crazy - the people who came to see the river.

The setting is 2036. A time not far from now. Professor Akagi of the Artificial Degeneracy Research Institute commits a time crime and declares revenge against humanity. Iseda is determined to rescue Dr. Yoshizumi, trapped inside a time-delay field known as the bobble field. However, due to her selective mutism, Iseda cannot speak whenever she feels stressed. Can Iseda and the people at the institute rescue Dr. Yoshizumi and stop the time crime?

Reporter Uto has a strong sense of justice and hates lies. When he receives news about an alien abducting a university student in Hakui, Ishikawa, aka UFO Town, he begins an investigation to uncover the lies, but is drawn into a swamp of unexplained incidents

Due to the development of self-driving AI, traffic accidents are drastically decreased in 2027. Amane Yonago, a new Prosecutor, is assigned to the Transportation Division. Unhappy with her new job, she decides to indict the self-driving car’s AI which crossed the center line in error and caused an accident. The instant the trial begins, the AI admits that they killed the victim on purpose. Because of this allegation, Amane Yonago must find a way to prove the AI has feelings.