Volume 1 Introduction: Kabuki actor Kataoka Kichiemon is about to have his second child. Kataoka Kichiemon was about to have his second child, a boy named Akira and a girl named Chiaki. The boy born was Akira. Time goes by, and Akira, now a high school student, one day heads for Kyoto on the Shinkansen due to her mother's traffic accident. On the way, she encounters a bullet train accident and loses consciousness. As his consciousness fades, he hears a familiar voice. I can't let you die, Akira....
