To address the social crisis, Chiken - a buddhist monk - throws himself into various tasks such as a suicide helpline, in his temple in Yamanashi. In Fukushima, his old mate Ryûgyô - whose temple was wrecked by the tsunami - lives in a portacabin and works on construction sites.

• Kuzoku
• Shuntou Aoyama
• Chiken Kawaguchi
• Shinko Kondo
• Ryugyo Kurashima