A bone-obsessed forensic consultant and a younger assistant investigate the stories behind human and animal remains, with discoveries that keep drawing them toward crime.
Sakurako’s fascination gives her an eye for evidence that others might prefer not to examine. Shotaro helps her pursue cases while trying to keep that curiosity connected to the people involved. The series treats remains as clues with histories, bringing forensic reasoning into investigations that include violence and death.
Shotaro’s presence gives Sakurako’s investigations a companion who has to follow where her specialist curiosity leads. Their movement between ordinary places and unexpected remains makes the relationship useful to the mysteries: evidence is one part of the work, and responding to another person is another.