MALICE

The secretary-general of Shoto University, Yohei Kozono, was found assassinated in his home. After Fujimi Police Detective Hoshino Naoto (played by Hayashi Sento) arrived at the scene, he saw the murder scene in the living room and found the shadow of another woman in Kozono, who lived separately from his wife. Kaho Tanimura (Rin Takanashi), a lecturer in the Department of International Sociology at Shoto University, tried every means to make himself known, and started having an improper relationship with Kozono, who has human rights power, six months ago. Xiao Yuan was killed and Xia Fan was arrested as a murderer. On the other hand, journalist Souta Maruyama (Ryuta Sato), who received an anonymous email with unethical information, discovered that someone was trying to manipulate the incident and began investigating on his own. Under this situation, Hoshino felt uncoordinated with the police's investigation policy and believed that Xia Fan was the murderer. Soon he discovered that Xia Fan might have been framed. Detectives, suspects, reporters. The three of them each had their own personal problems, but they formed a cooperative relationship because of their shared interests.