In an alternate history, an unprecedented natural disaster forces Japan to accept an unconditional surrender to the Sino-American allies after World War II. The country is split up and occupied, radically transforming its people in a matter of years and making the Japanese strangers in their own home. Nevertheless, they united and did whatever it took to survive. In 21st century Japan, aspiring reporter Julie Hayashibara is given an opportunity to interview the mysterious and powerful Jeanne Amakawa to learn the truth of what post-war Japan was really like.