Part 1

What if Germany won World War 1? And what if World War 2 was right around the corner?

Watanabe Kazuhiro is an expectant father who's not expecting too much. He has a good life, if a simple one, and the arrival of his firstborn should be more than enough excitement for one day. But luckily for Kazuhiro, a new child is only half the excitement that's waiting for him.

Amidst a Japan that's blossoming into a full-blooded democracy - full of debate, decisions, and freedoms his generation is managing for the first time in his country's history - Kazuhiro seeks the right balance for his own life and that of his family. Will he take an opportunity, even if it costs him everything he's held dear before that day?