Act 1: Searching

Japan 1999: Every night, from dusk till dawn, the Shuto Expressway is visited by street racers. Speeding in the neighbourhood of 300 km/h, bobbing and weaving through traffic, the allure of racing attracts many who seek to experience its thrill. However, the pursuit of this thrill runs a high risk, and not many people know this fact better than 18-year-old Kyosuke Himekawa, who lost his father in such a racing accident five years ago, but a brush with fate leads him to reunite with his old car. Initially seeking to live a normal life far removed from Shuto's racing scene, Kyosuke resolved to take the plunge. He seeks to not only learn more about his father and what sucked him into this dangerous pastime, but also to find a definitive purpose and direction in his own life.