"Two generations of the Nonezawa family--Asafumi and his wife Shizuka, and Asafumi's grandfather Rentarō and his Malayan lover Saya--are connected across the years by the mysterious Mandala Road, which simultaneously casts Asafumi and Rentarō from their respective ages into a haunting post-apocalyptic world. As becomes apparent, Asafumi, Rentarō, Saya, and Shizuka are all, in their own way, on a private journey to discover and reconcile themselves...