Character Relationship Map: Human Specimens

Characters

• Professor Shiro Sakaki (played by Hidetoshi Nishijima) — protagonist
• Itaru Sakaki (played by Somegoro Ichikawa) — protagonist
• Rumi Ichinose (played by Rie Miyazawa) — supporting
• Anna Ichinose (played by Aoi Ito) — supporting
• Toru Shirase (played by Towa Araki) — supporting
• Hikaru Akabane (played by Jyutaro Yamanaka) — minor
• Sho Ishioka (played by Kodai Kurosaki) — minor
• Ao Fukazawa (played by Leo Matsumoto) — minor
• Dai Kuroiwa (played by Ikuho Akiya) — minor

Key Relationships

• Itaru Sakaki → Dai Kuroiwa (Alliance Fellow Subject)
• Itaru Sakaki → Ao Fukazawa (Alliance Fellow Subject)
• Itaru Sakaki → Sho Ishioka (Alliance Fellow Subject)
• Itaru Sakaki → Hikaru Akabane (Alliance Fellow Subject)
• Itaru Sakaki → Toru Shirase (Alliance Fellow Subject)
• Professor Shiro Sakaki → Rumi Ichinose (Professional Colleague)
• Rumi Ichinose → Anna Ichinose (Family Mother)
• Professor Shiro Sakaki → Itaru Sakaki (Family Father)

Story Analysis

A scientist's unethical experiments on children including his own son

Plot Progression

1. Vanishing Children
2. Shocking Revelation
3. Scientific Fallout
4. Reckoning and Recovery