Jacques de la Bastide est un jeune avocat pas très doué que sa mère pousse à plaider. Il hérite alors du dossier de trois bandits de pacotille qu'il engage à son service, alors qu'il tombe amoureux de la femme de la bande, la séduisante Catherine. C'est le début de catastrophes et de quiproquos en tout genre... jusqu'au mariage du jeune couple...
Hiroto Miyama is an unconventional young lawyer who dances to his own tune and gets a little obsessive. For one thing, he’s only interested in criminal cases, and he will never give up in his pursuit of the truth even if offers only a 0.1% chance of being discovered. Japan’s 99.9% criminal case conviction rate leads the world, attesting to a “highly reliable” judicial system. In other words, once a crime suspect is indicted, prosecutor arguments tend to be accepted hook, line and sinker. In the face of those 99.9% odds, there’s no money in being a defense lawyer specializing in criminal cases, but for Miyama, that’s where the interest and kernels of truth lie. From unexpected places, the mold-breaking Miyama stakes his reputation on a prayer of a chance as he clashes with hotshot lawyers who’ll go to any lengths to win in this gloriously fun, legal mystery.
