The Unlikely Detective

A recently discharged U.S. Marine (Matt Kelly) in the city of Tokyo starts a new life for himself. While enrolled at Sophia University (or Jochi Daigaku) Matt focuses on his passion: kickboxing.

One evening while Kelly is out bar-hopping in the Ginza area of Tokyo, he meets another American who is looking for his missing girlfriend named Mariko. One thing led to another and Kelly decides to help the American look for his girlfriend. Well, this unlikely situation pushes Kelly into a role he never anticipated, as a private detective. As he starts looking for this girlfriend, he falls into several more interesting or should he say dangerous situations that involve counterfeiting, smuggling, North Korean spies, yakuza, a few killings, and an unusual cult.

Along the way, unbeknownst to Kelly, he gets involved with some of the women that work and play in the hostess bars and strip clubs that make up the unusual world of mizu shobai or the night time entertainment business of Japan.