讲述的是一名个人经营进口杂货商店的男子井之头五郎,在工作间隙前往餐馆当中吃饭的场景的故事。作品中登场的餐馆全部都是实际存在的,其中一个重要的特点就在于基本上都是一些大众化的餐馆,只不过作品中并不是单纯地描述食文化,而是着重表现主人公吃饭的场景以及心理描写。
科学家吉姆深信自己解开了宇宙的奥秘,打造出可以穿越时空的机器,他在一次实验中发现一株疑似来自未来的大理花,并遇见拥有相同花朵的美女艾碧。当他越深入大理花的来历,越发觉迷人的艾碧并不单纯,不仅和觊觎时空机器的大老板关系匪浅,还可能让他的毕生研究岌岌可危。吉姆决定穿越时空去挽救一切,没想到过去的问题还没解决,未来的自己却受到牵连,命在旦夕,能够帮他的只有神秘的艾碧⋯⋯。
Based on the novel by Karel Capek, the prominent Czech writer of the early 20th century who coined the word robot for his play R.U.R., the story revolves around a discovery of Krakatit - a powerful explosive - by Prokop, an experimental scientist who, following an accidental explosion in his lab, slips in and out of delirium. When he realises that, in a delirious period, he has given the formula for making Krakatit to one of his colleagues, he tries to find the man, who does not realize how dangerous a thing Krakatit is. In the process, he nearly gives his discovery away again to foreign interests, a group of anarchists, and even greater forces of darkness...