Hideo is where Forever Lost at Sea: Ryujin Rises starts and his story is where we find out that maybe there are things in this world that are not really just a part of old stories - they are very, very real!

Hideo is a Japanese whaler who due to the loss of his ship and crew to a creature unknown begins a journey to find out what happened and who he is now. His body has changed as a result of his days floating adrift at sea and he has a yearning to find out the truth that cannot be ignored. A chance meeting with Charles Wickham, who has a yearning of his own to be a reporter and adventurer of renown, brings together two men whose paths would probably never have crossed.

Hideo belongs at sea: it is where he is comfortable. Carrying letters to his beloved wife, Misuami, Hideo will go to the ends of the earth if that is what it takes to find out the truth