A boy sits at a desk drawing, and the film doesn't look away. The animation shifts and breathes around him, growing more intricate as his obsession deepens, collapsing when it breaks him. This is what it costs to want something badly enough to reshape yourself for it, told through a medium that refuses to stay still.

Shinji has loved drawing since early childhood and dreams of becoming a manga artist. In elementary school he befriends Masaru, an odd boy who draws only masked wrestlers, but the two slowly drift apart as they move up through school. Shinji keeps chasing his goal, studies art at university, and moves to Tokyo after his work wins a young artist award. Life in the industry turns out far harder than he imagined, and he grows jaded until he comes across his old friend's work again. The short film is a mockumentary drama, with narration broken up by his mother's monologues, and its drawings mature alongside Shinji, from childish doodles on scrap paper to sketches on proper manga paper.