A man drowning in contamination anxiety meets someone who doesn't treat it like a problem to solve, just a distance to close. The romance doesn't happen after the healing, it IS the healing, every touch a negotiation with fear. By the end you're not watching recovery, you're watching two people choose each other despite what their bodies are screaming.
Shirotani Tadaomi works as secretary to a company president and lives with mysophobia, a fear of germs and contamination. That diagnosis comes from Riku Kurose, a counselor he meets, and afterward Shirotani begins attending Kurose's counseling sessions. The film is a psychological drama with romantic elements, centered on Shirotani and his time in counseling.