Shiro Ishida, an emotionally detached high school student, gives up his dream of becoming a writer in favor of a boring programming job after his estranged childhood friend, Keiko, breaks a six-year promise to attend high school together. But when Keiko returns their senior year Shiro decides to reconcile by forming an Art Club together. When a project between friends turns into a fight to save their school from his own employer, Shiro must choose once again between honoring his controlling father’s wishes or his passion for storytelling, before he loses his freedom forever.