Takao is a hardworking college student striving to balance his studies and daily life. Behind his efforts lies the reality of working a part-time job delivering newspapers to help cover his tuition. His mother, Yoko Iijima, supports him wholeheartedly, even consulting with teachers about scholarship applications, doing everything she can for her son's future. However, as the daily burdens mount, Takao becomes mentally and physically exhausted, gradually drawn to his mother's presence, blurring the line between reality and fantasy. How these emotions will unfold and affect their relationship, and how this poignant mother-son bond will transform, is at the heart of this story—an intense, sorrowful, and shocking portrayal of deep familial ties leading to forbidden desire.