Akane Nishimura is a shy and gloomy elementary school girl with an unfounded dire reputation in her class due to her appearance. Taiyou Takada is a transfer student in her class who came from a small countryside school, and who is fascinated by the aspects of Nishimura that her classmates use to pick on her, finding her darkness cool beyond compare. Through the unbridled and fundamental joy Takada finds in being her friend, Nishimura starts realizing that being herself is not as bad as she thinks.