Set around a near-future robot contest, this work explores what people seek from one another through episodes about the robots' owners.

Beyond the robots lies what people feel.

A story of a female magazine editor who has never found her place in life and begins to recover through an encounter with a painter.

There is a light of renewal beyond the darkness.

A coming-of-age novel in which a young man tossed around by campus relationships changes his behavior after meeting an eccentric person.

Dragged along by an eccentric, everyday life starts running.