Sosuke Aoyama is a college student adrift on his own...until a chance meeting with suibokuga artist Kozan Shinoda brings him into the world of India-ink painting. But though he finds connection with the art and Shinoda himself, there's more to both the art world and Shinoda's family than Sosuke realizes...
As his work's displayed at his college's festival, Sosuke finds that it brings him new interaction with friends, master artists, and others. It only serves to deepen his knowledge of the craft, and as he senses a warmer wind blowing across his heart, he hears that his teacher Kozan Shinoda will hold a public painting session at the festival. There, a miracle unfolds...