While at work, Kei Kunieda strictly maintains an amiable and kind persona as a newscaster. However, despite his outward smiles, he covertly curses at others to his heart's content. Though he keeps half of himself hidden at all times, his everyday life runs smoothly. That is until he meets Ushio Tsuzuki, an independent stop-motion animator. When Kei's two personas meet Ushio under different conditions, he finds himself caught in a lie. Ushio is unaware that they are the very same person. As feelings begin to blossom between them, Kei cannot be sure if Ushio will accept both sides of him or just half.