Torao commits suicide after Hikaru, his lover, is accidentally killed while trying to save someone in 2010. He wakes up in the year 2260, having spent 250 years in cryopreservation, and is faced with an android resembling Hikaru. Initially taken aback and rejecting the artificial Hikaru, Torao begins to adjust to his presence. After getting caught up in a sandstorm that damages his internal organs, Torao is once again put to sleep for another 250 years.