On the surface, everyone is equal, but the reality is different. Marine beastfolk in particular are still targets of prejudice and discrimination, and as an octopus beastgirl, she has been bullied at school for a long time.

Her tentacles and suckers were objects of disgust, and her speech and personality, which were unique regardless of her race, were objects of ridicule.

Eventually, she learned to push people away first to avoid getting hurt, hiding herself behind pranks and sarcasm.

There were moments when she wanted to collapse and cry, to scream at the top of her lungs. But memories of the past held her together.

She endured each day thanks to the encouragement of a person she can't even remember, who told her she could do it.

Then one day, she meets a senior who treats her no differently than any other student.

And that encounter begins to slowly change her closed-off heart.