Kyoya Hashiba returns to his parents' home in Nara after getting laid off by the video game company SucceedSoft and reflects on his past ten years of life with regret while thinking about the works done by the prestigious circle called the Platinum Generation, whose members are about his age. He recalls his decision to attend a regular university instead of an arts college, and his time as an intern at SucceedSoft working under his boss Eiko Kawasegawa. Kyoya was a standout employee and was set to work with the Platinum Generation on an ambitious project, but one day the project was cancelled and the team that worked on it was laid off...