Youzou Ooba has always had trouble understanding other human beings, and from a young age learned to play the role of a clown in order to get by. However, as he grows into adulthood, he finds it increasingly difficult to manage and drowns himself in worldly pleasures in order to cope. As he recounts the tale of his life, and how his ill-fated path seems to be awash in death, destruction, and misery, his story offers insight into the eternal struggle that is existence.