While his classmates won awards and started their careers as painters one after another, Shinsen became isolated due to his own psychological conflict with art, and finally, he did not wish to see anyone any more.
同級生などが次々と入選し画家としての人生の第一歩を歩むなか、神泉は芸術に対する煩悶から孤独になり、人に会うことすら嫌いになってしまう。