Gokicha is a small cockroach girl who has moved from Kanto to Hokkaido. She hopes that the people in Hokkaido, who are less accustomed to her kind, will become her friends. Despite her best intentions, however, she always seems to end up at the bottom of someone's shoe or covered in insecticide. As Gokicha and her friend Chaba try to make their way on the streets, it becomes apparent that the lives of cockroaches are full of peril.