Dance is not a necessity for survival. In 1374, amid the turmoil of the era when the Northern and Southern Courts were at war, the Northern Court's shogun, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, was emerging as an increasingly powerful figure. Oniyasha, born to Kanami, the leader of the Kanze sarugaku troupe, wanders through his days with a vague question lingering in his heart: Why do people dance? His spirit stays clouded until the day he witnesses a dance that is truly "good." Curious, sensitive, and strikingly beautiful, the boy encounters various people, laughs, weeps, faces his own flaws, and gradually begins to craft a new style of dance for a world defined by impermanence.