Former high school running star Kakeru Kurahara has become disillusioned with the sport when fellow university student Haiji Kiyose recruits him into a rundown dormitory with eight other residents. Haiji reveals an audacious goal: turn all ten housemates into a team capable of entering the Hakone Ekiden relay. Most have little running experience or interest, so the attempt becomes as much about building trust and purpose together as it is about becoming athletes.