Bassist GON introduces guitarist GEN and drummer HIDEKI to TAIJI while he is in the hospital for a stroke and liver problems. Their friendship goes back to the D.T.R days, when GON was a member of a band featuring Mitsuo Takeuchi's younger brother. TAIJI's writes down the concept of the new group in a piece of paper: a circle of friends playing together to cheer up people suffering from similar illnesses as himself.