High schoolers Mitsuha and Taki are complete strangers living separate lives. But one night, they suddenly switch places. Mitsuha wakes up in Taki’s body, and he in hers. This bizarre occurrence continues to happen randomly, and the two must adjust their lives around each other.

When a machine that allows therapists to enter their patient's dreams is stolen, all hell breaks loose. Only a young female therapist can stop it and recover it before damage is done: Paprika.

住在冈山县的绘里飘，是为了小型地下偶像“Cham Jam”的成员·舞菜而献上人生的狂热偶像宅。绘里飘身上穿的，是高中时代的红色运动衫。绘里飘所挥舞的，是鲑鱼粉色的荧光棒。绘里飘所推的，只有舞菜一人而已。将全部收入贡献给推，24小时想着推的事情，声嘶力竭呼喊着推的名字，这一姿态在偶像宅之间被称为传说，人人对此感到钦佩。 “有朝一日舞菜站在武道馆的舞台上的话……我就死而无憾！”如此断言的传说中的女人·绘里飘的偶像宅活动，今天也在继续……！