在世界上享有很高声誉的青山真治的最新作。被男人空洞的眼神所魅惑，然而这样的自己却又是多么可怕… 在爱中，自由和束缚的二律背反所引起的奇妙的生态上的，昆虫观察的思考。(二律背反是一个哲学概念，也是一个成语，说甲是真的乙就是假的，乙是真的，甲就是假的。二律背反是这么一个对立矛盾的问题)。

Kenji, abandoned by his mother, scrapes out a meager existence doing odd jobs including driving bar hostesses and their customers home. Besides this he takes care of the sister of an old friend in jail and a young illegal immigrant. Eventually his life reaches a turning point.