A shounen-ai version of The Journey to the West. The story is set in a high-school play and the action weaves back and forth between the Saiyuki story-line being acted and the machinations of the actors themselves. Takashimada, the boy who plays all the youkai villains, loves the sweet-natured and innocent head of the drama society who plays Sanzou. The girl who plays Gokuu loves him too and objects vigorously to the way Gokuu's ostensible lead part keeps getting turned into second string status. Against the background of their battle for the Buchou are enacted a number of witty parodies of actual incidents from the novel.