In a future where robots have taken over all forms of industry, the select few who have human level intelligence live among us.

9-RC (or "Neinrich) is a robot cartoonist who is worried that his programming makes him incapable of free expression. Spurred on by the popular sentiment that human-made products are better than robot-made products, Neinrich tries to find a way to go beyond what is expected (or even possible) for his kind.