染着金黄色头发且英俊帅气的实道宪次（森冈龙饰）和负责搞怪出丑的海野一哉（前野朋哉 饰）共同组建了人气漫才组合“讨好笑容”，他们搞笑癫狂，备受欢迎。然而就在事业即将走上顶点的关键时刻，一场车祸夺走了海野的生命。

Up-and-coming manzai stand-up comedy duo Emi-Abi has lost consummate funny man Unno (a surprisingly touching Tomoya Maeno) to an accident, leaving conceited straight man Jitsudo (Ryu Morioka) to contend with his diminished career prospects as a bland, pretty face entertainer. Guided by his manager Natsumi (Haru Kuroki), who demonstrates stronger comedy chops than her own star, Jitsudo comes to learn the circumstances of his friend's passing, as well as the life-and-death stakes of a career in comedy. Demonstrating a careful balance of tone across tragedy and deadpan and gross-out humor, writer/director Kensaku Watanabe expands "Emi-Abi"'s hilarious premise into a strikingly assured meditation on artistic rivalry and self-actualization.