Cheng Xiaoxia, a good-for-nothing animation student, spent all four years of college obsessed with cosplay. But at her graduation defense, her work was rejected on the spot for being shoddy. Just as she falls into despair, she unexpectedly awakens the Strongest Animator System. She must complete a professional-quality animated short within 30 days, or lose her ability to distinguish colors.
The System grants her extraordinary motion vision and drawing skills, but with one unusual condition: she must keep cosplaying to unlock the "Character Empathy" skill. Forced to pick up her dream again, Cheng Xiaoxia unexpectedly meets top animation director Lin Mo and forms a team of talented misfits: 3D tech geek Zhou Zirui, sharp-tongued concept artist Su Yutong, and programming genius Zhang Yi.
When the popularity she gains from cosplay can be turned into animation effects, and performing at conventions can deepen her character portrayals, Cheng Xiaoxia gradually realizes that the hobby once dismissed as "a waste of time" is actually her unique advantage. But as the project progresses, the System's cruel hidden rules begin to emerge: every use of her skills takes a toll on her health, while Lin Mo's unusual interest in the System seems to hint at a much larger conspiracy within the industry...