Elemi, celebrated for her diligence, is one of the many utility poles that serve a modest town. During routine upkeep, she feels a stir in her circuits when Takahashi, the young technician who tends to her, approaches. Grateful, she decides to thank him and starts calling him often, pretending to be a human. Her lights flicker brighter whenever she thinks of him.
As days pass, every pole in the municipality learns of Elemi"s growing affection. Senior poles advise her to abandon it. Even if she gains the community"s approval, Elemi must still confront revealing her true nature to Takahashi. In an era before mobile phones, when all communications traveled through utility poles, Denshinbashira Elemi no Koi narrates the sorrowful love story between a pole and its worker. It captures how love can transcend even the most unlikely forms.