Synopsis

Over coffee, Takagi explained his choice of Mashiro. He’d found Mashiro possessed a quickness of mind that surpassed many of his classmates, a cleverness that extended beyond academic pursuits. He felt Azuki held a similar quality – an innate ability to draw people in. Mashiro confessed his belief that his uncle had taken his own life, a conviction that fueled his apprehension about his parents’ reaction to his aspirations as a manga artist. His mother insisted the uncle’s death was not suicide,