Synopsis

He awoke with the lingering image of himself fleeing a hospital, a sense of urgency clinging to the memory like a phantom limb. The details were hazy, yet the feeling remained. Emerging from the university gates, he found Kouko waiting, her gaze fixed on a figure she anticipated. They exchanged a few words, but he couldn't shake the impression of a quiet solitude surrounding her. Later that night, he confided in Mitsuo about Kouko’s apparent loneliness. Mitsuo dismissed his concern with a cyn