Synopsis

He was adrift in a familiar yet unsettling landscape. The echoes of the past clung to him, a persistent shadow. Sakaki, with deliberate intent, stirred up old wounds, pushing Kakeru's resolve to its breaking point. A confrontation seemed imminent, but intervention arrived just as quickly, a buffer between them. The grueling practice began, yet Kakeru's mind remained tethered to those years of high school – a cruel chapter in the lives of elite runners, a period that had driven them to despai