Only Tears Separate Us from Death

For fans of Makoto Shinkai and Mamoru Hosoda! A story about first love with a taste of tears. High school student Keisaye Saya­ma suffers from a rare incurable disease—adacrya, or low-tearing. If he cries, he’ll fall into a coma and die. The only way out is to lock his heart with a lock and become numb to joys and sorrows. Tired of living like this, Kei decides to burst into tears—and whatever happens, happens. He joins a film club run by his classmate Suzuna Hoshino. Unlike Kei, she cries over any little thing and is completely unashamed of it. But what’s the reason for her tears? And why does her best friend warn Kei that if Suzuna stops crying, she’ll die? “I’ve been ready for my whole life not to shed even a single tear—just so you stay alive!”