This touching yet bittersweet story inspires belief in miracles. Listeners will be able to feel the enchanting atmosphere of winter in Japan.
The main character, Hagihara Akira, a twenty-year-old student at the University of Tokyo, is confronted with an incurable illness. He is surrounded by study, friends, caring parents—but he constantly feels hopelessness. Deciding to end his life, he goes to a train station, where a stranger saves him. Although Akira tries to forget what happened, his rescuer reappears in his life again, helping him accept himself and his future. Akira can’t understand what he did to deserve such support—especially when he learns that his rescuer is not actually human.