I became alone because I'm afraid of being alone.

The summer of his second year of junior high.

When Shuya helped a classmate who was being bullied, he became the target of bullying himself as an act of retaliation.

And among those who bullied Shuya was Emi Sonoda, the very girl he had helped.

A broken Shuya, after a period of truancy, tries to make a fresh start in high school.

However, in the spring of his second year of high school, Emi Sonoda arrives as a transfer student.

Beyond mere self-satisfaction, justice and righteousness prove to be irreconcilable.

Past and present. A story that questions the true way a person should live.

The main story is complete. It will continue a little further after the author's note.