Hospitalized with a collapsed lung (pneumothorax), Kouichi is visited by three classmates who ask him strangely specific questions about his background. That night, he meets a mysterious girl with an eyepatch, Mei Misaki , in the hospital elevator as she travels to the basement morgue to deliver something to her "other half".
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The story opens with a narration of a tragic event from 1972: a popular student in Class 3-3 named Misaki died suddenly, but her grieving classmates and teachers continued to act as if she were still alive until graduation—even including her in the class photo. In 1998, 15-year-old Kouichi Sakakibara moves from Tokyo
In 1998, 15-year-old Kouichi Sakakibara moves from Tokyo to live with his grandparents while his father works in India. Hospitalized with a collapsed lung (pneumothorax)