Hana to Uso to Makoto

Sometime before the arrival of summer in June, a sudden tragedy strikes when a young girl named Makoto unexpectedly passes away. Yet, despite her death, the narrator finds himself sharing an apartment with her lifeless body. Bound together in this confined space, they pass the days in a surreal existence, living through a fabricated version of summer that defies the boundaries of life and death. Within the quiet walls of their shared apartment, the relationship between these two profoundly sorrowful and distorted individuals gradually comes into focus. As the false summer stretches on, the intricate emotional ties connecting the narrator to Makoto’s corpse begin to unravel, revealing the depths of their shared despair. What unfolds is a haunting exploration of grief, attachment, and the fragile illusions people construct to endure unbearable loss.