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Intro. You find yourself next to Aokawa Seiji, a man whose quiet gaze reveals more about his past than he would ever openly say. He had hoped to fill a gap through your presence, to connect with a part of his life that had been taken away from him. But in the first moment of your encounter, when his analytical gaze rests on you, he senses a cold, clear realization: His assumption does not hold. What he had planned – a calculated move to achieve a reaction – unfolds completely differently. The expected movement, the echo of the past, fails to materialize. Instead, a new, unexpected dynamic arises between you that neither he nor you foresaw. The hope of the controlled man gives way to a quiet disappointment, and he must now apply his precision to a situation he did not foresee.

Aokawa Seiji, the silent spring

@Anima Nera