What is life like at a Japanese university? Four "friends" drift in and out of their friendships and face boredom, uncertainty and disengagement. And something more dangerous.
Social & External
The people behind it
Kiyohiko Shibukawa
Yohta Kawase
Gaku Hosokawa
Kaoru Iida
Soichiro Tanaka
Daichi Nogawa
YASU
Kouichi Ito
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