Pain can take you in prison. The ether can set you free.
Charts the troubled teenage years of students Yūichi Hasumi and Shūsuke Hoshino, exploring the shifting and complex power dynamics of their relationship against the backdrop of Yūichi's love for the dreamy and abstract music of pop star Lily Chou-Chou.
japan
bullying
okinawa
coming of age
middle school
kendo
cynical
disturbed
hopeless
japanese middle school students
japanese junior high schooler
depressing
comforting
compassionate
complicated