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　　!)Aki and Naoko a) -+re-$ childhood friends who are d)rifting apart as^.]# adults. Imm)er^sed in ;+her \ family life, ^N:@aoko now ha_s a%
% husband and] daughter( $:Aki,:; on) the -oth[er han]=!d, r+=ema%%ins s_ing/_[le and+**% is ^%o]n lea !ve ;^/from work du\:e to a personal crisis.)
 Th!)/e plo`t mig. h_*t sound fam@;%il-],iar but it h-@a,\s never be:[
e=`n told+/ l!]ik(^e this. The di/recto ?r [K,()usano *@Natsuk`a #=^)stages the interactions through a)/n\ act\((;or(s’ t:able-read and, as the li!nes a,re repeated, the scenes gradual_ly de.\ve;#/lop int* o =+on-locati;
_o+n co$nversations. $Moreover, she re_posi,@tions th$e dr$=am$ ati]c ;peak of th@e story# to t+=he beginn/ing: Aki (h/as )murder=+#ed Naoko[@_’s d.)aug +=h(ter.　　S#-.tructura,:ll
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n,:!ema implem% ents ‘di)s]:ta\,ntia?tion’ ,effe$cts to get to the h% %eart of frie`ndsh.ip][;. issues at times when life has se_ttled,:. Whil$e the., rep*!etitions conv^e[:y t)#he suffocation of role patt$-^[e,rns in ?/#both fr:iendship an
%d fa mily, a li$+,ne left +;out  or ]%+adde;d i[n u@.nsettle^s an\\ d reminds* us life can take unexpected turn,@]s.