Different Paths
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It is the story of two close friends who encounter significant challenges. One of them decides to seek treatment, embarking on a journey to overcome their difficulties, while the other friend chooses to give up, resigning themselves to a life shrouded in darkness. This is a short story about two high school friends, Suzuki Myoja and Kiyoshi Akagi. One of them chose to accept the challenges he had to face and move on to create a new beginning, while the other chose to accept that he could never escape the darkness and gave up trying to find the light within it. It is set in Tokyo, Japan.
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