AIKO
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After the death of her father, Aiko-a mixed-race Black and Japanese teen-moves from the U.S. to a rural town in Japan to live with her estranged mother, Reiko. Struggling with language barriers, cultural differences, and a family that never knew she existed, Aiko feels isolated in a place that sees her as an outsider.
Everything changes when she meets a kind and confident girl in a school uniform who helps her at a local store. Aiko is instantly drawn to her, mistaking her kindness for something deeper. Despite societal pressures and unspoken cultural barriers, the two begin meeting under the guise of studying together, navigating a quiet and complicated connection that neither of them fully understands.
As Aiko learns more about her mother's past and what it means to belong, she must decide if she will keep hiding in the spaces between two worlds or carve out her own place in them.
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