The Last Paper Crane | ONC 2025
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In the midst of a wartime book ban, Yuri discovers a stack of love letters within one of the banned historical books. As she immerses into reading them, she realises that these letters were from an American soldier, Aiden, to his forbidden love, Midori, during World War II. But what starts as curiosity soon turns into shock for Yuri when she realises that Midori is not any ordinary woman; it is her grandmother, a person whom she believed to have known everything about.
As Yuri digs into the past, she finds love torn apart by war, destiny, and impossible decisions. Yet, as the letters draw her further into their existence, she begins to wonder whether the past is shaping her own future. And in the midst of conflict, might she, as well, be unwittingly crafting a romance of her own?
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