Whispers of Aokigahara
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When Marin Hayashi, a 17-year-old Tokyo student, goes missing after a cryptic message is posted to her social media, a small group of her friends embarks on a journey into Aokigahara Forest, convinced she's still alive-despite the forest's harrowing reputation.
But the deeper they go, the more the forest seems to remember each of their secrets, calling out in voices too familiar to ignore. Guilt, trauma, and grief take on horrifying forms as they realize Marin may not be lost... she may have become something else.
And worst of all, one of them brought something with them-a reason for the forest to wake.
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