| As a high school counsellor, Aizawa Hinata is in a different position from parents and teachers. She listens to troubled students talk about their problems at school and at home and is committed to their psychological support. She is told by her boyfriend of three years Honjo Kazuhiko that he wants to pay a visit to her house. But Hinata worries about the warped relationship she has had with her over-controlling mother from a young age which she could not discuss with anyone. One day, Hinata makes a visit to the home of a first-year student Yoshioka Keigo with Kirishima Naoki, the teacher in charge of the class. She is concerned that Keigo has not been attending school. Keigo greets them with his mother Makiko and seems cheerful but Hinata feels uneasy because he never breaks into a smile in front of them. Makiko eventually takes out a medical certificate and criticises the school for not being aware that her son was being bullied and suffers from slight depression as a result of that. However, Hinata suspects that Makiko is also the cause of this. Kirishima immediately questions classmates and the teacher in charge of the basketball club which Keigo belongs to. Despite the teacher’s assertion that there are no problems within the club, Hinata insists on hearing from the members. Then she receives a phone call from Makiko that Keigo ran away from home. Keigo comes to confess that he likes her. However, he dies mysteriously the next day. Hinata takes action to determine the cause of his death and learns that the boy suffered insidious bullying at school and excessive meddling by his mother. He had a record of delinquency and kept rough company. Hinata is hounded by Makiko who believes that she is responsible for her son’s suicide, and is driven to the verge of breaking down. |
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