When Aoko was four, a meteorite struck her town. It then rained for twenty days straight, and the crater became what’s now known as the Twenty Day Lake. Two decades later, Aoko can’t remember the day the meteorite fell, or anything of her life in the town beforehand. And so she dives deep into the lake, searching for that something in her memories that she can’t let go of…

A collection of nine surreal short stories sharing a theme of water.
1. Bon: A young boy ponders family affairs around Bon.
2. We’re Still on Our Way: An astronaut cadet must figure out his motivation if he 3. Fusion: When the ultimate form of love is fusion, the government must work to stop a declining population.
4. Such Sorrowful Stars: In a near-death experience, a man meets a solitary girl running endlessly.
5. Salt Damage Season: A young woman is captivated by marine “vortexes”.
6. Sea Weather: A girl follows a schoolmate home only to realize she lives under 7. Squish: A girl can see things she calls “squishes”, transparent blobs all around us.
8. Meltism: If we are the same as the planet, what separates us?
9. Season・Time・Water: The world adapts to the changing of the seasons.

When a person dies, their soul leaves the body in the form of a butterfly and the body itself rots away quickly after.

Ono lost his entire family in a plane crash fourteen years ago. But since this tragedy, the body of Senri, his twin sister, is still intact while the butterfly that contains his soul was stolen by a mysterious individual during the accident, leaving her unconscious and in a vegetative state.

In order to get back his sister's butterfly, Ono joins the famous "Death Bureau", a state agency specialized in the capture, conservation and managment of the butterflies before they dissapear for good 49 days after their host death.

Using the butterflies, the family of the deceased can come in contact with their loved ones in the form of a 3D hologram.

(Source: MU)