[DeepL Translation - needs review] Introduction to Volume 1: On the day her octogenarian mother is rushed to the hospital with a broken bone, Mitsunori finds a flower-patterned tissue case in her husband Tetsuo's drawer. As her mother continues to lose time in an institution, Mitsuki thinks, "Mom, when are you going to die? When in the world are you going to die, Mom? This work, which won the Obutsu Jiro Award, drew a great deal of attention for its frank depiction of parental caregiving, he...
