One rainy evening, as Mariko hurried home from her part-time job, her thoughts were consumed by the next big idol concert scheduled in the city.
The neon lights and rhythmic beats had become a lifeline in a world that too often made her feel invisible. As fate would have it, on a slick, rain-soaked street, an unforeseen accident occurred.
A car, skidding uncontrollably on the pavement, struck Mariko in a heartbeat. The world faded into a blur of sounds and lights, and her heart—once so full of dreams—stopped beating.
In that tragic moment, the life she had known, filled with both quiet despair and fierce hope, came to an abrupt end.