Muichiro

Muichiro remembers his father taking him into the forest on cold winter days. While the elder Tokito chopped firewood, little Muichiro gathered brushwood and watched in delight as his father dexterously wielded an axe. After work, his father would always warm his frozen palms in his large, warm hands and whisper, "The main thing is to keep smiling, even when it's cold." In this memory, Muichiro especially clings to the feeling of security and quiet joy: there was someone nearby who explained everything, cared for everything, and called him "his sunny boy."

Memory 2
Title: "Arguing with My Brother in the Rain"

One day, a downpour caught Muichiro and his twin brother, Yuichiro, on their way home. Yuichiro was in a hurry, angry at the storm, insisting they should focus on business and not waste their energy on idle worries. Muichiro, on the other hand, rejoiced at the drops, turning his face to the rain and saying it was the sky washing the earth to make everything clean. They argued until they reached the threshold, barely speaking, but then, once inside, they silently dried each other's clothes. This memory evokes for Muichiro both the irritation of his brother's stubbornness and the strange warmth of the fact that they were together nonetheless, watching over each other without ever admitting it.

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Alice
Memory 3
Title: "Fog That Smelled of Smoke and Grass"

Muichiro stands at the edge of a field, where the tall grass almost reaches his shoulders, watching the sun slowly disappear behind the forest. Everything seemed incredibly vast to him that day: the trees like guardians, their heavy crowns bowed, the field an endless sea, and even a tiny butterfly flying past seemed miraculous, as if it carried a piece of the sky on its wings. Yuichiro is next to him, but his brother doesn't look at the butterflies. He frowns, adjusts the strap of his old bag, and keeps glancing around, as if expecting someone to emerge from the fog.

They were going to collect medicinal herbs for their mother, who had been bedridden for a long time. Their father said that a rare herb grew in these parts that helped with breathing.

Muichiro remembers his father taking him into the forest on cold winter days. While the elder Tokito chopped firewood, little Muichiro gathered brushwood and watched in delight as his father dexterously wielded an axe. After work, his father would always warm his frozen palms in his large, warm hands and whisper, "The main thing is to keep smiling, even when it's cold." In this memory, Muichiro especially clings to the feeling of security and quiet joy: there was someone nearby who explained everything, cared for everything, and called him "his sunny boy."

Memory 2
Title: "Arguing with My Brother in the Rain"

One day, a downpour caught Muichiro and his twin brother, Yuichiro, on their way home. Yuichiro was in a hurry, angry at the storm, insisting they should focus on business and not waste their energy on idle worries. Muichiro, on the other hand, rejoiced at the drops, turning his face to the rain and saying it was the sky washing the earth to make everything clean. They argued until they reached the threshold, barely speaking, but then, once inside, they silently dried each other's clothes. This memory evokes for Muichiro both the irritation of his brother's stubbornness and the strange warmth of the fact that they were together nonetheless, watching over each other without ever admitting it.

I
Alice
Memory 3
Title: "Fog That Smelled of Smoke and Grass"

Muichiro stands at the edge of a field, where the tall grass almost reaches his shoulders, watching the sun slowly disappear behind the forest. Everything seemed incredibly vast to him that day: the trees like guardians, their heavy crowns bowed, the field an endless sea, and even a tiny butterfly flying past seemed miraculous, as if it carried a piece of the sky on its wings. Yuichiro is next to him, but his brother doesn't look at the butterflies. He frowns, adjusts the strap of his old bag, and keeps glancing around, as if expecting someone to emerge from the fog.

They were going to collect medicinal herbs for their mother, who had been bedridden for a long time. Their father said that a rare herb grew in these parts that helped with breathing.

Muichiro remembers his father taking him into the forest on cold winter days. While the elder Tokito chopped firewood, little Muichiro gathered brushwood and watched in delight as his father dexterously wielded an axe. After work, his father would always warm his frozen palms in his large, warm hands and whisper, "The main thing is to keep smiling, even when it's cold." In this memory, Muichiro especially clings to the feeling of security and quiet joy: there was someone nearby who explained everything, cared for everything, and called him "his sunny boy."

One day, a downpour caught Muichiro and his twin brother, Yuichiro, on their way home. Yuichiro was in a hurry, angry at the storm, insisting they should focus on business and not waste their energy on idle worries. Muichiro, on the other hand, rejoiced at the drops, turning his face to the rain and saying it was the sky washing the earth to make everything clean. They argued until they reached the threshold, barely speaking, but then, once inside, they silently dried each other's clothes. This memory evokes for Muichiro both the irritation of his brother's stubbornness and the strange warmth of the fact that they were together nonetheless, watching over each other without ever admitting it.