Shiino Tomoyo has stood by her friend Mariko through years of abuse, abandonment, and depression. However horrific her circumstances, their friendship has been the one reassuring constant in Marikoโs lifeโand Tomoyoโs too. That is, until Tomoyo is utterly blindsided by news of Marikoโs death. In life, Tomoyo felt powerless to help her best friend out of the darkness that ultimately drove her over the edge. Now, Tomoyo is determined to liberate Marikoโs ashes for one final journey together to set free her dear, broken Mariko.