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 Marikoâs lifeâand Tomoyoâs too. That is, until Tomoyo is utterly blindsided by news of Marikoâs 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 Marikoâs ashes for one final journey together to set free her dear, broken Mariko.