Into the Forest of Fireflies' Light

Spending summer vacation at her grandfather’s home, six-year-old Hotaru Takegawa wanders into a forest said to be home to spirits and loses her way. In her panic, she’s found by Gin, a quiet masked boy who agrees to guide her out—yet keeps a careful distance, refusing even the most innocent touch.

Hotaru soon discovers why: Gin is bound by a curse that will make him vanish if a human ever lays a hand on him. Even after he warns her not to come back, she returns to the forest again and again, and a friendship takes root across an untouchable divide. As the years go by and their feelings deepen, Hotaru and Gin are forced to confront what it means to care for someone when fate itself sets the limits.