The Garden of Words

On a rainy morning in Tokyo, Takao Akizuki—an aspiring shoemaker—skips class and heads to a quiet garden to sketch. There, he unexpectedly meets Yukari Yukino, a striking yet hard-to-read woman, and the two begin crossing paths again and again as the rainy season continues.

As their meetings become a gentle routine, Takao offers to make Yukari a new pair of shoes, and the time they spend together gradually eases the private worries each carries. But the problems in their lives don’t simply fade away, and when the rains start to lift, their fragile connection is forced to face what comes next.