Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop

Yui “Cherry” Sakura is a quiet teen who puts his feelings into haiku posted online, even if they rarely get noticed. With an August move approaching for his family, he spends the summer working part-time at a welfare facility. Yuki “Smile” Hoshino, an aspiring influencer devoted to making others smile, hides behind a disposable mask—self-conscious about the braces on her prominent front teeth.

A chance meeting draws Smile into the same workplace as Cherry, and the two soon find themselves helping an elderly resident, Fujiyama, track down a cherished vinyl record. With his memory slipping, he wants to hear it one more time, but all they have to go on is the record’s sleeve and a single word: “yamazakura.” Under the soft haze of summer, Cherry and Smile set out on a search that gradually brings them closer.