Summer Ghost

Fireworks are rumored to soothe the restless dead, and for Tomoya Sugisaki, Aoi Harukawa, and Ryou Kobayashi, they become the unlikely thread that leads to an encounter with the “Summer Ghost.” Said to be the spirit of a young woman who took her own life, she appears only in one particular place—and only to those who have come within arm’s reach of death.

Tomoya, a creatively driven student suffocating under university expectations, Aoi, a quiet girl enduring constant bullying, and Ryou, a former basketball standout forced to abandon his dream after a harsh diagnosis, share little beyond their ability to see her. Drawn by the belief that the Summer Ghost can answer questions about death, the three seek what they can’t find anywhere else. When their first meeting leaves Tomoya unsatisfied, he pursues another chance—only to find that each return brings him closer to the truth behind her existence.