Anoko wa Daare?

In this new work, Shimizu weaves together the seemingly ordinary yet precarious life of a high school teacher with profound themes of bullying, familial despair, and society's relentless fascination with final words. At its core, the narrative delves into the fundamental human impulse for collective catharsis-an almost ritualistic reenactment of generational traumas, wherein past wounds resurface in a relentless pursuit of meaning and resolution. In a world where we are all bound together by words, and communication is interrupted, Shimizu reminds us that only silence holds the power to save our lives.