Tomoyo Shiino has stood by her friend Mariko through years of abuse, abandonment, and depression. However horrific her circumstances, their friendship has been the one reassuring constant in Mariko s life-and Tomoyo s too. That is, until Tomoyo is utterly blindsided by news of Mariko s death. In life, Tomoyo felt powerless to help her best friend out of the darkness that ultimately drove her over the edge. Now, Tomoyo is determined to liberate Mariko s ashes for one final journey together to set free her dear, broken Mariko.
