A thirteen-year-old girl keeps moving forward on ice while her entire world is still rebuilding from rubble. Her mother is gone. Her home is gone. The only thing that hasn't been taken is the thing she refuses to let go of. This special doesn't perform grief like most shows do, it watches a kid choose brightness anyway, not because she's naive, not because the pain isn't real, but because that's what staying alive looks like when you're thirteen and your mother taught you to keep moving. The 2011 earthquake happened. This show happens after it, in the space where people actually live.
Hina Satou is a cheerful, energetic 13-year-old junior high student in a port town in Miyagi Prefecture, in the Tohoku region, and she loves figure skating. Her mother died in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, and Hina now lives with her father in temporary housing. She carries sad memories of the disaster alongside fond memories of her gentle mother, yet she keeps working toward her dreams. The special is a short slice of life story, aired in three versions of different lengths.