A girl who broke her family with one sentence lives in total silence, convinced that's the only way to protect people. A school project forces her into a choir, where she has to find her voice again without speaking, and the film understands that learning to be heard isn't the same as learning to talk. The ending divides people hard, but that's because it refuses to give you the catharsis you think you need, choosing instead something messier and more true to how people actually heal. This is a film built entirely on the question of whether speaking will destroy you again, and it never flinches from how terrifying that question really is.
Jun Naruse carries a wound too deep for words. As a child, something she let slip tore her family apart, and she was blamed for her parents' divorce. An egg fairy then sealed away her ability to speak so she could hurt no one else. Even in high school she stays out of sight, and trying to talk twists her stomach. Then she is picked for the community outreach council and cast as the lead in its musical, alongside Takumi Sakagami, Natsuki Nitou and Daiki Tasaki. She heads to the club room to turn the role down, but hearing Sakagami sing changes her mind. Maybe the fairy's curse does not reach singing, and maybe music is how a silent girl can finally say what she feels. The film is an intimate drama about music, romance and the weight of words.
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