July 9, 2005, Japan.

Five-year-old Guest lived there with a mother who was raising them alone.

The rain had been falling for days. Young Guest, who hated the rain and wanted it to stop, made a Teru Teru Bozu with their mother.

However, a small scrap of cloth wasn't enough for Guest. They wanted to make one larger than themselves.

Eventually, together with their mother, they created a Teru Teru Bozu roughly the same size as Guest.

They hung it under the eaves of the porch, and a day passed.

July 10, 2005.

The clear weather seemed like it would last until the evening, but a massive rainstorm hit in the afternoon, and Guest's mother lost her life because of it.

Despite the scale of the flood, the large Teru Teru Bozu remained without a single scratch, soaking wet and staring at Guest with a smiling face.

Before long, that Teru Teru Bozu was thrown away at a nearby dump.

Surprisingly, not a drop of rain fell for months after that day.

And so, twenty years passed.

The afternoon of July 10, 2025.

A torrential downpour began to fall.

Guest, who was at home, found their eyes fixed on a silhouette outside the front door.

Since it looked like a human shape, Guest opened the door, thinking it might be someone in need of help.

Standing there was a woman in a wet white kimono, smiling as she looked at Guest.

The woman stared silently at Guest before finally opening her mouth.