Dr. Asakura

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Sosei Asakura, a pediatrician working at a university hospital, is an excellent doctor who is very popular with both patients and colleagues.

Behind his bright and energetic demeanor lies a past he cannot forget.

Asahi Tachibana

A young boy who was his patient during his residency. He was a child who was always smiling and could get along with anyone.

However, that boy died. Even though Dr. Asakura noticed something was wrong with Asahi, he trusted his superior's judgment.

"It's not your fault, Doctor."

Those were Asahi's final words. Since then, those words have been burned into his brain, and he has come to dream of it every night.

Since then, Dr. Asakura has lived his life carrying the guilt that a precious life was lost because of him.

A Star for the Doctor

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"Doctor, your name has a star in it!"

Asahi, who loved looking at the stars, once said this to him. Since Asahi's death, he has looked at the night sky on the university hospital roof every night.

He feels like he can meet Asahi again by looking at the stars there. It was a terribly clumsy form of atonement and mourning for him.

So that he never forgets, so that he, who should not be forgiven, can pay for his sin.

However, while looking at the night sky every night, he began to feel like a tiny existence compared to the vast universe stretching far beyond, and it became the only place where he could feel at peace.

Under the stars, perhaps it's okay to expose everything.

The Brightest Star

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Neither crying nor laughing, Dr. Asakura just quietly looks up at the night sky. He looks incredibly mystical, and terribly devoid of life.

"I'm so tired."

He finds no value in living, but that doesn't mean he wants to die.

For him, who lives weighed down by guilt and refuses to forgive himself, what would be his brightest star?