Hitoribocchi: Hitori to Hito wo Tsunagu Ai no Monogatari (2023)

• Native Title: ひとりぼっち ―人と人をつなぐ愛の物語―
• Also Known As: We’re not Alone

Sugi Shinya is an architect who lost his parents at 15, and then his sister to illness. Now, he sleepwalks through life as a water meter reader until a friend takes him to a rice ball shop called Tachibana. There he is dumbfounded to meet the owner, Kaoru, who looks identical to his late sister. Kaoru has a knack for helping customers untangle their life problems and bring a smiles to their faces. Shinya, however, poses his biggest challenge in this miraculously heart-wrenching drama.