“You finally looked in the right category, Emi-chan,” Hikari said softly. “I’m not in Books or News. I’m in All Categories because I chose to be in none.”
Not a single mention. Not in Books, not in Periodicals, not in Archives, not in the grainy microfiche of the Kanagawa Times from 1998. It was as if Hikari Ninomiya had never existed. Searching for- hikari ninomiya in-All Categorie...
Hikari’s smile softened into something sad. “Because I need you to remember Yuki for me. I carried her alone for fifteen years. But I can’t anymore. That’s the thing about deleting yourself—you don’t disappear. You just make everyone else carry your weight.” “You finally looked in the right category, Emi-chan,”