A gorgeous novel that takes the intersecting lives of six human beings, a ghost, and a magical café and pulls at the heart strings of deep loss, regret, and acceptance. Over the course of a few months, Toshikazu introduces us to the lives of these characters, their deepest turmoils and wants and dreams. I quickly became so attached the narrative of grief that was real amongst them all, but also the beauty of joy found and lived in the midst of such intense grief. 

I often don't have words for how I'm so "joyful" having experienced so much pain, but simply friendship is the balm. Having people to do the good and hard days with makes it so worth it and real and normal. I don't know what I would do if I could go back and talk to someone who passed or in the future, someone I could know...but I do know that I wouldn't give up the chance even if just for a little while, to have a conversation, to gaze and smile back at someone, before the coffee got cold.