i finally had the opportunity to read this vn for nyc vn club, yay! what a story! im still entranced by the embroidery visuals of the story, how it scrapbooks the lives of the characters and the setting altogether. we had discussed the influence of buddhism in the narrative and i want to look more into it as my knowledge of it is (ocean) limited. although i was able to glean the influence of its cyclicality within the narrative - alba, erica, and nicole all struggle to grow up, to move on from the past/present, over and over, in different ways.
thank you for this story!