🎬 Episode 88: “The Letters Never Sent”

🇯🇵 Japanese Title:
送られなかった手紙
Okurarenakatta Tegami
The Letters Never Sent

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🎯 Theme:
In a dusty museum archive, Hana finds a sealed envelope labeled “For later.” Inside: unsent letters from Aika — to her parents, to her younger self, and one to someone unknown: “To the one who keeps walking.”

Each letter reflects fear, hope, and wonder. They were never meant to be sent — only written. Yuki suggests they write their own.

They do — and leave them in the same drawer, for someone else to find one day.

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📍 Setting:

• Small museum research room with open windows
• Stack of old astronomy club notebooks
• Desk with a single lamp and fountain pen
• Drawer with a bundle of quiet secrets

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📚 Vocabulary

Japanese	Reading	Meaning
手紙	てがみ	letter
引き出し	ひきだし	drawer
未送信	みそうしん	unsent
思春期	ししゅんき	adolescence
読み返す	よみかえす	to reread

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🗣️ Useful Phrases

Japanese	Meaning
誰にも見せなかった手紙。	Letters I never showed anyone.
これ、自分へのメッセージだ。	This is a message to myself.
書くだけで、少し楽になった。	Just writing made me feel lighter.
次に読むのは、誰だろうね。	I wonder who’ll read these next.

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💡 Grammar Focus

Grammar Point	Usage	Example
〜かもしれない	might / maybe	誰かが見つけるかもしれない。 (Someone might find it.)
〜ておく	do in advance / leave for later	手紙を引き出しに入れておいた。 (I left the letter in the drawer.)
〜ながら	while doing	涙をこらえながら読んだ。 (I read it while holding back tears.)

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🎥 Dialogue

Hana (reading Aika’s letter):
「”未来のあなたへ。まだ歩いてる？”」
(“To the future you. Are you still walking?”)

Yuki (writing):
「じゃあ私たちも、誰かに書こうか。」
(Then let’s write one too — for someone.)

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🧭 Final Note:
One new letter is left, unsigned, but folded with care. On it:

「読んでくれて、ありがとう。」
(Thank you for reading.)

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• 🎮 Episode 123: “The Place Not on the Map”
• 🎮 Episode 122: “The Teacup with Her Name”
• 🎮 Episode 121: “Echoes from the Bell Tower”
• 🎮 Episode 120: “Rain on the Window, Light in the Heart”
• 🎮 Episode 119: “The Drawer Beneath the Stairs”