🇯🇵 Japanese Title:
壊れたコンパス
Kowareta Konpasu
The Broken Compass
🎯 Theme:
While retracing Aika’s old paths in the mountain forest, Hana and Yuki stumble upon a rusted compass caught between two stones. It once belonged to Aika’s father — a mountaineer who was lost during a blizzard years ago.
The compass doesn’t point north anymore, but Hana realizes: it’s been fixed to point toward a place, not a direction — the last coordinates he marked. Together, they decide to follow it.
The journey is steep, and night falls fast. But when they reach the destination, they find something Aika never got to: a sealed letter and a single blooming flower in the snow.
📍 Setting:
- Dense pine forest
- Misty mountain trail
- Cold hillside clearing with a view of the stars
- Snow-covered stone with a compass placed atop
📚 Vocabulary
| Japanese | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 方位磁針 | ほういじしん | compass |
| 遭難 | そうなん | getting lost (in mountains) |
| 山道 | やまみち | mountain trail |
| 坂道 | さかみち | slope, incline |
| 奇跡 | きせき | miracle |
🗣️ Useful Phrases
| Japanese | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 北じゃない…何かに向かってる。 | It’s not pointing north… it’s aiming at something. |
| この場所、彼女は見つけられなかったんだ。 | She never found this place. |
| ここで…終わりじゃない。 | This isn’t the end. |
| 何かが導いてくれたんだ。 | Something led us here. |
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💡 Grammar Focus
| Grammar Point | Usage | Example |
|---|---|---|
| 〜ようにしている | making sure to… | 道に迷わないようにしている。 (I’m making sure not to get lost.) |
| 〜ことにする | decide to do | 手紙を開けないことにした。 (We decided not to open the letter.) |
| 〜わけじゃない | it’s not that… | 奇跡を信じてるわけじゃないけど… (It’s not that I believe in miracles, but…) |
🎥 Dialogue
Yuki (holding the compass):
「…これ、彼女のお父さんの？」
(…Is this her father’s?)
Hana:
「たぶん。でも、壊れたままじゃない。」
(Maybe. But it’s not broken anymore.)
🧭 Final Note:
On the letter they found:
「道に迷っても、空を見れば帰れる。」
(Even when lost, look to the sky and you’ll find your way home.)