Defy Winter

In the never-ending winter, the two went on a date. The abnormal weather where “winter” had continued ever since the New Year began. The summer where temperatures never rose, the snow that fell in September. The rice harvest was hopeless, crude oil prices kept rising, and consumption had cooled. People gradually sank into despair, wondering if the world had already ended. The beach in Izumimachi, Kanagawa Prefecture, was also covered in snow, with no sign of surfers, anglers, or yacht owners. For Amagi Yukihisa, a high school student who grew up in this town, it was a sight he had never imagined. Remote classes had become the norm due to the continuous snowfall. The world had completely ch...