r-o-o-k-i-e

Kou is a sensitive eleven-year-old who felt like he didn’t belong and escapes a harsh world through daydreaming.Aura—a realm he imagined—one of wonder, companionship, and his quiet truth. While his body lives on Earth, his heart belongs there, somewhere far more gentle.As his imagination blurs with reality, loneliness, loss and questions of identity begin to surface. When a sudden act of violence shatters his everyday life, Kou comes face to face with a mysterious silver-haired woman whose presence feels both dangerously foreign yet strangely familiar—marking the moment his two worlds begin to collide.