"You loved sending me letters, didn't you?"

I wonder what we’ll do when we become grannies.  Don’t know. I shudder to think that I’m all wrinkled and frail. Even if I become a granny, I want to be with you. 

Hey, Mariko. Did you really die without leaving me a single letter? Where... am I supposed to go? Why did you leave me? At least we could have died together. Why didn't you tell me? I wasn't even beside you when you died. I found myself with your bones... and I'm still here. There's so much... I want to say to you... even though I'm still here. Do you... feel nothing leaving me here like this?

"But I've been thinking… The only way to see someone who's no longer here is for you to keep on living by holding them precious in your memories."

"I don't know about you, but honestly, you were all I had."

マイ・ブロークン・マリコ My Broken Mariko (2022)