Sputnik Sweetheart

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A lady seventeen years Sumire's senior is the object of her affection. However, Sumire is an aspiring writer who dressed like a character from a Jack Kerouac novel—that is, with an enormous secondhand coat and heavy boots—in contrast to Miu, who is attractive and accomplished.

Sumire converses with her closest friend K for hours over the phone, discussing important life decisions like what sexual desire is and whether or not Sumire should tell Miu that she is in love with her. K feels unsure about confessing his own unfulfilled love for Sumire in the meanwhile.

Then, from a little Greek island, a helpless Miu screams out: "Sumire has inexplicably disappeared...