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A factory explosion plunges a small town into a timeless freeze, leaving teenage Masamune and his pals to grapple with a quickly collapsing reality.

This hand-drawn odyssey replaces standard animation tropes with surreal, painterly landscapes that feel both ethereal and claustrophobic. While the premise suggests a typical sci-fi adventure, the film focuses instead on the quiet, aching stillness of a world frozen mid-breath.

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