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All four residents (plus Toshiko’s ghost) sit on plastic chairs. A single bare bulb flickers. Haruko passes around a bottle of shochu.

Unit 203. The previous tenant... stopped sending postcards six months ago. We assume he ascended. Dokushin Apartment Dokudami-sou Episode 1

Professionalism never sleeps. Even when the rest of you does. Want a beer? It’s 4% alcohol, 96% regret. All four residents (plus Toshiko’s ghost) sit on

To a higher plane. Or the landfill. Rent is 22,000 yen. Unit 203

He looks up at the grey sky. For a moment, he considers stepping into traffic. A PIGEON shits on his shoulder. He doesn’t even flinch.

Inside, an elderly woman, , is feeding coins into a washing machine that is clearly broken. It’s smoking.

A single (Houttuynia cordata / “fish mint” / chives plant) is growing out of the crack in his balcony concrete. It smells like medicine and rot and life.