Love Letter (When I Close My Eyes…) A
By Kage Alan

Hiroko Watanabe is a young 20 something whose fiancé, Itsuki Fujii, died two years earlier. For whatever reason, she has never been able to let go of the love of her life and the memories of what once was and what could have been haunt her day and night. Itsuki's mother shows Hiroko some of his old high school yearbooks and they reminisce about old times. The original house  where Itsuki grew up has long since been covered up by a local freeway, but the address is listed in the yearbook and Hiroko writes it down. She then writes Itsuki a short letter and sends it off to that address knowing full well that it will never arrive. It's a letter to Heaven and a way for her to start letting go. An odd little thing happens, though, and Hiroko receives a response. It turns out there is a young girl who lives in the same original town as Itsuki, went to school with him and shares the same exact name. Once they find out who each other is and what their connection is, she and Hiroko soon find themselves corresponding with each other on a regular basis. For Hiroko, it is an opportunity to learn about her fiancé and live memories about him through somebody else's eyes. For the female Itsuki, it is at first a chore to relive painful childhood memories, but then turns into a voyage of discovery for herself as well. The ending is a bittersweet surprise.