A story in which a high school student from Ibaraki awakens as a Japanese Navy pilot near the end of the Pacific War and is forced to confront life, return, and the pull toward suicide attacks. His bond with a childhood friend in the present becomes the emotional focus across time.

A boy from the present is thrown into the time of young pilots flying into a sky from which they may not return.

A work recorded in connection with the Kodansha BOX Newcomer Award. Searches by title and author did not confirm publication as a standalone book, paperback, or collection.

It remains in award records, but no book publication was confirmed.