Sennetsu

Also known as: 潜熱, Latent Heat, Incandescence

by Ayako Noda

Ruri, a college student working part time at a convenience story, finds herself drawn to Nosegawa, a middle-aged customer who comes in every day to buy two packs of cigarettes. When she works up the nerve to ask him for a ride home one rainy day, their interaction in the car kindles something in Ruri's heart - a strange and unknown new heat...