[Reducing Mosaic]JUL-584 After the graduation ceremony... A gift from your stepmother to you, now an adult. Marika Kobayashi

Sei left home and spent three years of his student life in a dormitory. On the day of his graduation ceremony, as he reminisced with his classmates on his way home, a woman appeared before him… His stepmother, Marika, who was full of benevolent smiles, had come to celebrate his departure. 'Let's celebrate your graduation with your stepmom today,' they said as they went to have a meal. Overjoyed, Marika drank too much and asked Sei to send her back to her lodging. As the two talked honestly in the room with his beloved stepmother, they eventually…