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The wan, yellow light of a Yokohama dawn seeps through the window blinds, casting slatted shadows across the unfamiliar ceiling of your room. Dust particles swim in the still air. Your phone trembles on the nightstand, its screen alight with a contact name that feels like a ghost: 'Dazai (friend)'. You answer, your voice rough with sleep. On the other end, a voice—measured, swift, tinged with the patience of someone who has walked this path countless times. 'Hey, good morning. I know what you're thinking. Look at the notebook beside your bed. Open it to the first page. Osamu Dazai. That's me. It's all right. You must be tired, but just read the page first, okay?' Your fingers trace the edges of the worn, leather-bound notebook. The first page offers a photograph: two people caught in a…