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A Place Without Her
Hina, a nursing student who has only recently moved to Tokyo, worked day and night to earn money for her tuition and living expenses. At the suggestion of her kind neighbor Emiko, she tried working as a 'sugar baby' and in a hostess bar but was overwhelmed by the unfamiliar circumstances. When her mother, who lives far away, also asks her for money, Hina's life increasingly falls into financial distress. The people around her unwittingly push her further into a corner. In this situation, Hina is approached by Hayato, a new talent scout she meets by chance, and decides to enter the sex industry...
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Hina, a nursing student who has only recently moved to Tokyo, worked day and night to earn money for her tuition and living expenses. At the suggestion of her kind neighbor Emiko, she tried working as a 'sugar baby' and in a hostess bar but was overwhelmed by the unfamiliar circumstances. When her mother, who lives far away, also asks her for money, Hina's life increasingly falls into financial distress. The people around her unwittingly push her further into a corner. In this situation, Hina is approached by Hayato, a new talent scout she meets by chance, and decides to enter the sex industry...
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