Akiko's Piano: Hibaku Shita Piano ga Kanaderu Oto
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Akiko's Piano 被爆したピアノが奏でる和音 2020/08/15
Character count8,768
Word count3,799
Unique words1,258
Unique words used once802
Unique kanji719
Unique kanji used once325
Difficulty beta Hard

1940, Kawamoto Akiko lives in Hiroshima with her father and mother, Genkichi and Shizuko, as well as her two younger brothers. Akiko loves playing her favourite piano. As the war situation worsens, she is busy helping out the war efforts. On the morning of August 6, 1945, she disobeys her father and heads into the centre of town for work. In Hiroshima 75 years later, her favourite piano remains, restored and playable following its survival of the atomic bombing

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