!!hot!! - Junna Aoki

This anthology-style project focused on the secret lives of students after school, a staple genre in Japanese media where Aoki's grounded performance stood out. Sayonara Debussy: Pianist Tantei Misaki Yôsuke (2016):

For a moment, the girl who lived in the shadows of giants stood at the center of the light. She realized then that her "story" wasn't written by fate or by the playwrights of old. It was written in the ink of her own sweat and the precision of her aim. junna aoki

Junna felt something crack in her chest. It wasn’t anger or sadness. It was the ice of a long winter finally thawing. “Thank you,” she whispered. This anthology-style project focused on the secret lives