Shibatarian

In the spring of his third year of middle school, the narrator discovers Shibata buried beneath a cherry tree. The two quickly become friends through watching movies and plan to make one together for the school festival, though no one else at school seems to know Shibata. As the narrator searches for Shibata, the story promises that the whole world will become Shibata. It is presented as Shibata’s story, told by Shibata.