Penguin's Memory: Shiawase Monogatari

Mike returns from war carrying memories he cannot put aside, unable to feel at home among the people he once knew. Wandering to a new town brings him into contact with Jill, an aspiring singer whose warmth offers a possibility of connection he thought he had lost.

Their relationship grows as an opportunity opens for Jill’s career, but her family’s expectations and Mike’s unresolved pain pull them in different directions. Building a future together will require more than affection: each must decide how much of that future to surrender to fear or to other people’s plans.