{"id":6919,"date":"2026-01-19T13:43:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T04:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/kiyouto\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T14:40:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T05:40:50","slug":"kiyouto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/en\/kiyouto\/","title":{"rendered":"Kiyouto"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading6919_638c8e-35, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading6919_638c8e-35[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading6919_638c8e-35\"]{margin-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-xl, 4rem);margin-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);font-size:var(--global-kb-font-size-lg, 2rem);font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading6919_638c8e-35 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading6919_638c8e-35[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading6919_638c8e-35\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading6919_638c8e-35 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading6919_638c8e-35[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading6919_638c8e-35\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading6919_638c8e-35, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading6919_638c8e-35[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading6919_638c8e-35\"]{margin-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-xs, 1rem);font-size:24px;}}<\/style>\n<h1 class=\"kt-adv-heading6919_638c8e-35 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading6919_638c8e-35\">Kiyouto<\/h1>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading6919_16dc52-45, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading6919_16dc52-45[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading6919_16dc52-45\"]{margin-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);font-size:var(--global-kb-font-size-md, 1.25rem);font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading6919_16dc52-45 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading6919_16dc52-45[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading6919_16dc52-45\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading6919_16dc52-45 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading6919_16dc52-45[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading6919_16dc52-45\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading6919_16dc52-45, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading6919_16dc52-45[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading6919_16dc52-45\"]{margin-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-md, 2rem);}}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading6919_16dc52-45 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading6919_16dc52-45\">Season 1<\/h2>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading6919_a24524-b2, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading6919_a24524-b2[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading6919_a24524-b2\"]{margin-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading6919_a24524-b2 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading6919_a24524-b2[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading6919_a24524-b2\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading6919_a24524-b2 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading6919_a24524-b2[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading6919_a24524-b2\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading6919_a24524-b2, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading6919_a24524-b2[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading6919_a24524-b2\"]{margin-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);font-size:20px;}}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading6919_a24524-b2 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading6919_a24524-b2\">\u2460\uff5cBefore the Sound<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kiyouto-ep1-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"A hospital room in the Philippines, afternoon sunlight streaming in diagonally through the window sill.\" class=\"wp-image-6905\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kiyouto-ep1-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kiyouto-ep1-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kiyouto-ep1-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kiyouto-ep1-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kiyouto-ep1-1.jpg 1921w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Gabi does not remember the details of the day his mother died.<br>What remains is the smell of the hospital room and the angle of the light coming through the window.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A short while before that, as he was leaving, his mother handed him a small bottle.<br>There were few words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cKeep it with you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was neither a request nor an order.<br>That was what made it heavy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kiyouto-ep1-2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"A close-up of a small bottle containing emerald-green liquid. It rests on a wooden table.\" class=\"wp-image-6907\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kiyouto-ep1-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kiyouto-ep1-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kiyouto-ep1-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kiyouto-ep1-2-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kiyouto-ep1-2.jpg 1921w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The bottle fit easily in his palm, lighter than he expected.<br>Inside was a liquid the color of the sea\u2014emerald green.<br>It moved when shaken.<br>Yet even when untouched, its position seemed to shift with the light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the label, two words were printed in hiragana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kiyouto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He could read it.<br>But he could not grasp it as meaning.<br>Only later did he realize it was the name of a city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kiyouto-ep1-3-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Gabi sits in her room in the Philippines. Her guitar and other equipment are scattered about in a disarray.\" class=\"wp-image-6903\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kiyouto-ep1-3-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kiyouto-ep1-3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kiyouto-ep1-3-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kiyouto-ep1-3-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kiyouto-ep1-3.jpg 1921w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Life in the Philippines never ran out of sound.<br>Voices, presence, constant connection to the outside world.<br>The bottle stayed on his desk.<br>He noticed it, but never tried to understand it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When asked why he was going to Japan, Gabi said it was for music work.<br>That was not a lie.<br>But it was not the whole truth either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sound printed on the bottle would not leave his mind.<br>Not because he wanted to know its meaning,<br>but because he felt he needed to stand, just once, in the place it pointed to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kiyouto-ep1-4-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Gabi sits alone at Haneda Airport. Early winter.\" class=\"wp-image-6901\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kiyouto-ep1-4-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kiyouto-ep1-4-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kiyouto-ep1-4-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kiyouto-ep1-4-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kiyouto-ep1-4.jpg 1921w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After a long journey, he arrived in Tokyo.<br>The airport was quiet despite the number of people.<br>Voices were low, footsteps aligned.<br>Outside, the light was strong, yet the sound did not push forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s cold, isn\u2019t it?\u201d<br>A couple in the next seats glanced at each other and said it softly.<br>Gabi kept his eyes on the window, listening only to the temperature of their words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kiyouto-ep1-9-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Gabi sits on a bed in a modest hotel in Tokyo.\" class=\"wp-image-6909\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kiyouto-ep1-9-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kiyouto-ep1-9-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kiyouto-ep1-9-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kiyouto-ep1-9-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kiyouto-ep1-9.jpg 1921w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The room prepared for him in Tokyo had only what was necessary.<br>When he opened the window, city lights came in.<br>Still, it was different from nights in the Philippines.<br>Something here was properly stopped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He placed the bottle on the table.<br>Though he had not touched it, the liquid moved slightly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He did not look for a reason.<br>His body seemed to accept that this was simply how it was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A few days later, Gabi made a decision.<br>After glancing once more at the sound on the label,<br>he bought a ticket to Kyoto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kiyouto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kiyouto-ep1-5-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Gabi is on the Shinkansen to Kyoto, gazing out the window.\" class=\"wp-image-6899\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kiyouto-ep1-5-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kiyouto-ep1-5-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kiyouto-ep1-5-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kiyouto-ep1-5-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kiyouto-ep1-5.jpg 1921w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As the train left Tokyo, the world grew quieter.<br>People were still there.<br>Voices still existed.<br>But as the scenery changed, the sound drifted backward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When he arrived in Kyoto, the air felt even lighter.<br>Cold, but not piercing.<br>Footsteps were absorbed into the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kiyouto-ep1-6-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"On the outskirts of Kyoto. Sunlight streams down on the quiet rows of old wooden houses.\" class=\"wp-image-6897\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kiyouto-ep1-6-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kiyouto-ep1-6-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kiyouto-ep1-6-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kiyouto-ep1-6-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kiyouto-ep1-6.jpg 1921w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After leaving his luggage, he stepped outside.<br>He walked while tracing the sound on the label in his mind.<br>He did not carry any further purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Somewhere, a sound appeared.<br>A string.<br>It did not continue.<br>It stopped.<br>The interval was long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the sound disappeared, space remained.<br>Not remained\u2014<br>it stood up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gabi found himself standing still.<br>Only later did he notice his breathing had deepened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kiyouto-ep1-10-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"A Japanese-style inn in Kyoto. Old tatami mats and futons. A small emerald-green bottle rests there.\" class=\"wp-image-6911\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kiyouto-ep1-10-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kiyouto-ep1-10-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kiyouto-ep1-10-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kiyouto-ep1-10-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kiyouto-ep1-10.jpg 1921w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Back in the room, it was even quieter.<br>Closing the window did not feel like closing anything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He placed the bottle on the table again.<br>The liquid moved once more,<br>its motion slightly different from before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gabi did not pick it up.<br>He felt that touching it might change something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The next morning, he woke early.<br>Sound was distant.<br>Even though it was morning, nothing urged him forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At a corner, his feet stopped.<br>There was no reason.<br>The space seemed to drop by one layer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kiyouto-ep1-7-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Takano Kidama stands, under the roof of an ancient Kyoto temple.\" class=\"wp-image-6895\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kiyouto-ep1-7-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kiyouto-ep1-7-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kiyouto-ep1-7-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kiyouto-ep1-7-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kiyouto-ep1-7.jpg 1921w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A man was standing there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gabi could not tell his age.<br>It looked like a kimono\u2014<br>or perhaps not.<br>He could not tell anything beyond that.<br>Only that the way he stood was different.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ve come from far away.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The man said it casually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gabi did not answer.<br>It did not feel like a question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The man glanced once in the direction of the bottle, then looked away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou know,\u201d he said,<br>\u201csometimes you hear sounds that cannot be heard.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That was all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The man walked off, quickly dissolving into the flow of people.<br>Gabi could not be sure whether he had truly been there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Inside the bottle, the liquid swayed quietly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There was no answer.<br>But the question had already been born.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kiyouto-ep1-8-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Gabi begins walking through the streets of Kyoto.\" class=\"wp-image-6893\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kiyouto-ep1-8-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kiyouto-ep1-8-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kiyouto-ep1-8-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kiyouto-ep1-8-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/beauty-saga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kiyouto-ep1-8.jpg 1921w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Gabi began to walk again.<br>He felt that he wanted to live inside this time just a little longer.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns6919_70de62-8f, .site .entry-content .wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns6919_70de62-8f, 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