Sounds of Winter

At a laundromat one winter night, novelist Ayana meets a man who initiates a friendly conversation after hearing the music coming from her earphones. (Source: Netflix)

Ayana and her boyfriend Yukio enjoy Christmas Eve together. When he asks her to consider living together, she is unable to give an answer. (Source: Netflix)

Ayana returns to her hometown for the end of the year and attends a mini-gathering with old friends, which ends up including her ex-boyfriend. (Source: Netflix)

A popular novelist who Ayana once dated and who inspired her to start writing comes to an event for her novel seven years after they last met. (Source: Netflix)

In her third year of university, a pure-hearted Ayana tells her friend to leave a toxic relationship. Ayana’s classmate tells her that he likes her. (Source: Netflix)

Ayana shows Yamada a long message she sent a musician she used to have feelings for and who is the reason she avoids seriously falling for people. (Source: Netflix)

Ayana is touched by Yukio’s kindness when he makes a comforting meal for her after the funeral. Worried about hurting him, she speaks with Yamada. (Source: Netflix)

Ayana goes on a hot springs trip with Yukio for her birthday. After he gives her a cardigan, she promises to knit him a scarf for his birthday. (Source: Netflix)

While knitting Yukio’s scarf, Ayana receives one of the chairs she ordered with him on Christmas Eve. Yukio receives the other chair while with Sae. (Source: Netflix)

On Yukio’s birthday, Ayana reveals her concerns and honest feelings before giving him the completed scarf and saying she wants to be with him. (Source: Netflix)