Body Drop Asphalt

A young Japanese woman named Eri is intelligent and promising but remains mired in depression and alienation She wanders life like a ghost articulating her suffering perspectives in repetitive thoughts and journals Everything changes when she decides to write a romance fantasy for the way she wished things would go including an alter ego named Rie meeting a man named Fuyuki in love at first sight Her debut novel Soft Cream Love is a huge hit and Eri is catapulted to wealth and circles of admirers Shy she blows her chance to meet a cute guy and instead makes a pass at her clumsy unattractive agent named Hoshino who walks away with his cynical attitudes born of romantic disappointment When she pursues him into the street she by chance meets a nice guy just as she hoped but he never shows up at their first date because unknown to her hes hit by a car