VDV

"VDV" IS AN ONLINE NOVEL EXPLORING THE

MULTIFACETED NATURE OF LIFE'S CHALLENGES THROUGH

THE INTERWOVEN STORIES OF THREE DISTINCT

INDIVIDUALS. ACT 1, "FAMILY," INTRODUCES MAKOTO YUKI,

A YOUNG FREELANCE MUSICIAN GRAPPLING WITH

DETACHMENT AND THE WEIGHT OF FAMILIAL

EXPECTATIONS FOLLOWING HIS GRANDFATHER'S

PASSING. ACT 2, "CAREER," DELVES INTO MAKOTO'S

ARDUOUS JOURNEY NAVIGATING THE UNPREDICTABLE

WORLD OF FREELANCE WORK, BATTLING BURNOUT AND

QUESTIONING HIS ARTISTIC PATH. ACT 3, "CONNECTIONS,"

MARKS A TURNING POINT AS MAKOTO UNEXPECTEDLY

FINDS SOLACE AND SUPPORT IN NEW FRIENDSHIPS WITH A

BARTENDER AND A FELLOW CREATIVE, LEARNING THE

IMPORTANCE OF VULNERABILITY AND SHARED

EXPERIENCES. ULTIMATELY, "VDV" AIMS TO DEMONSTRATE

THAT THERE IS NO SINGLE "RIGHT" WAY TO NAVIGATE

LIFE'S COMPLEXITIES, OFFERING READERS A SPACE TO

FEEL SEEN AND UNDERSTOOD IN THEIR OWN UNIQUE

STRUGGLES.