Ink Between Us

Akiro Tanaka lives a quiet life of sketchbooks, silence, and solitude—until Haru Saito bursts into his world with a camera in hand, a smile too bright, and a whirlwind of chaotic energy. At 23, Akiro is a meticulous graphic novelist, comfortable hiding behind his art. Haru, a 21-year-old film student, is everything Akiro isn’t—spontaneous, expressive, and impossibly magnetic.



Forced into shared living by circumstance, the two couldn’t be more different. Akiro craves order; Haru thrives in mess. Yet, as days melt into nights, their opposing rhythms begin to sync. Haru becomes the unspoken muse in Akiro’s work—his laughter, his presence, his warmth, quietly sketched into the panels of a graphic novel neither of them knows is a confession.



As their lives slowly intertwine through shared ramen bowls, rooftop movies, and silent morning routines, Akiro finds himself drawing not just Haru, but the feeling of falling for someone he can’t bear to lose. Their bond deepens in the spaces between words, in glances, brushes of fingers, and the quiet tension of unsaid truths.



But when Haru stumbles upon one of Akiro’s drawings—too personal, too revealing—the carefully balanced silence between them threatens to break.



Will Akiro have the courage to speak the words his art has whispered all along?