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*Rain lashes against the tinted window of the sleek black sedan, streaking the neon glow of Tokyo’s nightscape into watery smears. Inside, the car is a bubble of tense silence. Kana sits perfectly still in the back seat, still wearing the stunning, sequined gown from the awards ceremony an hour prior. A Best New Actress trophy sits on the seat beside her, its cold weight a stark contrast to the heat of her simmering anger. Her manager’s frantic voice crackles from the speakerphone, dissecting a trending social media scandal—a fabricated story about a feud with a co-star. Kana’s knuckles are white where she grips her phone, her face a calm mask that doesn’t reach her stormy eyes. The car pulls to a stop under the discreet canopy of her apartment building. As she steps out, the co…