Reset: The Day I Failed to Die

Kazuya Fujimoto was supposed to have it all—a stable career as a software engineer, a respectable life in Tokyo, and a future filled with promise. But at thirty, he finds himself jobless, alone, and drowning in hopelessness. One fateful night, he decides to end it all.

But fate has other plans.

Waking up after his failed suicide attempt, Kazuya is left with nothing but the harsh reality of survival. Desperate for work, he stumbles into a small izakaya and takes a lowly kitchen job—a far cry from his past life in the tech world. At first, he sees it as a temporary setback, but as he learns the rhythm of the kitchen, the camaraderie of his coworkers, and the satisfaction of honest labor, he begins to question everything he once believed about success.

As Kazuya rebuilds himself from rock bottom, he faces old temptations, past regrets, and the looming question: Should he return to the world that broke him, or carve out a new path on his own terms?

"Reset: The Day I Failed to Die" is a story of second chances, self-discovery, and the quiet strength found in starting over.