@Jjjj tbh.. yeah this makes sense actually and they are telling us that she kept writing letters and he never got it i mean how the he** he haven't gotten to meet atleast one acquaintance in the past 40 50 years or something and ofcourse with the rich dude's (Mitsuharu) influence surely he could have track down shinpei at any moment..
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