Hundred Days Coffee

Summary

Xiao Ming (小明), a girl with roots in both Japan and Taiwan, crosses the sea and leaves behind familiar Japan to begin university life in Taiwan — her late father’s homeland. But life in a place with no one she knows proves harsh, and she struggles to even find a room, finding herself at a complete loss just before her enrollment ceremony. Drifting without anywhere to go, she wanders into Bao Cang Yan (宝蔵巌, Paochuanyen) — a settlement in Taipei where history breathes quietly through its old lanes. Tucked in an alleyway is a café called “Hundred Days Coffee,” surrounded by a peculiar urban legend: “It solves the troubles of whoever visits.” The café run by owner Meng (孟) is no ordinary retreat — it is a “dream laboratory” that traces the memories of those who enter. “Why does my late father speak to me through dreams?” — Guided by the memories of the Asagimadara butterfly, a creature that migrates across 2,000 kilometers of open sea, Xiao Ming embarks on a journey transcending time and space through a “Memory Palace.” A quietly extraordinary Taiwan human fantasy from Gao Yan (高妍) — creator of Green Song: Collected Wind and Interstitial.