Adapted from Eto Mori’s 2007 novel of the same name, the film tells the story of a wayward soul who, after arriving at the waystation of the afterlife, is gifted with the opportunity to regain its life by reincarnating in the body of a suicide victim.

Source: https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/best-anime-movies/the-100-best-anime-movies-of-all-time/

The drearily in-between shades of gray here represent a purgatory, a waystation between Heaven and Hell.

Source: https://variety.com/2023/legit/reviews/grey-house-review-broadway-play-1235630674/

The ten Boom family not only operated a waystation for people fleeing the Nazis, but they did so underneath the noses of their enemies.

Source: https://www.timesofisrael.com/how-a-watchmakers-daughter-hid-hundreds-of-jews-beneath-the-nazi-occupiers-noses/