The narrative follows a husband watching his wife (Mitani) succumb to early-onset cognitive decline or memory loss. The terror of the film is not in what she does, but in what she ceases to remember . It forces the audience to confront the philosophical question:
Haruto begins mourning his wife while she is still sitting next to him on the couch. He watches her sleep, knowing that the woman in his arms is a ghost in waiting. The film asks a brutal question: Is it more painful to be forgotten, or to watch your partner forget themselves? DASS-070 My Wife Will Soon Forget Me. Akari Mitani