Diary of Emptiness

When you need to take care of yourself, even a lie will do... Ms. Shibata works as a clerk in a Tokyo firm. Everything would be wonderful if it weren't for one "but"... Since she is the only woman in... the office, her colleagues take it for granted that Ms. Shibata should take care of coffee serving, cleaning... One day her patience runs out, and she announces that she can no longer clean her colleagues' dirty cups because she is terribly nauseous from the smell of coffee, as she... is pregnant! And now everyone in the office treats her with respect. Ms. Shibata is not obligated to serve coffee to anyone. Pregnant Ms. Shibata cannot be forced to work overtime. Ms. Shibata even enrolled in prenatal courses and responsibly keeps a pregnancy diary. Playing the role of an expectant mother turns out to be surprisingly comfortable, and her new status completely absorbs Ms. Shibata. The only question remains: is Ms. Shibata really pregnant? Or not? The fortieth week of pregnancy arrives...