Themes
The kitchen, sofa and Yuichi all make Mikage feel this way.
What is comfort?
The sofa represents this
What is comfort and a safe space for Mikage in Yuichi apartment?
Mikage goes to live with Eriko and Yuichi after this person dies.
Who is Mikage’s grandmother?
This happens to Eriko one night in a bar fight.
What is Eriko’s death?
This represents happiness and a safe space
What is the Kitchen?
This theme separates loved ones, yet also brings Yuichi and Mikage them closer together.
What is the theme of death?
The sky symbolizes this
What is Mikage’s determination regardless of the circumstances and situations around her?
This character is a friend of Eriko’s from the club
Who is Chika?
Eriko brings her wife this item when she is dying of cancer in the hospital
What is a pineapple plant?
Mikages ex-boyfriend enjoys going to this place
What is the playground?
A theme about different close relationships with different people. Mikage finally finds this for herself.
What is the theme of family?
Kitchens represent this
What are Mikage's safe spaces where she feels comfortable?
This character confronts Mikage at her work over Yuichi
Who is Okuno?
Mikage has this profession
What is an assistant at a cooking school?
Eriko works at this place
What is the club?
A theme both Yuichi and Mikage experience through their experiences with loss.
What is the theme of loneliness?
The represents a beacon of hope
What is the lighthouse?
These characters are Mikage’s colleagues at cooking school
Who are Nori and Kuri?
Eriko tells Mikage she can make this food instead of paying rent
What is soupy rice?
Yuichi and Mikage’s grandmother met at this place
What is the flower shop?
The author made Eriko transgender, and her feminity is expressed throughout the book.
What is the theme of gender?
These items remind Mikage of Eriko
What is the red sweater and the perfume?
This is Mikage’s last name
What is Sakurai?
This happens to Mikage when she climbs to Yuichi’s room at the end
What is she cuts her hand?
Yuichi travels to this city to stay in an inn.
What is Isehara?