Symbols
This drink gives a warm sense of comfort and a welcoming environment
What is tea?
Cooking gives her a deep sense of
What is comfort?
Who is a transgender woman who dies in a bar fight?
What is Eriko
This is her happy place
What is the Kitchen?
What color was Erikos favorite sweater
What is red
What does Mikage do to comfort herself when she is overwhelmed by her surroundings and needs to gain control?
What is cleaning
Eriko struggles with this as a man before eventually finding herself as a woman
What is identity?
Who had cancer and was gifted a pineapple plant?
What is Yuichis mother
Mikage goes here on a cooking trip with Sensei.
What is Izu Peninsula?
What does Mikage find empty on the floor of Yuichis house
What is an empty liquor bottle
What do the plants symbolize?
What is nurturing things you care about, and a beautiful side of death
Mikage does this after the death of her grandmother and Yuichi does this after his mothers murder
What is Grieving?
Who are the characters that work at the same restaurant as Mikage?
What is Kuri and Nori
Yuichi goes to this city while Mikage is on her trip to Izu
What is Isehara?
This is the author’s first name, and common fruit.
What is Banana?
What does the lighthouse symbolize?
What is a path to safety, warning of danger, and a beacon of hope in the darkness
Since Mikage was solely raised by her grandmother and Yuichi was raised by her transgender mother and mother who passed of cancer, both of them have unconventional..?
What is families?
Who does Mikage go to sip tea with?
What is her ex-boyfriend Sotaro
Where do Chika and Mikage meet up for lunch?
What is Sarashina the soba shop
Who sang the song that Yuichi and Mikage sang in the kitchen?
What is Momoko Sakuchi
What is the symbol for masculinity and a new start?
What is the potted plant
What is something that brings people together, reminisce on memories, and to show that you care for others
What is food
Who slaps Yuichi in the cafeteria?
What is Okuno
Where do Eriko and Chika work?
What is a gay bar
What are the important ingredients for Katsudon?
What is good quality meat, excellent broth, the eggs and onions handled beautifully, and the rice with just the right firmness