Symbols
Themes
Characters
Motifs
Misc.
100
Place that comforts Mikage and showcases appearance versus reality
What is the kitchen?
100
Healing process that Mikage uses to cope with death
What is cooking
100
Character who wishes to create its own dream kitchen
Who is Mikage?
100
Humming object that comforts Mikage to sleep next to
What is a refrigerator?
100
A breaded pork with rice dish
What is katsudon?
200
Season that represents the death of eriko
What is autumn?
200
A collection of people, not necessarily blood-relatives, but who care about you
What is family?
200
Parental figure that takes in Mikage as her own
Who is Eriko?
200
Something that brings people together in hard times
What is death?
200
Beverage that people enjoyed before having a serious discussion
What is tea?
300
A plant that represents Mikage’s reaction towards death, how she dies a little bit inside with each passing life
What is the pineapple
300
An emotion that overcomes Mikage and later Yuichi throughout the novel
What is grief?
300
Jealous ex-boyfriend of Mikage
Who is Sotaro?
300
Womb-like object that is Mikage’s second home
What is the couch?
300
The thing that sotaro loved
What are parks?
400
Symbol that illustrates how Yuichi and Mikage are tied together by death
What is the ladder?
400
The way you change how others perceive you by changing your appearance and role in society
What is gender?
400
Crazy girlfriend who confronts Mikage at work
Who is Okuno?
400
Surroundings that make her feel small
What is the sky/stars?
400
Name of Yuichi's dog that died
What is Wolfie?
500
Something Mikage takes for granted and ends up missing in the future
What is the yellow-green kitchen floor
500
Coping method that Yuichi uses to overcome the death of Eriko
What is Alcoholism?
500
Who visited Yuichi in the flower shop many times a week
Who is Grandmother?
500
Object that describes no matter how far away she is, her past is always within reach
What is the telephone?
500
The names of the ladies who worked at the club
Who are Eriko, Chika, Nori, and Kuri?
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