Kitchen Moments
Grab Bag
Coping with Grief
Family
Symbols
100
The dish that Mikage brings to Yuichi so that he isn't alone in his hunger.
What is Katsudon?
100
The name of the Tanabe's old dog who reminds Eriko and Yuichi of Mikage.
Who is Wolfie or Woofie?
100
Where Mikage sleeps to connect with her deceased grandmother.
What is the kitchen floor.
100
Where Yuichi connected with Mikage's grandmother.
What is the flower shop?
100
hope, destiny, future
What are the stars or moon?
200
The dish that Mikage dreams about and Yuichi craves in the middle of the night. They bond over cooking this.
What is Ramen?
200
The object that reflects Yuichi's capability to love.
What is a fountain pen?
200
What Mikage does to consistently distract from grief and loneliness.
What is cooking or cleaning?
200
The object that connects Mikage to the Tanabe family.
What is the couch?
200
life, resurgence, birth and death
What are plants?
300
The one place Mikage and Yuichi hadn't been together despite their favorite drink.
What is a cafe?
300
Plant that Eriko gave to his wife and came to represent her dying.
What is a pineapple?
300
Habit that Yuichi picks up to cope with Eriko's death.
What is drinking?
300
Character who said, "My family always consisted of one person."
Who is Mikage?
300
comfort, abundance
What is the fridge?
400
The color of her grandmother's kitchen that Mikage used to hate but came to love.
What is greenish-yellow.
400
The name of Mikage's ex boyfriend.
Who is Sotaro?
400
Yuichi and Mikage's distraction when they reunite after Eriko's death.
What is "The Dinner to End all Dinners?"
400
The object that connects Mikage specifically to Eriko.
What is the red sweater?
400
community, tradition
What is tea?
500
Name of one of the two comforting girls who work with Mikage in her new cooking job.
Who are Nori or Kuri?
500
The engraving on the glass given to Mikage by Eriko?
What is a banana?
500
The object that Yuichi associated with Eriko's death.
What is a telephone?
500
The landscape that Mikage imagines to represent her relationship with Yuichi.
What is a "Cauldron of Hell?"
500
continuity of life, instinctual motivation to move on
What is wind?
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