![]() ![]() Yuichi asks Mikage to move in with him and his mother, Eriko, as Mikage will need to move out of her apartment. He also feels a sense of loss at Mikage’s grandmother’s death, and wants to help Mikage if he can. Yuichi was very close to Mikage’s grandmother. While Mikage is deep in grief, she receives an invitation from a classmate, Yuichi Tanabes, to live with him and his mother. This feeling evolves into desolation, and Mikage questions her own purpose for living as well. Her parents died when she was younger, and she now feels that she has no connection left in the world. Mikage, who is the narrative voice of the first two sections of the novel, is thrown into a depressive spiral at the death of her last blood relative. “Kitchen” opens with the death of Mikage’s grandmother. The first story introduces the characters Mikage Sakurai and Yuichi Tanabe, and comprises the “Kitchen” and “Full Moon” sections. ![]()
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