![]() I looked out at the sweet, endless blue of the sky it was glorious." Moreover, the feeling of belonging comes back to her when she recognizes a familiar smell: "The house smelled of wood. ![]() ![]() When Mikage suggests cooking for Eriko, the image of the room becomes bright, with the weather mirroring her mood that brightens up: "The entire apartment was filled with light, like a sunroom. The tatami mat." Her description ends with "The clock on the wall," which indicates that she knows that everything in life is only temporary and perishable. The smiling faces of friends, the fresh greenery of the university campus as a backdrop to Sotaro's profile, my grandmother's voice on the phone when I called her late at night, my warm bed on cold mornings, the sound of my grandmother's slippers in the hallway, the color of the curtains. Mikage is now looking around an empty room, recalling all her memories: "The kitchen window. Yoshimoto appeals to a variety of senses to emphasize how nostalgic and melancholic Mikage feels when she has finished cleaning out her grandmother's old kitchen. ![]() Moreover, she feels like there is a "straight road" leading from her to him, which makes it seem as if some supernatural force were guiding her. This image becomes stronger when Mikage contrasts the bright figure with the "black gloom" that she finds herself in. When Yuichi comes to Mikage's place to invite her to join him and his mother for dinner, Mikage says that he "seemed to glow with white light," which evokes associations with a saint. ![]()
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