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Sensei

This character loses his parents as a young man and is left to rely on his paternal uncle to manage his family's home and fortune. When he is nearly twenty, he is sent to Tokyo for college.

K

When this character is a young boy, he is adopted out to an affluent doctor and his family. When he enters college, his family assumes he will undertake medicine, following the course of his foster father. However, he deceives his parents by pursuing studies in religion instead.

Soseki

This character is a young man searching for answers to fill the emptiness he feels inside. When he pokes fun at an affectionate couple one day, his mentor tells him he is lonely and in search of someone to love.

Shizu

This character worries over her husband's emotional state and isolation from society. She remembers her husband before his dissent into...

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