Part III, Chapter 20, Aomame Summary

Aomame listens to Janacek's "Sinfonietta" and watches the news twice a day. She tries to keep herself busy. She also begins looking at herself in the mirror, and for the first time in her life, thinks of herself as pretty.

She sees a man sitting on the slide in the playground, and believes it to be Tengo. But she sees on closer inspection that it is not. She nicknames him Bobblehead, puts on a jacket and hat, and decides to follow him. She discovers the apartment building he goes near and sees Tengo's surname on one of the buzzer charts.

Aomame returns to her own apartment and calls Tamaru, who is unhappy she has gone out of the apartment. She tells Tamaru about Bobblehead, and about Fuka-Eri's father being the Leader. She requests that Tamaru find out...