Chapter 3 Summary

The next Sunday, Toru and Naoko go walking around Tokyo again, talking in fragments. Then they walk together the next Sunday, and the next. It becomes a standing date. Toru often goes over to Naoko's small apartment to eat. She's attending a girl's college and has few friends or possessions. She also wanted to leave the old life behind her. As time goes on, Toru and Naoko become close friends. Toru tells her a story about Storm Trooper. The boys in the dorm replace the photo on his wall with one of the Golden Gate Bridge, to see if he'll masturbate to it. Toru tells them that he loves it, and it becomes a running joke in the dorm for the boys to replace the photo with different landmarks.

Toru tells Naoko about the girlfriend he left behind before going to college, and...