![]() A place he calls the very essence of jealousy. A jealousy that “was not a place he was forced into by someone else, but a jail in which the inmate entered voluntarily, locked the door, and threw away the key.” With the prison being his own heart, as hard as a stone wall. Jealousy is what makes him want to live again. That the young man he was ceased to exist and only the shell remains. He can’t shake the thought that he did perhaps really die when his four friends rejected him. He survives, but barely, and his body still shows the signs of nearly starving to death. One of growth and a second coming of age.Īfter losing his friends, Tsukuru loses the will to live. It describes a physical journey to discover a hidden past, but more than that it describes a personal journey. ![]() The story takes place in Tokyo, Nagoya, and Finland. ![]()
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