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Week 11
Start Date: June 21
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Reading:
| Week | Chapter | Page Count |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | 9 (Turquoise) | ~10 |
List of characters from previous chapters
Chapter 1: Brown (from ワタル’s point of view, Tokyo)
- Young male waiter, ワタル, just got a job at the cafe マーブル・カフェ
- Young woman, customer at the cafe, likes to drink cocoa, has an English speaking pen-pal called Mary
Chapter 2: Yellow (from 朝美’s point of view, Tokyo)
- 朝美, working mom, usually full time, not housewife type
- 拓海 (たくみ), her son, goes to kindergarten (5yo)
- 輝也 (てるや), the dad, is a stay at home dad, also an artist and showing his paintings in an exhibit, also did some daytrading
- えな, teacher at the kindergarten
- 添島瑠々, one of the kids at the kindergarten
Chapter 3: Pink (from えな’s point of view, Tokyo)
- 萌香 (もえか), kid at the day care
- 泰子 (やすこ), teacher who’s been at the kindergarten for 15 years
- マコ, cousin of えな, studied in Australia during highschool, now an English conversation teacher
Chapter 4: Blue (from 泰子’s point of view, Tokyo)
- 理沙 (りさ), 泰子’s friend, now married
- ひろゆき, the husband, recently divorced
Chapter 5: Red (from 理沙’s point of view, Sydney)
- Couple married for 50 years, daughter is ピー
Chapter 6: Grey (from 美佐子’s point of view, Sydney)
- 進一郎, her husband
- ヒロコ、their daughter, nickname ピー, had her at 36歳, 36 years ago, has a lingerie shop on the same river as the Marble cafe (where 泰子 bought lingerie in chapter 4), 美佐子 has been to the coffee and had friendly chats with ワタル, thinks he might like a customer that wrote 秋の桜 on a Tanabata wish
- 幼なじみのあっちゃん, got married in Sydney 2 years ago
- 陽介, someone she liked / dated at work where she met her husband
- A waitress, long black hair, wearing a green bracelet
Chapter 7: Green (from 優’s point of view, Sydney)
- Was interviewed for(?) an article called ワーキングホリデー体験記 for CANVAS
- Likes a writer called ＭＡＣＯ from CANVAS (see characters from chapter 3)
- Sandwich seller older man (おじさん) with an orange apron at the botanical garden
- Was told by the gallery owner of a gallery she was visiting in her home city of Kyoto while in her second year of college, that the green painting she liked was of the botanical garden in Sydney, a friend of his had painted it. The man (ＭＡＳＴＥＲ) had a big mole in the middle of his forehead and the exhibition was not of famous artists but of people the owner liked (see chapter 1 & 2)
- man in late 20s who gave back her handkerchief that fell on the floor at the botanical garden
Chapter 8: Orange (from Ralph’s point of view, Sydney)
- Ralph, former banker, now owner of a sandwich shop near the Royal Botanical Gardens
- Cindy, went to the UK for 3 years, upon returning immediately went looking for Ralph
Character name readings
| kanji | reading |
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but I actually enjoyed it a lot, I guess it made me feel a bit nostalgic with all the small references to magic, it reminds me of some interests I had when growing up. I still feel like the relationship between Ralph and Cindy felt a bit rushed, though.
