Status Updates From País de nieve

Yoko finally gets a chance to do more than appear all sullen and aloof, or at least gets to speak a few lines to indicate why she seems so to Shimamura. She pleads for him to be kind to Komako, her rival who finally tells off the aimless traveller, only to back down a moment later. Snow has begun falling on maple leafs, ushering in a transformation back to the chilly, barren landscape described at start of the story.

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