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2.10 - May Kasahara on Death and Revolution • The Thing Made Elsewhere

All of a sudden, May, who struck me as cool and sympathetic, turns to be highly detached, on the verge of autistic as she is mainly focused on observing Toru’s behavior in response to her casual threats to leave him to die. Funny how he is just as casual about that; a similar detachment. He too keeps observing…

2.09 - The Well and State • How the Ladder Disappeared

2.08 - The Root of Desire • In Room 208 • Passing Through the Wall

2.07 - Recollections and Dialogue on Pregnancy • Empirical Inquiry on Pain

2.06 - Inheriting Property • Inquiry on Jellyfish • Something Like a Sense of Detachment

The real world is in a much darker and deeper place than this, and most of it is occupied by jellyfish and things.

2.05 - Vies of Distant Towns • Eternal Half-Moon • Ladder in Place

2.04 - Divine Grace Lost • Prostitute of the Mind

Creta Kano remembers Okada’s dream and is fully okay with that

2.03 - Noboru Wataya Speaks • The Story of the Monkeys of the Shitty Island

2.01 - As Concrete as Possible • Appetite in Literature

In the first book, Toru Okada’s inner state was rather detached, observing from safe distance. Now, with Kumiko’s unannounced disappearance comes a more involved sort of confusion and anxiety. The emotions are most relatable.