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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…
— Jan 03, 2026 03:29AM
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…
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3.11 - Is This Shovel a Real Shovel? (What Happened in the Night: 2)
— Jan 16, 2026 10:18PM
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3.10 - So, Then, the Next Problem (May Kasahara’s Point of View: 2)
— Jan 16, 2026 10:04PM
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3.09 - The Zoo Attack (or, A Clumsy Massacre)
A long and, in relation to all the previous chapters, confusing chapter about not only the sad Japanese military command to kill off the large animals of a Manchurian zoo, but also the threat of an American submarine, about to attack the ship that a young Nutmeg was traveling home on. Incidental refs to Toru’s mark en the Wind-up bird. Historical awareness?
— Jan 16, 2026 07:42AM
A long and, in relation to all the previous chapters, confusing chapter about not only the sad Japanese military command to kill off the large animals of a Manchurian zoo, but also the threat of an American submarine, about to attack the ship that a young Nutmeg was traveling home on. Incidental refs to Toru’s mark en the Wind-up bird. Historical awareness?
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3.07 - The Mystery of the Hanging House
Nutmeg ended up buying the Miyawaki lot for Toru Okada, all under strictest secrecy
— Jan 11, 2026 07:04AM
Nutmeg ended up buying the Miyawaki lot for Toru Okada, all under strictest secrecy
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3.05 - A Place You Can Figure Out If You Think About It Really, Really Hard (May Kasahara’s Point of View: 1)
Another break away from Toru Okada, this time a letter from May Kasahara who remains surprisingly open to keep confiding in Okada. Strange, arguably mad thoughts…
— Jan 11, 2026 03:10AM
Another break away from Toru Okada, this time a letter from May Kasahara who remains surprisingly open to keep confiding in Okada. Strange, arguably mad thoughts…
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3.04 Buying New Shoes • The Thing That Came Back Home
More mysteries. I didn’t perceive the exchange with the unseen small woman as something that she’d be paying for but rather as a treatment or a ritual favor. Not at all as an act of prostitution by Toru Okada.
And apparently,the exception of a major change as predicted by Malta’s Kano has occurred. How else would it be possible for the cat to return?
— Jan 11, 2026 02:44AM
More mysteries. I didn’t perceive the exchange with the unseen small woman as something that she’d be paying for but rather as a treatment or a ritual favor. Not at all as an act of prostitution by Toru Okada.
And apparently,the exception of a major change as predicted by Malta’s Kano has occurred. How else would it be possible for the cat to return?
