Durian Sukegawa
- "We were born in order to see and listen to the world. And that's all this world wants of us."
Then... I thought I heard a voice that sounded very much like the moon whispering to me. It said: "I wanted you to see me. That's why I shine like this." From then on I began to see everything differently. If I were not here, this full moon would not be here. Neither would the trees. Or the wind. If my view of the world disappears, then everything that I see disappears too. It's as simple as that... It doesn't matter that I was never a teacher or a member of the workforce, my life had meaning.
Satoshi Yagisawa
- "So did you end up finding the place you belonged?"
My uncle nodded quietly. "This is it. Our little, rundown Morisaki Bookshop. I had so many aspirations. I flew all over the world only to end up back at the place I'd known every bit of since I was a child. Hilarious, isn't it? After all that time, I came back here. That's when I finally realized it wasn't just a question of where I was. It was about something inside me. No matter where I went, no matter who I was with, if I could be honest with myself, then that was where I belonged..."