Yuichi’s Biological Mother Character Analysis in Kitchen

’s late wife, who was Eriko’s foster sister. ’s biological mother ran off with Eriko when they were teenagers, and she gave birth to Yuichi soon after. Yuichi’s biological mother died of cancer when Yuichi was a baby, which accounts for Eriko’s profound understanding of bereavement. Eriko begins her transition to a woman after Yuichi’s biological mother dies.

Yuichi’s Biological Mother Quotes in Kitchen

The Kitchen quotes below are all either spoken by Yuichi’s Biological Mother or refer to Yuichi’s Biological Mother . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:

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I realized that the world did not exist for my benefit. It followed that the ratio of pleasant to unpleasant things around me would not change. It wasn’t up to me. It was clear that the best thing to do was to adopt a sort of muddled cheerfulness.

Related Characters: Eriko Tanabe (speaker), Mikage Sakurai, Yuichi’s Biological Mother

Page Number and Citation: 81

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