Toshikazu Kawaguchi

I finally understand.

The present didn’t change for Kohtake, but she banned everyone from using her maiden name and changed her attitude towards Fusagi. She would be with Fusagi to continue being his wife, even though she had vanished from his memory. Hirai abandoned her successful bar to rejoin her family. While repairing her relationship with her parents, she was learning the traditional ways of the inn from square one.

The present doesn’t change.

The present hadn’t changed – but those two people had. Both Kohtake and Hirai returned to the present with a changed heart.

no matter what difficulties people face, they will always have the strength to overcome them. It just takes heart. And if the chair can change someone’s heart, it clearly has its purpose.

If you can’t change anything, why would anyone want to go back?

If you could go back, who would you want to meet?

If you could go back, who would you want to meet

You can go back. It’s true . . . you can go back, but . . .’

‘But . . . ?’

‘When you go back, no matter how hard you try, the present won’t change.’

The present won’t change. This was something Fumiko was totally unprepared for

The first rule was: The only people you can meet while in the past are those who have visited the cafe.

Another rule was: There is nothing you can do while in the past that will change the present.

She was wearing a beige cardigan over a