Yuto Claims His Father’s Name

A Man

Yuto’s attachment to the Taniguchi name reveals his grief for Makoto and develops into a more honest relationship with Rié.

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Bearing strength in each event

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A Name He Wants to Keep A Name He Wants to Keep from "A Man". The Hidden Concern A quiet refusal Yuto tells Rié he does not want to stop being called Taniguchi after she announces her return to Takemoto.

A Name He Wants to Keep from "A Man". The Hidden Concern A quiet refusal Yuto tells Rié he does not want to stop being called Taniguchi after she announces her return to Takemoto.

The Hidden Concern A quiet refusal Yuto tells Rié he does not want to stop being called Taniguchi after she announces her return to Takemoto. More than convenience The name connects him to the father who raised him. Yuto fears that losing it will reduce Makoto to a temporary husband.

Grief Finally Spoken Grief Finally Spoken from "A Man". The Son’s Confession A delayed loss Yuto admits that he still misses his father and comes home with questions he can no longer ask.

Grief Finally Spoken from "A Man". The Son’s Confession A delayed loss Yuto admits that he still misses his father and comes home with questions he can no longer ask.

The Son’s Confession A delayed loss Yuto admits that he still misses his father and comes home with questions he can no longer ask. A mother listens Rié recognizes that she cannot dismiss his grief just because he has seemed composed. Their conversation begins to repair an unspoken distance.

Learning the Name Was False Learning the Name Was False from "A Man". A Family Story Unravels The revelation At Burial Mound Park, Rié tells Yuto that his father used Daisuké Taniguchi’s name and that his account of Ikaho Onsen…

Learning the Name Was False from "A Man". A Family Story Unravels The revelation At Burial Mound Park, Rié tells Yuto that his father used Daisuké Taniguchi’s name and that his account of Ikaho Onsen…

A Family Story Unravels The revelation At Burial Mound Park, Rié tells Yuto that his father used Daisuké Taniguchi’s name and that his account of Ikaho Onsen belonged to another man. A shaken identity Yuto asks what his own surname means now. His distress comes from fear of losing a father, not merely from the discovery of a lie.

Literature as a Passage Literature as a Passage from "A Man". A Private Inner Life Reading and writing Yuto turns to Akutagawa and composes a prize-winning haiku about a cicada shell and the voice of the life that left…

Literature as a Passage from "A Man". A Private Inner Life Reading and writing Yuto turns to Akutagawa and composes a prize-winning haiku about a cicada shell and the voice of the life that left…

A Private Inner Life Reading and writing Yuto turns to Akutagawa and composes a prize-winning haiku about a cicada shell and the voice of the life that left it. Grief made shareable His literary interests let Rié glimpse an interior world she cannot reach through ordinary questions. He finds his own means of enduring loss.

Making a Place for Makoto Making a Place for Makoto from "A Man". A Stepson Understands Compassion replaces suspicion Yuto reads Makoto’s history and recognizes that his kindness toward him may have come from giving a child…

Making a Place for Makoto from "A Man". A Stepson Understands Compassion replaces suspicion Yuto reads Makoto’s history and recognizes that his kindness toward him may have come from giving a child…

A Stepson Understands Compassion replaces suspicion Yuto reads Makoto’s history and recognizes that his kindness toward him may have come from giving a child what he wished his own father had given him. A shared decision He agrees with Rié to place Makoto with Ryo and her father. The family name changes, but Yuto’s bond with his father remains.

Opening ceremony morning, fall 2013

That morning

Late October 2013

The months after the revelation

After reading Kido’s report