More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop

Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of illness and death.

Takako and Wada meet, and Wada asks why she is acting strangely. She admits that she saw Wada with his ex-girlfriend, and he begins to explain himself, saying that she called him, wanting to return a book. Takako stops Wada and tells him that he does not need to explain himself. The sight of them together shocked her, but the greater struggle was the realization that she does not trust him. She explains that she does not open herself up to him because she does not want to be hurt.

Afterward, they take a walk, and Wada admits that he is jealous of all the people Takako has who support her because she supports them. Takako realizes that she only has these people in her life because of her heartbreak and time at the Morisaki Bookshop. When she suggests that Wada has people too, he disagrees, saying that people believe he is too serious and that growing up in an emotionally indifferent family makes it difficult for him to connect with others. He tells Takako that what he craves is to be a part of a family like hers and that knowing them inspires him to write his novel.