30 Forbidden Fruits

by Yui-Mag

A look at the evolution of the characters in Kaze Hikaru through 30 themes: Forbidden Fruits. Focuses mainly on Sei and Soji but others are mentioned as well. Slight spoiler alert for later volumes that have not yet been released in the US.

1. Bitter

30 Forbidden Fruits

Disclaimer – The characters of Kaze Hikaru are Taeko Watanabe's creation and not my own.

1. bitter

She had never realized how poisonous her rage and hatred had been nor how bitter the taste of revenge would be in reality. But as she stood there, feeling as if her whole world had just shrunk to the katana that was shaking within her sweaty grasp and to those wild scared eyes and that young woman whose excitement and joy had been intoxicating moments before but now was just a curse, she could only sway between moving forward and killing the man outright or let him escape and have the ghosts of her family remain un-avenged. In the end, the hot salty tears that ran down her face were of little consolation and his eventual death, even less so. The hatred remained, so did the bitterness, but worst of all—the hole within her heart and the knowledge that Okita-sensei was right. She'd been a coward.

To be continued...