Sachiko realizes she's lived at the boarding house for almost a year. If she wanted to be precise: her stay was seven and a half months, four days, eight hours, thirty-nine seconds.

Anyone in the boarding house would laugh at Sachiko for knowing how long she's stayed: her sleeping and eating habits are unpredictable and ridiculous. Umi, especially, noted with a laugh that there've been more breakfasts interrupted by Sachiko incoherent, half-asleep rambling. Sachiko glowers at the accusation of not keeping time.

Sachiko's an artist - fearless, fierce, genuine, proud - who thrives on no routine.