Kitchen Lesson Plan

How is the story resolved? Do you feel comfort or closure for Satsuki? Is she resigned to the flow of time? For whom, or what, is her goodbye note really intended?

Satsuki and Hiiragi each have their own experiences/visions of being able to say a final goodbye to their partners who died in the car accident. Satsuki's vision of Hitoshi, while painful, helps her to deal with the emotions she has been experiencing these past months: when she saw him, "relief diffused through my heart." As Hitoshi died suddenly and unexpectedly, this was the closure she needed. Even though it hurt so much she could hardly breathe, Satsuki knows that the entirety of her experience with...