Shiki Infomaps

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Characters names are color coded to their domicile region.
Characters whose names are in a	light grey box	live outside of Sotoba
Characters whose names are in an	uncolored box	's domicile region are unknown.
Characters whose names are in a	dark grey box	are deceased before the start of the novel

Colors are based off of their place of residence/status at the beginning of the story, or their first home in Sotoba if they were outside of Sotoba at the start; if anyone moves within or out of Sotoba, this is not noted in the chart. If someone's residency or status is a potential spoiler, it will be left blank. However, characters whose existences may be spoilers will still be included.
Characters whose family structures are completely unknown will be put alone. Families in which no pictures are available for anybody will not include dummy space holders. If somebody's family tree cannot be made, but they work at one of the locations specified in family business trees (Temple, Hospital, Contractor's firm, etc.), they will be put there and only there.

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江畑 Ebata

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後藤田 Gotouda
Gotouda Kumi
Gotouda Kyouko

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行田 Gyouda
Gyouda Bungo		Gyouda Etsuko

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長谷川 Hasegawa
Hasegawa		Hasegawa Chiyomi
	(Son)

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支倉 Hasekura Itoko

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広沢 Hirosawa
Hirosawa
	(Daughter)

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広沢 Hirosawa
Hirosawa Toyoko
Hirosawa Takatoshi

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広沢 Hirosawa (Ko-Hiro or Small-Hiros)
?
?
?		Hirosawa Mayumi (nee: Ohkawa)

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広沢 Hirosawa
Hirosawa Takafumi		?

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猪田 Inoda Motosaburou

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石田 Ishida
Ishida		Ishida Chie

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伊藤 Itou
Itou		Itou Ikumi
(Son)	(Son)	Itou Tamae

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加藤 Katou
Katou Yoshihide		Katou Sumie

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加藤 Katou
Katou Yukie
Katou Minoru		?
	Katou Yuusuke

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桐敷 Kirishiki
Kirishiki		Kirishiki ?
		兼正　At Kanemasa
	Kirishiki Seishirou		Kirishiki Chizuru
		Kirishiki Sunako
	Family Physician	Staff
	Ebuchi	Tatsumi	Kurahashi Yoshie

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Funeral Home

Hayami

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小池 Koike
		Koike Masaharu
?		Koike Yasuo
Koike Touko		Koike Ikuo

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国広 Kunihiro
		Kunihiro Yasue
	Kunihiro Ritsuko		Kunihiro Midori

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楠 Kusunoki
			Kusunoki Masaya		Kusunoki
	?		Son		Kusunoki Shouji

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前原 Maebara Setsu

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Rika's Parent(s)	前田 Maeda
Unknown			Maeda Iwao		Maeda Tomiko
Maeda Rika		Maeda Tokio		Maeda Isami		Maeda Motoko
	Child(ren)			Maeda Shigeki		Maeda Shiori

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松村 Matsumura
Matsumura Yasuzou
Matsumura Yasuyo

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松尾 Matsuo
	Matsuo Yasushi
	Matsuo Takashi
Matsuo Shizuka		Matsuo Jun

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松尾 Matsuo
Matsuo Seiji		Matsuo Yukako

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本橋 Motohashi Tsuruko

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村迫 Murasako
		Murasako Munehide		Murasako Ryouko
Murasako Chizuko		Murasako Munetaka	Murasako Hideki	Murasako Masao
Murasako Hiromi		Murasako Chika

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村迫 (後藤田) Murasako (Gotouda)
	Murasako Mieko		Murasako Hidemasa			Gotouda Fuki (nee Murasako)
		(Daughter)			(Son)	Gotouda Shuuji

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三上 Mikami

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三村 Mimura Yasumi

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Pharmacy

森 Mori

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	室井 Muroi
	Muroi Shinmei		Muroi Miwako (nee Yamamura)
		Muroi Seishin
Temple
Head Monk	Acting Head Monk	Apprentice of Head Monk		Part-time Visiting Monk
Muroi Shinmei	Muroi Seishin	Tsurumi	Ikebe	Sumi
Parish Representative Committee		Female Volunteer	Odd	Volunteer
President		Coordinator	Jobs	Step Sweeping
Tamo Sadaichi	Yasumori Tokujirou	Yasumori Setsuko	Tadokoro Katsue	Chiyo
			Tadokoro Mitsuo
Mourning Crew Regional Managers
Monzen		Kami-Sotoba	Sotoba	Shimo-Sotoba
Yamairi		Naka-Sotoba
Yasumori Tokujirou	Takemura Gouhei	Koike Masaharu	Murasako Munehide

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Mizobe Temple Family
	Head Monk
Asst. Head Monk		Sumi

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田丸 Muta Sumie

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武藤 Mutou
Mutou		Mutou Shizuko
Mutou Tohru	Mutou Aoi	Mutou Tamotsu

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中埜 Nakano

Nakano

Nakano Wataru

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徳 Nori Yoshino

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永田 Nagata

Nagata Kiyomi

(Daughter)

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西田 Nishida

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大川 Ohkawa
Ohkawa Gigorou		Ohkawa Namie (nee ?)
		Ohkawa Tomio		Ohkawa Kazuko		Ohkawa Choutarou		Ohkawa Norie
		Ohkawa Atsushi	Ohkawa Yutaka	Ohkawa Mizue			Ohkawa Shigeru

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太田 Ohta
Ohta Gouzou
Ohta Kenji

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太田 Ohta Michiyo

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大塚 Ohtsuka
Ohtsuka Kichigorou
Ohtsuka Takayuki		Ohtsuka Hiroko
	Ohtsuka Yasuyuki

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尾崎 Ozaki
	Ozaki ?		Ozaki Takae
		Ozaki Toshio		Ozaki Kyouko
Ozaki Hospital
Medical Director	Office Staff		X-Ray Technician
Ozaki Toshio	Mutou	Towada	Shimoyama
Nurses
Hashiguchi Yasuyo	Isaki Satoko	Kunihiro Ritsuko	Nagata Kiyomi	Shomi Yuki
Part-timers
Sekiguchi Miki	Takano Fujou

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佐伯 Saeki Akira

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佐川 Sagawa

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清水 Shimizu
Shimizu Masaji
Shimizu Ryuuji		Shimizu Yumi
	Shimizu Yuu

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清水 Shimizu
Shimizu Tokurou
Shimizu Takeo		Shimizu Hirokoi
	Shimizu Megumi

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篠田 Shimoda

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下山 Shimoyama
Shimoyama		?

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鈴木 Suzuki

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高見 Takami
Takami		Takami Hideko
?		?

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高嶋 Takashima

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武田 Takeda

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竹村 Takemura
Takemura ?		Takemura Tatsu		Takemura ? (Mother)
				Takemura Genichi
Takemura Stationary
	Owner			Regular Loiterers
	Takemura Tatsu			Hirosawa Takeko	Ohtsuka Yaeko	Satou Oitarou
				Itou Ikumi	Ohkawa Namie

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滝 Taki Juuzou

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田茂 Tamo
	Tamo Kiyo		Tamo Sadaichi		Tamo Sadaji		Tamo Satomi
Tamo ?		Tamo Sadafumi				Tamo Yuuko		?
	Tamo Hiroya
JA (Japan Agricultural Cooperatives)
Board of Directors	Staff
Tamo Sadaichi	Maeda Isami	Nara	Shimizu Takeo
Shrine		Ward Headmans Association
Head Priest	Shrine Parish Representative	President
Tamo Sadaichi

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田茂 Tamo
Tamo Yukiko	(Mother)		(Father)
Tamo ? (Son)		Tamo ?
	Tamo ? (Son)

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田村 Tamura Hirotake

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田中 Tanaka
Tanaka Yoshikazu		Tanaka Sachiko
Tanaka Kaori		Tanaka Akira

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田代 Tashiro
Tashiro Masaki		Tashiro Rumi
	Tashiro Takashi

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Tsuhara

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鶴見 Tsurumi
Tsurumi		?

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山崎 Yamazaki
Yamazaki		Yamazaki Waka
?		?

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矢野 Yano
Yano Tae
Yano Kanami		?
	?

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安森 Yasumori
Head Family (Maruyasu Sawmill)					Branch Family (Yasumori Contractors)
			Yasumori Giichi		Yasumori Setsuko		Yasumori Tokujirou		(First wife)
	Yasumori Atsuko		Yasumori Kazunari		(Son of Setsuko)			Yasumori Mikiyasu		Yasumori Nao
Yasumori Junko		Yasumori Kazuya							Yasumori Susumu

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安森 Yasumori (SanYasu/Yasu Three)
Yasumori Seiichirou		Yasumori Maiko
	Yasumori Kouji		Yasumori Hinako

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安森 Yasumori (UeYasu/Upper Yasu)
?		Yasumori Misuzu

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結城（小出） Yuuki (Koide)
Yuuki		Koide Azusa
	Koide (Yuuki) Natsuno

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Public Facilities
Community Center		Post Office		Police Substation
Library	Kindergarten	Post Master	Post Master Representative	Resident Officer
Yuzuki	Sumie	Osawa	Nagata	Takami	Sakaki
Town Hall				Fire Brigade
Assistant Director	Health Official	Village Census Forms	Fill-in Work	Chief	Member
Ogawa	Ishida	Tanaka Yoshikazu	Hirosawa Takafumi	Yasumori Tokujirou	Ohkawa Tomio

Comments

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[(Anonymous)]

In my opinion though, even in the anime, in the end they only get as canon as loveless marriage? To me, way more than relationship (I could care less about it), what actually matters is how the characters feel about each other, and they're not required to be in a relationship. I support this idea about Seishin rescuing Sunako only for his own sake -- he completely disregards her wish, which shows that there's no actual affection, I mean, even Toshio is more considerate (towards Seishin) than that. And wow, that's sad. That's not affection, that's uncaring. It'll make a sad relationship if it were really one.

Unfortunately I haven't rewatched til that far! Will update you on that when I do 8DD

[sinnesspiel]

An alternative is that Sunako really was reached by his reasoning. She was interested in his writing as if looking for answers in it herself, so perhaps in as much as people say he and Sunako connect "spiritually" or he was saved by her understanding, he was saving her in return. It makes sense to write them becoming more even keel, as a linear, unchanging relationship is not much of a narrative climax. I do personally share the impression that he was acting selfishly rather than morally. But I also don't feel I understand Seishin, and for the sake of argument, I'll do my part and Devil's Advocate for the pair at the end:

Sunako was suicidal. Most people would consider talking somebody out of suicide to be the right thing to do rather than selfish, and her suicidal ideation is a new and sudden seeming response to shock rather than a clear, conscious, self-determined decision made over time (while almost everyone agrees with talking people out of impulsive suicide, there's less consensus when it's effectively euthanasia). Even if she talks about sin and reasons for death, she desperately wanted to live less than ten minutes ago. Less than twenty four hours ago she not only wanted to live but was still actively demanding the absurd continuation of a doomed plan to conquer. Then that she would be going on the rest of her life not only without a place to belong like she wanted, but without any of the comforts and company she had for so long all hit her. Even as someone who had just learned the importance of self determination and had become willing to commit murder, Seishin is committed to his own morals, his own "god" as his judge, not to a nihilist lack of justice. He hasn't become Tatsumi, even if he has gained an appreciation for the existential absurdity of struggling without meaning. Thus, I think it could be supported that his refusal to accept her suicide (for him as well, when he'd just found freedom in life no less) was an act of plain old decency if not outright affection, no matter how paternalistic. Sunako spends the entire novel being paternalistic and preachy at him.

That said I question whether she even likes him as more than a nice little pet or a jewel in her crown, but I'm Devil's Advocating the pro-pair side here so I'll leave that be.