Soon after Shimamura meets Komako who takes him to the house she is staying at to show him her room before the two return to the inn and drink some sake together. Speaking in an unusual, somewhat cryptic way, she tells him to take good care of Komako, though she says she dislikes Komako, and leaves in tears after mentioning that Komako said she, Yoko, would lose her mind. When she delivers the second, Shimamura talks with her, suggesting that she could come with him to Tokyo. One night, Yoko, who had begun working at the inn, comes to Shimamura's room twice with short written messages from a drunk Komako. The days go by with Komako making frequent visits to Shimamura in between the parties she works at, and soon, in the colder autumn, Shimamura finds the insects in his room dying. As the hot spring enters the popular season of maple leaves, Shimamura reflects on the futility of Komako's love for him, which he is not able to fulfill.
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