:06:04
and his parents and his only brother,
:06:08
lost to the same fate
:06:11
In other words, he was then...
:06:15
utterly alone in the world
:06:46
Eventually,
:06:48
he married a distant relative
on his mother's side.
:06:59
A year after they were married,
they had a baby boy,
:07:03
and three days
after the child's birth,
:07:07
his mother died.
:07:11
Her death came abruptly,
:07:16
as did her cremation.
:07:39
An American Major,
a friend of Takitani's,
:07:42
consoled him for the loss
of his wife like family.
:07:47
And the Major said,
:07:51
"You should name your kid Tony,
after me. "
:07:59
What with American influence
likely to endure,