Suzu

Suzu Urano is the protagonist of In This Corner of the World. She moves from Hiroshima to Kure after marriage and tries to maintain family life during the final years of the Pacific War.

Suzu's role and development in In This Corner of the World

Suzu is gentle, imaginative, absent-minded, and resilient in ways that emerge through daily hardship. Her abilities are ordinary but vital: drawing, cooking with scarce ingredients, household labor, and adapting to bombing and loss.

Suzu's defining relationships and loyalties

Her relationships with husband Shusaku, his family, childhood friend Tetsu, and orphaned Keiko reflect how war transforms private life.