The Makioka Sisters/YMMV

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  • Alas, Poor Scrappy: Taeko doesn't die, but her Trauma Conga Line in the second half of the book definitely invokes this.
  • Complete Monster: Sawasaki. In fact, most of the men to whom Yukiko is introduced.
  • Nightmare Fuel: Sachiko starts out very optimistic, resourceful, level-headed, and maternal. The description of her five-hundred-page slide into crippling depression is... extremely realistic.
  • Toy Ship: Etsuko and Peter Stolz.
  • Values Dissonance: Averted with Taeko. She's a shallow, selfish, slutty, pretentious bitch even by modern Western and Eastern standards.
  • The Woobie: Sachiko and Yukiko take turns.
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