YU

Yu is Oshin's son and first child. His name is meant to embody 'strength'. Fuji, Oshin's mother, tells Yu that he is just like Oshin--very helpful and kind. Yu helps any way he can and is a very good son.

His father prefers he be interested in war, while Oshin feels otherwise. As a child, he is for the Manchuria war that is happening, and plays war with the boys outside, Oshin detest it.

He is happy when Hat-chan becomes part of the household, because he doesn't have to cook anymore--and is greatful for that.

Yu goes off to Kyoto for High school. It is later seen that he is in love with Hat-chan, as he begs his parents for her to not return back to her family in Yamagata.Hat-chan is in love with him too, yet neither have spoken of their feelings to each other. Oshin is the only one who knows that both love each other back.

When Yu gets into a university, he is drafted into the Army--much to Oshin's dismay. Oshin cries and cries while his father is blindly happy. Yu, who understands his mother so well, is angered with his dad's dismissal of his mother's, oshin's, feelings. It is only then, that he tells Hat-chan to wait for his return and that he loves her. Hat-chan agrees to wait for his return so that they can marry.

Yu is sent out of Japan for the war. He is sent to the Philippines, where his war buddy, Kawamura. reveals to Oshin and Hat Chan after the war, that he died. His death was not a noble war death, it was a matter of starvation. The army hadn't taken care of Yu. He was too weak to escape American soilders. Yu gave his diary to his war buddy, whom gave it to Oshin. The war buddy says that Hat-chan was often spoken of by Yu. In the diary, Yu says he has to break his promise to Hat-chan. He urges her to marry another man who will make her happy. Yu's death is hard for the whole family to endure.

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