Carrot

Looking back, I think Carrot is a lot like Sumire. The night Sumire disappeared, Miu found her in her room, "stupefied, not hearing anything, not seeing anything" (112). This is the same way that Carrot is acting after he is caught shoplifting, "strangely emotionless, eyes out of focus" (186). Perhaps Carrot, who had always been considered the good, quiet kid, had the same revelation as Sumire. They both had to stop being "like a spineless little barber digging a hole in his backyard...and slowly but surely fade away" (140). Sumire did this by revealing her love to Miu, while Carrot shoplifted. It was what they did to keep from becoming nothing in this world.