![]() ![]() Nao not only has to deal with her classmates’ physical and psychological abuse, but she also has to deal with problems at home. When they tire of physical torture, they begin to shun her completely and even go as far as to stage a fake funeral for her. They pinch and scratch her, leaving scars all over her body. At school, her classmates bully her mercilessly for being a transfer student. Nao is very unhappy in Tokyo as she identifies more as American than as Japanese. ![]() After her dad is laid off and they lose their family savings in the stock market crash, the Yasutani family returns to their native city of Tokyo. Before returning to Japan, Nao and her parents lived in Sunnydale, California where her dad worked for a software company. Nao begins writing her diary after she and her family have been living in Tokyo for about a year. ![]()
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