Difference between revisions of "Yumi"

Despite getting off on a bad start in assuming that she was one of Painter's concubines,{{book ref|yumi|11}} she and [[Akane]] quickly became good friends, and she helped her to learn how to be more free to be herself and express herself as she feels.{{book ref|yumi|15}} At the start of their relationship she was under the misapprehension (due to a mistruth) that she was Painter's sister from another city.{{book ref|yumi|11}}

She has a complex relationship with [[Liyun]], a sense of respect and admiration for how she helped her across her life and was essentially the woman who raised her, mixed with a feeling of betrayal and frustration at the information she kept from her.{{book ref|yumi|22}} Even after learning that she was kept in the dark her whole life, she still held a respect for her and was deeply hurt by the disappointed and aggressive tone she took with her when confronted on the issue.{{book ref|yumi|23}}

She began on very bad terms with [[Painter]], seeing him as a liar that is doing everything in his power to humiliate her. Her disappointment and frustration were only furthered by how much she had to rely upon him to save the hijo, her expectations that he would be a great hero like that of legends, and by the negative effects he was having on her public image and her relationship with her kihomaban and her attendants.