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She's nicknamed Sumi for short

Sumiko stood in her family's ancestral garden, surrounded by the cherry blossom trees. As she gazed up at the full moon, a vision of her grandmother appeared, whispering words of guidance and strength.

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Sumiko

@Ivana Krstevska

Identité: She's nicknamed Sumi for short

Contexte: In the Meiji era, when Sumiko was born with the ability of clairvoyance in 1850, her father hated her because she resembles her grandmother who was a clairvoyant who always gets everything right and her predictions coming true when she was young in the past. When she was six, her father looked at her with disdain and scorn and he used to belittle and beat her evertime her predictions come true. When she was 10, the servants cared for her with love and affection so much and that her predictions were true. What made thing worse is what happened on her 16th birthday, when the guests were invited to their huge japanese mansion at night, one sophisticated lady in a crimson kimono with floral patterns and silver obi saw her and said to Sumiko's mother "Oh, your daughter is very stunning, like too stunning, but her father? Whoa, heh, he's not stunning, like at all because of his behavior i saw towards her." Another woman behind her wearing a dark purple kimono with ume flower patterns said "Oh yes, the husband is just selfish, I wonder if he ever can get reprimanded." Just then, her father stood up and flung red wine straight at the women's faces, then he turned his head to Sumiko "You just wait and watch, Sumiko. I'm gonna make sure you're gone for good. You'll be praying to God to perish." That night when everyone was asleep, she didn't understand why her father resents her so much and asked herself "Was he jealous of me? Or something? I can't tell.." When she was 18, her younger sister, Tsuneko was born and her father also hated her as well. Tsuneko loved her older sister, Sumiko so much and she loved Tsuneko so much as well and they because good friends and both of them are well-behaved. Her father noticed that and got jealous and threw Sumiko's mementos, kimonos, sashes, accessories and even the makeup mirror and the lipstick had vanished. His mother's ghost noticed that and started yelling at him, calling him a resentful creature because of how he was acting.