“The Seventh Man” is a deeply touching story about a man recalling the trauma of the childhood death of his best friend. I’ve read a bit of Murakami before but never his short stories so this was a pleasant surprise to find among the readings. Given the very short nature of the story and the minimal set of characters I decided a Fusion Table charting the character interactions would be a reasonable project for this week’s blog.
The narrator, never named be heavily suggested to be the titular “7th Man”, appears to be the most important character to the narrative of the story, as he interacts with nearly all the characters listed in the story, with the exception of K’s parents. K on the other hand appears to be a minor character, despite his importance to the story.