Part II, Chapter 21, Aomame Summary

That night, Aomame sits out on her balcony, drinks hot cocoa, and watches the moon. In her old life, she had a rubber plant which was given to Tamaru to take care of, and she wonders why she is so concerned about her rubber plant. Suddenly, down from her balcony, she sees a man sitting in a playground looking up at the moons as well. She realizes it is Tengo. She races down to see him, but he is gone by the time she gets there.

She decides she wants to leave 1Q84, but she wants to visit one last place first. She is ready to die for Tengo.

Part II, Chapter 21, Aomame Analysis

Tengo is closer than Aomame had ever thought. Their paths are running in a parallel fashion, but they have not yet been joined...