Part III, Chapter 12, Tengo Summary

Tengo packs and goes to say good bye to his father. He speaks to his father, telling his father all about the summer, and about his coming to visit. Tengo thinks his own father is knocking on his door, and he asks his father not to come by anymore because he doesn't have a television.

On the train home, Tengo realizes he will never see the town again. At home, Tengo finds Fuka-Eri is gone, and that the apartment is clean and tidy. He wanders around, thinking about Fuka-Eri's words, that Aomame is nearby. As he walks around, he decides he wants to go somewhere he can see the moons.

Part III, Chapter 12, Tengo Analysis

Tengo believes that his father is somehow also knocking on the door outside his apartment as well as lying in a coma...