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Harada is Dr. Ibaraki’s friend from Broome. Ibaraki reunites with him at the Loveday internment camp, where Harada is very sick with tuberculosis. Harada, who originally had a wife and kids in Japan, has a 20-year relationship with an Aboriginal woman named Minnie from Broome. Ibaraki admires Harada’s ability to prioritize love over honor.
Harada Quotes in After Darkness
The After Darkness quotes below are all either spoken by Harada or refer to Harada. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 13: Loveday, 1942 Quotes
I thought about the situation with Kayoko. I had sent her two letters from Broome, telling her of the new life I had begun in Australia, but I never got a reply. After that, I gave up, convinced she never wanted to hear from me again. But perhaps I had stopped writing too quickly. Perhaps I had not written what she wanted to hear. I tried to think of what Harada would have done. Surely he would have fought for her, even at the risk of shaming himself. Honour, duty, pride—Harada would have sacrificed all those things for the woman he loved.
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Harada Character Timeline in After Darkness
The timeline below shows where the character Harada appears in After Darkness. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 1: South Australia, 1942
...deputy. Mr. Yamada leads Dr. Ibaraki to his quarters. Mr. Yamada tells Dr. Ibaraki that Harada Yasutaro told him about Dr. Ibaraki. The doctor is pleased to hear that his friend...
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Yamada takes Dr. Ibaraki to Harada’s tent. Dr. Ibaraki comments on how thin Harada has become. The guards call the men...
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Chapter 4: Broome, 1938
...Dr. Ibaraki a job at the Broome hospital. He introduces Dr. Ibaraki to his deputy, Harada, with whom Dr. Ibaraki reunites in the Loveday camp. Kanemori leads Dr. Ibaraki to the...
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After Dr. Ibaraki gets his passport stamped at the Customs Office, Harada and Kanemori show him around Broome and its Japanese neighborhood, but the doctor is unimpressed...
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Chapter 6: Loveday, 1942
...worries about the effect of the colder weather on the patients in the infirmary. Though Harada’s condition has improved, he is still not fully well. At night, the internees share sake,...
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Chapter 12: Broome, 1940
...of the year, many of its inhabitants leave for elsewhere. From the Japanese Association, only Harada stays to watch over the building. Dr. Ibaraki has learned that Harada, who hasn’t been...
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Chapter 13: Loveday, 1942
Dr. Ibaraki checks on Harada. As he watches Harada sleep, he thinks of his devotion to Minnie. Harada stayed with...
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Chapter 15: Broome, 1941
...much of the Japanese community has left town. In Dr. Ibaraki’s circle, only he and Harada remain. One day at the hospital a boy from town delivers a message to Ibaraki...
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...interned, and Dr. Ibaraki wonders why the authorities have not come for him. He visits Harada and Minnie for dinner, where Minnie, who tried to make Harada go back to Japan...
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One day sometime after his dinner with Harada and Minnie, the officials come to the hospital to intern Dr. Ibaraki. Ibaraki does not...
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Chapter 16: Loveday, 1942
...day before he leaves, Dr. Ibaraki pays a final visit to the infirmary. He visits Harada, who tells Ibaraki that he is like a brother to him. Ibaraki says that the...
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