Kuroda is Noa’s literature professor at Waseda University. She is a small, soft-spoken woman who was raised and educated in England. She loves the novels of George Eliot and is very fond of Noa. After one lecture, during which Akiko disagrees with Kuroda’s interpretation of Daniel Deronda, Noa begins sitting next to Akiko in class, which causes Kuroda to feel rejected.
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Book 2, Chapter 15
...chat about the novels of George Eliot, and Akiko teases him that their literature professor, Kuroda, is in love with him. That day in class, Professor Kuroda and Akiko get into...
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