The next 100 pages start with Sayuri and Mameha are at a sumo wrestling match. This is where Mameha tells Sayuri her future could depend on Nobu, and one other man. She soon learns who the other man is. She goes to Mameha’s apartment, and Mameha has her put on a torn kimono, and has a maid put a cut in the back of Sayuri’s thigh. She then went to Dr. Crab, who was the man who would play a big part in her future, to have it taken care of. In this time Mother also adopted Sayuri as her own daughter. This largely had to do with money. When she was adopted Sayuri would become more important than Pumpkin and Hatsmumo-San. This made Hatsumomo very angry, because she had wanted Pumpkin to be the one that was adopted by Mother. This also discouraged Pumpkin, and in return upset Sayuri since Pumpkin was her close friend. Nobu also started to grow very fond of Sayuri, and was suspected to become Sayuri’s danna. This was odd because most geisha didn’t have a danna at the young age of 18. In this time Sayuri had her mizauge, which is basically having sex for the first time. Dr. Crab paid the most money anyone had for this, because of his obsession with Sayuri. She learned he had kept the blood from the cut in her thigh when she went to visit him. Mameha also decided, even though Sayuri wasn’t 20 yet, she should pay off her debts to the okiya. During these 100 pages I start to notice that Sayuri is becoming a much more respected geisha, and maturing greatly. I can definitely see her character changing.
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