Understanding Character Connections in "The Tatami Galaxy" and "A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night"

Understanding Character Connections in “The Tatami Galaxy” and “A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night”

Reader’s Question:
In both “The Tatami Galaxy” and “A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night,” there are characters with the same names. Should I understand this as them being the same character in parallel worlds, or are they simply the same character?

Exploring Parallel Worlds and Characters

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