Ka cika wannan magana: Kamar yawancin mutanen Japan na zamaninsa, iyalin Yanagi sun yi yaƙi a Yaƙin Pacific na Daular Japan. Sanin wannan tarihin dangi ya sanar da aikin mai zane: mahaifinsa matukin jirgi ne, kuma kakan mahaifinsa ya yi aiki a kan iyakokin iyaka a tsohon mulkin mallaka na Manchukuo na Japan kuma an tsare shi fiye da shekaru goma a Siberia da China bayan bin
Kasar Japan ta mika wuya. A cikin aikinsa, Yanagi yana la'akari da ci gaba da bambancin dangane da matsayinsa da kuma matsayin al'ummar Japan a cikin wannan tarihin rikice-rikice.