ignificance of green color in the novel?
As the name Aomame means ‘green peas’. Also she was wearing a light green suit and sunglasses with dark green lenses while she pass through expressway. In hotel before killing the man she told him about the green color paint on the back of his neck. A green moss spread over Ushikawa’s tongue at the end. I think the green color is used in the novel just to give it an otherworldly feel.
“why did you die?”
So that I would be reborn like this.
Then she told him that she was reborn for someone else.
“ The biggest problem is when it comes to being reborn is that
people aren’t reborn for their own sakes. They can only do it
for someone else.”
Then she advised Tengo to leave before exit is blocked. May be she was Tengo’s mother who was reborn for Tengo once again. She also helped Tengo for his father’s last rituals.