When Kafka first meets Sakura, what does he wonder about her?

• A. If she is his sister
• B. If she is his cousin
• C. If she is a stranger
• D. If she is from another town

Answer: (A)

This moment centers on how Kafka processes people around him through the lens of family and memory. When he first encounters Sakura, a flicker of recognition makes him wonder if she could be his sister. That reaction shows how his sense of self is tangled with past family ties, and how tied he is to the idea of belonging to someone he can call family even in a strange situation. The kinship possibility fits the emotional cue in the scene—the pull of a familiar connection in the midst of uncertainty—better than thinking she’s simply a cousin, a random stranger, or someone from another town.