U-Hasegawa Kodaka usedlulise izikole, futhi unenkinga yokuthola abangani. Akusizi ukuthi izinwele zakhe ezimhloshana zijwayele ukwenza abantu bacabange ukuthi uyimbuka. Ngolunye usuku, uhlangana nomuntu afunda naye yedwa u-Yozora onolaka olubi ngesikhathi ekhuluma nomngane wakhe omcabango u-Tomo. Ngokubona ukuthi akekho kubo onabangane bangempela, banquma ukuthi indlela engcono kakhulu yokushintsha lesi simo ukwakha iklabhu futhi baqale ukuqasha.
Yakhiwa kanjalo “i-Rinjinbu”, iklabhu eklanyelwe abantu abangenabo abangani abaningi kakhulu. Njengoba abanye ofunda nabo abanesizungu bajoyina ikilabhu yabo kancane kancane, bazozama ukufunda ukuthi bangakha kanjani ubungane ngokupheka ndawonye, ukudlala imidlalo, neminye imisebenzi yeqembu. Kodwa ingabe leli qembu labangaboni kahle abanenselelo yobudlelwano lizokwazi ngempela ukuzwana?
