Wanjin is covertly implementing "responsibility system," and while everyone else is overjoyed, Ah Man is in a fury.
In about a year, she had completely integrated into the Ainu community. According to Ainu custom, she had also painted a huge mouth on her face with purple pigment. Since she always cared a great deal about her status and identity, she used the deep purple reserved only for highly respected women in the tribe—it was so purple it looked almost black.
At the same time, she draped herself in the black-brown pelt of a bear cub, with the bear's head sitting right on top of her own head. This "bear-head robe" was likewise a status symbol worn only by elders of great renown among the Ainu.
She even gave herself an Ainu name, "Aizaka," which literally means "a person with wisdom"—or simply, "Wise Man."
