I find that Hanako, while she has a very sad background and a mediocre at best life in highschool, gains strength through it in the end. It makes her a kind an unassuming person. That is kind of the solace I find in it.

We were both hurt in similar ways and are learning together how to heal from our hurt. I don't think I would love her so much if we didn't have that in common, and we wouldn't be so close, either.

It's the past. It's okay for the past to be painful as long as we're moving forward (which we are).