(view spoiler) [I read this book as a sort of mystery novel. And if you're Shiro, no - and you die because of it. al) abandon you, will you be able to swim alone in that dark sea? If you're Tsukuru - barely (but you're super close to dying). Abandonment seems pretty inevitable in Murakami's world, and it all depends on how you handle it. After all this, has Tsukuru really changed? And even if he has, and if he can suddenly invest himself in others, does that mean he lives in a world where people won't abandon you? And that's what Murakami wants to leave up to interpretation.

So, in a way, to *really* see if Tsukuru changed, we would have to know how Tsukuru would react to Sara's rejection. But, it seems like if Sara *does* reject Tsukuru, Tsukuru is going to have a 'trust issue' relapse - he even says that he might *really* die if Sara rejects him. And now Tsukuru can have these relinquished, powerful feelings for Sara.īut just because the character changes, does that mean the world around him changes? Even if Tsukuru has 'gotten over' his trust issues, this doesn't mean that people are never going to abandon him again. Now, after meeting with Kuro (Eri) in Finland, a great burden has been lifted. After his friends abandoned him, he essentially had trust issues: He could never fully invest himself in any relationship there was always some kind of wall or weight that was holding him back. He is able to love, possibly for the first time.

By the end of Colorless, how has Tsukuru Tazaki changed? They say in order for there to be a story, characters have to change.