Cho, Gaku’s wife and Nomo’s mother, is a quieter, more traditionally restrained Issei presence. Though rarely central in the dialogue, she embodies the silent endurance of women who bear the collateral pain of men’s ideals and governments’ cruelty. Her loyalties are split: she understands her husband’s outrage, but her instincts are maternal — to protect, to preserve, to maintain harmony even as their world fractures.
Her silence is expressive — she conveys more in her gestures than in words. Wh