Switch wrote: Mr357 wrote: How old was Lan Di when his father died? Had Iwao met him by that point? I assume he doesn't closely resemble Sunming Zhao, seeing as Iwao didn't recognize him until the name was brought up.
As far as I can work it out, Lan Di probably would have been around 11 years old at that time, assuming Sunming Zhao died at the time Iwao visited China "around 20 years ago" (as mentioned by the street musician Kai who was a friend of Iwao). If that's the case Iwao may have met Lan Di at that time but it seems reasonable to think he might not recognize him 20 years later.
I always assumed Iwao visited China when he was around the same age as Ryo, which would have been approximately 1958-1960 (putting Lan Di at three to five years old), but with the added context by Kai, he must have been a few years older (unless there was some kind of translation error and the "around twenty years ago" was more along the lines of "more" instead of "around"?).
Even if Iwao didn't recognise Lan Di by physical appearance, the fact Lan Di brings up the name of his father must have triggered something in Iwao's memory to put two and two together.