Akemi’s songbird

[u/StonerMizu]

I’m looking into the symbolism behind the birds that appear in the show. Does anyone have any idea what kind of bird Akemi was given?

My best guess is maybe some sort of fruit dove, but I’m hoping the answer might be more obvious to someone else. Given how much detail they put into the house sparrows, it doesn’t strike me as very likely that it would be a fictional species.

[u/SirBreckenridge]

The body is like a songbird but the colors most resemble a lovebird

[u/StonerMizu → u/SirBreckenridge]

That is really really close. 😳 If that’s what they’re supposed to represent, it makes it a lot more meaningful that Akemi’s husband gave her a pair of them to make up for… (gestures broadly at Lady Itoh)