Kurushima, Miwa

来島美和

Miwa is a recurring character who acts as a customer at times and a narrator at others.
Miwa first visits Eden Hall to ask Ryū to identify the spirit contained in a bottle she broke during her childhood. As a child, Miwa was shown to be an only child. Her father decided one day to propose to Miwa's grandfather that he convert the inn he had been running into a fully comfortable, hotel-style bar, citing changes in the era and customer demands. However, Miwa's grandfather was hesitant and declined his son's proposal. They subsequently grew distant from one another, until the day Miwa's father called her grandfather and asked him to taste a special drink he wished to present. On that fateful day, Miwa broke the glass as she gripped the bottle and ran toward her grandfather. She tripped, and the bottle, which was encased in a bag, broke, spilling its contents. Miwa felt guilty, thinking that if they had shared the drink together, her father and grandfather would not have become as distant as they were. Not long after, Miwa's parents were killed in a car accident, which halted her chance of ever finding out the name of that special drink. After much discussion with Ryū, the mystery of the drink was solved, and Miwa finally had the chance to let her grandfather taste it. The drink was Suntory's Kakubin (referred to in the show as "Kaku"), and shortly after this episode, Miwa appears in almost every other episode as a side or minor character, usually narrating part of the story. She is known to be a regular visitor at Eden Hall and has invited one of her friends to the bar. In episode 7, Miwa takes care of Ryū after he falls sick, although she is unable to fetch a doctor. In the manga version of Bartender, Miwa works for Kamishima, the first customer featured in the anime.