Yoko is Haru's mother. She remarried and took her new husband's last name. She also teaches at the same school as her newest partner, Kawashima. She had a rough past with men and Haru is estranged from her father because of it.

Sing Yesterday for Me
After college, Rikuo Uozumi, a boy without much ambition in life, takes on a job at a convenience store. The days pass by uneventfully for Rikuo until he meets his former girlfriend and classmate, but especially thanks to the unusual Haru Nonaka, and her pet raven...