Seita's aunt

"Do you think a lazy slug like you deserves the same as people who are working so hard for our nation? You keep saying you want rice, but do you do anything to earn it? No.
 * —Seita's aunt to her nephew"

Seita's Aunt is the distant aunt of Seita and Setsuko, and either the sister or sister-in-law of Seita's Mother. After Seita and his sister lose their home and mother to an air raid, then come to live at their aunt's house, having nowhere else to go.