In The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea, Ryuji is drawn to the sea with antipathy of the land and its normality, thinking “the dark passions of the tides” are “an unknown glory calling for him endlessly from the dark offing” (179). The sea provides emotional stimulation for Ryuji that he never sees the need for a family. This changes when he meets Fusako. When Ryuji thinks of ideal love, death imposes as evident in his comparison of his and Fusako’s relationship as “an unseen Pandarus” as he fears that their union is not permanent (39). “For Ryuji the kiss was death, the very death in love he always dreamed of” (77). Evidently, just as Ryuji had been attracted to the mystery and dangers of the sea, he begins to romanticize about death, treating it as if a great adventure. It is this love that drives him to renounce his freedom of being with the sea to be with Fusako. However, his inability to balance his passion for the sea and his increasing love for Fusako leads to Ryuji’s death.
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