Ringo's Noodle Shop Pillow

Ringo was born without hands, a disability that could have resulted in his being left to die as an infant (due to the stigma of bad luck in Japanese folklore). While his father spared him this treatment, he would beat him for asking too many questions, and constantly berated him in front of customers when apprenticing him at his soba tavern. It is unknown what happened to Ringo's mother, who is never shown, but she has presumably died by the series' start.