Dance! Dance! Dance! is being touted as a sister story to Norwegian Wood, and for what?

Dance! Dance! Dance! cannot be considered a sequel to Norwegian Wood, but instead should be considered a sequel to The Wind in Your Hands and The Adventure of the Sheep Hunt. There are no characters from Norwegian Wood, and there are characters from And to Hear the Wind and The Adventure of the Sheep Hunt*** There are characters like Mouse, Hei Hei, the barkeep, etc., and the author deliberately left the main characters unnamed. Dance Dance Dance is still a great read.