The Little Woods in Fukushima: This is definitely different from what we usually read in class. Rather than a story made for amusement, this was a story seeking to show a true, undiscussed part of Japan. How people react in the aftermath of disaster. How they rebuild. How quickly the unaffected move on. It also had quite a lot about the mushrooms. It honestly kind of jumped around a lot in terms of what the focus was: first it was about the mother's death, then mushrooms, then natural disaster, how people brush off natural disasters, back to mushrooms, disaster, mother, mushrooms again. It was an interesting choice.
Scattered All over the Earth: This was an interesting, and kind of sad, story. The idea of Japan just disappearing along with its cultural impact on the world. Other countries absorbing its culture as its own instead. Especially with our female character, who isn't even able to contact any other person from her country now that it disappeared. It was comforting, however, that her and our male character could find comfort in each other. How he was focused on her present language so she didn't have to dwell on the past. I found it interesting though how towards the end, from the woman's perspective it appeared to her as though the man had purely linguistic interest in her. While that is true, I also got a sense of romantic interest from his pov as well. He was practically mesmerized by her while she was on screen, even saying he had to urge to kiss her. I am interested in the rest of their story.
The Easy Life in Kamusari:Yoki doesn't deserve Miho, I'll marry her instead. JK. I still don't like him though, cheating grinds my gears to no end. Anyway, this is another forestry/ nature industry kind of story much like the Fukushima mushroom story. This one is a bit more story-like, rather than news-like, as we follow the young boy. It was amusing how bad he was at his job. It was also sadly relatable, his feeling of wanting to give up and go home. This midterm season has me and Yuki both wanting to take a train home and run away from responsibility.
The Memory Police: What a sad world. A world where you wake up and something has disappeared. Not only that, but a law Enforcement designed to make sure that the disappeared are properly forgotten. Memory is one of the greatest things a person can have. The ability to hold onto something long after it's gone. A world where you can't hold on to anything even if you want to if it was deemed gone is no world at all. You can see that as the society gets more and more anxious. Not only are they forgetting, but they're scared to remember because they could be taken by the Memory Police. It kind of reminds me of The Giver.
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