Toxic parents
My relationship with my parents was toxic. My father only spoke to me when he was drunk. He would enjoy provoking me with hurtful words, and when he was doing […]
Miki’s dream
I had expected all the girls in the school wanted to go to university, as it was one of the top schools in the district. But Miki was different. She […]
Miki the roses
In the second year, I met two girls who took an interest in me. They were in the same class as Izumi the previous year, so maybe they thought I […]
Categories of girls
In the first year, I didn’t have particularly close friends. I liked that everyone was well-behaved and smart, but I wasn’t sure of myself. I could have relaxed and returned […]
Study of history
The history study was the worst. It was like we were given a terribly written book and told to memorize the whole thing. History teacher would come into the classroom, […]
Shiho the star
I did better in English than the rest of the subjects, but so did many other girls. A lot of them had aspirations to learn about the world and had […]
Study of Japanese lit
The problem was that I wasn’t thriving in high school. Math got complicated, and no matter how much I prepared for the test, I only had a mediocre result. Japanese […]
Wase-jo
The proportion of female students at Waseda was about 30% at the time, higher in the literature department, and lower in the engineering department. Somehow Waseda didn’t appeal to female […]
“What am I?”
Waseda was one of the top private universities in Japan, rivaled by Keio University. I had known my uncle wanted to study literature at Waseda but was not accepted. I […]
Choosing a direction
High school was a much better place. There were no boys, and the girls were top students from schools in the district. I felt ordinary among them. The moment we […]