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 […]
High school – commute
To get to my high school before the morning meeting started at 8:15 am, I had to get on 6:30 am-train. To get to the nearest station, my mother had […]
Hair – part 2
During the spring break before high school started, I went to visit my sister in Tokyo. She was already busy with her hostess job, but she booked a haircut appointment […]