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“The words were so foreign to Azusa she had a hard time understanding them. Critical, cancer, terminal, caregivers. She'd read them in books and heard them on television dramas, sure enough, but was Nayuta describing her own father?”
― The Convenience Store by the Sea
― The Convenience Store by the Sea
“Their faces lit up as they looked at the picture that Yoshirō had made. A smile rose of its own accord on his face. The whole reason he wanted to draw in the first place, he recalled, was to see faces like these. He wanted to draw pictures that would make people really feel something.”
― The Convenience Store by the Sea
― The Convenience Store by the Sea
“Your skills are weak, but your personality is too strong. Besides, I can't let someone who's basically an amateur touch my work. It will hurt the quality.”
― The Convenience Store by the Sea
― The Convenience Store by the Sea
“I did the exact same thing again. I spent so much time in my head about it, thinking no way ever again will I let this happen. I was sure that was enough, but I was a total failure. Just because I got a little mad...”
― The Convenience Store by the Sea
― The Convenience Store by the Sea
“Remember when you told me before that you wanted to develop products for Tenderness? I said I thought that was fine, but now, I really, really want you to do it,' Nayuta said. 'Then if anything bad happens, I can always go to a Tenderness store somewhere, eat the cakes that you made, and I'll always feel better. As long as there's a Tenderness, there will be somewhere we can meet.”
― The Convenience Store by the Sea
― The Convenience Store by the Sea
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