Status Updates From Tsuki no Sango

“You didn’t give me a grade. How many points do I get?”

“Oh, come now. Assigning points to a book? I can’t do such a thing.”

He seemed to be hiding his embarrassment as he replied, and then disappeared into the western sky.

That was the first time I’d heard a human-like, emotional voice from him.

“The reason I impose an impossible task on every one of my suitors is because I can’t measure my own love, so I have him measure it. If he can retrieve something much more valuable than me, and still be willing to exchange it for me, then I’d consider that proof that he needs me.”

i'm starting to get used to this perspective switching. i kind of like how the narrators can be a bit unreliable yet the switching makes up for the gaps in their logic.

i like this tin man dude. i also like how the interest the main character shows is written.