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Masao Gonno: This one also hit painfully close to home. I've watched my mother deal with the fear of stagnation and emptiness that comes from leaving a career after a lifetime spent devoted to little else. It was exceptionally sweet to read about Masao reconnecting with the wider world and realizing that the capacity for deeper feeling was within him the entire time

Hiroya Suda: Maybe I'm just on my period or something, but this little story brought me to tears. I love how Hiroya's mum is so quietly supportive for so long, and how sweet he is when he acknowledges it. Also really nice to see the earlier stories intertwine, with more background on Ms. Komachi, too!

Ryo Urase: I'm really enjoying how unpretentious all the characters are in this story. From Hina to the shopkeeper, everyone is just willing to tell the truth and be kind to others, even strangers. That world may be quite idealistic, but I don't think those kind of people are too hard to find, and in the era of anti-heroes and grimdark superhero stuff, it's lovely to read about plain good people for a while.

Tomoka: There's a certain beauty in reading this story about remembering and learning from old children's tales right after I finished Le Guin's Cheek by Jowl. I don't read enough books where the learning is good, the people are happy, and small goals are as important as vast ones. I loved Tomoka, I identified with her heavily, and this story got me to finally use some ingredients that I'd let languish too long