the convenience store by the sea

p.282

rating: 2/5

it was a fun light read. my favourite chapter was definitely a melancholy strawberry parfait! out of all the japanese translated books i read this year this was definitely the best one lol.

"look around you. those who care enough to risk anything real for what they love are actually surprisingly few. first of all, it's very rare just to discover that you feel that way about anything. And when you do, the environment and circumstances you need to devote yourself to it are fairly hard to find. Maybe you also need talent, right? most people get frustrated and think, it's no good, I've gone as far as I can go. Then they quit.” (machida, p.52)