Cahier: The Recurrent Reaper

Only few days ago, the Omicron variant of Coronavirus has appeared in a certain part of the world. The unknown variant has been making all the world shocked and confused, spreading over rapidly now, our optimistic prospects that we might be able to get back to normal crushed into powder. Of course, …

Cahier: There’s Still a Margin Inside

Little by little, I have kept reading the novel "A Wizard of Earthsea" written by Ursula K. Le Guin. This novel which isn't merely a heroic tale but a deep tragedy describes difficulty in controlling the power which exceeds an ethical, human capacity of its owner. Sometimes, a prominent talent will …

Cahier: Her Suffering For Ages

Yesterday, I drunk a few glasses of whiskey and soda with some friends, congratulating a certain woman of them on her 29th birthday, who had been to tell us a summary of episodes happened to herself during a year since her last birthday. She's decent, kind, intelligent, but she has been without any …

On the Nihilistic Agony

A sense of nothingness, which can be seen in minds of so many people, appears to be one of the most universal suffering in human being. In other words, it means an aimless life which doesn't have any purpose so that we're unable to release our inner passions for some concrete actions. Without any mo…

Autumn Utopia, Another Universe

Last week I had a trip to Sendai and Akiu-Onsen, where at the latter I enjoyed both viewing a lot of red leaves in autumn mountains and soaking in a famous hot spring, with my family for three days. Fortunately, the number of COVID-19 patients in Japan keeps a low level lately, so that I thought now…

My Reading Record of “HARRY POTTER and the Deathly Hallows” 2

At last, having spent about 10 months, now I have completed reading of the tale of "HARRY POTTER". At first, it seemed a very hard way to read all of the series, because its degree of difficulty about English sentences isn't low enough for me to understand precisely, or to interpret properly. Howeve…