The Land of Rain Trees

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The Land of Rain Trees Production Committee

- It's a good day, isn't it?

- Yeah, it is.

- How is it? Feels good, right?

- Yes, it's refreshing.

Let's get change to some

new clothes after we done here.

This is really a troublesome job.

Caregiver

It must be hard task

for you, Helper-san.

Please, you don't have to worry.

- Sorry.

- It's okay.

Helper-san.

Thanks for your help.

Sakisaka Beauty Parlour

- I think you'd cut this one here.

- Are you sure?

- I'm back.

- Welcome home.

If it isn't Nobu-chan.

What a fine lad you are now!

It's been a while.

Uncle!

Long time no see!

Your mom's gonna retire, right?

To put an end of this parlour,

I'm gonna miss it for sure.

I guess so.

I feel indebted to you.

We always receive your patronage.

It took courage

to close this parlour.

This parlour is your

father's precious shop.

I actually wanted to keep it running.

Well, it can't be helped.

Right, Nobu-chan?

Yeah.

Have you finished

tidying up your room?

I'm about to start.

Don't forget to take

your important things.

Older brother

Aniki!

Nobu! You just got

back from hospital?

Fairy Game - Sasaki Yuuji

Aniki!

You know where's

the last volume of Fairy Game?

Hah?

What's that?

One of the books I read when

I was in High School.

It's a precious book to me.

How should I know?!

Why only the

last volume's missing?

I forget how this story ended.

Detail of Fairy Game's last volume

My impression regarding the conclusion of Fairy Game

"So long as love exists...

such thing is a lie."

For me personally,

it's unforgettable books.

At the beginning, it was an absurd

Science Fiction filled with action.

Also, at that time the protagonists

were all of the same age as I did.

A bunch of stupid yet easy-going boys.

They were normal schoolboys you can find these day.

In fact, it was an appetizer of the

writer's unique way in describing protagonists.

They were embarked on enemy territory,

trying to save the heroin...

who got kidnapped by

some mysterious organization.

Repetition of extremely mess

and absurd adventure.

In the end, they always

got happy ending.

That's right.

They got happy ending.

With that kind of feeling...

it never crossed in my mind that such story

which always started cheerfully and happily...

would ended in

a shocking way ever.

"I'm sure the end

will be good one!"

"It will be, one way or another."

But, at the end of it...

the protagonist couple

were separated for good.

"We both should run away somewhere"

the male protagonist proposed it.

"It will change nothing

wherever we run away to".

"Do you want to always running away?"

replied female protagonist.

And then, all classmates including the

male protagonists were back like ordinary days.

As if the female protagonist

were never there.

I was shocked.

If I have to put it bluntly, It was hurt.

After that, The Fairy Game I loved...

had become books

I couldn't possibly read again.

I felt it.

I was also shocked by the ending.

It also become

books I'd never forget.

It stuck deeply, like a thorn

rooted inside of me.

But, as I grew up...

"So long as love exists...

such thing is a lie."

I understand what

this line means.

People can't just live

by mincing words alone.

Sacrifice oneself for

love one is not possible.

I've moved on from "her".

Either way, I have to.

Even after ten years gone by...

I still can't see another

ending fits into than this one.

Whether I could've found the answer...

the author was published this book

especially to teenage readers.

Perhaps it was a lesson for readers.

The Land of Rain Trees?

Name :
Hitomi

Gender :
Female

Location :
Living in metro area

Hitomi?

The Land of Rain Trees

Tokyo

To Hitomi-san.

How do you do?

When I was looking for Fairy Game story book I loved

I stumbled upon the Land of Rain Trees.

I also couldn't figured out its lesson.

Just like you, the ending left a bitter taste for me.

The way you described it like a thorn rooted inside...

made me feel we have something in common.

Sorry.

I too, was blown away when I read the ending.

- Good morning.

- Good morning.

But it wasn't because a feeling of rejection from

something you loved, as you described.

More to say, it was a beginning of my life that

I needed to keep pushing at the powerlessness.

I'm gonna using Kansai dialect, please bear with me.

Somehow, for the past few days...

I still can't get your impression out of my head.

But, I have one objection about it.

I've moved on from "her".

Either way, I have to.

Honestly, I dunno 'bout that, I think.

something is outta reach is something I never do"

Yes, I'm a man myself. "But to easily deciding

for whole life, who knows right?! I think...

Craps people say that ain't possible we runnin'

Sorry, I got excited.

this book, friends around me said I was weird.

When I bought

I wish I had someone to discuss with.

I say this on whim, for listening my grumble...

thank you very much.

Nobu.

Sh*t!

It got sent...

She must be thinking weird of me.

There is no new message.

Well, I can't blame her.

There is no new message.

Why the hell I wrote my name...

What is it?

Nothing.

Hello.

How do you do?

I'm Hitomi, admin of the Land of Rain Trees.

Thank you very much for your e-mail.

"Life is powerlessness"

Somehow I can understand it.

Back then, perhaps I sensed

a feeling of entrapment...

I felt disappointment when I knew

life didn't always go as you expected.

It was a fresh opinion of yours.

"Yes, I'm a man myself"

"But to easily deciding something

is outta reach is something I never do"

To know such opinion

from male's point of view...

I've never thought some men

have that kind of thinking.

I was also happy having someone

to talk about Fairy Game's ending.

There's someone I can share this story with

on the other side of this screen.

It reached her.

With whom?

Ah well...

It's amazing.

I'm thrilled receiving your reply.

Isn't it too fast?

You're pushing your luck.

If the other party is a woman.

I guess so.

Lay it down for a while.

It's just like meats.

Fermenting for a while so it'll be delicious.

The fermentation time is till...

9 o'clock, tonight.

- At 9?

- Yeah, that's right.

Your lucky time is tonight at 9 o'clock.

I'm also extremely delighted having a talk with you.

Honestly, I'm extremely surprised.

There's someone I can share this story with

on the other side of this screen.

I should be the one who said that.

Such people do exist.

Well, it's obvious actually.

Something like "what I have now will definitely be gone"

It was what I felt, about "powerlessness".

It's embarrassing...

"our adolescent life absolutely will be over".

But at one point I realized

I was blushing while I wrote that. Please don't laugh.

Uwah!!

Adolescence!

But you're right.

"Our adolescent life absolutely will be over"...

I guess youngsters who experiencing it understand, right?

That's why when I was at springtime of my life...

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