A Hokkaido University Acceptance Story with Zero Reproducibility

Q: Is being cute not enough?
A: It is not enough. You go to Todai.

I am a girl who went from a deviation score of around 30 to about 60 through one year of studying at home as a ronin, barely getting into Hokkaido University.

I have written a Hokkaido University acceptance story before as shown below, but my acceptance story has very low reproducibility.

Three months have passed since that first post.

If it were me now, I could probably write an even less reproducible acceptance story!

1. Act like the protagonist of a movie

A challenge starting from a deviation score of 30—I'm basically the 'Biri Gal'.
In other words, it is no exaggeration to say that I am the protagonist of a movie.
So, I decided to turn my daily life into a movie.
A movie requires conflict, tears, setbacks, and joy.
As a teenager, I had an incredibly strong mentality, so I didn't think anything of seeing an E-grade on my report card, but I performed scenes like crumpling up the paper, pretending to wipe away tears even though I wasn't crying while listening to music, and on days when I got an A-grade, I would go up to the second floor and then rush back down to the first floor to tell my parents.

I'm crazy, aren't I?
But through my long ronin life, I gained both acceptance and acting skills.

2. Act like a depressed person and be encouraged by songs

As I keep saying, my teenage self had an abnormally strong mentality, so no matter what scores or deviation values I got, I never felt depressed.
However,“Frustration”
This has power.
But there aren't really any enemies around me.
Most people support me.
So I created someone in my mind who would say, “You can't possibly pass!” and acted the part of a person depressed by being told that,
I listened to Sambomaster's “Dekikko Nai wo Yaranakucha” and Kazuyoshi Saito's “Iden”,
and spurred on my pathetic (though I didn't think so at all) self.
Humans are strange; when you really get into a role, you can actually start feeling that way.
I spent hundreds of days opening my vocabulary book with frustration as my spring, and falling asleep just like that.

There is one point of caution here.
Do not return to your senses.
Brainwash yourself into thinking, “I am the lead in a movie.”

3. Look back for no reason

This is close to 1, but when you head to the exam venue, just look back once.
The background music can be anything; play an emotional song you have a connection to through your earphones.
It feels pretty good.
This becomes a good memory when you pass.

I wonder if I was just crazy from studying too much back then.

That is all.
In the end, what I was doing might have been escapism.
Because I was turning my daily life into a movie.
But if I had spent my ronin life seriously, I surely would have fallen ill.
The reason I didn't fall ill is that I convinced myself I was Kasumi Arimura.
The protagonist of an exam movie is usually rewarded.
Since the protagonist of that movie is me, it is decided that I will be rewarded.
I made that my hope.
Certainly, there were days when I thought, “Damn it,” because my grades wouldn't go up.
But at those times, let's chant this:
“She was frustrated at this moment, not knowing that a year later, everything would be overturned.”

I'm really indulging in my eighth-grader syndrome.

But this is actually quite effective.
Because you can treat any unpleasant thing as foreshadowing.

To everyone who has read this far,
you are very patient.
I don't think it was of any use, but
when something unpleasant happens, try turning yourself into a movie.
And try turning it into foreshadowing.
It will make you feel just a little bit better.

Finally, examinees! You are the lead in the movie!