All Itsuki cried.

A wonderful quote I found today ⇩

Growing older.

Your body changing.

It's easy to see these things negatively, but.

Sure, if I could stay young forever, I would.

But that's impossible.

Since I'm going to get older anyway.

I want to age gracefully, in a way that allows me to say things like this.

The longer you've been with yourself, the more you come to understand who you are.

And because I've seen how hard I've tried in my own way so many times,

"You're a hopeless case,"

I think to myself, while also thinking,

"But, you do have your good points, too."

And so, I've come to be able to admit that.

All things considered, I...


like who I am right now more than at any other point in my life.

I don't think my past self would have been able to think that way, even as a lie.

I really think it's thanks to getting older.

Because I'm clumsy and inefficient, I feel like I've taken quite a long detour to get to where I am now.

I'm sure various trials will visit me in the future, too.

And each time, there might be moments where I end up hating myself again.

But, in the future beyond that,

all things considered, I like myself

so that I can think that.

I want to keep growing older like this.

P.S. Ever since I was a child, I've wanted to become a grandmother like the one on the Pota Pota Yaki package (lol).