Creator notes are now books! A summary of August's note book adaptations
This month, many books were born from note! If any of these catch your interest, why not try reading the creator's note or picking up the book?
If you are someone who says, "I've published a book too!", please let us know via this form.
📖 Beyond the Realization: Dokudami-chan and Fushibana 7 / Banana Yoshimoto
After closing my office and semi-retiring, my free self returned. When I tried doing simple stretches for 10 minutes every day, walking became easier. For people who can't be measured by my own common sense, I try to think, 'It would be nice if we could meet happily, with a good sense of distance'... When things are tough, try clearing away solidified memories and living in a brand-new today. A masterpiece essay that revives the inherent vitality everyone possesses.
📖 I'll Live as My Clumsy Self. ~Living and Working Moderately with a Laid-back Mindset~ / Yuki Ishikawa
Tips for living your own way from the author popular for 'Writing Habits'!
'Wait, am I clumsy?'
If you feel that way even for a moment, please pick up this book and read it.
This book is a survival strategy for the clumsy, by a clumsy author who can't wake up in the morning, can't keep appointments, failed at every part-time job in her student days, and couldn't keep a job because there were too many things she 'didn't want to do'.
For those who are worried about quitting their current job to go freelance... but wondering if it's really okay, or those who are worried about why they can't do things like everyone else and whether they should keep working as they are, this is an illustration-filled, laid-back life essay where you will surely find a 'good' way to live.
📖 To You, 1 Year Old, and Banana / Yu Okada
Creating a family now.
What is the hope that lies beyond that anxiety and pain?
A parenting essay by Yu Okada, a company employee and writer.
Starting with the painful decision to 'cancel the wedding' in 2020 as the threat of the coronavirus spread, the pregnancy, birth, and child-rearing of his wife were a series of difficulties caused by the atmosphere of 'self-restraint'. Not limited to the coronavirus, 'creating a family in such an era' is always accompanied by anxiety and pain. But, there was definitely something like hope beyond that.
A 2020s father figure who took nearly a year of paternity leave and continues to spend his days centered on his family even after returning to work. A new-normal parenting essay wrapped in humor and affection, spun in the form of letters addressed to his child.
📖 Catwalk / Mitsuhiko Sasaki
I don't need you. I don't need someone like you. I don't need someone useless. I don't need a moron. I don't need someone weak. I don't need someone timid. I don't need someone who runs away. I don't need you anymore. I don't need trash like you anymore--.
Milo, the protagonist exhausted by this society that is hard to live in, wanders into a city of cats. They aren't small cats walking on four legs. They wear clothes, wear shoes, and walk on two legs. In this poisonous city, Milo meets a girl, and the violence and cruelty within him are laid bare.
Is adapting to society the same as killing yourself? Mitsuhiko Sasaki depicts the worries that everyone in modern society carries with a beautiful and delicate touch. It makes your chest ache as you read it. The most controversial work of this summer that pierces the heart. A luxurious edition that includes both the novel version and the manga version in one volume.
📖 Colorful & Modern Pop: How to Create a Room with Sense Like Overseas / SAKI
Thinking through word association games, classifying by texture and hue, playing with pattern on pattern, etc.
A coordinator popular on social media reveals how to create an ideal room without relying on white, black, or brown. Why not escape from being an interior design lost soul and start a life that collects only '100% likes'?
If you have had your note adapted into a book, please let us know!
If you have had your note adapted into a book, or if you know of such a case, please let us know via this form.
