Before Christmas Comes

I read this completely behind the rest of the world.

I've been so curious about it ever since Rii-san introduced it, and even though I thought, 'Wow, this is so interesting!' after reading the first chapter, I'm sorry for dragging it out until the end of October!

I actually just read Rii-san's article itself... even though I had seen it on X...! Rii-san is amazing for conveying how interesting it was with just that post alone.

On top of that, I'm sorry it took so long for me to write my thoughts... lol
I knew this would happen, so I let you know in a comment beforehand.
I'm terrible at writing reviews, so I'm going to write down what I thought in a disjointed way, but everything boils down to this one thing I said at the beginning.

I love it.❤️

I'm not a weirdo.

About the story as a whole

At first, I read it thinking it was a workplace story.
Wait, is it a story about passionate friendship?
It's totally love, isn't it? 🫶
I got excited halfway through.

Even though there's friendship and love, there's also a solid work aspect, and it was so much fun.
The sense of realism, like 'that kind of thing happens, doesn't it,' is great, and being able to see different workplaces in each chapter and the feelings of various people made me so excited to see what would happen next.
I was reading this during my lunch break and on my way home (sorry for the regular delivery of 'likes' during those times lol), and I couldn't focus on work. I was too curious about what would happen next. If I had read it while it was being serialized, I think I would have died of impatience.

Personally, I've also worked under a toxic boss, and there was a time when I thought I wasn't human if I didn't work harder... I escaped now, though... back then, the pressure from above was intense, and although I shouldn't blame it on that, I remember being strict with my subordinates and juniors, and things like that.
It's always those kinds of bosses who make you do things like workplace improvement, isn't it?
But I also wanted to do Yukino-san's job. I thought that if I had read this story back then, maybe something would have changed.

I love your writing style.

I really love Miyu-san's writing. Her usual essays are not only very easy to read and understand, but they also feel like they slip right into my heart.
It's so natural and feels so effortless, yet it clearly has the author's unique touch, and I love how comforting that is!

An article I wanted to 'like' over and over again

Why can we only press the 'like' button once, I wonder?
Don't you ever feel like you want to press it like a buzzer on a game show? (What a weird comparison...)

I feel like adding my own silly thoughts would just ruin it...
But if it were a Christmas like this, I wouldn't mind working on a holiday! I'd go in as many times as it takes!

I feel like I might get pelted with pebbles for writing this, but I remembered how I've always, always, always, always been misunderstood in strange ways and felt so disheartened that I ended up crying while eating my lunch.

And then I thought this

There are so many stories in bookstores and libraries, but when I thought about how there are still so many stories sleeping inside each and every person that aren't there yet, I got excited.

How did they come up with this, I wonder? How did they write it?

I had just finished reading all of Pachiko's funny stories, so I felt down, thinking I could never write anything as interesting as that.
But surely, what each person sees is completely different. We always share the same world, but in reality, the parts that overlap are only a tiny bit, and perhaps new stories are spilling out from those gaps.
That's why I thought, just as Pachiko writes about something only Pachiko can see, I wish other people would write about the many things that only they can see, too.

...I'm not sure what I'm saying anymore... but if there's anyone who hasn't read it yet—though I doubt there is—please, give it a read!
Before Christmas comes!

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