Creative Awards Review: The Guide Who Mapped the Back Alley. Minomushi Makikura

The above is, as far as I have researched, information on Minomushi Makikura's "Something's Wrong." It is a setting where I have absolutely no idea "what it's about." In the first place, I heard about two months ago that he was writing a novel based on "What are you talking about."

In terms of the "What are you talking about" newsletter, it would be around the seventh issue. Ten weeks passed during that time. In ten weeks, he finished writing a novel that isn't even about "what it's about."

I am very troubled as to how to express this. I cannot write a proper evaluation of what he has written. This is because a talent that is heterogeneous, something other than a novel, is overflowing from it.

Halfway through, I got scared. I genuinely thought that there might be something wrong with his brain, given the way he fits the puzzle pieces together.

This novel is set in the back alleys of the city of note. Naturally,there was no such thing as a back alley in the city of note.

It was us in the real world who created the back alley. Even now, in these eighteen weeks, the "back alley" is starting to be recognized, but he took the plunge to write it when it was only just starting to become a little popular.

At that point, it's already a bit strange. I don't know what inspired him or what drove him, but he has proceeded in parallel with his own affairs without wavering at all from there. I must clearly state what is strange about this point. The starting stage of this idea is,

because it was before I submitted my article for the Creative Awards.

Could Minomushi Makikura be the number one person infected by "What are you talking about"? He consistently adheres to writing in a fun way. He is incredibly influenced by the people in the back alley.

Writing fun, trivial things is what I talk about, and what the residents of the back alley practice. He observes that, researches it, and incorporates it into his novel in a way that seems like a lie.

He created a map as a novel in the back alley. And he did so while depicting a worldview that features us, who exist in reality, as subjects.

It makes no sense. He reads the people on the other side of the screen and incorporates them into the story as if they were there themselves. Without the slightest sense of discomfort, he tests the reader with a style that is consistently light and detached throughout. In the daily serial, before you know it, you start to wonder who the next guest will be. You can see the people appearing in the novel laughing. You can see that even those who are not appearing are enjoying it.

This is not something that can be done easily. And above all, this is because it is not something that is truly meaningful.

Because it is the ultimate inside joke.

When you write an inside joke, you usually notice the difference in temperature between the initial high enthusiasm and those around you. However, this work does not cool down; rather, it heats up as it ends. I think that is his talent.

He elevates the value of the worthless into valuable reading material through composition and technique.

They do not compromise on research for their creative work, paying attention to even the smallest details, and it seems they find more joy in pursuing their own expression than in the reactions of those around them.

I feel they have an outstanding talent for cooking up ingredients. Their ability to connect things they find interesting is exceptional.

I would like them to try studying screenwriting as well. I truly do not know if the framework of the novel as a medium of expression is the right fit for them.

The finished product is a novel, but I am sure they could change the scenario in their head as much as they want. And in a natural way, too. I think most people reading it feel a sense of unease that is different from the emotion of a novel where one simply thinks, 'That's amazing.'

And I truly find the time spent on these seemingly useless things to be precious. They wrote it to delight us. They are writing with glee things that a normal person would not do.

I really want someone to find this 'eccentric person.'

As a senior who has influenced you, I decided that I will continue to stay the course, standing tall and unwavering.

What are you talking about?

A story about how, even though I had to write my own impressions, it slipped in and ruined all my plans.

Whatever, I guess.