[Gratitude] To the point where the hydrangea ink blurs
Today's article is a thank-you post for Sakurayuki-sama, who left a recommendation review for my work
“Forms that Tread”
which I have posted on Tales.
I learned that “Granulation” (Umineko mini bunko, written by Sakurayuki-sama), which I had been interested in for some time, was available for purchase on BOOTH, and I read it with gratitude.
You shouldn't write a recommendation review until you've finished reading the book.
Bound by that fixed idea, I was surprised.
――Currently, I have read halfway through. (Omitted)
I want to see it through to the end.――
These words also made me incredibly happy.
And, despite being busy, Sakurayuki-sama read my work to the end.
She even added to the recommendation review...
(I didn't notice the addition, please excuse my rudeness💦)
As someone who writes long-form stories,
I feel like those who read to the end are like gods.
I am overwhelmed with emotion to have received such words as well...✨️
“Granulation”
It arrived in my hands in the form of a book, with a delightful new short story included.
A review? A book report? With all my gratitude,
I will write down my feelings immediately after reading!
I often hear the word gradation, but this was my first time learning about granulation.
Granulation (Separating colors)
The story, which depicts forms of love that might be considered difficult to handle as a theme, through many colors and blurs, is delicate and carries a certain sadness. Characters with qualities I could never write (which is exactly why they are charming) appear, and their pasts are like rich ink. Deep. Heavy. I found myself drawn into the gentle flow, thinking that they have no choice but to accept their past and future and keep living. I ended up reading it all the way through.
After reading, I wanted to visit an exhibition or a gallery. And also, an art supply festival.
The art supplies and stationery that appear in the main story are things that are difficult for me to get my hands on in my current daily life, which passes by busily with childcare. But that is precisely why the world I touched through the story was so dazzling, and I vividly remembered the glass pen I saw and admired at the Meijikan in Hakodate in the past.
Along with ink featuring my favorite hydrangea motif, I will surely buy it for myself someday. I feel like I've been given a future pleasure to look forward to.
Manaka-san and the others who serve as a contrast.
“I was suffering for so long. To the point where I wouldn't mind being eaten by the giant I was so afraid of.”
I never thought I would read such a line in a romance novel. It left a very deep impression on me.
With the two newly written stories, I felt a fragment of “hope” for the people in the main story, and the aftertaste was gently warm.
People are connected.
I hope that in their own way of loving, they can choose the path that feels right...
That is what I think.
Sakurayuki-sama
Thank you for the wonderful story!
The review that Sakurayuki-sama left for my workcan be found herefrom
Thank you so much...!
These are the works of Sakurayuki-sama that I am currently reading.
Since this is my first time encountering a romance novel set in the Taisho era and a work set in Ibaraki,
I am reading it slowly while looking things up.
I read this one all at once since it was published.
The unease at the center of the country and the calmness of the village of wind-readers really touched my heart.
I am looking forward to the continuation!
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for leaving comments and reviews.
I want to continue to cherish the joy I received by connecting it through articles and other means.
Thank you for reading until the end.
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