What Kind of Conversations Do Middle-Aged Couples Have?
Let me ask you in return, why do you always assume there's a decent image?
While taking a call at work, I'd sketch something quickly and hand it to the colleague sitting next to me. My colleague's reactions were consistently unfavorable. 'Weak,' 'Looks pathetic,' 'I thought you were on the side of the villains,' 'Please do your work'... perhaps that's why the grasshopper is never used as a model for Kamen Rider, because there's no understanding from the public. I had forgotten the meaning of the number '6' on the abdomen even though I was the one who drew it, but it was for a silly reason: to emphasize the six-pack.
When I draw, even Hello Kitty or Doraemon end up with a horror vibe. While having drawing duels with my partner, I escaped into that style to compensate for my lack of skill. I had to win, so I mastered the path of hegemony. I've forgotten why I had to win. Don't look for a reason in a fight. You just win. Though, he doesn't have the consciousness of a 'duel' on his side. He says he likes the 'free lines' I draw. He says there are no free lines in the professional world. Is this Chieko? Is this in Tokyo?
While doing things like that, I complain to my partner about work. I think that's just how it is, but it tends to become complaints about 'work that doesn't make a living.' Not that one, you know. This and that. 'Work' in a broad sense. I have to write it that way, or it'll cause trouble. No, no, heaven forbid, there's no way I'd have complaints about the work I get from you, hee hee. Come, have a drink.
Former Kendo Club: 'And you know, it's a pain.'
Former Judo Club: 'I get it. Seriously.'
Former Kendo Club: 'It's like, Men-Do-Kote smelly. Or rather, Men-Do-Kote-Tsuki smelly.'
Former Judo Club: 'Ah, Kendo clubs are smelly. I'd get annoyed when passing by the club room.'
Former Kendo Club: 'Kendo clubs just have smelly armor. Judo clubs have smelly bodies, don't they?'
Former Judo Club: 'No, no, no, I don't want to hear that from a Kendo club member. You guys stink.'
Former Kendo Club: 'Judo clubs are all full of jock itch, aren't they!'
By the way, during an inter-school match, the advisor told me, 'You look like a captain, so sit in the captain's seat,' so I did, but I have no experience as a captain. Life is a bluff. That advisor was just a guy who had only ever done karate. He was the kind of guy who would make Kendo club members practice karate forms because he had nothing else to teach. Wait, where was the captain when I was sitting in the captain's seat with my arms crossed? I don't remember, but he must have been winning. My turn ends quickly, you see. Well, even if you do it for a long time, you know.
Our conversations also contain a lot of insults.
Former Kendo Club: 'Actually, the job title "Human Rights Coordinator," I was like, "Are you sane?"'
Former Judo Club: 'Bwahahaha.'
Former Kendo Club: 'Hey, isn't that reaction a bit fast?'
Former Judo Club: 'I love how you suddenly turn pitch black without any warning.'
Former Kendo Club: 'I mean, human rights are the one thing you shouldn't coordinate, right?'
Former Judo Club: 'Well, if there's room to coordinate them individually, that's no good.'
Former Kendo Club: 'It's not like, "We have the perfect plan for you!"'
Former Judo Club: '"Which human rights for you?" Is it cold medicine?'
Former Kendo Club: '"Do you even understand the meaning of human rights?" I got kind of angry.'
Former Judo Club: 'Bwahahaha. Well, you didn't name yourself that, did you?'
Former Kendo Club: 'If it were me, I'd launch a reform.'
Writing it out, it's not that interesting. Well, it's just idle talk.
The other day, the former Judo Club member taught me that 'Deep Purple's infighting' is a customary event that goes on forever, so it's like a promise for fans, and I don't need to worry. Apparently, sparks have been flying (by Ousama) ever since the band formed, which is why my partner burst into laughter the moment I brought it up. Even so, he's amazed, saying, 'They're still doing that even after 70?' so I comforted him by saying, 'There are ugly old people in the gay community who have been doing that for a quarter of a century.' It was good to hear the 'common occurrence' that when a vocalist changes, they won't perform songs by the previous vocalist at live shows, so fans think, 'Please, just play BURN.' He also gives me knowledge like 'What is Fuki-hara.'
Former Kendo Club: 'I understood Hapi-hara, but what is Fuki-hara?'
Former Judo Club: 'Bad mood harassment. You know, the ones who spread it around.'
Former Kendo Club: 'No, isn't "bad mood" fine as it is?'
Former Judo Club: 'Maybe they wanted to say it shortly, probably.'
Former Kendo Club: 'Both are four characters. If you type it, it's three characters.'
Former Judo Club: 'Don't refute me immediately. It doesn't matter.'
Former Kendo Club: 'That was an important point. Ah, you said "doesn't matter"!'
Former Judo Club: 'I didn't!'
Former Kendo Club: 'When you're cornered, you try to get through it with a louder voice, don't you.'
Former Kendo Club: 'The idea that non-fiction doesn't sell, too. What's that about?'
Former Judo Club: 'That's true.'
Former Kendo Club: 'I wonder if it's jealousy. People admire fiction, but they're jealous of non-fiction.'
Former Judo Club: 'Ah, emotions get in the way of evaluation...?'
Former Kendo Club: 'The feeling of, "If I had the experience and the chance, I could write a book too..."'
Former Judo Club: 'I think that exists.'
Former Judo Club: 'It's not just the difference between art and reality.'
Former Judo Club: 'Just having the experience doesn't make it a product, though.'
Former Kendo Club: 'There's seriously an atmosphere that it sold because I'm gay.'
Former Judo Club: 'Oh. Bark away, bark away.'
Former Kendo Club: 'Paoon.'
Former Judo Club: '...Wait, that was different from what I expected.'