I Reincarnated as a Man Who Watches Narou Anime at Double Speed: Yo Nishimura's 'Even If I'm Reincarnated as a Convenience Store'

My unchanging daily life is calm, yet lacks any sense of purpose.

A vague sense of anxiety and dissatisfaction accumulates in my everyday life.
I am paying the price for living aimlessly and harmlessly, without ever venturing out into society to take on challenges.
The choice not to take on a challenge today becomes a reason not to take one on tomorrow, leaving only a sense of impatience.
It is like being a debtor who can no longer keep their head above water due to interest.
Life loses its lightness at a compound interest rate.

That is how I have lived my life.
I don't want to get hurt, I want to take it easy, and if possible, I want to achieve FIRE.

Even so, after struggling through trial and error, I ended up reincarnating as...
a man in his late twenties who watches Narou-style anime at double speed
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What is a man in his late twenties who watches Narou-style anime at double speed?
As the name suggests, it is a man in his late twenties who does nothing but watch Narou-style anime at double speed.

Subscription services are cheap.
It is a tactic aimed at increasing the cost-performance of subscriptions by watching anime endlessly on days off.
This allows me to obtain cheap entertainment, avoid spending money on holidays, and build up my assets.

As a result of watching anime like a madman, I found that Narou-style anime is the most compatible with this tactic.
It is preferable if it is the type where girls become companions one after another and the protagonist is peerless.
It is best if there are no particularly serious scenes and it forms a harem.

As I continued this, I realized I had started watching Narou-style anime at double speed.
Like pouring junk food into myself, I fed my brain Narou anime and devoured it.
I would watch three or four cours of anime a day, only to forget them the next day.
I don't remember a single protagonist's name.

I spent months doing that, just getting by in life.
I think I had almost lost sight of the meaning of living.
I wasn't bored, but life was incredibly dull.

There is one poem I read during that time that I cannot forget.
It is a poem from the collection 'Even If I'm Reincarnated as a Convenience Store' by Yo Nishimura.

The words I wanted someone to say to me at that time were right there.
I wanted someone to tell me to live.
That 'live' does not just mean to survive.
I think it is a 'live' that proves my life has meaning through my connections with others.

I, too, want to become a protagonist and be told to live by a girl voiced by Rie Kugimiya while she cries.
I want a reason why I must exist, as desperate as that one scene.
I was instantly captivated by the pop pathos of this poem.

From there, I gradually rebuilt my life, and the man in his late twenties who watches Narou-style anime at double speed is no more.
Reality is not as dramatic as anime. There is no Rie Kugimiya either.
Even so, I am now watching the life I used to play at double speed at normal speed.

There are boring days. The anxiety does not disappear.
Even so, I have enough pride not to return to the days of fast-forwarding.

It is fine if no one shouts 'live' at me.
I will tell myself, 'live'.

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