I've got to live my own life

Hello everyone. This is Rinne Yuki.

I went to the aquarium for the first time in a while the other day. With my mom.
Please hold off on the debate about whether I have a mother complex.

I actually quite like aquariums. I remember back in college, I would nonchalantly say things like, 'I'm going to get a girlfriend and travel to every aquarium in Japan!'

It really was great, the aquarium. I felt encouraged by the vitality of the sea creatures, or something like that. There's something that withers away if you only ever interact with humans, isn't there?

So, after walking through the aquarium following the path, I found some stylish chairs for resting in just the right spot. I took a deep breath. I was sitting there. With my mom.
And at that time, I'm pretty sure we were talking about Yayoi Kusama. Like, what kind of purpose Kusama-san has when she creates her art. In the aquarium's rest area.
While saying things like, 'Oh, I see,' there was a large window right in front of us, and it was basically an ocean view. I could see the sea, and as I was looking at it, I thought, 'Huh, there's someone at the harbor.'
That harbor is what you'd call a tourist spot, with people walking around sparsely, and it's a place where boats are constantly passing through a not-so-wide sea. The current is also incredibly fast.
I thought, 'Wait, there's someone going right to the edge of the sea,' and it turned out that person was fishing.
I mean, is fishing even allowed there!? It's that kind of place. I don't know if I can convey it well. There was someone just casually fishing alone there.
And they weren't dressed for fishing at all. You know. Like the outfit you'd wear when going shopping at Muji.
I caught sight of someone fishing in an outfit like that. Actually, the outfit was so Muji-like that I didn't even realize they were fishing at first. I thought maybe they were going to eat a Baumkuchen by the sea, but then I thought, 'Wait, they're holding a stick.' Like, 'Huh? Are they swinging a stick at the sea?'
I became more interested in that than in Kusama-san.
I asked my mom, 'Is that person fishing?' and she was like, 'Huh?' 'Oh, they are fishing.'
So, the two of us ignored Kusama-san and the aquarium and just observed them. That defenseless angler.
Then, that person eventually caught something like a small horse mackerel.
Both my mom and I were like, 'No way, they actually caught something.'
It was so shocking and so funny that I was at a loss. Seriously.
I really don't know if this comes across in text.
It's just a story about how someone in an outfit that made you wonder, 'Is it really okay to fish here in so many ways?' and 'In that outfit?' actually caught a small horse mackerel.
Seeing that, the pure vitality of the sea creatures and the unique artistic style of Kusama-san all just flew out the window.
I had witnessed someone with overwhelming vitality and uniqueness.

In the end, that angler disappeared somewhere while holding the small horse mackerel. It was a job that was natural (or was it unnatural?) and efficient to the very end.

So, I'm at the point where I need to summarize this story.
How should I put it? I thought, 'I've got to live my own life.'
When you think about it, what does it matter what you're wearing when you fish, or where you fish (though that might be a no-go)?
Maybe I'm the one limiting myself. That's what I thought.
I felt like a new door opened inside me that day.

When I looked it up, it seemed like fishing itself was actually allowed there. However, because the current is fast, it seems it's quite difficult to catch anything.
To be able to catch a small horse mackerel so easily in such a place while wearing such casual clothes—they must be someone special after all.

Thank you for reading until the end.