The True Nature of Cuteness

I admire cute people✨

I honestly think, 'How cute'♡

It makes me smile just watching them, and
a sense of kindness spreads softly

I've admired cute faces and
thought I wanted to have a cute face too♡
I've even thought that before

I lack confidence in my own face,
I can't call it a cute face,
and it's full of complexes...

Even so,
there are people who tell me I'm cute,
and I'm very grateful for that

And then...
I wonder, 'What part of me is cute?'
Because I don't think my own face is cute...

There are people with truly cute or beautiful faces✨
I find myself captivated by them♡

Eyes with clear double eyelids,
well-balanced facial features,
and a small face

Just like celebrities and models

My eyes are single-lidded and small,
and my teeth alignment and bite are bad, plus I have TMJ

I developed TMJ in junior high,
and I cried when the dentist forced my jaw open,
it will never be cured...

I was often told my face was small, but
I never thought so at all

Maybe it was just because there was no fat on it,
and with aging, it's not small anymore

I've had complexes about my face since junior high.
I longed for double eyelids, so when sleeping,
I even tried sticking cellophane tape on them.
How foolish of me, haha

We live in an era where you can easily change parts of yourself.
It's good, but also maybe bad...
I have mixed feelings about it.

You can't change the raw materials you were born with.
I don't really want to change them either,
and I have this mindset of
wanting to compete with what I already have.

So, back when I was a teenager,
I used to think about cuteness,
wondering how I could
cover up my insecurities.

How can I become cute?

During my sensitive teenage years,
I once talked about this
with my younger sister.

I asked her, "How can we become cute?"

Since she was little, my sister
has been a bundle of insecurities,
not very good at affirming herself,
and even more insecure than I am.

She would even call herself ugly
when talking about her face,
and her personality wasn't very cute either, haha.

The girl talk we had as sisters
was always fun.

We got really excited talking about cuteness together.

There aren't really that many people
who are conventionally cute, right?

And then,
there are people who aren't that cute-faced,
but are still called cute, right?

There are also people who aren't that cute-faced,
but are still popular, right?

It's mysterious, isn't it?

Why do they look cute?
What part of them looks good?

For example, that girl or that girl...
Don't you think so?

My sister and I in our adolescence
We had a lively conversation and tried to solve the mystery♪

Having a cute face is charming in itself, but
where does the charm that makes one popular lie?

There is such a thing as a cute personality or inner beauty, right?
Like being kind or thoughtful

Cuteness isn't just about appearance, is it?♡

But...
our personalities are no good
We're scary, haha

We have our kind moments, but
our personalities are harsh, haha

We both laughed♫

My sister is strong-willed
And I am competitive

Because we have our own opinions
we cut things off bluntly

We have a serious side
and a kind of strictness too
After all, we were raised strictly

We couldn't find any cuteness at all...

Do we even have any cuteness?
We became even more doubtful

The sister we thought was popular
that girl is our childhood friend♪
Where does that cuteness come from?

The two of us tried to search for her charm
The true nature of cuteness

Her vibe is cute, isn't it?♡

It's great that they are completely unpretentious
They can get along just as well
with girls as they can with boys
They are cheerful and easygoing
It's fun to be around them

I listed the things I like about that person

These are good qualities, aren't they?♪
I wonder if this is what makes them look cute overall?

Because those things are great, right?♪

After all, being able to get along
equally well with both boys and girls
is good because it's fair and equal to everyone

Since they are cheerful and easygoing,
it's fun to be with them

And yet, they don't brag about being popular,
nor do they act cute

With that natural feeling,
their unpretentious nature makes them easy to talk to, doesn't it?

My sister and I reached a consensus

Being girly is cute, but
it doesn't suit us

Being pretentious is annoying,
and acting cute is off-putting

Putting on an act is tiring, and the cracks will show

Being yourself is the best, isn't it?❣️

I guess that's all we sisters can do, haha

Be yourself and keep smiling✨
Be who you are and have fun✨

Unpretentious cuteness

We decided to aim for that as sisters♪

Ever since then,
that has been the foundation of my cuteness♫

My role model is my childhood friend✨

I imitated that cuteness,
and that brings me to where I am now, haha

I thought about this when I was a teenager in middle and high school, but
I don't think my answer was entirely wrong

Being honest
is easier to accept, I think

What I feel toward others is the same

Where does cuteness come from?
It emerges from a person's overall image

I wonder if it's about the vibe

There is cuteness in parts,
but it's not just about being obviously cute

In my case, I'm a bit clumsy,
and while being a klutz is a shortcoming,

I feel like I'm loved by those around me

They often worry about me, but everyone laughs,
and they find my shortcomings amusing and endearing

It works as a charming quirk,
and I feel like it connects to my cuteness

Being capable but also clumsy,
that gap too, right?

Maybe even shortcomings can become cuteness♡

Unexpected flaws
can actually look cute♪

It comes from the parts and the whole,
that person's aura.

I wonder if that is the true nature of cuteness.

What is your cuteness?

~Charm~

Charm is important, isn't it?
Charm, perhaps it's a sense of slight youthfulness,
or maybe it's what you call loveliness.

Like the moments when you feel
loveliness in small children or pets,
there is an aura that makes one lovable.

Warmth and approachabilitysomething like that.

If you have that kind of aura,
you are easier to approach and easier to love,
you have an easy-to-talk-to aura.

If you are a grumpy person,
even if people want to love you, it's hard to do so,
as if you might prick them.

I like sensing auras,
so I value them♡

・・Thank you for reading・・

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