[True Story] If an AI cannot understand a haiku, it means the haiku is not getting through to people either. — Realizations from the hell of production. (´；ω；`)

A true story essay on publishing a Kindle manga~
**I will say this first: this is a story about failed AI-generated images, not a post on how to use image generation tools.**

I have introduced the book that I finally managed to publish after struggling with the decision to release a Kindle manga.

However, there is still more to say, as it would not be enough to just leave it at 'And that's the end.'

While making a haiku manga, there was something I just couldn't help but touch upon.

'A haiku that is hard for people to understand is, naturally, a haiku that an AI cannot understand.'
That is the fact.

For example, here is a haiku I wrote myself:
'This longing, I hope it reaches you, as the days grow longer'

What I had in mind with this poem was... something like this ⇩

By the way, this image was generated for this post by inputting a prompt describing that exact scene, completely ignoring the haiku.

And here is the image actually generated from this poem ⇩

This is not the scene I was composing about.
But... when compared with the poem, is it not entirely wrong?

And here is another poem I wrote myself:
'White breath, eyelashes freezing, vision falls'
It means something like my own breath causing frost on my eyelashes, making my eyelids heavy and causing me to look down.
An image like this ⇩

However... ⇩⇩⇩⇩⇩

It's beautiful, isn't it~...
Is it a key visual for a light novel or something?

By the way, the two poems above were not well-received at actual haiku gatherings either.

In short, it is inevitable that an AI cannot understand self-satisfying poems that only I understand.
No wonder the generated images were accidents...

And then I realized.

Haiku that cannot be understood without explanation are, frankly speaking,
poorly written...
That is what I realized.

Naturally, the two poems and images above were shelved.

Therefore, for the haiku I used in the book, I selected poems that even those who know nothing about haiku can understand♪

The thumbnail image for this time and the image created for the second haiku.
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