Treasure Chest of Words 0667 [Everything has both a plus and a minus side. But I feel that only by facing and accepting the minus side can you truly be proud to say you love something.]

Soup Shop Shizuku operates quietly for a short time early every morning in a certain part of Tokyo. The chef, Asano, serves a different soup every day. Rie, a magazine editor and regular customer, is consulted by her newlywed boss, Katsuo, about his wife Fumiko's strange behavior. When she asks Asano for advice, he unfolds a brilliant deduction. From Rie's reunion with her first love to a hunting experience, and a shut-in boy who can no longer eat soup, this is a four-part short story collection featuring "Morning Time," "The Stew Person," "Mountain Girl," and "Renche's Secret."
The second installment of the "soup mystery" series that will make you crave soup.
・After you've finished refreshing your mood, do your best in your daily life. P121

・I intentionally follow the rules to avoid trouble. P125

・If you show respect, there is no need to fear the mountains more than necessary. P168

・Everything has both a plus and a minus side, doesn't it?

But I feel that only by facing and accepting the minus side
can you truly be proud to say you love something. (omitted)
I thought about love.
Meeting someone you can love one hundred percent is probably a miracle.
If you spend time together, incompatible parts and negative elements will inevitably emerge.
But only by not looking away from them, facing them head-on,
and resolving them through discussion,
can you continue to feel love. P171
・The mountain is like a mirror.

If you don't face it sincerely, it will see right through you and pay you back painfully.
That is exactly why it is so full of charm. P178
・It's precisely because it's important that I'm afraid to take action. P186