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[Scrap and Build] Keisuke Haneda: What is the excessive addition of care that turns three in need of care into five?

Describes his thoughts on the novel Scrap and Build by Keisuke Haneda, winner of the 153rd Akutagawa Prize. For his grandfather, who is physically disabled and daily expresses his desire to die with dignity, saying he wants to die early, his grandson Kento takes an active role in 'excessive additions to care'.
2024.04.30 2026.04.16
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[Circuit Switcher] by Takahiro Yasuno. The Merits and Demerits of a Fully Automated Future.

A science fiction novel written by Takahiro Yasuno, who is running for Governor of Tokyo on 7 July, and which won the Excellence Award in the 9th Hayakawa Science Fiction Contest. The work is full of vividness and charm, with a realistic, automated future, thrilling technological theatre-style crimes, and the pitfalls of the current system.
2024.06.23 2026.04.12
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[Idol, Burning] Rin Usami: Why did she dump the case of cotton swabs on the floor at the end?

Contains thoughts and observations on the novel ‘Suisu, Burn’ by Rin Usami, which won the Akutagawa Prize and was nominated for the Honya Taisho (Bookstore Grand Prize). The action of the beating of a fan by a guesser gives Akari the courage to try and smash her own current unsuccessful life, but in the end, she chooses a cotton swab in the blink of an eye, which is the cheapest way to clean up the mess.
2024.04.07 2026.04.11
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Project Hail Mary: An epic space story of scientific power and friendship

**"Project Hail Mary"** begins with the Earth facing an unprecedented crisis of solar dimming, a phenomenon that threatens to plunge the planet into a devastating ice age and potentially lead to the extinction of humanity. To uncover the cause and find a solution, scientists initiate the ambitious "Hail Mary Project." As part of this mission, Ryland Grace, a schoolteacher and scientist, is sent on a journey to an unknown star system, tasked with humanity's last hope.
2024.12.01 2026.02.19
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[Book Review] Super-introduction: The Theory of Relativity What did Einstein think?

I was interested in Einstein's theory of relativity, but had never read it before, so I started with a very introductory reading book. It was biting and explained in a way that I could understand if I understood middle school and high school physics level. The process of law unification from Newton to Maxwell to Einstein
2024.12.15 2026.02.16
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What is the Grand Unified Theory of the Brain, the Free Energy Principle?

I had been interested in this book, but it had been piled up in my reading pile, so I finally finished it this time. I found the book interesting in its perspective of trying to unify seemingly disparate brain activities such as sensation, movement, emotion, and mental illness from the perspective of free energy.
2024.12.15 2026.02.16
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[Three Bodies] Analogy between the Black Dark Forest and the Cultural Revolution: Chain of Suspicion and Détente

The scepticism chain depicted in The Black Dark Forest is an analogy to the chain of suspicion and distrust found in Chinese society during the Cultural Revolution. This analogy emphasises how destructive a lack of trust and a chain of mistrust can be. Ultimately, Luo Zhai negotiates with the Three Bodies against his own plans, and the end of Part II ends with an appearance of détente (easing of tensions)
2024.05.20 2024.06.29
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[Convenience Store Man] Sayaka Murata: Interesting five senses and inorganic expression.

The first sentence of the piece begins, "Convenience stores are filled with sound." Throughout this work, the inorganic nature of convenience stores and the frequent use of the five senses, including the sense of hearing, gave me the feeling that the convenience store was an exciting place to read about.
2024.05.01 2024.06.25
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[All the Lovers in the Night] Mieko Kawakami: Superimposing the Light and the Self in the Midnight of Winter

Although he did not fit in very well in the real world and felt stifled, he was serious and direct about his job as a reviewer and was doing his best to make a living, and he may have been projecting himself into the existence of a night light after ordinary people who fit in well in society, the big light of day, or perhaps he was overthinking it. Perhaps I am overthinking it, but I felt it.
2024.05.04 2024.06.24
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[Earthlings] Sayaka Murata: This world is a factory for making human beings. Working tools and reproductive organs

Normal here seems to focus more on two things: working and being productive, and having children for the sake of procreation. The influence of her parents is significant, and Murata-san is aware, even as a child, of the expectations of her children and the imprint of what her parents consider to be normal values, and she probably projects her own discomfort with these expectations into the novel.
2024.05.03 2024.06.23
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