Hikigaya wants to be a novelist

Hachiman Hikigaya does not care whether Naho Imamura can understand his hints after they meet. The charm of "Malice" lies in the fact that even if readers can really realize the misleading nature of the narrative in the first chapter, they will be deeply shocked by the ending. What's more, readers who can realize this now seem to be rare.

On December 22, the January issue of " all reading" was officially released, which is also the last issue of this year. After completing the release of this issue, the entire editorial department began to immerse themselves in the upcoming holiday atmosphere. Although Christmas is not a legal holiday in Japan, both the internal and external pages of Bungeishunju Publishing House are filled with a strong Christmas atmosphere. On December 28, the official New Year holiday began.

The third chapter of "Confessions" " The Kindhearted " has also been released to the readers amid great anticipation , and as expected, it has caused a huge response. This may not be news anymore. From the first chapter to the third chapter, even the most obtuse readers should realize that there is no such thing as healing or redemption in the work "Confessions". There is only one page of despair after another. All the characters in the story are deeply trapped in the tragic cycle constructed by Mr. Hachiman, but it seems extremely reasonable.

" The theme of this chapter shifts to the family factors that led to the tragedy. Mr. Hachiman is undoubtedly a very keen observer of social phenomena. He does not simply attribute these underage tragedies to a single factor, but tries to explore the causes of the tragedy from many aspects. This is a very responsible novel. "

A famous mystery novel lover wrote this on his homepage: He has become a loyal fan of Mr. Hachiman.

Recently, Yukinoshita Haruno has given up on looking for writer Hachiman. The main reason is that she has had enough of the stereotyped competition essays of junior high school students. The secondary reason is that her dearest sister, Yukinoshita Yukino, is about to return to Japan for a short vacation.

Thanks to the rapid development of the fast-paced era, " All Readings" magazine also launched an online e-magazine last year, of course, it still requires a paid subscription. After the first volume of "Confessions" was published, Yukinoshita Haruno recommended this article to her sister Yukino via email, and specifically told Yukino that it was written by an author who was the same age as her and also lived in Chiba City.

Yukinoshita Yukino has very complicated feelings towards her sister who is so strong and always outshines her, and she hates her sister for teasing her. This time, Haruno recommended a novel written by a peer to her, probably to make her realize the gap between people, which is really ill-intentioned. But Yukinoshita Yukino still likes reading very much. Since her excellent sister specially recommended it to her, this novel called "Confession" it must be worth reading.

Indeed , Yukinoshita has read the three volumes of Confessions countless times. She thinks that Mr. Hachiman is a contradictory person, or that the work Confessions is very contradictory. Its overall writing style is calm despair, and it does not feel that the author has poured even a trace of emotion into it. However, the content that Confessions wants to express and reveal is the pain of Japanese society, which shows that the author is idealistic. Seemingly indifferent but extremely caring, Yukinoshita even tasted a little bit of tsundere.

" Anyway , this guy my age is way better than me. "

Yukino muttered to herself while reading the third volume of "Confessions" on the plane. She thought that her thoughts were much deeper than her peers, but all she could do was to talk about her experience of being bullied in elementary school on her Twitter homepage.

The plane slowly landed on the runway of Narita International Airport. Yukino returned to her hometown. Her parents, sister and family vehicles must be waiting for her outside, but she didn't miss them. Her father and that flamboyant sister might welcome her very warmly, but her mother would only nod slightly to her, and might not even smile.

" Yukino! "

As soon as Yukinoshita Haruno saw her beloved sister at the exit, she dragged her feet and hugged her tightly.

" Sister, there are a lot of people here, you don't have to be so exaggerated. "

Yukinoshita Yukino was very helpless, but with both hands holding the luggage she couldn't push Haruno away, so she could only passively accept her rubbing against her.

" Okay Haruno, can you behave in public ? "

Mrs. Yukinoshita stopped Haruno in a soft but authoritative voice.

" Wife, the two sisters haven't seen each other for a long time. It's normal for them to be intimate. They are still children. "

Mr. Yukinoshita is more reasonable.

However, Mrs. Yukinoshita ignored him and walked straight towards Yukino.

" I'm back, mother , father. "

Yukino bowed slightly and gave a formal greeting to the parents in front of her.

" Welcome back, Yukino, I hope that every time you come back from abroad, I can see your progress. "

A cold response , followed by an even colder request.

Seeing this scene, Mr. Yukinoshita no longer said anything boring. He just smiled, patted Yukino's shoulder, helped her take a box of luggage, and the family got into the stretched luxury car.

From Narita Airport to Yukinoshita's home was long, and Yukinoshita Haruno didn't want the atmosphere to become too awkward along the way, so she spoke first:

" Yukino, have you read the article "Confession" that I recommended to you? "

Harunoi believed that her sister would definitely go to school , so she brought up the topic directly.

" Yes, I have. In fact, I was re-reading ' The Loving One ' right before I got off the plane . "

The meaning of this sentence is more than just reading it. It is obvious that Yukino loves this work very much, even to the point of being unable to put it down. This is somewhat beyond Haruno's expectations.

" I knew you would like it . Don't you feel anything about the fact that your peers can already write such works? "

Yukinoshita Haruno started this conversation-terminating topic again.

Yukino glanced at her sister unkindly and said:

" This is just an extreme case, and I think when reading such an excellent novel, we should pay more attention to the connotation the author wants to express, rather than the author himself. You are so concerned about this Mr. Hachiman, do you know him? "

" No, I don't know her at all, and I'm not interested in him. No one is more important than my sister. "

Yukinoshita Haruno immediately denied it, speaking righteously.

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