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The Final Lecture Notes
Keiko Nishi
Straits Bookstore 2022
If this were the last day of your life, what would you tell? The complete version of the acclaimed documentary "The Last Lecture" by NHK Television in Japan. Keiko Nishi, a well-known manga artist who has influenced millions of people, wrote a note to women's life "refuge", the most important thing in life is not how to get on the throne, but how to prevent sinking. More poisonous than Kitano Takeshi, more heartfelt than Ueno Chizuru, people who have come to advise that life has detours, and everyone needs to be woken up at the right time. As long as the effort is almost rewarded accordingly. But there will be exceptions, and there will always be some unreasonable times in life.
"As an old lady who has come from the side door to today, what I want to say to you today is not to encourage you how to become a serious and excellent person, nor to instill in you the ideal state of the so-called human being. Instead, I want to teach you some ways to avoid a crisis, such as when to choose to escape and when it is best to give up. ”
There is no need to confront difficulties head-on
Text | Keiko Nishi
Source | The Final Lecture Notes
So far, I've drawn a lot of vulgar stories in the manga and used it to earn money to build a house in Kichijoji— a house I call a "tax-evasion mansion"—so expensive that I probably wouldn't be able to afford it for the rest of my life if I had paid just for my salary. Because I live on the side of Kichijoji, when my children were young, I would always pass by Tokyo Women's University when I picked them up and took them to kindergarten. Therefore, for a long time, I could see everyone seriously going to school every day.
To my particular surprise at the time, every morning at nearly nine o'clock, students would rush up for fear of being late. In general, college students don't care too much about being late, and may even skip class because they can't arrive. So the scene of everyone running once made me wonder. You know, when you are so serious about schooling, the scarce Prince Charming will be picked up by capable female hunters, and when you graduate, you will only be left with scum. If you accidentally bump into it, you won't be able to do it.
The country we are in now is not bad, so as long as the effort can almost be rewarded accordingly. But there will be exceptions, and there will always be some unreasonable times in life. So as an old lady who has come from the side door to today, what I want to say to you today is not to encourage you how to become a serious and excellent person, let alone to instill in you the so-called ideal state of human beings. Instead, I want to teach you some ways to avoid a crisis, such as when you can choose to escape and when you want to give up.
In the days to come, you may often run into walls, but in fact, there is no need to confront difficulties when you hit a wall, and sometimes you can walk around a corner from the side. Even if you are fighting head-to-head, it is easy to choose a weapon that is good, such as encountering a nasty boss at work, and it is meaningless for you to talk about human rights with the other party, so it is better to secretly find him a ballast. I've always come this way, so I wanted to share my experience with you. Maybe this is of little use to you, and it is a little vulgar to say, but I still hope that everyone can listen carefully.