Oriental Network June 4 news: Recently, Japan's Yamauchi Mariko's new work "Tokyo Noble Woman" was introduced and published, which is dedicated to all women who are anxious because of marriage issues and class issues, known as the Tokyo version of "Gossip Girl".
Mariko Yamauchi's "Tokyo Noble Women" focuses on Koichiro, who graduated from Keio University, and Hanako, who graduated from the famous women's university, and depicts in detail the "class society" firmly existing in Tokyo. It's a world that existed long before "gap" became a key word in the 2000s, but probably 99% of Japanese people don't know about it.
Through the eyes of Miki, a civilian girl she portrays, Yamauchi describes the privileged "circle" of "invisible" for the reader. On the day of the entrance ceremony, Miki, a girl who was desperately studying to be admitted to the small city of Keio, learned that there were "internal students" who had gone straight from elementary school to university, and they were born in a political family or born into a wealthy businessman. The girls carry designer bags, pedal high heels, wear flawless makeup, and have formed small groups. In Celebration, Miki is always careful not to stare directly at the "children of rich families", but in her heart, she deeply feels her anxiety about not being able to integrate into their "circle".
"Before living in Tokyo, the last thing I understood was that there were aristocrats in Tokyo. For those who come to Tokyo from a small local city, it is difficult to understand how much privilege it means to go from elementary school to birthday celebration. If it were not for Tokyo, if it were not for the contact with people in this world, all this would have been impossible for ordinary people to perceive for the rest of their lives. Mariko Yamauchi felt this way, so she moved to Tokyo for ten years, and she decided to write about the city of Tokyo.
In "Tokyo Noble Woman", the "high society" is used as a stage to present readers with an unconventional "triangular relationship". One is a greenhouse flower that follows tradition, longs for marriage and active blind dates; the other is a strong weed that works its own strength and desires to integrate into high society, and although the personalities of the two women are very different, they also stumble on the road to happiness, and fortunately, in the end, they both choose to live a happy lifestyle.
The desire to cross classes and the reality of class solidification may be universal. The author reminds the reader with vivid brushstrokes that although the starting line is different, whether it is Tokyo Senjin or local women, what they pursue is only to live like themselves. The Chinese simplified version of the work was recently introduced and published by Century Wenjing. It is reported that another novel of the author, "The Whereabouts of Haruko Azumi", will be published in the future.