HIS FRAGRANCE AND MY SCENT

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  Posted by Readers in Japan

  Oct 13, 2025 (PST) | Translate to English
  人は皆自分の弱さや醜さを抱えて生きて行く
  Everyone lives with their own weaknesses and ugliness
  This review contains spoilers. この作家さんのお話は、どれも、単純なハッピーエンドではない。いつも、「そうか、ここで終わるのか」と、一瞬、意外に思う。だが、もう一度最初から読むと、この終わり方で良かったんだと思えてくる。このお話は、その最たる物だったと思う。なぜ香と愛娘は死ななければいけなかったのか、彼女達の死がそれぞれの人生にどのように影響したのか、それが最終回に描かれている。香の死によって、物語の終盤、一気に主人公達3人のむき出しの感情が表れ、素の自分に戸惑い、受入れ、そして、自分の欠点を直視しながら、一歩だけ前に進む。この作家さんの話は、いつまでも読者である私達にも自分の内面を否応なく見つめさせる。これからも、ふとした拍子に、よく思い出すんだろう。そして、自分の弱さや矛盾を抱えたまま生きて良いんだと思わせてくれるんだろう。

  This review contains spoilers. None of this writer's stories have simple happy endings. I'm always surprised for a moment, “OK, will it end here?” However, when I read it again from the beginning, I think I'm glad it ended this way. I think this story was the best of them all. Why did Kao and her beloved daughter have to die, and how their deaths affected their lives are depicted in the final episode. Due to Incense's death, at the end of the story, the bare feelings of the three main characters appear all at once, and while being confused by their true self, they accept it, and move forward only one step forward while facing up to their own shortcomings. This writer's story will inevitably make us, readers, look at our own inner world. From now on, I'm sure I'll always remember it by accident. Also, it probably makes me think that it's okay to live with my own weaknesses and contradictions.

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  Posted by Readers in Japan

  Jan 29, 2025 (PST) | Translate to English
  香りと匂いの違いを考えてみた
  I thought about the difference between scent and smell
  その人にとって好ましく感じるのが香りうっっとなるのが匂い？けど臭いの方が当てはまるじゃ、匂いって何？？？もしかしてその人の深い所に刺さるのが匂い？！そうなのかも…ネタバレしないように書いたらとりとめのない感想になってしまったわこの作者さんの人が持ってるであろう潜在意識をぐっと掴んで突きつけてくる表現に引き込まれます別作品も同様ですが、現役医療者らしい側面もとても参考になる場面多し好きな作家さんです

  What I feel is good for that person is the smell that makes the scent annoying? But if odor is more applicable, what is smell??? Could it be that it stings deep into that person's place?! Maybe so... if I wrote it without spoilers, I was drawn into an expression that grabs a lot and confronts the subconscious mind that the person who wrote it without spoilers. The same goes for other works, but the aspect of being an active medical practitioner is also very helpful, and I like it because there are many scenes that are very helpful.

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  Posted by Readers in Japan

  Jan 21, 2025 (PST) | Translate to English
  クズ！！クズの集まり！！でもそれが人間
  scum!! A bunch of scum!! But that's a human
  最新刊まで楽しく拝読しています。実際ありそうなエピソードばかりでリアル感があります。始まりを考えると2025.1現在、なんかすごい方向に話が展開しています。バカだな〜！クズだな〜〜！でも自分含めて大人なら誰でも『なんでこんなことした！？』という事は色々あるよな〜…と思います。それが人間なんだろうと思います。どこが終着点になるのか分からないけど、今後の展開を見守ります。毎月欠かさずの連載ありがとうございます。完結まで応援しています。

  I enjoy reading even the latest edition. There is a sense of realism with only episodes that actually seem likely to happen. Thinking about the beginning, as of 2025.1, the story is unfolding in an amazing direction. that's stupid! that's scum! But any adult, including myself, said, “Why did you do this!?” I think there are a lot of things like that... I think that's a human being. I don't know where the end point will be, but I'll keep an eye on future developments. Thank you so much for the monthly serialization. I'm rooting for it until it's completed.

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