A HANDFUL OF GOLD

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  Posted by Readers in Japan

  Dec 23, 2020 (PST) | Translate to English
  ロマンティックだわ～
  it's romantic~
  偶然にも12/23から読み始めて、クリスマスイブに読み終わりました。私もこんなふうにクリスマス礼拝で穏やかな時間を過ごしてみたいなあ。話される言葉の数々が、現代の日本が舞台だったらクサいのだろうけど、この話の中ではとっても素敵でした。

  Coincidentally, I started reading it on 12/23 and finished reading it on Christmas Eve. I also want to spend a peaceful time at Christmas worship like this. The many words spoken would be bad if set in present-day Japan, but they were so wonderful in this story.

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  Posted by Readers in Japan

  Nov 23, 2020 (PST) | Translate to English
  スーパー家政婦さん
  Super housekeeper
  This review contains spoilers. 妹のために娼婦の申し出を受けるヒロインが、クリスマス休暇のために訪れた小屋で奇跡を起こす。メリーポピンズのような印象を受けました。いいお話でした。

  This review contains spoilers. The heroine, who receives an offer from a prostitute for her sister, causes a miracle at a hut she visited for Christmas vacation. I got the impression that it was Mary Poppins. That was a great story.

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  Posted by Readers in Japan

  Feb 20, 2019 (PST) | Translate to English
  ベツレヘムの星
  Star of Bethlehem
  クリスマスシーズンらしいお話。誰もが浄化されるような心静かにその時を迎えるお話。絵が地味だけれど、ストーリーの美しさでカバー。彼の家がさばけていてそこも地味にgood！ただ、そんな大勢集まる場所で働いていたら、後で困ったことが起きそう。わからないように、思い切り顔を白くしたとしても、大勢の観客のうちには分かる人達が居ることだろう。観客同士の中には、そうした劇場を社交場の延長とする人々も居るわけだから。とはいえ何よりお話の世界のことなのだから、目くじら立てるほどのことはないが。ロマンチック成分は低め。最終頁、星はもちろん良いけれど、なにかしら物足りなく思う。讃美歌111番「神の御子は」が頭に響いて来る。日本人の典型、神仏習合的人間の私で、クリスマスとなれば今度はキリスト教の雰囲気に憧れるのだが、原点のようなこの手作りクリスマスは、人間の奥にあるこの行事に対する理想のクリスマス観の追求。清らかな感傷的な期待と、準備を進める素朴な伝統に、落ち着きや安らぎを見出だす人間の描写が、説教臭を遠ざけて良い。垢まみれ(?)の2組が、“しけこんだ”狩猟小屋で、俗物過ぎる過ごし方を図らずも軌道修正させられる、という流れ。前半の彼の「殉教者」という内面の言葉が妙に被って、二人が夜を共に過ごすときには彼が浄化されたように見える筋運び、愛人ではなく恋人となっているのがよかった。

  A story typical of the Christmas season. It's a story where everyone greets that time quietly, so that their hearts are purified. The picture is plain, but the story is beautiful and the cover is beautiful. His house is empty and it's also plain good! However, if you work in a place where so many people gather, trouble is likely to happen later. Even if you take the plunge and whiten your face so that you don't understand, there will be people in the large audience who can understand it. This is because among the audience, there are also people who use such theaters as an extension of social gatherings. But above all else, it's about the world of stories, so there's nothing that makes me dizzy. The romantic component is low. The last page, the stars, are of course good, but I think something is unsatisfactory. Hymn No. 111 “The Son of God” echoes in my head. I am a typical Japanese person, a person who combines Shinto and Buddhism, and when it comes to Christmas, I now admire the Christian atmosphere, but this handmade Christmas, which seems to have its origin, is a pursuit of an ideal view of Christmas for this event that lies deep within humans. Depictions of people who find calm and comfort in pure sentimental expectations and simple traditions proceeding with preparations are good to keep away from the smell of preaching. covered in dirt (?) The flow is that 2 groups are made to correct their trajectory without trying to spend their time in a “barred” hunting hut. His inner words of “martyr” in the first half were strangely applied, and it was nice that when the two spent the night together, he seemed purified, and he became a lover rather than a lover.

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