It is a story about 20 years ago.

There was a period when I worked with a junior female researcher.

I talked with her a lot. Especially, in the story of Miyuki Miyabe's book "Kasha", I remember being raised with strange tension.

She: "By the way, Ebata-san, do you know "BANANA FISH"?"

Ebata: "No, is the author a Japanese?"

She: "It's a Japanese comic, be sure to read"

After that, the talk about "BANANA FISH" was limited to that time.

And, I forgot it for a year.

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One day, at the secondhand bookstore, we purchased the first volume of used "BANANA FISH". And at the beginning, I was reading with not much emotion.

After that, I repeatedly purchase it acceleratingly, involving her wife, and "BANANA FISH" became a big boom of the Ebata family.

Now, these books have become eternal preservation comics of the Ebatas.

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I mentioned content harassment (Concara) in the past.

I realize that what is going to spread the content is not "advertisement" or "advertisement" but "personality" of the person who recommends the content.

With only one word of "BANANA FISH" only one time from my trustworthy partner, the Ebatas got valuable content.

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"BANANA FISH" is currently being aired on animation.

This animation has reproduced the original correctly with a conscientious work, so I can feel good.

However now I cannot restage of trembling in tremendous extraordinary life and feeling tears keep filling my eyes, when I read comics at the first time.

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I have already told you that

the evaluation of a work (content) may change, at that point of contact with the work,

their age, degree of their knowledge and preference, reading comprehension, era background, even by weather and season,

I think that this is a easy example.

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I hope that you who are reading this diary, will have a chance,

the most important book,

at the most important time,

will be recommended by the most important person,

at the bottom of my heart.