If people all over the world say you are wrong, the world must be wrong.

father of Rieko Saibara

The manga artist says that on the day she was forced to leave high school, her second father waited in kimono for her at home and hugged her. He didn't say "it's an embarrassing thing," but instead he accepted her existence unconditionally as if to slobber over her. From "Muddy Quotations That Can Be Used If Washed." This experience is important. she doesn't need to deny herself, she must think her father's saying is too much and she will never overestimate herself since then.

"June 16  2019

from “Oriori no Kotoba” by Kiyokazu Washida, The Asahi Shimbun"