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Sakunosuke Oda won the Naoki Short Story Award for his short story "あめ".

あめ can ​​be translated as "rain" or "candy".The story uses rain as the bright line and candy as the dark line to support the plot and emotional drama of the article. It is a word game that literati like.This has to make me think of the Irish writer Joyce, who is a classic example of language and word games. He spent 17 years writing the entire book "Finnegans Wake", which can be called a dictionary of secret words.

When we were at WhiteRoom, in order to test our language mastery, we gave the original version to us for translation.Its difficulty is still impressive to this day.

For example, Joyce also added the language of Chinese Chinese, using Wade’s pinyin, or Webster’s spelling, used in the Chinese regions of the world in the past 100 years, instead of the widely used Chinese pinyin , For example, the translation of Kungfu Kungfu is the application of the classic Webster Pinyin.

It seems that if someone who is not clear about the background of the story expressed in the book explains it, it will go all the way in the wrong direction and cannot easily turn back.But once you can understand the author's intention, you will feel that even this word can contain four or five meanings, which is surprising and you can't put it down.

At that time, I became interested in linguistics and began to understand the laws of world languages. As long as I master the inner core of a systematic language, I can learn other languages ​​​​quickly even if I come into contact with them for the first time.When I was six years old, I had mastered the core and inner essence of the main language system of Eurasia, and I could decipher any language I came into contact with for the first time at any time.I also thought that if I finish learning more than 5000 languages ​​in the world, I will make up my own language.

But then I thought that besides being able to talk to myself, other people would not be able to understand me, so I lost the meaning that language itself is a tool for communication.There is no need for such a language to exist, so I gave up.

……

Thoughts drift away, come back again.

Because of the intention of the publishing house, we made a collection of Oda’s works and the short works of the past ten years together, but in order to highlight that Oda is the winner of this year, the cover of the book is also the work of Oda Sakunosuke The content - the picture of the teenager witnessing the murder of a monster.

Different from the previous manga illustration style, it uses Japanese ink painting style illustrations, and the pigments used are unique colors that only Japanese ink painting can have, so the picture also has a rich enough foundation to stir people's hearts.

Among the works sent over, there were invitation letters from several children in the courier. They planned to hold a celebration party for Oda and asked me if I could attend.I looked through the invitation list carefully. Because Dazai Osamu could not be contacted, so there should be no Dazai Osamu in the list, I was inexplicably relieved.

Even if it's fake, I'd like to breathe a sigh of relief.

But once I realized that I would feel the same way, I felt that the time when I would suffer from PTSD due to Osamu Dazai was not far off.

I'm not interested in "celebration" itself, because I'm born with a face that can be awkward, so "celebration" has nothing to do with me, but it's different to participate in the celebration. The sense of déjà vu of the task.

"Go."

I said to myself.

Then on the appointed day, I borrowed a portable electronic organ from a musical instrument store and went to participate.

The agreed place is to take a tram transfer station. It is about 10 minutes by car from Yokohama Port. Because the electronic piano is relatively large, after I put it on the luggage rack, I began to think of a more suitable cheerful piano song in my head. Heng Del's "Happy Blacksmith" has a slow prelude, and Clayderman's "Vanessa's Smile" reminds people of the beginning of the listening test.Although the main target is Oda Sakunosuke, more than half of the participants are children, and if they find it boring, it won't work.

Therefore, piano music with a serenade style cannot be selected.

The time spent on the train is much shorter than the time spent thinking. When I was driven off by the "arrival" notification sound, I hadn't decided what song to choose. Should I choose the soundtrack of the Bon Odori Festival, or a child? Often sang "Alps Ten Thousand Feet" and "Frog Chorus"?But is it too childish?

The indecision made me suddenly want to go back to Yokohama.

Oda picked me up at the station, and the rest of the children, accompanied by Ango Sakaguchi, began to decorate the room.Because they didn't want to reveal where they lived, they chose to hold the celebration in the Hefeng Holiday House. They could celebrate while playing outside, and they could also hide their address.

"Congratulations." I said when I saw Oda.

"Thank you for coming here from Yokohama."

"I don't work hard." I said seriously, "There are not so many people on the tram, and I won't get tired even if I stand for three or 10 minutes. So it's not hard."

Oda laughed, and then said, "My car is right outside, I'll take you there."

"Okay, trouble."

I decided that it would be good to be mediocre and not make mistakes, and I would choose a song "Ten Thousand Feet in the Alps" to solve it within a minute and a half.When they arrived, the five children took turns to perform magic, singing and small drama, which won the support and praise from the audience.And when I came on stage as the finishing toucher, I suddenly thought, why do I have to perform?Obviously, Ango Sakaguchi was also sitting in his seat.

But since I don't have the ability to celebrate, it's better to bring a show.

In the first 20 seconds when I started playing, the four boys started to eat because they were tired, only the youngest girl, Sakule, was still watching seriously, and then the boys started stuffing Sakule with food, Oda felt It was a little embarrassing, so a few people listened carefully.The voice and the piano sounded together, and Ango Sakaguchi looked back and forth between Oda and me.

"........."

This made me even more embarrassed, and felt that this minute and a half would be as difficult as a disaster.But I can only sullenly, insisting on the principle of "finish it and let it go".

When I was thinking this in my heart, suddenly there was a special singing sound in the room, which was a bit nonsense and a bit pretentious.But if you listen carefully, you can tell that it is Osamu Dazai's voice.When I turned around, I saw Dazai Osamu who was hiding in the cabinet walking towards Oda Sakunosuke.

Oda smiled in surprise.

Seeing Ango Sakaguchi's expression was a bit surprised at first, as if he didn't know how Dazai would appear here, and then he acted at ease. In my opinion, this is the final gift of the celebration meeting——Dazai hidden in the cabinet prepared by Ango Sakaguchi Zhi, just don't know why he came out so early.

"At a height of [-] feet, if you open the tent, the light of the stars will be within reach."

Osamu Dazai sang along to my song, and gave the microphone to the other children after singing a few lines.The child immediately cheered up, squeezed in front of the microphone and sang together in chorus "Alps [-] feet, not only showing a smile, but also dancing together~~", and under the guidance of Osamu Dazai, Oda and Sakaguchi also followed Clap together.

The one-and-a-half-minute tune was over in a blink of an eye.

I also successfully completed the task.

Just as he left his seat, Osamu Dazai raised his hand again and said, "Everyone, let's sing the opening song of "Kamen Rider"!"

"Yeah!" the children exclaimed excitedly.

I was still sitting where I was, and Osamu Dazai pointed in my direction: "Get ready for the music!"

"........."

I have never heard of it.

Seeing that I was silent, Oda also felt that it was difficult for me, and said to help: "We can sing along with our mobile phones."

Dazai Osamu said with a smile: "It's rare that Ayanokōji-kun brought the electronic organ, and after playing one piece, he packed it up. Wouldn't it be too wasteful?"

"...It seems to be the reason." Sakaguchi Ango said.

I don't know whether he is helping me or Osamu Dazai. In short, I asked me to listen to it once, and I felt that it popped up.

"Is it almost like this?"

When I stopped, both Oda and Sakaguchi looked at me in surprise.And the five children immediately looked at me with glowing eyes, and turned around me: "Little brother, you are too good, you can play it after listening to it once! We have other songs, listen to them again, and play them to me." Shall we listen?!"

So I not only became the accompanist of Osamu Dazai and the others, but also became the jukebox for the children.

It probably took more than an hour in the singing session, and everyone still has more to say.

At this time, Sakunosuke Oda asked me to play a birthday song, because today is Osamu Dazai's birthday - 6.19 birthday.I didn't see Dazai's expression because his back was facing me, but I think he might not be used to this scene, and after everyone sang, he changed the topic: "There is no cake."

However, Oda stood up and said that he wanted to buy a cake, and asked who would go with him. The five children sitting on the tatami rushed to raise their hands.But Oda couldn't see so many children at one time, and he was afraid that something might happen, so Ango Sakaguchi also said that he would go shopping with Oda.

Dazai and I were left in the bustling room in a blink of an eye, and my task of staying in the room was to keep an eye on Dazai so that he would not run away.I think it's because Oda and Sakaguchi are going to celebrate Dazai's birthday, and they think that Dazai will definitely run away because he is uncomfortable, so the two people said that they want to celebrate Oda's award, and first tricked Dazai to the celebration party superior.

Of course, whether it is successful or not, in fact, I think it still depends on whether Dazai is willing or not.

He will appear here, which shows that he is still willing.

"I helped you out, do you want to thank me?" Osamu Dazai leaned on the table next to me and asked.

"Oh." I said blankly, "Thank you."

"Tsk."

Osamu Dazai snorted.

The room was quiet for a while, and Osamu Dazai raised his voice again: "Today is really a good day for suicide!"

"Go, go all the way, I will play "Turning into a Thousand Winds" as a funeral song for you."

I don't know what made him laugh at my words, Osamu Dazai laughed suddenly, then patted my keyboard and said: "Since you want to play it for me, you might as well send me a song right now." Forget it. It will be interesting to listen to it while alive."

That's a lot to ask for.

I thought about it, and said to Dazai with a smile on his lips, "This song must be suitable for you."

The song I chose is called "50WaystoSayGoodbye" (*), which is rumored to be a divine song dedicated to my ex.Since I didn't want to seriously sing in front of Dazai, I lowered the key a few times and changed the lyrics.The tune is very brisk, if you don't understand it, you may think it is a happy song.

"You say today is your birthday date

You said today is your birthday

That is not what I care

what does this have to do with me

You say your leave is for your better life

You said you left for a better life

That's cool, butif yourfri

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