Prologue (1/2)

Bungaku Shoujo: Voluue

Mine has been a life of much shame

Ast a flock of white sheep, I was born the peculiar black sheep

I cannot experience the joy my companions can feel, or the sadness my companions can feel, nor can I

eat the sas my companions can eat

Alien to its cos of affection- love, kindness, eic

black sheep can do is cover its black hite powder, and pretend to be a white sheep

Even now I a the mask, and play the part of the clown

Prologue: The flashback that takes the place of my self-introduction ----- a

forenius Bishoujo writer

Mine has been a life of much shame

What? Who once said so like that?

An actor? An athlete? Or was it a politician who got arrested for accepting bribes?

Let’s not mind too much of who said it

I just entered h school It is a bit pretentious of s like

“mine has been a life of…” But when I was 14, I did experience events that shocked all who

were involved The events that happened knocked h waves of the

sea In one short year, I actually felt as if my life had ended

In one year, I became the mysterious Bishoujo writer who became popular and well known

throughout japan

This happened in the spring of h school

Back then I was 14, and was fast approaching the 15-year-old mark I was a very ordinary

student I had friends, and I had someone I liked Those were quite the days And then, as if I

sed the wrong medicine, I sub

contest held by a literature est writer ever to win the

contest The story ritten as a girl narrating in a first person point of view Furthermore, I

used the feht-

“The youngest writer ever! The ainning, 3rd year, 14-year-old girl author!”

“Such a genuine writing style and yet, such sensibly delicate delivery of the plot and theme! The

story has every judge colee!”

The azine used such phrases to market my story

Oh gosh, I feel so ashamed

“Girl writers are usually , mysterious, cute,

Bishoujo writer!”

Under the extreme persuasions from the editorial staff…

(Hoould the reader know that I am a “cute” Bishoujo if I wear a mask?)

I all but grudgingly agreed to publish my story Then the book became a bestseller Then it

became a bestseller with ot adapted into a movie, a TV

draa series The whole population was practically talking about the book