Yumi narrates, "Hello everyone, let's start today's
screaming lesson. Have you ever felt very inferior for no reason at all? Each
person has an issue about something that one naturally has but is unable to
change...
But, if in this world, there is a god that can change your
current reality, what are you going to do? This lesson is going to talk about a
story regarding self-inferiority. Lesson
19 - The Overlooking Woman.
In class 6-2, the teacher asks the students if they are
finished copying the notes since he is going to erase the blackboard. A guy in
the back raises his hand and says that Oyama is obstructing him so he couldn't
see the blackboard. This made Oyama look tense.
The teacher asks Oyama to lower herself a little bit. While
the others are snickering, she did as she was told. Oyama Hagumi [guesswork
from 大山育] is 12 years old
with a height of 170 cm.
She gloomily thinks that she told him earlier to let her sit
at the back but what's with the lottery [to know where they'll sit]. She'll
already be in senior high soon so who is going to stop this.
After class, Hagumi's friends tell her not to mind the
others. They say that she obviously has the good build to become a model or she
can be a basketball player.
Hagumi gloomily thinks that growing up with this face, how
can she be a model and she isn't a bit good at sports. Her personality is also
very gloomy. Then, she overhears a girl calling to Takada [guesswork from 高田] to look at something.
Takada laughs and says that it's very interesting. Then, he
pats the girl's head. Hagumi thinks that Takada is 168 cm so she's 2 cm taller
than him. "I also want to become a normal girl..." At the bus
station, Hagumi stiffens when someone calls out to look at that female giant!!
Hagumi tells herself that she's used to this. Then, they say
that it is the woman in a dress. Hagumi opens her eyes and sees a long haired
woman in front of her. Looking intently at the woman, she thinks that it is the
first time she saw someone with the same body built as her and it seems that
the woman is taller than her.
She also thinks that the woman is definitely very sad for
there are people behind her back saying all sorts of complaints. She mutters,
"I also don't want to be this tall..." The next day, Hagumi's brother
screams in fright upon seeing her coming in the toilet.
He says that she gave him a startle when it's just her because
he thought it is a wall. Hagumi looks gloomy. Their mother scolds the brother
not to do that to his younger sister so early in the morning and just brush his
teeth. She looks at Hagumi and says if her eyes are wrong but did she become
shorter.
At school, Hagumi measures herself and she is now 168.2 cm.
Hagumi couldn't believe it for how can that be, she became shorter. "Even
if I don't know what the reason is but I've become 168 cm!! (I'm so
happy...!!)"
Her friends tell her that is great but then, rounding it up,
it doesn't have much difference to 170 and she is still too tall. "You're
just almost as tall as Takada-kun.” At the bus stop, Hagumi thinks over what
they said and perhaps it is as they say since guys don't like girls who are as
tall as them.
Then, she notices the tall woman in front of her again. She
wonders if the woman was this tall before. Just then, the bus driver calls out
to her and asks if she is riding or not. Snapping out of it, Hagumi says yes.
She turns around and the woman is gone.
The next morning, Hagumi greets her mother a good morning.
Her mother greets her back then asks how come she had once again... She
measures herself and she's now 165 cm. She wonders why and what's going on.
Then, she recalls the tall woman.
After school dismissal, her friends call out if she is going
to measure her height again as Hagumi quickly leaves. She hurries to the bus
stop and looks for the tall woman. She isn't there so Hagumi thinks that woman
isn't here today.
Then, she notices the woman beside her. She thinks that the
woman is taller than yesterday. "Could it be..." Then, she measures
her height. She is now 163.4 cm. Hagumi thinks that she is right, every time
she meets with that woman, she becomes shorter.
In class, the teacher calls out that he's going to erase the
blackboard. Hagumi is delighted that the boy behind her isn't complaining
anymore. She is now as tall as her friends. Someone is wondering out loud if
Hagumi used to be tall but it seems she became shorter.
The other person asks if he's stupid for how can someone
suddenly become shorter. And, Hagumi continues to look for the woman at the bus
stop and stand behind her. Others start to say that looking at her in detail
now, she had become cute.
At the shoe lockers, Hagumi tries to reach for her shoes
when Takada helps her get them. He tells her not to force herself. Hagumi is
delight for it is Takada. He suggests about putting lowering the position of
her shoe box.
Hagumi says, ya...okay. She feels that this is such a fresh
[/new] kind of conversation. He laughs and pats her head. He says that she's so
cute. This made Hagumi really happy for she felt that this is okay for her to
die now since she's so happy.
Then, she overhears the others saying that it is so strange
for did Hagumi drank some strange medicine. Hagumi thinks that it is already
time to stop because she is already short at 148 cm. After waiting at the bus
stop for a while, Hagumi quickly turns around to see the woman behind her.
She thinks that this is bad for she met her again. "I
definitely have to avoid her!!" In the morning, Hagumi calls out that
she's going out. She is surprised to see the woman standing in front of their
house.
Hagumi quickly goes back inside that and wonders why. Her
mother asks what's going on. In her room, she looks out the window and wonders
why that woman became so tall. "What should I do. I cannot go out..."
She notices that her body is trembling. She looks out the
window and sees a black hairy thing outside. She wonders what is it, and isn't
that a person's head...!? This scares her. Her body continues to tremble. Soon,
everything looks so big in her room.
Hagumi thinks that the woman grew tall, and was the ceiling
that high before. She is shocked to find that her body had become so small that
her clothes are already loose. She got scared for she kept on shrinking. She
quickly runs out of the house. Her mother is puzzled why there is a child in
the house.
Hagumi decides to escape to a place where that woman
couldn't reach her. She goes up to a lighthouse. She thinks that if she ran
away there, THAT PERSON shouldn't be able to reach it. "What am I going to
do afterwards... if I were to go home like this, they won't recognize
me...*crying* who’ll come and save me...?"
Then, she notices that everything became dark. She wonders
if it is already night and how long has she been lost in thought. She peeks out
and thinks that it is a wall, no...it is hollowed-out...hair... She is aghast
for the woman is taller than the lighthouse as she looks down at Hagumi.
She got really scared for the woman only has whites for her
eyes. Just then, someone calls out if anyone is there. "Is there anyone
who had recklessly burst into here!!" Hagumi turns around to say,
"Save, save me..."
The man flashes his flashlight at the side and becomes
puzzled. He says that's strange, he obviously heard a voice. He turns around to
leave. In a very soft voice, Hagumi calls out, "Sir...*her little head is
only what reminds of her* Wait...
...*her head starts to sink into the floor as her eyes
bleed* ...don't take away my height--..." She sees the man leaving and it
is totally darkness when she closed her eyes. Yumi narrates, "Who is that
mysterious woman? Perhaps, she is a god who specializes in making everyone's
wish come true...
...If anyone isn't satisfied with one's height, there's no
harm in calling out to her and trying it out. ? You’re asking me if there is
anything that I'm unsatisfied about myself? But of course! It will be weird if
there's none. This lesson is up to here. See you again in the next
chapter."
Comment: Hagumi's
discontentment with her height actually stems from others. How she is consider
a 'bother' by her back seatmate. Apparently, yes, it would be more logical that
she sit at the back but they have to follow 'rules' regarding sitting and in
this case, through lottery. ^^; Then, she also wants the school's crush to like
her.
Based on what she is experiencing, it is understandable that
she thinks that her height has no benefit to her whatsoever. Apparently, Hagumi
realized too late that the woman is stealing her height instead of just making
her wish come true by making her shorter.
She didn’t realize that the woman won’t easily let her off. It’s
like she isn’t the only one using the woman. So, if she won't come to the woman
anymore, the woman goes to her. I think her fatal mistake was she trapped
herself in a space where the woman can be near her. Thus, her height can be
drastically reduced into nothing. Scans by 离境汉化组
Word of the day:
If today you are thinking, "I need just a little bit of
more" of something, consider instead the possibility that God has given
you "just enough" 'Those who seek the Lord shall not lack any good
thing. Psalms 34:10' ~ Our Daily Bread
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