My name is Todoraki Miyu and I live in Shinjuku, Tokyo. I study in the Tokyo University of the Arts and I am a first year. My hometown is in Hokkaido. I have told you everything about me but I didn’t tell you about the most important thing that I am blind. I can’t see a thing since I was 12 years old due to the penetrative physical trauma but I conquered the problem with my keen sense. Even though I can’t see a thing I am pretty good in art since my childhood so I have always wanted to be artist that’s why I admitted in the Tokyo University of Arts.
My university is about 10 minutes far from my home. As usual as every day I leaved my home to get to the university. I always carry a stick so that I can know what is front of me. There is a road that I have to cross to get to the university. I was crossing the road but at that time a car broke the traffic rule and hit me, I collapsed in the road after getting the hit.
But the driver was kind enough to get me in a hospital. After lying down in a hospital bed for a week I was finally discharged from the hospital. The next day when I was about to leave my home for university a middle aged women came to me and apologized. I was like ok thank you, who are you? The women replied that she is the wife of the man who caused the accident that time. After hearing her words I told her that there is nothing to apologize, everybody makes mistake don’t worry about it but be careful when you are driving. The women leaved my place after talking for a couple of minutes.
Right after the women leaved I said in mind that first you guys will hit a blind girl and comes to apologize, what a drama. Whatever I have to go to the university right now so I better get ready. After getting ready I picked up my stick and a stretcher and leaved for my university in hurry.
I was walking in the street but when I was about to cross the road I remembered my accident and I stooped my steps. That’s when I noticed that lots of people’s were crossing the road but nobody even bothered to ask me if I need any help. That’s when a man came to me and asked if I need any help. I felt so happy when he asked me that cause I was crossing the road for 2 years now but nobody ever asked me if I need any help. I am a blind girl so of course I didn’t see his face but when he was helping me to cross the road I touched his leaf shaped pendent and asked his name.
He told me that his name is Chris Accel and he lives in London, England. After crossing the road I asked him “why did he come to Japan”. He replied that “he watches anime so he has always wanted to come to Japan”. I asked him if it’s his first time in Japan. He replied that “no, it’s his 2nd time in Japan. We chatted with each other for a couple of minutes and leaved for our own destination.
After a week
I was roaming in the streets of Shinjuku in my weekend with my friends and suddenly a man grabbed my hand and said “How are you Miyu?” I replied that “I am fine” and asked him who is he? He then asks me if I forgot him so soon. After saying it he grabs my hand and gives me a pendent. After touching the pendent I remembered that this is the leaf pendent that I touched that day. Then I called Chris’s name and tells him that I am sorry I forgot about you. He then tells me that don’t worry nobody actually tries to remember me so it’s okay. I felt very embarrassed but didn’t show it in my face.
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He then asks me if I am free the next day. I replied that “Yeah I am free why do you ask?” He looks at me like I asked him something obvious. He then tells me that he wants to watch the anime movie kimi no nawa. I apologies to him and tells him that I am blind so I can’t watch the movie. He immediately touches my hand and says that I know you are blind but you are not deaf and I don’t understand Japanese so you are going to translate the whole movie for me, won’t you?
I blushed so terribly that I couldn’t hide my emotions but somehow I managed myself from hugging him. After hearing our conversation for a couple of minutes my friends told me that they are leaving, they remembered some important work. As soon as they told me that they run from the place. They think that I don’t know what they were trying to do.
After they leaved the place we go to a nearby cafe named Gaikoku hito cafe. We talked there for an hour and goes to the amusement park and ride the Ferris wheel, space crazy dance ride and many other rides. We enjoyed the day by roaming the whole Shinjuku. At the 8pm we said each other goodbye and head towards our home.
After I reached home I took a quick shower and laid in my bed and recalled the sweetest memory that I spend with Chris and fall asleep. I wake up in the morning and saw that Chris sent me message that he will come to my place to pick me up. I get shocked and asked myself how he knew my place and suddenly remembered that I told him about my place yesterday. I felt so stupid and laughed at myself.
At 1pm he came to pick me up and we go to the EJ Anime Theater to watch the anime movie. The movie started in a couple of minutes. As soon as the movie started he looked at the screen like it’s gold. When I asked him about it he told me that anime is like gold to him. I didn’t quite understand it but what I understand is that he truly loves anime so I also decided in my mind that I will also become a weeb.
The whole time we were watching the movie he asked me a lot of questions about what the anime character were saying. I patiently answered his all questions with a smile. At last the movie ended with a heavy emotional scene. Chris cried at the end of the movie I also felt sad but I am good at hiding my emotions so I didn’t showed my sadness to him and pulled him out of the cinema hall. After that we went to Gaikoku hito cafe and ordered two coffees. Chris was still sad about the ending of the movie so I started to tell him some funny incident about my childhood. He laughed so hard after hearing about my childhood incidents.
After that we went to Karaoke and sang till our throat dried and felt exhausted. We enjoyed the whole day by doing a lot activities. I reached my home at 12 pm that day I was so exhausted but I enjoyed the day so it’s okay.
The next day I asked him to teach me how to watch anime. After hearing my request he laughed and told me that there is nothing to teach, you just have to pick up your favorite genre and enjoy the show that’s all. So he asked me some questions and told me that I love romance genre and suggested me some anime to watch. He suggested me to watch Horimiya, My little Monster, Kaguya – sama and Eden of the East.
After hearing his recommendation I started watching Horimiya. The anime was impressive. The starting of the anime was a little bit slow but when it picked up the pace it gets interesting. I especially loved the Miyamura character. He is a quite stiff guy but his heart is pure that’s why I love the character.
We started to talk with each other about anime. I quite enjoyed our quality time when we talk about anime. Chris stayed in Japan for 6 months. He was planning to stay in Japan for another few months but due to some important work he had to leave Japan earlier. He leaved Japan on 25th this week. I cried a lot when he leaved me but as you guys know I can hide my feelings so nobody noticed my sadness. After a month I was walking in the streets Shinjuku and I suddenly pushed a guy by mistake but when I pushed him I touched a pendent of leaf shape and I don’t know why but it felt like it was Chris so I called his name loudly. (To be continued)