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“I caught sight of myself reflected in the window of the convenience store I'd just come out of. My hands, my feet—they existed only for the store! For the first time, I could think of the me in the window as a being with meaning. "Irasshaimasé!”

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Book:コンビニ人間 [Konbini ningen]
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