Tokyo News Service, Ltd., the publisher of the magazine "TV Guide," published the book "But It's Okay, We're Still Going to Live" (authored by Dankan and Osamu Suzuki) on Monday, March 30. It is available for purchase at bookstores nationwide and online bookstores.
The project started with a call from Dankan, a senior colleague who holds the same title of "broadcast writer." Osamu Suzuki is said to have accepted it without a second thought.
Even now, when SNS and AI have become commonplace, people still live with anxiety and worries, ranging from personal matters to major events happening in society. They decided to make a book that would make people with such worries think, "But it's okay."
The two proposed and covered "sites of life" that they were curious about. They visited a tree burial cemetery, the Tokyo District Court, fortune-telling, a psychiatric clinic, and a cafe with an owner who decided to open it after discovering they had cancer, and discussed a wide range of themes in depth, such as "death and aging," "luck, money, and work," and "hope for living."
The dialogue extended to personal experiences, such as the family debt incurred in their youth, how they face their deceased family members in their daily lives now, and episodes from when their own illnesses were discovered. Even serious themes that cannot be avoided in life are faced with their unique lightness, opening up unexpected perspectives.
The unique ideas of these idea-men, scattered throughout the five conversations, will slightly expand the options for living when you stop in anxiety, and gently support your back by saying, "But it's okay."
It is a book that makes your shoulders relax and makes you feel positive as you touch upon their inevitably funny stories of having deliberately chosen the bad way in their lives so far. It is a cheering book presented to you by the two.
Illustrations drawn by Dankan are also featured on the cover and in the text!
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- Source: PR TIMES
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