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(Translated and arranged by Saya)
πHi, everyone! Guess what... This is a new CRYPTIC STORY!!!ππ
Please comment below and tell me what you think the answer is!
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| A traditional sento building (Kodakarayu, Tokyo) |
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| Inside a sento (Atamiyu, Tokyo) |
I go to a sento ( public bath house) every day.*1
After a bath, I always like to have a sauna; that is part of my daily routine.
I have been in a sauna for a few minutes when another man comes in.
I decide to play a game. I won't leave the sauna unless he leaves it first.
This game is also part of my daily routine.
10 minutes goes by. The man is a fatso who must weigh much more than 100 kg.
15 minutes goes by. He is sweating like crazy. Isn't it about time you give up, fatso?
18 minutes goes by. Finally the fatso stands up. He looks as if he will pass out any minute. He staggers to the door and leaves.
I win! I clench my first and raise it in the air in triumphant victory.
I wake up and find myself in an unfamiliar room.
An old guy is peering down at me. I have seen him before.
Oh yes, he is the guy I saw at the reception desk.*2 The old guy says, "I found you when I went to check the sauna. You were sitting unconscious against the door."
It looks like I passed out from heatstroke. I guess I pushed myself too hard.
The old guy gives a heavy sigh. "It was a lot of work to carry you to this room. Be careful next time."
I thank him and go home. I think I might have some cold beer*3 before going to bed.
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NOTES:
*1 Sento ---- SentΕ (ιζΉ―) is a type of Japanese communal bathhouse where
customers pay for entrance. (Wikipedia)
customers pay for entrance. (Wikipedia)
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| Inside a sento (It often has a picture of Mt. Fuji. There are artists who specialize in drawing pictures for sento walls.) |
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*2 The guy at the reception desk ---- "Bandai （ηͺε°）" in Japanese. The word refers
to both the desk and the person who sits at it. Bandai is the place where you pay the entrance fee for sento. You can also buy stuff like towels, soap and shampoo there.
to both the desk and the person who sits at it. Bandai is the place where you pay the entrance fee for sento. You can also buy stuff like towels, soap and shampoo there.
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| Bandai |
*3 Beer in Japan:
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I'd like to thank you for being a wonderful person. You could say that I grew up with reading your blog. It has accompanied me since when I was still at school, all the way until where I am today. A lot of the stories you translated have inspired me in my own creative projects.
Sorry that I had to write an essay here in the comments. I wish you good health and happiness in every day of your life!
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I am so touched!
I am so grateful that you value this blog so much! I am sure I posted many pretty disturbing stuff here but somehow everyone who reads my blog is sweet and kindhearted π✨
So far I haven't really met any psychos LoL ✨
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Notice how the paragraphs are laid out!
It's different from the answer I heard, but is just as valid✨
The first character is still stuck in the sauna and is probably steamed and cooked to tender perfection because the old guy only checked the entrance to the sauna and not inside because he was preoccupied with the 100kg guy that was blocking the door.
Jesus christ saya. Hes dead.
I will write "the answer" soon in a separate comment!
Those two paragraphs in the story are narrated by two different people!
The first one is obviously narrated by the man who goes to a sento every day.
The second one is narrated by the fatso!
The fatso leaves the sauna and immediately collapses. The man of the first paragraph can't get out and probably dies in there.π✨
Makes sense?π΅✨
i thought the guy in the first paragraph was watching a mirror, and not a door, then passed out shortly after 'winning' his game. which then makes u wonder how he saw his own reflection walk in and out.
Since man #2 blocked the door to get out of the sauna. Man #1 died happily as he is victorious in his challenge to himself- Lasting longer than man #2. He died a winner and has been rewarded with soft and moist skin for the rest of his life xD
I cheated and read others' answers. Haha.
I think that the writer was actually bigger than the "fatso" and he was just "playing" because of self-denial, because he could just not get up and leave first.
Thank you for the story. :)
- nunu -