日常- nichijou, Arawi Keiichi
March, 2011.
Nakanojou-san is a middle aged man and he may or may not be going through a midlife crisis right now. His hair has already started greying, but that really doesn't have anything to do with it. Right now, he's on his way home from his job at Daiku Daifuku. What he wants is his very own daifuku store, but his ventures into entrepreneurship in the past have never lasted very long.
He sighs. And then he notices a poster taped to the wall next to the sidewalk. He walks over to read it.
Community involvement grants: Do you want to improve your community? Submit your idea and you could receive a 100,000 yen grant to create positive changes in your community.
He skims the fine print and then spots the organizing company at the bottom. "The neighbourhood association?" He scrutinizes the poster, confirming its validity. An idea begins forming in his mind. "It could work." There's a web address on the poster, so he rips the poster off the wall and takes it home with him.
He sits down in front of their home computer to access the website and print out the submission form. He manages to do this in only two hours.
"All right, then." Nakanojou-san takes out a pen and starts filling out the form.
What... do you want to do?
Hold a Daifuku Fair to showcase the pure white Daifuku of Nakanojou Daifuku. The hungry pedestrians will be able to satiate their hunger while simultaneously admiring the pure whiteness of the Daifuku.
Where... will it happen?
A street with lots of people.
When... will it happen?
Saturday - Sunday, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
(All weather)
He nods, satisfied. He then spends half an hour trying to figure out how to use the scanner before giving up and mailing in the submission physically.
And so it begins.
日常 - nichijou, Arawi Keiichi