I just finished reading "Golden Kamuy." It was interesting.

If you find this interesting, I would like to share this book with you.

Yoichi Funado's "Ezochi Bekken" (A Case of Ezo)

It is very difficult to describe the "awesomeness" of this book.

I can at least guarantee that the line 'Japan is a mono-ethnic nation' will not come up in your subsequent life.

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I think there are fewer books by Yoichi Funado-san that I have not read.

And one such book I would personally recommend is

"A Chronicle on Sand"

And I personally want to have all the volumes of "Manshuukoku Engi" (seriously).

However, we don't have the space for them in our house anymore, so we have them preserved at the library (selfishly).

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I realize that the reason I can get excited and enjoy Yoichi Funado's books so much is because I was taught the basics of world history and Japanese history (especially modern history) during my compulsory and higher education studies.

I'm really sorry to repeat myself over and over again -- but I think the purpose of studying is not to get in school or get a job, but to 'go your life a Disneyland'.

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Well, I am well aware that these words do not resonate with the ongoing teenagers.

Even when I was a teenager, I would have thought this.

-- "Don't talk about what you like with a smug look on your face, you old man!"