Where does the soul come from, and where does it return?
I was thinking idly about that in my 3-year-old body. I was being philosophical at the age of an infant because of reincarnation, because I have memories of my previous life.
In my old life, I was very ordinary guy. I was born in an ordinary household, grew up very ordinarily, and I went to an ordinary university. I thought I would get an ordinary job and live an ordinary life. But, I got employed at a black company.
Furthermore, the world has entered a new ice ageāthe ice age of unemployment. It was almost hopeless to change jobs. Before I graduated with a new graduate, I was told(threatened) that it would be disadvantageous to aim for re-employment.
And so, I endured for 3 years. After those hard 3 years, I changed jobs! Too bad that my new company was an even blacker company. I want to cry.
Overtime and overtime. To not return home was my everyday life. I finally slept when I thought I could return home. Since I had no memories afterwards, I think I got overworked and went up to heaven as is. Company manager.
For what reason are we born, and for what reason do we live? It makes me think that Iām watching an anime about a certain child. Well, the reason for birth and life isĀ definitelyĀ not to become a worker for a black company and to overwork to deathā¦ Thatās what I want to think. Therefore, I want to enjoy my new life! I want to live with working the least as possible! I absolutely wanteth not to work. (1)
However, itās only the very wealthy people who can live without working. Although my current family has money, itās only middle-class. If I try to live without working, I will be a great inconvenience to my parents.
Besides, I have a huge problem. In this world, Iām a girl! In my old life, I was a guy, so this is the so-called TS(trans-sex) reincarnation. Goddamn.
Although thereās the Equal Employment Opportunity Act, (2) there are barriers to the advancement of women in general occupations in Japan. I donāt feel like working until retirement age.
As a woman, I thought it would be great to become a full-time housewife. But, Iām a man on the inside. If I marry a guy, itās yaoi, and, if I marry a girl, itās yuri. I have to be single for life.
Even if I donāt work for a company, I thought I could easily earn money with my cheat that all reincarnators in other worlds get. Yet, after trying various things with expectations, I realized that I have nothing to do with supernatural powers, miracles, or magic. Of course, Iām not ever going to try the Return By Death power. God, why have I reincarnated in Japan!? I want my other world slave harem!
However, I should be treated as a genius because I was an adult in my previous life. As they say, a goddess at ten, a talent at fifteen, but a normal person at twenty. That is completely so.
I was ordinary in my previous life, and like any ordinary person, I had no special skills. Itās better to be normal in the beginning; I could have trouble if everyoneās expectations of me go out in vainā¦
Today, I was watching TV idly while thinking about my futureā¦
āSpecial feature for genius children! Popular childrenās annual income ranking!?ā
There was a variety program inferior to the others. When the kidās show, āFeed My Head,ā ended, it turned out to be a wide show among housewives.
āNow, the sparkling top child actorās yearly income is~ā
Deden, and a part of a huge flip board on the TV was hit. How surprising. 9 digits. Itās 100,000,000 yen! (3)
The adult version of that child responded graciously to the people with the microphones and talks about daily lessons. When the reproduction VTR showed the episodes of the actorās debut, it was known that he was acting as a child role from a young age.
All the reincarnated adults should become top children.
A top child earns more in one year than salarymen earn in their life.
What I saw was heaven.
āI want to become a child actor!ā
Even if you grow up and become ordinary, if you make money as a top child, you can live luxuriously for life. If I had the money, I could go to the countryside and not work. Letās go!
āI wonāt be good, Iāll be overwhelming! My top child life, here I go! Say yes to lots of money and no work!ā
Hanamura Nanami is my name. (1) 10 years old and in 4th grade.
Yeah, I know I skipped like seven years. Sorry.
I managed to convince my parents somehow, and I passed the audition to become a child actor.
The audition was easy with a brain of an adult. Sit if told to sit, laugh and smile if told to laugh, and remember some of the words. You donāt ask for too much in a small child.
Many other children forgot the words. Even more would burst into tears in the dazzling light of the camera.
With the appearance of a toddler and the brains of an adult, I am matchless!
In order to be a normal female, I was committed to feminine behavior. Speak like a female. Wear cute clothes. Have long hair.
I was the perfect image of Yamato Nadeshiko. (2) Neat, polite, pretty, cute.
There was even a case where I got a big, white-eyed, cat for work.
This life is in easy mode! Was what I was thinking for a few years.
By the time I got to elementary school, they start making you actually act, and the children at this age have quick progress and strength. After all, the real geniuses who aim to be a top child are different; better than the ordinary me with no special skills. Some children act better than me, and yet others can perform acrobatics that make you want to say that theyāre descendants of ninjas. Isnāt it better to go to the Olympics than to aim for a child acting role? Do you want to be an action actor? Well, action actors do get paid well, try hard.
I was supposed to be bored being a genius child, so I was shocked at seeing real geniuses. As a matter of fact, Iām in a hurry to strike it rich; I only have so much time before my advantage as an adult goes away. Yet, I was caught up to just before entering elementary school. Genius children, why???
I studied acting desperately to become a NEET in the future. I also took an acting lesson program, which was free since Iām a āspecial student.ā Hyahhou!
The lesson program had everything; basic acting, singing, voice training, dancing, Japanese dance, conduct, action scene practice, and more.
In addition to the more normal things, I received lessons on tea ceremony, flower arrangement, horseback riding, swordplay, archery, and martial artsā¦
Martial arts? Youād think it isnāt useful, but itās a dojo that teaches the know-how of stage combat.
There are some scenes in historical dramas with swords. If not swords, then bare hands.
So, such skills are essential in order to be chosen for a role. If you want to learn the basics, you can just learn from the child actorās office, but, if you want to get more specialized, you need to go to a dojo like the one that Iām in.
I learned aĀ lotĀ when I found out it would be useful, and I got accepted to play a role in a historical drama. Yet, it seemed that I didnāt need to know this as a girl. Basically, I was in a princessā childhood role and a village girl roleā¦ Why?
When I thought I wasted a couple years of my new life, another offer came in. I could be the childhood persona of a female ninja.
The producer was looking for a girl that could ride horses and wield a sword. I wasnāt allowed to jump from horse to horse because I didnāt learn how. I could possibly die if I attempted it. It seems that people have died from riding normally too.
Eh? Is there any other child who could do it? Ah, there was the child who was an acrobatic action actor; the one that probably descended from ninjas. It turns out that we were childhood friends in the same ninja village in the production.
Yeah, that actor was jumping, while rolling, from horse to horse. A ninja? A ninja. Amazing.
Well, since even the seemingly useless art of jumping from horse to horse is, in fact, useful, I give up on using common sense for this. I learned piano, violin, classic ballet, rhythmic gymnastics, sports, and things from any scene that I could think of.
There are so many fields, I was tempted to quit half-way. Itās still meaningful that way, but, if you donāt know certain things well enough, itās bad. For example, if you play the piano, your movements look amateurish despite the fact that the sound comes from a pro, so I had to practice to make my piano playing look like a pro. After I was able to play some famous songs on the piano, I only practiced every so often so my skills wouldnāt get rusty. I quit violin and ballet after I could perform some famous songs and dances. I thought I had the basics down.
Itās too late to wait for the audition. Sometimes, you only get notified of an audition a day before. If youāre an adult, you can substitute with a stunt double or another actor with the required skills, but children donāt have fancy things like that. Basically, a child who can do it gets the role.
Because of my efforts, I passed the auditions of various roles, and my exposure increased. As I was well known, there wasnāt the need to actively search for auditions; the offers came by themselves. And, as the offers gain in number, I was able to choose the job, my popularity increased, and my guarantee (3) also increased. In order to maintain my popularity and income, I took more lessons.
And, Iām also at an elementary school studentās age, so Iām undergoing compulsory education.
Yes, compulsory education.
Thereās an obligation to receive education. Iād like to say that Iām a reincarnated adult that went through this in my previous life, but there are obvious problems in saying that. When I donāt have a job, such as photo shooting, I have to go to school on weekdays. Considering my age and status, most of my jobs are on the weekends and holidays. I go through lessons and lessons on each minute of my free time. Of course, I do my homework too. Then, without the time for anything else, I go to bed.
Itās super black, really, thank you very much.
āI want to quitā¦ā
Since I worked for a black company and died from overwork, I was aiming to be a NEET, but how did this happenā¦