In our ten years of marriage, my wife never asked me to read any Japanese novel. So when she was raving about the appeal of a book called 変な家 and recommending that I read it, I knew I had to pay attention.

The sequel to this book came out, and I made two trips to Kinokuniya to secure it. The first time was to indicate my interest; the second time was to collect it. This is effortful! I had to leave work earlier twice in order to bring this plan to fruition.

It cost a mere 30k sats, but I’m sure the amount of brownie points I scored with the wifey is immeasurable.

What Valentine’s Day gift did you get your partner?