Pretty Proofreader (Ep 7)“Living with you makes me realise a lot of things.”Yukito Oriha

Pretty Proofreader (Ep 7)

“Living with you makes me realise a lot of things.”

Yukito Orihara (Masaki Suda) is a struggling writer who got kicked out of his apartment as he is unable to pay his monthly rents. 

Fate has it that Toyoko Morio (Tsubasa Honda) is on the lookout for a male model for her fashion magazine company and saw him by chance.

Failure to get a model will cost her job as she is already seen by her employers as no longer reliable in contributing to the company.

Morio offered Yukito to stay with her until he succeeded in becoming an official model for her company and earning his own paycheque.

Becoming a model is not an easy feat as it is more than just having good looks but other factors which requires Morio’s help in brushing up.

Yukito used to view her as a “successful” career woman who has everything but living with her makes him realise that she’s just as lost as he is.

I find their platonic relationship relatable and understandable, two lost souls putting up a fake image in public, pretending they are fine when they are not.

Afraid of being judged and criticised by others for not meeting their expectations of how a person of their age or gender should be.

Getting bombarded with questions that make you doubt your self worth like,
“Being a writer has no future. Your passion is useless. You should wake up.”
“What good is having a good career and own house if you are still single.”

Because of these, we tend to focus on the negative aspects as “pressured” by others instead of the positives ones. We can re-look them in a different way.

“Being a writer has no future. Your passion is useless. You should wake up.”

You HAVE a passion in something that others don’t. What makes you able to tolerate challenges and hardships is your passion in doing it.

What good is having a good career and own house if you are still single.”

You HAVE a career, you OWN a house, while others are still struggling to find a job or getting their own homes when property prices are soaring.

I guess this is what they mean by gratitude. Thankful for the things that you have, instead of focusing on things that you do not have.

Don’t let the noises of others weigh you down. They only judge based on what they see on the surface and based on their own life experiences. 

You know yourself. You know what you want.