• Flipping through the pages rapidly
    Sometimes not looking carefully at details
    Always in a rush to finish a manga
    These steps repeat in mind
    Like an endless waltz
    Then again
    Isn’t life an endless waltz?
    Everyday is the same routine
    Go to work or school
    And no time to spare for myself afterwards
    As reading a manga has a same routine
    Start reading backwards
    Read left to right and top to bottom
    Admire the pictures as I read
    Those are the steps that make me believe
    I too am a manga
    As turning pages of a manga quickly
    Is to the pages of my life passing swiftly
    Whenever I see someone reading the pages in a manga
    Without looking at details
    I feel as if I’m reliving the experiences that I have gone through
    People not paying attention to my existence
    However, when someone looks in my direction
    It’s only because they discovered something about me
    Which I try to hide
    Just like a manga has a secret
    Which people want to find out?
    What it is
    Every page in a manga has a character’s emotion
    As I have an emotion everyday
    My favorite characters in mangas are like me
    We both have mysterious looks on our faces
    This makes people want to know what’s going on in our heads
    Each manga has a personality
    Similar to mine
    Whether it’s comedic, weird, confusing, adventurous, or has fantasies
    People can read expressions of characters on every page of a manga
    They can read the expressions on my face as well
    I am a manga
    With pages of artwork
    Waiting to be visible to the naked eye