Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
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\nKeiko Furukura had always been considered a strange child\, and her parents always worried how she would get on in the real world\, so when sh e takes on a job in a \;convenience store \;while at university\, they are delighted for her. For her part\, in the \;convenience store& nbsp\;she finds a predictable world mandated by the \;store \;manu al\, which dictates how the workers should act and what they should say\, and she copies her coworkers' style of dress and speech patterns so that s he can play the part of a normal person. However\, eighteen years later\, at age 36\, she is still in the same job\, has never had a boyfriend\, and has only few friends. She feels comfortable in her life\, but is aware th at she is not living up to society's expectations and causing her family t o worry about her. When a similarly alienated but cynical and bitter young man comes to work in the \;store\, he will upset Keiko's contented st asis\, but will it be for the better? \;
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