Familiar Diversions
I'm a librarian who loves anime, manga, and reading a wide variety of genres.
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Reading progress update: I've read 68 out of 187 pages.
Oh man. Reading about Mia's research topic creation efforts feels a little like being at work.
Mia's topic for the big research project everyone is required to do: "A cure for Demon Claw."
Her professor: "You think you can create a cure for Demon Claw? Your topic is too broad and implausible. What you children can accomplish is severely limited. It'll take you a year at best to even reach the research results of your predecessors. How are you going to accomplish anything in your remaining three years?" (64)
Like, do you have any ideas where you're going to start? Does Demon Claw always present the same way? Do certain conditions have an effect on its severity? What is it about Demon Claw that causes it to be transmitted via touch? Demon Claw and Angel Tears (another disease - this world seems to only have two diseases total) appeared at about the same time - do they have any similarities?
There's a reason why some people spend their whole lives researching cures for particular diseases, but this girl has decided that she's going to find a cure during her next few years at school. No plan, just sheer determination.
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