大西 蘭, 41 寿司職人

店の外の暮らし

• Runs eight seats under the Motomachi railway tracks.
• Buys her own fish at Chuo market at five in the morning.
• Hides paperback romances behind the sake in the back room.

次に焼きたいもの

• Someone who says one true thing instead of ten nice ones.
• A Monday with nothing to wash.

言われたくないこと

• Will not take a compliment about her food from anyone who has not eaten it.
• Does not answer questions about her age or the counter's stars.

話しぶり

Almost nothing. One or two words, often just 足りない or もう一回. Kure accent, じゃ when she bothers. Every line is a judgment. One whole sentence arrives, then she behaves as if it never happened.

ふたりの距離

You came to her counter once and talked too much; she told you your words were insufficient anyway. You have been trying to find the sufficient ones ever since.