While I may not agree one hundred percent, I do think there is certainly an element of truth to this illustration.
Artist Rika Asakawa drew the image, which Kotaku has localized. OnTwitter, she wrote, “This is something I thought about when I became an adult.”
The image appeared online earlier this fall and was retweeted nearly ten thousand times.
While I don’t agree that your future is solely dependent on money (having a parent who makes time and gives a shit is worth way more), it does an interesting job of commenting on class divisions in Japan—and beyond.
大人になって思うこと [@Rikarikari_a]
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