Chapter 2
Ryosaku was an only child.
Raised with a lot of love from his parents, he was a perfectly fine boy, but he himself was a bit of an eccentric child.
When he was in kindergarten, his parents gave him a study guidebook.
Animals, fish, plants, the human body, the earth and space... The series covers the fields of science, biology, and the environment, such as geography and Japanese history.
Ryosaku, who has been familiar with children's books and picture books since he was a child, immediately fell in love with this picture book.
Partly because he had a strong memory during his childhood, he looked at these things day after day and greedily soaked up the knowledge in his head.
In elementary school classes, when items related to these kinds of knowledge are presented in science or social studies classes, he becomes proud and says, "Teacher, I already know that!" .
Then, they become extremely reluctant to let other children memorize the knowledge that they already have in class.
...is an expression of selfishness.
Naturally, he had no classmates.
During recess, he shuts himself up in the library, silently reading while other children play dodgeball and hide-and-seek in the schoolyard.
He also had an extreme "collection habit".
He thoroughly collected Ultraman erasers and gacha-gacha toys until he had all kinds.
Many children are addicted to collecting stamps and model railroads in their childhood, but in the case of Ryosaku, the collection is carried out with a frightening obsession.
Is there such a thing as "perfectionism"?
