Guy's Heartwarming Story About The Grandmother He Never Had Will Take You For A Feels Trip

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mattstaff
Dec 17, 2018 12:00 PM EST

Careful, this one might bring on the tears. 

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    Text - Anonymous 12/13/18(Thu)14:43:25 No.787266055 alright /b/ros here's a story I've been meaning to share for a long time. I've only told this story to one person ever before >be me 18 KB PNG >21 years old >fresh uni grad, no plans for future >have a talent for learning languages decide to enroll in a japanese language school in tokyo >manage to secure a placement, house, etc. with the money I had saved up from previous work >no friends in a new country >reading a book outside a konbini one s
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    Text - and the authors i enjoy >see her outside that same 7/11 almost every evening after school and chat for +3 hours with each meeting for the next month >she always parts me with a homemade snack / bento for the next day >slowly learn more about her >no kids, no husband, all relatives passed away >once married but after a miscarriage her husband left her >i open up about my own problems as well >she offers great advice each time >1 year passes >still see her on a weekly basis at our usual han
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    Text - >she goes to the library just take out easy to read japanese books (often kids books) which she will read to me and explain the different kanji >one night she tells me: "anon, you know i always wished i had a son, a son like you" my grandparents from father's side were dead before i was born and my mother's parents were abusive alcoholics >tfw I never really knew what it was like to have a caring grandparent
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    Text - >787266055 (OP) # cont. >next autumn it's been over a month since i last 88 KB JPG saw her as I'm walking home, a lady walking her dog runs up behind me and taps my shoulder >she was a the neighbour of the grandma >turns out the grandma had told her a lot about me before the neighbour tells me the grandma passed away a few days ago from natural causes >she hands me book carefully wrapped in the kinokuniya papers it was bought with >the neighbour says she found the book in the grandma's ap
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    Text - >open the book >on the flip side of the front cover the grandma had written: "dear anon-san, I hope you can enjoy this book once your japanese improves. Thank you for everything" >it was a japanese copy of Mishima's "The Sound the Waves", the same book which I had been reading in English the first time we met >tfw a random japanese grandma cared for you more than your own grandparents ever did >ffw to now >back in my home country >still have that book plan on returning to tokyo next summe
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