I have written before in my A Mangaka's Weirdly Wonderful Workplace post about how the 9-to-5 grind can be a bore. We have 24 hours in a day, and we spend 8 hours at work, an hour commuting if we're lucky, an hour getting ready for work, and even more time decompressing after work. If our jobs don't satisfy our passions and we have to deal with the demands of other domestic duties, then what time do we have left to actually live?
This is a concern I've buried in my subconscious. I've been in my industry for more than a decade, and burnout has become a normal occurrence. How I wish I could have been a truck driver. Being able to operate heavy machinery and enjoy the sights has always captivated me. And being the fatass that I am, being able to eat different regional delicacies throughout the workday would have been a big bonus. But alas, it was never meant to be. I now see myself retiring as a pencil-pushing corporate drone when all is said and done.
But for our guy Rick in The Ossan Newbie Adventurer, Trained to Death by the Most Powerful Party, Became Invincible, or Shinmai Ossan Boukensha, Saikyou Party ni Shinu hodo Kitaerarete Muteki ni Naru in Japanese, that simply isn't enough.
DAMN IT, JAPAN! YOU AND YOUR LONG-ASS TITLES! I'll just refer to the anime as The Ossan Newbie Adventurer moving forward in this post.
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