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There is word I hear often when I watch anime: 懐かしい (natsukashii), an adjective describing a feeling of nostalgia or a fond memory. For whatever reason, many anime characters are filled to the brim with feelings of 懐かしい. I believe I am suffering from this issue of nastukashii. I’m leaving tomorrow to go a million miles away from home!

Although I’ve been in college for three years now, I have family in Chicago, so I always have someone I know well. I usually have some form of familial support so now I’m really going to be “on my own” and, to be completely honest, it’s sort of scary. I think about how I will miss hearing my father’s laugh or how I took for granted be able to call him three times a day just to talk about whatever is on my mind. Or hugging my mom just because. I’ll even miss my brother bugging the crap out of me for no reason.

Adventures, I suppose, have to begin like this. A little bit of hesitation and a lot of excitement with a tinge of nostalgia for good measure.

I’ll be reporting from Tokyo tomorrow! Yatta!