Recently, her Instagram followers surpassed 140,000. The number increased by more than 100,000 in one year. My daughter, Rico, is in charge of everything from video production to distribution. It all started about a year and a half ago, when I was out with my family. I assumed she was taking all sorts of photos on her smartphone, like most modern girls, but I was surprised when she showed me the edited video in the car on the way home. The cohesive shots, the timeless tempo, and the speed at which she completes her work are all things that an ordinary woman wouldn't expect. What was particularly amazing was that it was neither too much nor too little, but just the right amount of relaxed. This sense of balance is extremely important in manufacturing, and it is not easy to acquire. "You're amazing! You have talent!" I said, to which Rico replied, "This is totally normal. Everyone can do it nowadays." "I come from the world of creation and I know! You're not normal!" So, as a trial, he got a part-time job making videos for KOMA, and the first video got 370,000 views. "See! It's definitely not normal!" She was a student at the time and said she didn't want to be dependent on her parents' company. I don't want to work with my own children either, but I just wanted to use this skill at KOMA. After using persuasive phrases such as "I think it will be rewarding to be put in charge of a department," he officially joined the company in April 2023, and a new department was launched to report on KOMA's daily life. Looking back, I realize that I was a child with a slightly unusual perspective from a young age. When Rico was three years old, a goldfish she received at a festival died and she had to build a grave for it. When I asked Rico, who wouldn't stop crying, "Why are you crying so much?" "What's sad is that I'll forget this sad feeling tomorrow," I replied. I thought he was an interesting kid. She grew into a cheerful, happy girl who laughed a lot, but inside there seemed to be a heavy, gloomy sediment. There is a large range of positive and negative emotions and thoughts, such as yin and yang, noise and stillness, concentration and dispersion. Children like this may find it difficult to live in mainstream society. That's why I skipped school for a while in junior high school and was even expelled from high school. But to me, it all seemed like a positive process for her. And we know that once these kids get into gear and start running, they grow at an extraordinary speed. Now I started running.
