Bewitched—Jing Cao

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This picture described the women who hold an umbrella under the rain. And it reminds me when Toyo-o first time meets Manago. Toyo-o meets Manago in a shabby house, he is surprised by her beauty. He thinks Manago must be a woman from Kyoto, and come with the high station.  “Toyo-o saw her off as she spread the umbrella and left, watching until she vanished from his sight.” Toyo-O borrows an umbrella to Manago and this umbrella make a chance for Toyo-o to meet with Manago again. When he back to home, he is dreams of their second meeting, and he can’t sleep. After that, Toyo-o goes to find Manago, because he wants to see her and he pretends come for the umbrella. The rain and the umbrella  make this story begin, and people are always involved in something especially under this condition.  The title of the story is “bewitched”, people are hard to discover the real face when they bewitched by someone. When Toyo-o first time meets Manago, he thinks she is a beautiful girl who gets wet, and he has to help her. So this makes the story more interesting and reasonable.

One thought on “Bewitched—Jing Cao

  1. Hey Jing,

    The image you took was an excellent description of the first encounter between Manago and Toyo-o. My question is what if that umbrella being handed to her had a deeper meaning. That it wasn’t just a mere act of kindness?

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