Devil’s Theatre | Yukitoshi Nishima
Once upon a time, there was a young boy named Yukitoshi Nishimura.
Yukitoshi was unable to fit in from the very beginning.
He was an extremely intelligent child...but a nightmare to care for due to how sickly he was.
But that didn’t matter, Yukitoshi’s parents were so proud of him and his sister Natsuha.
However, the children at school were not so easily swayed by his intelligence.
They were quick to tease him over his accent, timidness and sickliness among other things.
And despite his love for learning, he couldn’t help but detest school.
It was around this time that Yukitoshi discovered the different facets of the internet.
His time was divided between learning about a variety of subjects, playing games and talking to strangers over chatrooms.
And the deeper he went, being unable to fit in turned into not wanting to fit in.
People are useless.
Family drifts away.
And everyone is disappointed.
But he learned to stop caring over time.
It didn’t matter what people said or how they saw him. Not anymore.
Yukitoshi would throw insults and point out people’s flaws and he was left friendless.
And even when he made friends as he grew older...it wasn’t enough.
He was still alone.
Left to himself, clinging on to the past and history of the internet, finding comfort in a past that doesn’t truly exist.
And fame didn’t change anything.
Yukitoshi was still alone.
Forever alone.
“I wish...I was somebody else…”
