‘I wonder why I never put more of myself into studying the law,’ thought Sanasku. ‘I think of that stiff brained, tongue- tied, unimpressive looking classmate of mine, Kakii: I see in today’s paper they’re calling him one of the up-and-coming hot young lawyers for that stupid case he’s managed to win. The public is so damn easy to fool.’ (Sanasku finds fault only with other people and forgets how hard the public is-and has been-for him to fool.) With my intelligence and eloquence…’ More than once, such thoughts inspired him to resolve to hit the law books and apply to be a judge or public prosecutor, but the inspiration never lasted more than an hour.”
Kōji Uno, “Closet LLB”
