42-year-old advertising man Susumu felt crushed under the pointlessness of his life.
His son looked down on him.
His daughter thought he was useless.
The neighbors talked about his wife sleeping around.
The bonds of family were barely hanging by a thread.
Susumu found out today that he'd been downsized.
He was in a private crisis that would only get worse when everyone found out.
Unable to face the music at home just yet, he stopped at a dimly lit bar for a drink.
Then as he walked home, he was mugged.
"What the hell you looking at?" they sneered.
A man with no name appeared from thin air to help him.
The man ran off Susumu's attackers and gave him a helping hand.
Susumu gushed his many woes to the stranger, who said:
"So you're at rock bottom. The only direction now is up, am I wrong?
Pick yourself up, pick something and go at it fully."
Susumu vowed there, that he would win his family back.
His son looked down on him.
His daughter thought he was useless.
The neighbors talked about his wife sleeping around.
The bonds of family were barely hanging by a thread.
Susumu found out today that he'd been downsized.
He was in a private crisis that would only get worse when everyone found out.
Unable to face the music at home just yet, he stopped at a dimly lit bar for a drink.
Then as he walked home, he was mugged.
"What the hell you looking at?" they sneered.
A man with no name appeared from thin air to help him.
The man ran off Susumu's attackers and gave him a helping hand.
Susumu gushed his many woes to the stranger, who said:
"So you're at rock bottom. The only direction now is up, am I wrong?
Pick yourself up, pick something and go at it fully."
Susumu vowed there, that he would win his family back.