2008/01/22＊Chihiro

『The Winter Research Project ～The Ecology of Junji Ishiwatari～』

2nd grade, Class 2
Chihiro Kamijo

1. The motive of the research
Mr. Ishiwatari is cool, so I thought I’d like to know more about what kind of a person he is.
Thus, I’m going to observe him.

2. The purpose of the research
I’ll look at Mr. Ishiwatari’s daily life, try to find all the cool things he’s doing and then steal them for myself. Then I’ll become cool as well.

3. The methods used in the research
I’ll observe by eavesdropping on conversations between 9mm something or other blah blah something and Mr. Ishiwatari.

4. Observation results
・ Mr. Ishiwatari is consistently very cool.
・ Likes subcultures.
・ Stylish.
・ Gets in high spirits when 9mm makes sounds of explosion.
・ Doesn’t have sexual desires towards chatmonchy.
・ Isn’t a homo, however.
・ Isn’t gay.
・ Ignores me when I say dirty jokes.
・ When asked about lyrics, he replied “Kamijo, you really don’t know anything huh?”
・ Ignored me when I asked him what rock music is.
・ Nodded when I asked him if he hates me.
・ Generally ignores me.

5. Final reflections & the challenges I face from now on
During my observation, I became good friends with Mr. Ishiwatari.
Thus, I believe I became cool as well.
I’ll do my best to quickly become more like Mr. Ishiwatari.

(Attachment: the autograph I got from Junji on his book. …Liar.)

“To Kamijo

I’ve liked 9mm ever since around Three Out Change¹.

Junji Ishiwatari
2008.1.10”

¹ Three Out Change is the first album by SUPERCAR, a band Junji was a member of. It came out in 1998 whereas 9mm only formed in 2004.