" What can a corporate slave loser like him do? I haven't done anything wrong. If I take a fancy to a certain woman, then I'll make her mine. Hasn't that always been the tradition between men and women, handed down since ancient times?"

"Shiraha, you said before that the strongest men get the women, didn't you? So you're contradicting yourself."

"True. I'm not working at the moment, but I've got a vision. Once I start my business, I'll have women flocking to me."

"Well then, wouldn't the proper way be for you to do that first? Then you'd be able to choose from all those women running after you."

Shiraha looked down awkwardly. "Anyway, nothing's changed since the Stone Age. It's just that nobody realizes that. In the final analysis, we're all animals," he said, going off on a tangent. "If you ask me, this is a dysfunctional society. And since it's defective, I'm treated unfairly."

I thought he was probably right about that, and I couldn't imagine what a functioning society would be like. I was beginning to lose track of what society actually was. I even had a feeling it was all an illusion. "

― Sayaka Murata , Convenience Store Woman