Banana Yoshimoto's work is not flowery bullshit just because its marketed to woman

See above, this piece was profoundly moving to me, even if it was dramatic in some way. It made me see a lot in the way of coping. I realized why day after day, you used to carry that on your shoulder. We all laughed and called you strange, we said you were just antisocial. But just like the sailor's uniform, it represented something to you. A token you carried around your neck, a silent symbol to indicate you hadn't forgotten, the pain it may have caused, was nothing compared to the scope of what you were enduring. These tokens, these unexplainable amulets we often tote around are just a way of saying we are mourning, trying to stay afloat.

I don't know if that's the case, but if so, it's extremely profound, and it won't be forgotten. I'm sorry