![]() ![]() While he was once close with the Tortoise, Ono tells us, this closeness was a strange and unequal one, which stemmed from a pattern of Ono defending the Tortoise against cruelty from others. They are the opposite of someone like Akira Sugimura, whose ambitiousness caused his downfall-and are less admirable because they avoid downfall by avoiding risk. Furthermore, he says, tortoises choose not to take stances. Now, though, he explains that this slowness is surely a sign of untrustworthiness. He reflects that he doesn't have a lot of respect for "the tortoises of the world." This is interesting and somewhat ironic, considering that he once offered the Tortoise a job at Moriyama's studio based on his admiration for the Tortoise's slow, careful process. The rest of the table is unimpressed, and Ono concludes that the nickname, and the role, must be almost universal. While Ono eats dinner with his family, his new son-in-law Taro Saito begins to tell a story about a slow coworker who has been nicknamed " The Tortoise." Ono announces that he, too, once knew someone with the same nickname. ![]()
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