PARIS, JANAIRU 24, 2016
by LUKE LEITCH
Wata mace tsirara mai kyan gani da sushi ta kwanta a karshen titin titin jirgin, babban darasi akan wani karamin tebirin da aka saita na takwas. Masu cin abinci sun iso cikin wando da manyan tankuna, suka durkusa a wurarensu, suka shagaltu da sara. A kusa da su an bayyana kamannun a cikin wannan rashin girmamawa da ƙauna ga Japan da rashin fahimta game da ita. Benan's ban mamaki motley ma'aikatan da simintin simintin titi-wasu daga cikinsu ya rutsa da shi da kansa zanen jiya kawai - yi kama da mugun-guy henchmen a cikin Parisian spaghetti kung fu flick: Babban matsala a cikin Ƙananan Faransanci-Japan, watakila.
Jaket ɗin judo mai sheki da aka sanye da jaket ɗin judo na gaske a ƙarƙashinsa, wani keken caramel wanda ƙuƙurin sa an yi masa ƙirar gwanjon biri, rigar judo na herringbone, da jaket ɗin judo a cikin nau'in karammiski sun lulluɓe tufafin. Haka kuma an sami yalwar wando da riguna masu kyau da kyan gani a cikin siket ɗin gashin gashin dawisu, da kuma ƙarin tanki da wando. Akwai takalma, amma bayan wani lokaci babu; maimakon haka sai suka sanya safa na bututu tare da yanke yatsun kafa. Wannan rigar ta dace sosai don ɗaukar ku daga dojo zuwa mashaya mai nutsewa ta hanyar fistfight da ƙwanƙwasa, kuma da alama an cika shi sosai da gashin baki mai ɓarna. Ba daidai ba ne - a fili - amma daidai kuma.
Benan ya ce ya samu kwarin guiwar ziyarar da ya kai—dukansu 16—zuwa birnin Tokyo a shekarar da ta gabata, inda ya rika lura da dalibai a wata makarantar koyon fasahar yaki da ta’addanci da suke sanye da kayansu a titi da zarar an kammala karatu. Haka kuma, in ji shi, sakamakon wani matashi da ya kashe yana kallon tashin hankali a kan VHS; "Jean-Claude Van Damme, Tarantino. . .” Yayin da yake Tokyo, ya taba cin danyen kifi daga mace tsirara? “Kada! Amma koyaushe ina so in tafi.” Abincin lafiya, wanda aka yi magana game da siyasar jima'i na zamani, manyan tufafi.