PARIS, 24 MUTARAMA 2016
na LUKE LEITCH
Umugore wishushanyijeho yambaye ubusa yambaye sushi aryamye kumpera yumuhanda, inzira nyamukuru kumeza yo hasi yashizwe kumunani. Abasangiraga bageze mu ipantaro no hejuru ya tank, barapfukama aho bari, maze bahugira mu bikoni byabo. Hafi yabo hagaragaye isura muri uku kutubaha no gukundwa kwubaha Ubuyapani hamwe na gaijin imyumvire mibi. Abakozi ba Benan ba motley batangaje berekana imideli-bamwe muribo bazungurutswe nuwashushanyije ubwe ejo-basaga nkabasore babi muri spaghetti kung fu flick ya Paris: Ikibazo gikomeye mubufaransa buto-Ubuyapani, birashoboka.
Ikoti ryogosha ya judo yambarwa hamwe na jacketi nyayo munsi yacyo, umumotari wa karamel ufite urubavu rwa rubavu yashushanyijeho umukandara wa obi, ikositimu ya herringbone, na jacket ya judo muburyo bwa veleti. Hariho kandi ipantaro nziza kandi nziza cyane hamwe namakoti mumashusho ya corduroy hamwe na mahoro ya mahoro, hamwe na tank hejuru hamwe nipantaro. Hariho inkweto, ariko nyuma yigihe gito ntihari; ahubgo bambaraga amasogisi yera hamwe n'amano yaciwe. Iyi yari imyambarire ihindagurika kuburyo yakuvana muri dojo ukajya kwibira ukoresheje fistfight na strip club, kandi wasaga nkuwuzuzanya cyane nubwanwa budasobanutse. Ntabwo byari bibi - biragaragara - ariko nanone.
Benan yavuze ko yatewe inkunga no gusubira muri Tokiyo umwaka ushize - bose uko ari 16 - aho yahoraga yitegereza abanyeshuri biga mu ishuri ry’ubukorikori bambaye ibikoresho byabo mu muhanda amasomo arangiye. Yavuze kandi ko ari ibisubizo by’urubyiruko rwakoresheje kureba ihohoterwa rishingiye kuri VHS; “Jean-Claude Van Damme, Tarantino. . . ” Igihe yari i Tokiyo, yari yarigeze kurya amafi mbisi ku mugore wambaye ubusa? “Nta na rimwe! Ariko buri gihe nashakaga kugenda. ” Ibiryo byiza, byerekanwe na politiki yimibonano mpuzabitsina itajyanye n'igihe, imyenda ikomeye.