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Kenjiro Sato. Loving husband and father and respected head of sales at a large company in Tokyo, surprisingly for a salaried worker, drank little and smoked not at all. His only vice was a love of the racier sort of comic book full of illustrations of young women in interesting states of undress. And it was this unfortunate pastime that had led to his colleagues at work calling him, ‘The lecher’ – behind his back of course. However, had he known of his nickname, it wouldn’t have bothered him. Everyday he was joined on his long commute by dozens of other male passengers clutching the same soft porn comics, or furtively reading over the shoulder of someone who had one.

The best that could be said of his habit then, was that he didn’t let his tongue hang out or dribble while lost in his favorite reading material.

Today, however, there would be trouble. His problems began when a young high school girl brushed past him – disturbing his concentration. She sat down opposite him and he noticed immediately the very short skirt. This upset him. Despite his dubious choice of reading matter, Kenjiro was at heart a family man, and he knew that if his Ayaka came home from school dressed like that…Well, she’d get a clip around the ear, no mistake.

Still, it wasn’t his problem and he went back to his comic book. However, his attention was dragged back to the girl again and again by her slovenly and selfish behavior. First, by her loud use of her cell phone, and also by her continuous preening and fidgeting. He decided to say something to her, but as he closed his comic, she gave a yawn, shut her eyes and started to sleep.

A little disconcerted, he tried to settle back with his reading material, but he couldn’t help noticing over the top of his book, the girl’s short skirt riding higher and higher as she slumped in her seat. Fascinated, in spite of himself, he was jolted out of his reverie by a bump from the train moving off. Looking up, his eyes locked with an old woman sitting next to the girl. And the expression on her face told him that she’d seen what he’d been doing.

As the full horror of his situation hit him, the woman rose from her seat and started to rain invective down on his head – calling him everything from a dirty old man to a disgusting pervert.

Kenjiro, caught red handed and deeply embarrassed tried to explain himself. This seemed to infuriate the old harridan even more and she took up her handbag and set about his head with it until cowed and humiliated he made a hasty exit from the train. The woman’s cackling laugh hurrying him on his way.

The girl – suddenly woken up and confused by the commotion going on around her was the next target of the old woman who berated her mercilessly over her appearance and behavior until she eventually reached her station and stalked of the train.

In the quiet of her departure, the girl, shocked and subdued, held her head in her hands.

After a few seconds a young man with a large grin on his face moved across next to her. There was no one else in the carriage.

Suddenly, the girl looked up, smiling. Her boyfriend gave her a brief flash of Kenjiro’s wallet and they both burst out laughing and congratulated themselves mightily. At the next station they skipped lightly off the train – not forgetting the old woman’s handbag. They’d need it. They had a lot of shopping to do.

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