You are so right. I completely bought into it myself. Working like them kinda gave me the feeling of acceptance only to realize later on that I was never truly accepted as one of them. It cost me so much to learn this.

I can see how the security of working for a company is appealing to many people here in Japan and in South Korea. But I've been meeting a lot of people my age and younger who choose to opt-out of this lifestyle. Who knows, maybe things will change in Japan with more and more young people being unwilling to marry their companies.

Thanks for your support!　 頑張ります！