Free Announcer Aika Kanda, “Kanda Dai-sensei is in the red!

I’ll get royalties, right?”

O-sensei enjoyed a high-class beauty treatment in the hotel to rest his brain on the way. He walks in the pool once a day in the swimsuit he brought just in case. Since he is staying at the hotel to stay cooped up, meals are naturally served in the room. At night, I had a glass-enclosed bathroom and drank in the evening.

But when I checked out, I was surprised at the amount of money. (Even …… gets royalties!). ), I paid the bill.

Then, I completed the first book in my life!　I was really moved when I saw my book on the shelves of a bookstore that I often pass by. （I almost cried when I realized that I had really published a book. I also wanted to give them directly to those who had helped me, so I purchased 150 books at my own expense. At that time, too, I looked at the price and thought, “Ugh… ……,” but then I changed my mind. I changed my mind.

So my personal expenses related to the publication of the essay book ballooned, and as a result of expecting too much in royalties, the actual amount received did not come close to the amount of expenses, leaving me in the red.

It was all my fault. I was holed up in a luxury hotel, I didn’t need an esthetic treatment, and even a cup of ramen was enough for dinner. Even though I have no track record as a writer, I imitated the great teachers of the past and felt like Kanda Dai-sensei …….

If I am fortunate enough to get a second book published, I will work on it at home on my dining room table, on a piece of cardboard I picked up somewhere so that the rattling of the wood grain won’t affect my writing. I’ll do my best!

His first book, ” Where is the Royal Road? is now on sale!

Aika Kanda was born in 1980 in Kanagawa Prefecture. After graduating from Gakushuin University with a degree in mathematics, she joined NHK as an announcer in 2003, and left in 2012 to become a freelance announcer. Since then, she has been active mainly in variety shows, and currently makes regular appearances as the main MC of the daytime TV program “Poka Poka” (Fuji Television Network).

From the November 22/29, 2024 issue of FRIDAY