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Why novelist Mio Nukaga chose a career change as the subject of her dramatization of “The Demon Lord of Changing Jobs.

2023.8.16

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At first, “The Devil’s Master of Job Hunting” was intended to deal with job hunting for college students.

Celeina: What made you choose this subject of changing jobs in the first place?

Nukaga: My editor asked me if I wanted to write about changing jobs.

Celeina: If it were a music story, would the producer have suggested that you write this kind of song?

Nukaga: That’s exactly what I did.

Takano: Is that okay with you, Nukaga-san?

Nukaga: Yes, I am. If anything, the first time I took it upon myself was when I was a college student job hunting.

Celeina: Oh, really?

Nukaga: When I asked them how they were doing in their job hunting, the person in charge said, “No, I think you should change jobs.

Takano: Do you have a lot of communication with editors like that?

Nukaga: I do. It starts with, “What do you want to do? For example, I would start with something like, “I saw a documentary yesterday that did something like this,” and then I would look for something that could serve as a springboard. For example, if it was a job change, I felt that the job change was the most interesting part, and I asked if I could do an interview and dig a little deeper.

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