Income tax, resident tax, fixed property tax… health insurance and pension… As a good citizen, I diligently work and faithfully pay my taxes. One day, on my way home from work, I happened to run into Nagano, a hometown junior who I hadn't seen in seven years. He was living hand-to-mouth, unemployed, and without a fixed address. Thinking I was doing him a favor, I let him stay at my place for a while. "I guess working is like losing or something," he said with a laugh. There are so many freeloaders out there, scamming the system...
