You may be surprised to hear me say that one of the reasons I am working so hard to research in a working graduate school is because of "Marginal Operations" -- this is true.

However, my concern is not conflict or politics but the one-operation of telecommunication devices.

I have not included a citation or acknowledgment of the book in my paper (reviewers would be surprised if I did that).

However, if I can graduate properly, I would like to send a letter of thanks to Mr. Yuri Shibamura.

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The "Marginal Operations" series is held by the civic library where I live, and I have been borrowing it from there.

I don't buy books, not because I am sparing money, but because I am sparing space (in my home).

Still, I am holding off purchasing an e-book because I want a good paper book someday.

Anyway, the library where I live is good.

We are proud of our city's library, which has the gall to engage in a head-to-head battle with NHK.

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It would be arrogant of me to expect this library to have the entire "Marginal Operations" series.

This time, I purchased two books from Amazon.com that had not been in the library's collection for some time.

I told myself, 'Don't read it like going to eat it all up' -- but I finished two books on my way to and from the university in a day.

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"Not a good manner to read this"

"From now on, I will read the series as a "reward" after submitting patent specifications, research reports, and papers."

I vowed once again to do so.