Hokusai Kasumi was an impoverished people pleaser who longed to do art and, one day, died after having her soul crushed by her abusive family.
She was reborn into the fantastical world of Iraloné as Penelope Snowflower, an artist with an amazing power: anything she draws becomes real!
Follow her journey through Iraloné as she tries her best to unlearn all the people pleasing habits she developed and learn what it means to finally be happy.
A cute story.
I love the simple goal for Penelope: Be Happy!
I looked into it a bit, I think the term for Kasumi, the starter soul in the abusive family would be "Parentified Child", since she essentially provided for the family, drew all the ire of the father's drunken outbursts, and was treated as a caretaker for her little sister, not a sibling.
Now, a good chunk of the contents may not be so cute, but on the whole, Penelope is adorable, carrying a sense of wonder borne out of the transition from a life as a shadow to a stroll in a fantasy world.
I rate this story 2 Past Midnight out of 1 Day!
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