Well good golly...that was quite extremely educational like before I read this book and of course, knowing the Japanese government planning to dump the Fukushima waste in the ocean, I thought Japan were sensible enough in keeping their waters clean. Turns out it wasn’t the case at all.. Of course we have to thank Chisso Corporation who made the fishermen and their families (including animals) lose their livelihoods from the disease (not everyone from the company is to blame but mostly the particular people who have caused this mess).

I really liked how the author added people’s real life stories into the university guys (sorry don’t know the name) journey along with his grandmother who experienced this awful situation as a young girl. It’s honestly so heartbreaking to see what people went through like I can’t imagine how challenging it was to lose their speech a bit and being bullied for it!

Again I’ve learned quite a lot on the Minamata disease, it’s something everyone should take a look at! Big thanks to Netgalley and Stone Bridge Press for allowing easy access to this novel!