Pointing to the consciousness of sin, Hideo Odagiri, literary critic and professor emeritus at Hosei University in Tokyo, Japan, said, as quoted in the Asahi Shimbun newspaper: “I cannot blot out the vivid recollections I have of a consciousness of sins, such as the nasty egotism that exists in a child, shameful jealousy, betrayal behind a person’s back.
Viidates patuteadlikkusele, ütles Jaapani Tokyo Hosei Ülikooli kirjanduskriitik ja professor emeeritus Hideo Odagiri, nagu tsiteeritud ajalehes Asahi Shimbun: „Ma ei saa teadvusest kustutada elavaid mälestusi, mis mul on patuteadlikkusest, nagu näiteks vastik egotism, mis on lapses, häbiväärne armukadedus, kellegi salakaval reetmine.