Writing the entire story in the language of a contemporary teenage girl with minimal Kanji, Arai established a precedent for an emerging genre of shojo and young adult. Two years following the competition, Inside Myself was published in paperback form.
Arai's writing style, using modern teen language with minimal Kanji, created a new genre of shojo and young adult literature. Two years later, "Inside Myself" was released as a paperback edition.