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, writing the whole story in a modern teenage girl's language with minimal Kanji, set a precedent for a new genre of shojo and young adult literature. Two years after the competition, "Inside Myself" was released in paperback form.