All I Asking For Is My Body is showing how important it is for someone to have the freedom to decide for themselves. Like their tradition says, Toshio and Kiyoshi have to work give their earnings to their parents so they can pay off their debt. They can be considered slaves of their parents and they have to work for as many years as it takes to pay off the debt. Their father worked and devotedly handed over his money to their grandfather for twelve years. Toshio and Kiyoshi are expected to do the same as their father, but they’re just not as willing as their father and it seems understandable because they are younger and just want to experience their own freedom.
Working and paying for their parents debt is a tradition in the family but ultimately like the title says all they’re asking for is for their bodies, which really isn‘t a lot to ask for. Everyone should have that right to choose and like everyone Kiyoshi and Toshio want to be able to decide for themselves. They are told that they should work and they have to for as many years as it takes yet all they want is opportunities and choices that are not really available to them. And that’s just the way the tradition goes in the family and they don’t really have a choice and their bodies are all their asking for. They are supposed to keep on doing this until the debt is fully paid off.
