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bruh what is going on here. it's so ... on the nose but also like what is he talking about 😭

and YEAH i'm reading it cause of the movies !!!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 anyways

"art should exist for art's sake" and i've always said that !!!!

RASHŌMON:
first story of this collection, and i already see akutagawa's style coming to life. not much to say about this story at the moment, other than not all men ... but somehow , always a man ...

one of my favorite books from middle school; i had an itching to read it and now it's all coming back to me

Colleen King recommended this book to our news staff, so i want to take the time to try and read it

damn on my port mafia shit

i really appreciate the translators commentary bc i think:
1 — it really shows how hard translations can be, esp with a language like japanese to english in order to convey the same feeling
2 — they really tried to understand where Ango was coming from when he said some questionable (?) things, and clear it up using context/his own values by essentially not putting words in his mouth/wanting to misinterpret

ueghhh this part was hard to get through, so i hope that it doesn't continue but he lowkey being really misogynistic.... like eugh. ok. enough of that pls. average 20yo male 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😒😒😒😒

Already the intro has me hooked, especially the translators describing ango as "Simply, a sweet hearted, brilliant man in round spectacles, who thinks it must be better to be unhappy because he just might be the only one who's gone deep enough to discover the secret to happiness long before the rest of us catch on.”

ouu — i like this so far. can't wait to start it

should i read Poppy War or Sword of Kaigen first

starting this finally ; the intro kind of gave me a skewed opinion on Virginia Woolf as a writer — so i'm hoping the actual content of her essay/speech is memorable and worthwhile as I read it

love in itself is a political act

we are so back a year later

ok.