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lesbianyosano · 1 year

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re that post about watching bsd and suddenly wanting to read 20+ books, for the love of god try reading something thats not no longer human or crime and punishment. tanizaki, natsume and akutagawa are considered to be one of japan's most influential writers for a reason and they can be 10 times easier and more accesible than dazai or dostoevsky. higuchi's stories too. please please please reach further than your favourite anime twink pleasee

#and try libraries!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#if you have access to a university library especially!!!!!!!!!#if your school has a japanese studies program there are probably tons of novels and anthologies laying around!!!!!!!!!!!#also pleaseeeeeeeeeee read tanizaki that man was such a freak we'd be best friends if he were still alive #also ngl i have such a personal vendetta against dazai's works like im sorry theyre boring as shit for the most part #ive read nlh and setting sun and two different short stories collections and. i mean they were fine and some were really cool but generally #theyre not mind blowing #its understandable its where ppl start but come onnnnnn #the only bsd author i liked less was mori and maybe ranpo #mori esp god that shit sucked #i will not be dunking on dostoevsky however #he can be tough so it may not be a great place to start but i loove crime and punishment #altho i only read it once in a bordeline feverish state #reading one chapter per day at like 1am and i finished in less that a week #but i also picked it up bc it was a required reading in high school #anyway tanizaki you will always be famous for your led lighbulb kink and also whatever the fuck went down in manji #txt.

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