Chie Nakahara 仲原 ちえ
1999年1月3日
T172 cm 85 - 55 - 90 cm Eカ
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hi claritasssss ! i was wondering. who would you say are your biggest inspirations when it comes to writing? if you have no one specific you can just say any writer you enjoy : - )
Oh, this is gonna sound like a mess, but hear me out. Let's start off with the animanga content ones.
日日日/Akira is a huge inspiration when it comes to constructing complex characters, and when it comes to building upon the framework of classics. He's amazing at using them as clear inspiration without it feeling derivative and giving them a twist in his personal style. My mind is also blown by the inobtrusive way he includes metafiction into his story! He sucks as a person, and he's part of the money-grabbing-gacha machine which influences him and limits what he can do so I'm a bit sad that we can't see where ES would go were he given the reins, but not to the point where I'd read his other work. I don't wanna peek inside his mind.
On the other side of writing, Nisioisin's writing of JJBA: Over heaven greatly influenced my locution and how i articulate my thoughts - I really admire how he wields the rhythm of his sentences, as well as the way he begins and ends chapters. The novel majorly influenced me without doubt lol!
Jun Mochizuki is not a prose writer, but I consider her a master in crafting stories. When it comes to manga, I have to say Takako Shimura's Wagamama Chie-chan left a deep impression in me despite being pretty repulsive, and I think Shimura is kind of gross in general after a skim of what else she'd written LOL but the use of estrangement and unreliable narration in Chie-chan is super solid.
Incredibly due mention to Ikuhara. He's not a prose writer either but his usage of allegory and the ability to delve deep into traumatic subjects frankly but with grace are something I greatly admire.
Now, onto classics. You probably already figured out that I'm really marked by Chuuya Nakahara's work for better or for worse - I also like Rimbaud who was an influence of Nakahara's. I have other poems I like, but no authors I read consistently or felt particularly influenced by. As for classic novelists, Dostoevsky is a necessary mention, as well as - no matter how I loathe to admit it! - de Balzac. Not particularly for their writing styles, for I'm no bootlicker to realism, but I admire the way they delved into the human mind and everyday life respectively, devoting their lives to painting the image of a common man so throughly trampled by high literature! Ovid. There are a few classic Chinese poets I admire a lot for their graceful yet featherlight imagery in contrast to often somber topics, but my little book of foreign classics is not here so I can't quite recall the specific names. Akutagawa's short stories also.
Now, onto more modern writers. N. K. Jemisin is the scifi/fantasy author I admire the most, for I don't like either if they can't be connected to contemporary issues and stories, and she does an amazing job of it in her novels despite me having a few qualms with her writing style (mostly with her choosing to use a glossary of fantasy terms rather than explaining them in the text itself in the broken earth, it's difficult to follow but again that's partly on me). Oyinkan Braithwaite left a deep impression on me with her debut novel, and I'm excited to read more from her. I'm still early delving into R. F. Kuang's work (midway thru Babel and beginning Yellowface) but I really, really like her mastery of language and the sentences she builds. Min Jin Lee is super inspiring in how she switches between countless character perspectives with incredible fluidity and without the narration feeling strained at any point!
I shan't dive into all theorists I like because I'm not sure I can count them all on the fingers of one hand, but I wanna bring up Shklovsky's Art as device for opening my eyes to a lot of inner workings of literature. Peace and Love!
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