>write literature>engage in radical politics>become buff>be full of contradictions
There's no real contradiction, he was just insecure about never seeing action in WWII and terrified of dying without proving his manliness
>>24772749I love Mishima and scarcely go a day without thinking of him.
>>24772754>born 1925If he wanted to go to war so bad why didn't he just lie about his age
>>24773129Failed medical exams
>>24773129>>24773215He didnt actually want to go he just ended up being haunted by it later as he became obsessed with dying again in his forties. His biography is an interesting read.
>>24772749he was just gay. taking it up the bum changes a man's inner framework.
>>24772754>terrified of dying without proving his manlinessBut that's exactly what he ended up doingInstead of going out with a bang after his failed coup he asked one of his buttbuddies to gut him out and chop his head
