Is this really how the average Jap feels about his life?
No, and Mishima ridiculed Dazai for his pessimism
>>25222303which is ironic considering he loved Akutagawa
>>25222221The average Japanese salaryman is like a couple inches from suicide on any given day, derives no joy from his sexless, loveless marriage, has no higher aspiration beyond his pointless, unproductive job and is kept alive enough to work only by alcohol and hentai.So basically yeah.
>>25222221Average? No.It does represent many key aspects of the Japanese spirit that can be found all over the place in their art but the average person in any culture is not like this in any way. Just on the face of it without any further connotation the average person does not have this level of introspection and interiority. Like not even close.I mean if the average person was anything like this the world would be fucked a lot worse than it is already. The average person is stressed not depressed and they often conflate the two.
>>25222589You literally described my life
>>25222303lol
>>25222221this book almost reads like a parody of itself. it's a guy rambling about how bad his life is, but not providing any reason as to why and he somehow has sex with every single woman he meets despite him being misogynistic and a fucking retard. Akutagawa and Soseki are miles ahead of this hack.
