He's basically just the Danzig of literature and I'm supposed to interpret him as someone of significance? Do you realize how stupid that sounds?
>>25295985It will be clear to you after you finish reading the Illustrated I Ching. Reading is auspicious and wards off calamity.
people addicted to action figures eventually move onto IRL action figures
>>25295985He's not the best Japanese prose stylist but certainly up there, and his nonfiction writing (most of which remains untranslated) is a great window into Japanese society in the 1950s when they were starting to rebound from the warHe even has an essay dedicated to the 1950s equivalent of the incel epidemic
>>25296028I care about none of these things.
>>25295985>the Danzig of literatureNo idea what the fuck that means
>We have Baudelaire and Klossowski at home
>>25296046Then why bother leaving a reply at all you stupid fucking niggerfaggot
>>25296211Cause I can, dipshit weeb.
>>25295985sun and steel is the worst book i have ever read. it's just a bunch of pseudo intellectual nonsense. i got nothing of value from iti like japanese culture but their literature is terrible
I don't trust Japanese to English translation but to be fair the Japanese can't write to begin with
>>25296376mishima's writing is preschool levels compared to tanabe or nishitani and they get translated just fine, stop being a drama queen
He paid The Ultimate Price.
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>>25296186is Mishima the japanese Baudelaire?
