my girlfriend has gotten into an airport lounge by literally just walking in really confidently. she was holding a trash bag to carry her stuff too because she didn't have a suitcase that met size requirements. it was hilarious just hearing about it over text
yeah i wrote that a couple weeks ago right before going to vegas, haven't really played at all since then, had a resurgence of interest in dance games instead
if you ever return to the usa, you should stop in shanghai for a few days on your way back. apparently you don't need a visa anymore if it's under 10 days and you have a departure ticket...!
I continue to think about an anecdote related in Soseki's novel Mon of a geisha who read the Analects over and over and talked about Confucius's disciples like they were characters in a tv show
you should read The Carnal Prayer Mat. it might help for your VN research
note no. 4 made me smile lol. great points about how "great classics" were viewed in their time though; i wonder what books/tv shows/etc. from our time will be revered as classics later on. maybe one of those uninspired booktok romance novels bc they're indicative of this era? i mean romeo and juliet was mid too
you never know, especially in america there's a long history of writers being rediscovered and appreciated only far after their own time..."Vast populations, towering cities, erroneous and clamorous publicity, have conspired to make unknown great men one of America's traditions. Edgar Allan Poe was one of these; so was Melville."-jlb
"analyzing themes" can also be fun outside of a school context. i see it as a form of play. i despised english class but now i act like an english teacher online...
very true - i like reading classics but i find myself doubting if im 'reading it the right way'.
reading can be so performative too (either listing/reviewing what you've read publicly or holding the "aesthetically correct" book on the subway) that people approach reading joylessly... i gotta read The Classics so i can impress The Onlookers... agreed re: reading has developed this patina of ERUDITION that so need not be the case
don quixote is interesting because it really does feel like it contains every idea in any novel ever written subsequently. also a "cute girls reading" anime does exist (Bernard-jou Iwaku) and as one of the MAL reviews points out, actually faithfully replicates several aspects of 2016-era /lit/ discourse (the power of convergent evolution).
what i review is entirely based on random whims... i haven't even reviewed the majority of my favorite shows yet
now that you mention it there's no review of iruma either... though I can only guess as to what your favorites are
in my drafts i have this gag review of iruma s1: ๏ผน๏ผฅ๏ผก๏ผจ๏ผใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใ
You read, right? Have you read Xxxholic or Land of the Lustrous? (I want to give you trauma.)
"but i HAVE to get the most out of my vacations." Shocking words to hear from the lips of a man who calls himself "The Suboptimalist"
This is funny because I remember searching everywhere for the most out of the way arcades just to play DDR in korea lol