Ikigai

[Anonymous No.]

What are some primary source materials that I can read about ikigai? Do I really have to learn about it second hand from 2 western authors?

If I understand ikigai right, this is the thing where in jrpgs and anime the main character always turns down the opportunity to do a virtuous act because "he doesn't care" until the point when he finds his own reason to conduct the virtuous act and save the day right?

[Anonymous No.]

>>20055876
>>>/lit/

[Anonymous No.]

>>20055970
Th....thanks /jp/....

[Anonymous No.]

>>20056792
Why would anyone here know or care about this?

Also
>the thing where in jrpgs and anime the main character always turns down the opportunity to do a virtuous act because "he doesn't care" until the point when he finds his own reason to conduct the virtuous act
That's called "being aloof" and chuuni nerds think that it is "cool."

[Anonymous No.]

This is just a generic self help book with a think cover of Japanese paint to attract normies who think Asia = wisdom and gullible weebs.

[Anonymous No.]

The primary source material is the minds of the Japanese people, since ikigai is not some sort of deep dark wisdom, but a word that actually means something to the average person.
Now, you'll find books about ikigai if you look for them, amazon.jp has quite a few. But keep in mind that these books are mostly the works of self-help, business management or psychology authors (all fields that are Western in origin and highly Westernized in Japan), so the content might be similar to what you'd find in Western books about motivation or happiness, just written in Japanese.
Another thing you could do is google 生きがいの図, which is pic related. It was written in English by some self-help guy, but Japanese people started noticing it and it went a bit viral, with bloggers translating it into Japanese, comparing and contrasting their own idea of ikigai with that of the infographic and providing examples from their own lives.

[Anonymous No.]

>>20057172
>Why would anyone here know or care about this?
the fucking sad state of this board
jp is Japanese Culture, in any form. not just touhou

[Anonymous No.]

>>20057228
what are you talking about, the jay hasn't been japan/general for years...

[Anonymous No.]

>>20057228
go away crossboarder

[Anonymous No.]

>>20057228

[Anonymous No.]

>>20057365
>moot
who's this faggot

[Anonymous No.]

>>20057238
Was it even japan/general for 1 year?

>>20057228
This board is about tangential things /a/ types want to talk about that are not anime or manga.

[Anonymous No.]

>>20057373
>[2008] February 20 - The /jp/ - Japan/General, and /r9k/ - ROBOT9000 boards are added.
>[2010] February 20 - /jp/ - Japan/General is officially renamed to /jp/ - Otaku Culture
Exactly two years. I remember it being a lot longer, for some reason.

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>>20055876
It's just a word that means what you think it means. No need to think about it too much.

[Anonymous No.]

>>20057388
2008-2010 felt like a very long time to me too, and the years before even longer. Time is too shallow now. Mid twenties and NEET.

[Anonymous No.]

>>20057441
>>20057388
It didn't really feel like anything to me. 2011-13 were a long time, especially 11 and 12 then 14-17 feel like they didn't even exist. 18 has been a pretty long year for me.

2003-2005 seems like a long time to me though. The 6-8 period all blends together because 4chan was irredeemably shitty to me by then and I was hiding out in /a/ and /v/ and later /jp/. In retrospect, I probably did more in 08-12 than anything, since that's when all those fun mmos /jp/ hopped to and from happened and 11-12, while being shit years for /jp/, were great years for anime and I had lots of fun with /a/, which I hadn't really been to since /jp/ was made.

[Anonymous No.]

>>20057224
thanks anon
also thanks for being the only sane one here

[Anonymous No.]

>>20057490
2007 was when I started using 4chan. I spent much time absorbing/reading about the stuff of past years, so I had a more magical experience compared to someone who'd already been through it all, I suppose.

I agree about the following years, though. I even went to /a/ at the same time and I had fun, which I couldn't imagine having there right now. It's possible I've become overly sensitive because everything seems so unnecessarily trite and toxic.

[Anonymous No.]

>>20057228
You obviously don't belong here. This is not the Japan board. No one cares about OP's book.