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6460211 No.6460211 [Reply] [Original]

>they read cartoon books instead of classic literature

>> No.6460220

I read classical literature all the time, actually. I also read most of the books in this thread: http://archive.easymodo.net/cgi-board.pl/jp/thread/6372912#p6372912

>> No.6460218

Yeah fuck you, Patchy.
That hairstyle looks like complete shit by the way.

>> No.6460222
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>> No.6460221

I need pretty pictures

>> No.6460223

You trying to tell me Fate/Stay isn't a classic or literature?

>> No.6460228

>>6460223
It's not even good compared to other VNs.

>> No.6460252
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Won't you read The Brothers Karamazov with me Neko-chan?~

>> No.6460260

Classic literature is wonderful. Actually, all books are good. It's the greatest form of 2D because the characters look like whatever you want.

>> No.6460264

The only thing Patchy reads is Mein Kampf. The little nazi.

>> No.6460265

I don't read either of those though.

>> No.6460270

Take it to /lit/. Almost forgot that board even existed haha.

>> No.6460273

I used to read books all the time.
I spent my entire childhood and teenage years devouring every book I could find.
I didn't even stop after getting into Japanese entertainment.
However, in the past two years I read maybe 8-10 books total.
I don't know what happened to me.

>> No.6460282
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Already read most classics years ago. They did nothing to me. I felt no sympathy.

But by god did Three Sisters Story strike right at home when I played it the first time. Classic literature? Disappointing.

>> No.6460284

>>6460270
I just went there and saw >implying and an alcohol thread. Looks like /jp/ beats /lit/ as a place to discuss books.

>> No.6460301

>>6460273
>I don't know what happened to me
Same thing happened to me. I think it's just job/school eating up the day. As well as the internet taking up more and more of the free time.

>> No.6460302

>>6460282
I skipped over that one because it had no loli.

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this happened to me a couple days ag

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6460319

I don't really get the point of reading books. Manga is more fun anyway.

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>>6460302
A really shallow reason, don't you think?

>> No.6460339

>>6460319
I just read those for porn, to be honest. For story, I read books.

>> No.6460344

I'm in the middle, more like towards the end, of Moby Dick right now. I enjoy the chapters on Cetiology and the sudden changes in narrative style whenever Ahab is involved. Ishmael's introspective moments are interesting too.

>> No.6460355

>>6460334
I can't get into an eroge unless I find one of the characters erotic. It makes sense, no?

>> No.6460358

>>6460228
Still better than shit like the Iliad.

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>>6460252
Dostoevsky is mai husbando ( ・ω・)

>> No.6460394

>>6460358
>the Iliad
I liked that, actually. Now, it's better than the Lord of the Rings, I'll give you that. I couldn't get through that book with all of the damn eating and cooking.

>> No.6460396

Can we at least all agree that Ulysses is a terrible novel?

>> No.6460414

>>6460396
It's still better than Kafka's The Trial.

>> No.6460424

>>6460392
I've read some of his stuff. Very... depressing and heavy.

Almost like I can feel the oppression just by reading it.

>> No.6460426

>>6460414
english professors are spitting up coffee all over their patchy dakimakuras right now

>> No.6460431

>>6460424
Welcome to Russian Literature motherfucker, hope you brought vodka

>> No.6460444

Saya is better than anything by Lovecraft.

>> No.6460461

Books are pretentious, pseudointellectual bullshit that belong on /lit/. Get back there.

>> No.6460541

>>6460461
Then lets discuss VNs.

>> No.6460561

>>6460424
You probably only read one or two of his books. Demons has some fucking hilarious scenes.

>> No.6462238

>>6460461
It really depends on the book. Besides, it's better than the /v/ spam, right?

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But I do read classic literature, Patchy.
>>6460392
Nastasya Filippovna is my batshit crazy dead waifu.

>> No.6462262

Comiket 79 is almost here and I get to drown myself in my No.1 passion again - Ero manga.

>> No.6462284

>>6462262
There is only one Lolita, but so many Lolita comics. I still need to read The Original of Laura, now that I think about it.

>> No.6462295

Is Lolita considered classic literature enough or just a good book?

>> No.6462299
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6462299

>implying that I don't read classic literature IN THE FORM OF cartoon books
Check out these: http://www.eastpress.co.jp/manga/list.php?kensaku_ptn=date_pubulished&ueshita=DESC

>> No.6462306 [DELETED] 

>>6462295
No, it's definitely modern, unless you are just joking. It is considered a modern classic, though, by numerous critics.

>> No.6462349

>>6462299
That's kind of silly. I prefer enjoying something as close to its source as possible. That's probably how I got into VNs.

>> No.6462352

last book I read was the forever war (the sci fi novel)
left me depressed...

>> No.6462353

>>6462295
I think it's generally considered classic.

>> No.6462423

>>6462349
>implying that I haven't already read the originals of most of the books that interest me
Never watched a movie based on a book you've read? It's a different medium, and someone else's interpretation. Can be quite interesting (although also disappointing at times).

Mangas and VNs are fun and I can learn Japanese from them, that's all the reason I need to read them. Same goes for everything else I read.
And I generally look down on people who think of themselves as great, cultured intellectuals just because they clawed themselves through some novels they actually thought were boring.

>> No.6462438

>>6460211
>they have a hobby different from mine and I am going to be a babby about it.

>> No.6462457

>>6462423
I generally avoid derivative work, yes. They generally end up doing things like leaving out scenes and making characters older. Like in Clockwork Orange, they made the two little girls he had sex with teenagers for the movie release.

>And I generally look down on people who think of themselves as great, cultured intellectuals just because they clawed themselves through some novels they actually thought were boring.

I drop books that I find boring. A good number of classic literature is actually entertaining, though. Besides, you would be surprised how many people clawed their way through Clannad because they wanted to be accepted by /jp/. It's the same thing, really.

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This book will be coming out soon.

>> No.6462470

>>6462468
What is special about it?

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>> No.6462507

>>6462470
It's by Haruki Murakami, which means that non-weaboos will read it

>> No.6462557

>>6462507
But is it more than just a 1984 rip off?

>> No.6462566

>>6462557
It's just the name and when it takes place, it isn't a 1984 rip-off.

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>>6462557
Other than the title, they have nothing in common.

>> No.6462568

>>6462507
isn't he one of the most read authors by weeaboos actually? (I mean, the real ones who got a hard on for Japan, not just people who watch animu and read mango)

>> No.6462613

I'm reading Anna Karenina, which is essentially a cheap dating sim with a lot of farming in between.

>> No.6462618

>>6462457
Clannand has been sitting in my hard drive for 2 years, i'll finish it some day since im a sucker for KEY DRAMA, but the way they get to it just sucks.
Planetarian was glorius because it was short, it made you first, hate the robot, then accept her, after that love her, and then they took her away. I didn't cry only at the ending, the part where they projector fails, and the junker pictures the stars himself moved me to tears. It must have been the images of a long lost past that worked on me.

>> No.6462647

>>6462613
There is a Harvest Moon book?

>> No.6462696

I just prefer "cartoon" books. It doesn't mean i havn't read classic literature.

>> No.6462702

who?

>> No.6462811

Haruki Murakami is shit

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