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ITT Anonymous Mon Sep 9 20:49:32 2019 No.13790053 [Reply] [Original]

Post an anime and get a book recommendation

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 21:22:42 2019 No.13790194 High IQ posters on /lit/ do not watch anime.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 21:24:02 2019 No.13790200 >>13790194 midwits do though Melancholy of Haruhi no Suzumiya

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 21:26:58 2019 No.13790215 Anohana

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 21:30:15 2019 No.13790234 File: 168 KB, 597x441, 1d7ec064955c46911b0ee88f99c4d2a5.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Serial Experiments Lain

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 21:30:35 2019 No.13790238 >>13790053 The Bible >>13790200 the fault in our stars

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 21:31:58 2019 No.13790246 >>13790234 The Fortunate Fall by Raphael Carter One, No One and One Hundred Thousand by Luigi Pirandello

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 21:35:38 2019 No.13790262 >>13790246 Wow, looked them up on wikipedia and these look really good. I've added them to my list. Didn't actually expect good recs.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 21:36:12 2019 No.13790264 File: 596 KB, 2250x1245, 1bm9o.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Neon Genesis Evangelion

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 21:37:19 2019 No.13790267 >>13790264 Prometheus and Atlas by Jason Reza Jorjani literally has a chapter on this, so I recommend that

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>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 21:41:27 2019 No.13790283 File: 546 KB, 927x1193, C23ECB43-3214-4202-8966-CD4E9483BC6E.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13790268 See >>13790267

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 21:42:20 2019 No.13790289 File: 718 KB, 1000x1426, A058CAD5-38DE-4C28-A2C4-5901DB40ED29.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] pref. phil

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 21:42:30 2019 No.13790291 File: 559 KB, 974x1290, 34BCA50E-625A-454B-98C0-003A09EC4175.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13790283

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 21:43:33 2019 No.13790296 File: 453 KB, 970x970, B00F089E-F869-48D2-9638-4A92D973F206.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13790291

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 21:44:43 2019 No.13790300 My favorite parts of Eva are the Illuminati conspiracy bits of them trying to control an otherworldly being to bring about a global change of humanity. Anyone had a book that centers around this concept?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 21:44:44 2019 No.13790301 File: 230 KB, 850x1186, 1380d6989490b8cae9ac7b26f33a172ebd407403117204e8ee2308b7[1].jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13790053 No Longer Human >>13790234 I have no mouth and I must scream >>13790289 The Last Question

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Anonymous Mon Sep 9 21:45:31 2019 No.13790306

>>13790262
Yw, SEL is my favorite story of all time so I've spent a good long while finding books with similar themes. The first book isn't necessarily that similar but it's post-cyberpunk and criminally unknown, it could have been written this year and still feel like its too futuristic. The second one has so overlaps with Lain so much in it's ideas that I often wonder if it was an inspiration for it.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 21:46:04 2019 No.13790309 >>13790300 This, again >>13790267 Literally what the book is about

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 21:46:46 2019 No.13790310 >>13790301 >The Last Question Wow, so I’m not the only one who thinks this afterall.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 21:47:23 2019 No.13790313 >>13790194 fpbp

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 21:49:43 2019 No.13790324 >>13790238 you obviously didn't watch Haruhi

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 21:51:52 2019 No.13790334 File: 42 KB, 806x720, 1567826609227.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13790053 I see you /mu/ NHK poster >>>/mu/90029365 it's a good series though, what are you trying to escape neetdom or something?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 21:53:02 2019 No.13790336 >>13790053 Welcome to the NHK

Anonymous Mon Sep 9 21:53:56 2019 No.13790340

>>13790053
Reading this made me happy since the book ends on a somewhat positive and hopeful note. But then I read about the author's situation and got fucking depressed again. Dude stayed a NEET, lived off his book money and then joined a cult. Sad story and he never did escape.

Anonymous Mon Sep 9 21:54:00 2019 No.13790343

>>13790301
I have no mouth and I must scream is excellent. I rarely felt this much hatred from a character to be honest.

>>13790306
It is my favorite story of all time too to be honest. In a sense some of the themes were kind of prophetic of what we are currently experiencing with technology, such as how or internal identity is increasingly tied to and influenced by our projected Wired/internet identity. Personally, I see Lain as a sort of Jesus-figure (being the Wired made flesh in a sense) and Eiri as a sort of Demiurge-figure, what are your thoughts on that?

If you know any more books let me know.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 21:57:23 2019 No.13790356 >>13790334 Kek Not exactly neetdom, I'm more like Yamazaki. And yes, it's great anime and pretty good book.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 21:58:06 2019 No.13790361 Cowboy Bebop Sailor Moon

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 22:00:56 2019 No.13790380 File: 293 KB, 1600x1200, db50e2f580805b3190eafcc8981aeea1.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13790053 Notes from Underground >>13790264 >>13790268 Moby-Dick

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 22:02:17 2019 No.13790392 >>13790343 >>13790306 >>13790246 I too share a taste for this series, the idea that the body is merely proof of our existence and the debate on who is real and why is quite around my alley, I would also enjoy some recommendations

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>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 22:05:34 2019 No.13790413 >>13790380 The Epic of Gilgamesh

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 22:07:35 2019 No.13790422 File: 84 KB, 1280x720, alicia_1.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 22:08:55 2019 No.13790430 File: 345 KB, 720x483, Screenshot_2016-08-07-18-09-00~01.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] This one's easy

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 22:12:18 2019 No.13790448 >>13790264 Can someone explain to me the recurring iterations of NGE? It’s like a remake but they change it a tiny bit each time and update the animation? Why is that appealing?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 22:12:41 2019 No.13790451 File: 16 KB, 182x268, download (1).jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >inb4 Faust / paradise lost / zarathustra

Anonymous Mon Sep 9 22:14:05 2019 No.13790458

>>13790343
There are so many valid interpretations of Lain to consider and the Christian/Abrahamic view is always tempting but I find it to be slightly reductive. I personally view Lain as an example of the next evolution of Spirituality/Religion. A continuation of what the Italian philosopher Vattimo coined "the secularization of belief", an unconscious process throughout human history of detracting more and more from what we attribute to unknown forces (deities). Overtime the course of society we shave off pieces of religion as science grows (weather, sickness, "magic" all eventually being thoroughly explained) until we are left with a small nugget of things that we still don't understand. SEL to me explains a future where we can use technology to subtract even more off our beliefs to the point where a being akin to a god can be, not just believed in, but proven to exist beyond the shadow of a doubt. Branching off that it makes me wonder about if such a god existed what sort of things they would spend their time worrying about. Evolution is about utility rising out of randomness but what if an all powerful being sort of nudged evolution when it looked like randomness would eliminate something great? Further reading

Belief by Gianni Vattimo
The Passion According to G.H. by Clarice Lispector
The Golem by Gustav Meyrink

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 22:15:13 2019 No.13790465 >>13790448 Do you mean the Rebuilds? Because if you are, you are in for a hell of a ride.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 22:15:43 2019 No.13790469 >>13790430 The Stars My Destination. Were you expecting that?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 22:16:37 2019 No.13790474 >>13790448 Anno is the George Lucas of Japan. Or he just remakes the same thing over and over in order to make money. Maybe it's both.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 22:19:36 2019 No.13790486 >>13790392 See this >>13790458 One more I forgot is "Conversations" by Cesar Aira. Aira has a lot of good books for people who enjoy Lain desu, "An Episode in the Life of a Landscape Painter" is also great.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 22:19:51 2019 No.13790488 >>13790451 Faust, Paradise Lost, Zarathustra

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 22:22:01 2019 No.13790494 Koe no katachi (A Silent Voice)

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 22:27:46 2019 No.13790520 >>13790469 No, the anime is an adaptation of Count of Monte Cristo

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>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 22:30:24 2019 No.13790533 >>13790448 Rebuilds are not remasters, they are more like remakes. They change a lot of the story and pacing. We won't quite understand the point of it all until the final movie is released, kind of like with the original NGE.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 22:32:40 2019 No.13790543 >>13790520 lmao. Gankutsuou was originally meant to adapt The Stars My Destination which was itself a sci adaptation of The Count of Monte Cristo but due to licensing issues they couldn't do Stars my Destination and just went with Monte Cristo instead.

Anonymous Mon Sep 9 22:34:59 2019 No.13790550
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>>13790053

I don't care for anime but I do watch a few so here I go:

Texhnolyze
Rurouni Kenshin: Trust and betrayal
Giant Robo
Gundam 0079/Zeta/00
VOTOMS

Evangelion would probably be just some Paradise Lost stuff.

Books I like are Heidegger and Kant, math stuff, John Milton, William Blake, and Yasunari Kawabata.

What do I get?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 22:35:51 2019 No.13790553 >>13790550 >What do I get? a blowjob

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 22:38:01 2019 No.13790565 File: 26 KB, 513x289, Chiri.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Sayonara setsubou sensei and psycho-pass

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 22:38:46 2019 No.13790570 File: 12 KB, 561x561, Delet.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13790553 No. Be serious about it. They got recs above me, but I ain't getting a fucking blowjob with all the stuff I posted.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 22:39:15 2019 No.13790572 >>13790380 >>13790268 >>13790264 is Evangelion really that good? I've always assumed it was some mecha anime that everyone won't stop talking about. Is it a meme that it has substance or does it actually have substance? >>13790525 sauce?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 22:41:58 2019 No.13790582 >>13790572 >is Evangelion really that good It's a whole lot of fun

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 22:43:00 2019 No.13790584 >>13790572 Revolutionary Girl Utena.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 22:44:18 2019 No.13790596 File: 924 KB, 960x738, HeyIgotyou.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13790550 >>13790572 >>13790053 What does this man get for Gundam, Giant Robo, Texhnolyze, Votoms, and Trust and Betrayal, along with his favorite authors?

Anonymous Mon Sep 9 22:47:16 2019 No.13790606

>>13790572
To me, Evangelion is like Moby-Dick because it feels like it is an almost endless conversation. People still find new things and theories to discuss and Death of the Author comes into play heavily. Also a fuckton of religious imagery. It's definitely nowhere near as good as MD though. As for substance: yes and no. It really feels like Evangelion started off as a fairly by-the-books mecha anime and then at around the halfway mark, the director thought "oh fuck, I could make something good here!", and then the series ramps up. There's some stuff in the early episodes that is clearly building to something, but a lot of the best stuff is the second half and finale film. It's definitely worth watching just to see what you'll think of it, it's a fucking Rorschach test of an anime.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 22:49:02 2019 No.13790613 >>13790543 That is very cool knowledge. Thanks.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 22:49:18 2019 No.13790616 >>13790572 >>13790606 alright I'll give it a watch. Is it one of those shows where you watch the movie halfway through the show or is it really the finale?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 22:50:31 2019 No.13790620 >>13790565 Ubik.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 22:50:36 2019 No.13790621 >>13790616 Nah just watch it at the end. The final episodes are a trippy look into a character's psyche while the movie shows the physical events happening while he's thinking about those things.

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>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 22:50:59 2019 No.13790625 >>13790596 A swift kick in the head, hopefully.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 22:51:22 2019 No.13790627 >>13790616 I recommend reading the book and watching the movie concurrently. I mean this one >>13790267 >>13790283 >>13790291 >>13790296 I did that, and it really deepened my appreciation of the themes

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 22:51:58 2019 No.13790630 >>13790625 Be nice.

Anonymous Mon Sep 9 22:52:21 2019 No.13790635

>>13790621
>The final episodes are a trippy look into a character's psyche while the movie shows the physical events happening while he's thinking about those things.
As I understand this was never literally confirmed, just a commonly held theory. My personal take is that NGE continuity is far less literal than this. I hate when retards try to argue the Rebuilds are sequel post universe reset of NGE. Shit is annoying.

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>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 22:55:12 2019 No.13790647 >>13790635 I didn't realize that, my mistake. I still think it's best to watch the movie after. I've never seen the Rebuild movies though, didn't seem worth it.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 22:55:13 2019 No.13790648 >>13790572 Yes it really is that good. It's only a mecha show on the surface, it's really about developmental psychology and psychoanalysis

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 22:55:21 2019 No.13790649 >>13790630 >>13790625 >>13790596 >>13790550 Yeah, stop being mean. I'll say it one more time: Gundam VOTOMS Giant Robo Trust and betrayal Texhnolyze Kawabata Milton Blake Heidegger Kant

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>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 22:56:22 2019 No.13790654 >>13790622 Blood Meridian

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 22:57:14 2019 No.13790658 >>13790264 Childhoods End

Anonymous Mon Sep 9 22:58:46 2019 No.13790664

>>13790647
Yes, regardless of the perspective, the preferred watch order is the entirety of NGE plus EoE afterwards. We don't know if the Rebuilds will be worth it until they finish, but regardless, they are a separate watch and don't belong with as the "NGE experience." They are their own entity.

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>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 23:02:34 2019 No.13790685 >>13790448 Original series, one hour recap episode, motion picture movie. 10 years later 4 movie reboot of the series, third movie coming out this year

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 23:06:08 2019 No.13790699 >>13790649 There aren't exactly many books related to mecha, but if you want stuff for texhnolyze then anything recommend for Lain above will probably work.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 23:13:30 2019 No.13790721 >>13790451 Maybe zarathustra of paradise lost, oh and Faust is are good choices

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 23:15:12 2019 No.13790731 >>13790565 no longer human is the favorite book of SSSensei author

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 23:18:19 2019 No.13790750 >>13790649 >>13790651 >>13790667 i know texhnolyze is pretty based but stop spamming

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 23:19:12 2019 No.13790758 >>13790596 /m/an here, read commentary on the gallic war

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 23:20:12 2019 No.13790760 >>13790622 The Iliad and Moby-Dick simultaneously.

Anonymous Mon Sep 9 23:20:24 2019 No.13790762
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The book it's based on is really funny, there's a great english translation floating around on the web that I'll link if anyone's interested. Show is Tatami Galaxy, great show if you've somehow never seen it.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 23:21:15 2019 No.13790768 >>13790762 I'm very interested my man

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 9 23:24:00 2019 No.13790779 >>13790053 didn't you read the LN?

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 00:18:36 2019 No.13790945 >>13790750 That 2nd one is Death Note.

Anonymous Tue Sep 10 00:19:20 2019 No.13790950

>>13790762
>>13790768
http://shinsekai.cadet-nine.org/tatami-galaxy-translation/
there's a few minor typos (as in like 5 in the whole book), but its a really great translation. Its left me wanting translations of his other books, which I sadly cannot find anywhere online (or in bookstores aside from the two official translations).

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>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 00:45:00 2019 No.13791041 >>13790488 >>13790721 wow we've got some diverse tastes out here

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 00:58:49 2019 No.13791103 Funny how you have better anime discussions here than on /a/

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 01:24:13 2019 No.13791174 >>13791103 >better movie discussions here than on /tv/ >better anime discussions here than on /a/ >better /his/ discussions here than on /his/ is there a subject this board doesnt dominate

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 01:29:33 2019 No.13791192 >>13790572 Roughly speaking, it's Sartre/Lacan, as well as how they relate to a couple human concepts like god and other ideals

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 01:32:28 2019 No.13791199 perfect blue the best anime >watching anime tv shows and not just watching the great films because you appreciate cinema wew, imagine literally watching tv shows past age 17

Anonymous Tue Sep 10 01:34:07 2019 No.13791201

>>13790762
Seconding this rec. Though I don't think the director did as good a job with his devilman anime. He can meet edgieness with sincerity quite well, but actually being edgy just isn't his strong suit.

I would also recommend The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl. I've only seen the movie though, but it's the same director there and the same author bookwise.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 01:34:26 2019 No.13791205 >>13791199 Not even his best film.

Anonymous Tue Sep 10 01:38:06 2019 No.13791219
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Is it just me or there a correlation between those who watch anime and idealism, not in the philosophical sense but the literal? Has anyone else noticed this? Anime is often like a more perfect reality, even the bad things that happen, everything is just streamlined into tight 21 minute sections for 12-13 or 24 episodes or so, so much so that the limitations placed on the production of anime is almost like the Oulipo group in literature

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 01:43:24 2019 No.13791237 >>13791219 I dunno, I think I'm pretty pessimistic.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 01:52:14 2019 No.13791259 Lain is garbage that squanders all of the concepts it "addresses."

Anonymous Tue Sep 10 01:57:05 2019 No.13791271
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>>13790584
I know you are just giving the guy his sauce, but for any Utena fans I would recommend pic related. I don't exactly know why, but something about the two work well.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 01:59:59 2019 No.13791286 File: 60 KB, 400x600, bunny girl senpai.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13790053 Bunny Girl Senpai

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 02:01:03 2019 No.13791292 File: 37 KB, 511x533, full metal panic.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13790053 Full Metal Panic

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 02:02:55 2019 No.13791295 File: 50 KB, 537x586, familiar of zero 3x3.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13790053 Familiar of Zero

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 02:03:01 2019 No.13791296 >>13791286 Catcher in the Rye?

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 02:06:48 2019 No.13791313 >>13790572 Yes, it is that fucking good.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 02:07:55 2019 No.13791318 >>13790677 you have no power here hunterchad

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 02:09:05 2019 No.13791323 >>13791219 Yea

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>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 02:10:06 2019 No.13791328 File: 238 KB, 1456x1073, 3.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13791318 Fugg

Anonymous Tue Sep 10 02:15:16 2019 No.13791343

>>13791296
I already read that it in highschool, actually thought it was better then its given credit for but I guess boomers gave it a bad rep.

I can see how you got Catcher in the Rye vibes from it though, especially with the last arc. Anything resembling the first arc though? The thing I liked the most about the show was the MC's attitude I guess. He's puts himself down and keeps a low profile but at the same time he's witty about it and seems like he really doesn't care in a stoic and cool and non cringe way. His outburst scene in the first arc must be one of my favorite scenes from anime period.

I guess I'm just asking if you know any books where the mc kind of resembles his personality?

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>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 02:23:54 2019 No.13791364 >>13791343 Saturnin by Zdenek Jirotka

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 02:33:27 2019 No.13791378 >>13791354 Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World Demian

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 02:34:15 2019 No.13791382 File: 270 KB, 1600x1200, bestutu.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Princess Tutu Pls no Borges or Kierkegaard >>13791271 I agree, I was about to suggest finnegans wake for utena but ulysses fits too

Anonymous Tue Sep 10 02:42:20 2019 No.13791397

>>13791219
I don't know how to put it into words exactly but I can definitely see what you're talking about. Its not even in just the colors and appearances and narratives, the characters seem to be idealized forms of their archetypes.

>moe genre is based on the idealization of the feminine
>shounen genre is based on the idealization of the hero
>sol is based on idealized visions of what specific jobs/school life should be like

I guess the biggest rebuttal would be that most if not all fiction presents visions of the world that are in some aspects more perfect or idealized then in reality. It seems that Japan for some reason does it en masse much more then we in the modern west do with our media though.

Compare the most popular western sol (sitcom) of the past few decades, The Office, to the average japanese sol. Although The Office seems to have grinded down the stereotypes of regular office life into a way that could be presented in a relatable, but more enjoyable reality then what an office is actually like, it still seems like its necessary to the production for it to be based in realism. Its about a paper company in a incredibly boring town like Scranton. Although wacky hijinks occur almost every episode, they seem based out of needing to create entertainment for themselves (as is the case with Jim and Pam playing pranks on Dwight) in this boring and gloomy office context, and although they would be highly unusual they rarely extend into superfluous area, and a bunch of the laughs are generated simply from uncomftorable awkwardness as well. With an average Japanese SOL though it seems like its necessary for everything to be based in the superfluous. The humor is based in the superfluous, half the shit done for laughs come from some half thought out perverted fever dream. The fucking hair colors of the characters would be something never seen in reality. There are of course some realistic SOL animes, but the majority of the ones I've seen have overall plots that seem like they couldn't possibly ever happen in reality. As well whenever there is awkward energy they seem to transfer it into some kind of idealized teenage romance thing, where the girl secretly likes the guy that accidentally saw her panties.

Idk I've probably talked out my ass long enough on this matter. Tell me if you think what I'm saying seems true or seems like bullshit.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 02:47:45 2019 No.13791419 File: 145 KB, 600x600, Princess.Tutu.(Character).full.544953 (1).jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13791382 >Princess Tutu I love you. Never Let me Go? Grimms Brothers fairytales? I'm worried that nothing can compare with Princess Tutu.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 02:49:44 2019 No.13791422 Can Texhnolyze be somewhat related to Spengler? Can Lain be somewhat related to Debord/Baudrillard?

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 02:50:27 2019 No.13791425 Monogatari and Mushishi >>13791271 Damn, I need to watch Utena then

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 02:52:30 2019 No.13791431 File: 209 KB, 1920x1040, 002.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13790053 Darling in the Franxx

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 03:01:06 2019 No.13791460 why has evangelion gotten popular all of a sudden these past few years?

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 03:08:06 2019 No.13791473 >>13791460 EVA has always been insanely popular.

Anonymous Tue Sep 10 03:11:39 2019 No.13791479

>>13791460
>he thought evangelion used religious symbolism to "look cool"
>she didn't realize anno, the master, planned it all
>xhe doesn't realize this is modelled on the way christianity took over the pagans
Enjoy your "Gospel of a New Century" friends

Anonymous Tue Sep 10 03:12:43 2019 No.13791482
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>>13791219
>>13791397
Slice of life animes produce me an intense feeling of nostalgy, not for my high school memories but for another plane of existance imposible to achieve where the ugliness and imperfection of mundane life have been purified and the characters ans his ideals have attained their absolute and sincere form. Yet this feels so fake and remote in contrast with the stark reality that I can't avoid melancholy. But for some reason I don't stop watching these shows, the sensation of "saudade" is addictive. Pessoa would be watching anime this days.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 03:27:15 2019 No.13791521 File: 27 KB, 306x450, 75919l.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

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>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 03:38:10 2019 No.13791552 >>13790053 The world god only knows

Anonymous Tue Sep 10 06:18:22 2019 No.13791979
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>>13791219
Since you posted the only girl that matters I feel obligated to respond.
What you describe is something that I believe applies to fiction in general, a playground for an artist's or regular person's ideas and perfectly constructed unrealities to prance about and carry out a scenario for whatever purpose. In anime this is arguably more pronounced than in any other medium. This is naturally due to the fact that anime consists of both audio and visual elements as well as motion, but unlike film or TV shows is completely unrestrained by reality in its portrayal of people and characters in general. I'd argue that this is the pivotal point, as characters in the same or similar art styles show up in mere still images and fan art, video games and visual novels, where they always have the same effect. As imagined and wholly unrealistic ideals that lack the 'depth' and trifles of what we are used to, it is no wonder they are so popular. On the other hand, this also works against them. The sheer impossibility of the ideal they attempt to invoke in some physical form effectively guarantees that they are not allowed to come true. Why should they be? Wouldn't they just ruin it by making it real? One can appreciate the passion of those who are waiting for anime sex bots or what have you, but why do they suppose they'll ever be satisfied with anything less than exactly what they're imagining? That is how it seems to me at least, though I am certainly not yet qualified to be making grand statements. Either way anime girls are not to be taken lightly, so watch your step.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 06:20:19 2019 No.13791982 File: 199 KB, 1280x720, 351F9C3B-41A2-4244-A073-E0F543CF9CE8.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13790430 How about this wallpaper catalogue

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 06:22:11 2019 No.13791984 File: 287 KB, 960x1440, 615041E8-FFE0-4D4D-A1DD-3C3C7CE6E8FA.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] The only anime I’ve ever watched all the way through

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 06:28:51 2019 No.13792000 File: 96 KB, 1000x711, 4A014624-3472-4AE4-AADF-7B04D09BF700.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Tomorrow’s Joe

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 06:37:06 2019 No.13792016 >>13790950 thanks

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 06:43:05 2019 No.13792033 >>13790985 >rakugo can't give you any recs, but i loved that show

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 06:46:42 2019 No.13792043 File: 40 KB, 500x375, rein kir.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Legend of the Galactic Heroes please dont say the art of war i read it like 3 times now

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 06:52:45 2019 No.13792065 >>13791219 i love seinen, and that thing usually is pretty brutal, there is not much seinen anime though just a lot of manga

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 06:55:22 2019 No.13792071 File: 68 KB, 500x307, It's Escapism!.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13791219 Obligatory meme

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 06:58:43 2019 No.13792084 >>13792043 the book of five rigns is like the pocket version of Art of war, lol

Anonymous Tue Sep 10 07:10:10 2019 No.13792109

>>13791460
It's been incredibly popular since before this site existed, the stupid Rei/ Asuka argument (meanwhile everyone ignores mommy Misato) is a huge part of the site culture

However, the reason it's been suddenly popular the last few MONTHS, is because it was recently released on normieflix

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 07:11:41 2019 No.13792113 >>13792109 >the stupid Rei/ Asuka argument Hey, I lost my friend in the Waifu War, show some respect.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 07:16:05 2019 No.13792122 >>13791984 Then you need to watch samurai champloo

Anonymous Tue Sep 10 07:17:08 2019 No.13792127

>>13792109
and there is a lot of pseuds explaining the story on yewtube. But i think evangelion has a lot of appeal aside from the themes, characters and story. I mean Anno is as much an animator as a director.

but don't know if all that appeals normies, maybe eva fans are and have been just very loud for decades.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 07:21:17 2019 No.13792137 >>13790246 >>13790458 >>13790486 Thank you based Lain poster. Glad I decided to open this thread.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 07:25:48 2019 No.13792150 File: 37 KB, 600x585, weebey.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13791479 Hmm. This makes me do a big think

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 07:26:27 2019 No.13792151 File: 22 KB, 220x376, clannad-vn.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Clannad

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 07:27:36 2019 No.13792155 How about the reverse anything akin to the bourne/camel club/clancy tom series?

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 07:27:39 2019 No.13792156 >>13792122 Ok I will, now rec me a book for cowboy bebop nigga

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 07:30:42 2019 No.13792174 >>13792155 Grisaia, but read the VN instead of watching the anime

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 07:32:25 2019 No.13792179 >>13792122 or Space Dandy, pretty sure it's the same director no?

Anonymous Tue Sep 10 07:34:14 2019 No.13792184

>>13792156
Can't really, I've spent a long time trying to find a book that's as episodic and poignant as Cowboy Bebop/Samurai Champloo while still having actually great characters and I haven't really found anything. Maybe Cathedral by Raymond Carver but not really. Maybe some YA series

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 07:36:08 2019 No.13792189 File: 113 KB, 720x1024, A264-2164557438.1487651358.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13792155 Gasaraki is basically Evangelion if it were written by Tom Clancy.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 07:37:30 2019 No.13792191 File: 928 KB, 342x239, 1524241641_002.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13792174 in what world is that like a basic spy/politthriller

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 07:38:22 2019 No.13792197 >>13792156 Maybe Santiago: A Myth of the Far Future

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 07:40:05 2019 No.13792201 >>13792155 Darker Than Black is pretty sweet

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 07:45:21 2019 No.13792206 >>13792191 Do you know what it's about? The protagonists is an elite government assassin. There's plenty of that kind of shit in it.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 07:48:23 2019 No.13792215 File: 114 KB, 1024x741, ec36791e3e46b29ead37dccade0e1e3295a520ca_hq.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] im from /cm/

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 07:50:53 2019 No.13792223 File: 949 KB, 1644x3520, homo lit v2.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13792215

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 07:52:15 2019 No.13792229 >>13792215 'Carmilla' is about same-sex (lesbian) vampires.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 07:52:45 2019 No.13792230 >>13791482 watching high school anime while being miserable at high school was a surreal experience

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 07:53:48 2019 No.13792235 >>13792179 yeah Watanabe is based

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 07:58:17 2019 No.13792251 File: 36 KB, 563x423, 1544854591039.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13792230 >a surreal experience I thought that it was fairly comforting.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 08:06:28 2019 No.13792270 >>13792251 Watching things like cute girls in cute uniforms, after school clubs and manly delinquent fights just made me hyper aware of my own school’s drug problems, lack of social integration and culture. Even the delinquents were boring

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 08:21:21 2019 No.13792313 File: 56 KB, 350x525, kara-no-kyoukai-fukan-fuukei-1965.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Kara no kyoukai: Garden of Sinners ( first movie is my favourite one)

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 08:24:42 2019 No.13792320 >>13792206 looks like chuunishit

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 08:34:25 2019 No.13792356 >>13792320 It's a slice of life moege/nakige plus Tom Clancy shit. It's not really a chuuni game.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 08:37:59 2019 No.13792368 just read Lafcadio Hearn you fucking weeaboos. god knows he's the only writer you'd be able to identify with -- although unlike you, he successfully landed a japanese waifu

Anonymous Tue Sep 10 08:38:23 2019 No.13792370

>>13792320
he gets to have sex with a lot of the cast. most of the show is arc type in that each girl gets 3 eps to have her issues solved. its about as much a spy/politthriller as mahouka koukou no rettousei
>>13792189
I recall it being boring and mecha not being a big part of the story.
>>13792215
anne rice vamp books

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 08:39:53 2019 No.13792376 File: 39 KB, 425x600, Jin-Roh 2.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13790053 Anime is gay but.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 08:40:30 2019 No.13792382 >>13792370 >I recall it being boring It is, but it was MY kind of boring. I might be the world's single Gasaraki fan.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 08:40:52 2019 No.13792383 >>13792376 jin roh is fucking garbage

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 08:45:00 2019 No.13792397 >>13792383 in what way? its a very basic story that works fine, with only mild hints at the extended universe >>13792382 speed grapher was more my speed. you on the other hand might like Kaze No Yojimbo

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 08:46:19 2019 No.13792402 >>13790970 Wish I was better read; Kaiji is at its core about the inability of the poor and desperate to rise above their weaknesses

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 08:46:42 2019 No.13792404 File: 380 KB, 1280x720, innocent sparkling phos.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Houseki no Kuni

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 08:47:23 2019 No.13792408 >>13792370 >most of the show I specifically said don't watch the show. Most adaptations of VNs are terrible and this isn't an exception.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 08:48:44 2019 No.13792413 >>13792397 I liked Speed Grapher, too. But I have not seen Yojimbo so I'll check that out, thank you anon!

Anonymous Tue Sep 10 08:48:57 2019 No.13792414

>>13790622
Based, though there's so much utter shiteness about and in Berserk it really does (And I must admit) peak from episode 19 to the last. Can't remember the manga chapters but the manga is garbage, the only thing it has over the 97 anime is more content in the Dark Swordsman arch and Golden arch. And maybe the occasional freeze image. Apart from that the anime 100% is superior. Not to mention how bad the manga gets post golden arch.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 08:49:04 2019 No.13792416 >>13792270 Japanese schools have plenty of social problems, you just don't see them in most otaku media since it idealizes everything.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 08:49:59 2019 No.13792418 >>13791521 That's a kids show.

Anonymous Tue Sep 10 08:50:57 2019 No.13792420

>>13792397
Boring and slow with essentially no substance to make up for it. I cared nothing for the characters and was presented no reason to. The "very basic story" could have been told better in under a minute of telling it out loud. The only reason anyone watches it is because of the armour and weapon design of the wolf squad, and they barely got any screen time mowing people down

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>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 08:53:12 2019 No.13792429 >>13792427 Anything like FSN?

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 08:54:42 2019 No.13792434 >>13792416 I know, but even the subversive renditions of it confer some sincerity and coherency. There is some ideal given form. Life is incoherent, schizophrenic and cannot capture any ideal but brute nature

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 08:54:54 2019 No.13792436 >>13792408 no one is going to read VN. movies focused on his backstory do a better job than the show (plus older lady moments) but imho Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom is better

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 08:55:44 2019 No.13792440 >>13792429 just read the VN

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 08:57:02 2019 No.13792446 File: 331 KB, 1600x1000, swordartonline.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] absolute kino

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 08:58:00 2019 No.13792450 File: 251 KB, 1548x871, subarashiki hibi.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] the most /lit/ VN

Anonymous Tue Sep 10 08:58:25 2019 No.13792452
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>>13792376
>>13792383
>>13792397
Jin-Roh is great, compared to 99% of anime that is only fit for degenerates with the mind of a 7 year old girl. Jin-Roh though basic and often overly pretentious in its symbolism and themes (that is to say constantly throwing it in your face and rehashing the simple red riding hood story as if it's genius). One example is how he's standing in front of the Wolf enclosure. Still a masterpiece for an anime, never seen anything else like it.

Though of course given the basic deficiency's of anime as artistic expression every time you watch it it gets worse. Reason why I say "masterpiece *for an anime".

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 08:58:33 2019 No.13792453 >>13792434 Try reading Subahibi then. Its depiction of bullying is brutal and genuinely upsetting.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 08:59:27 2019 No.13792459 >>13792446 kys and stop trying to relive childhood memory's.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 09:00:12 2019 No.13792461 >>13792459 that's not how you use an apostrophe you cunt

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 09:00:41 2019 No.13792464 File: 608 KB, 1017x669, Kircheis and Reinhard.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 09:01:30 2019 No.13792469 >>13792413 Yojimbo is a very slow anime that I did not like. its about a photocopier or something, going into a town uncovering its secrets while trying to find a train of missing gold.

Anonymous Tue Sep 10 09:07:50 2019 No.13792486

>>13792436
>no one is going to read VN
It's not one of my favorite games by any means, but if you're going to view the story, you honestly do yourself a disservice by watching these adaptations. Almost every one I've seen has been half-assed garbage compared to the game they're based on. The difference in quality is unreal. I can count the exceptions on one hand.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 09:15:34 2019 No.13792496 >>13792461 >apostrophe Yes it is you illiterate pufta.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 09:23:46 2019 No.13792520 >>13792496 Only use apostrophes in elisions or possessives. Not pluralities. Fuck you and never use apostrophes incorrectly again. We never should have done away with genitives

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 09:25:10 2019 No.13792523 >>13791174 Sports

Anonymous Tue Sep 10 09:33:43 2019 No.13792555
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>>13792520
memory is a noun you retard. Give up on your pseudo grammar. I shall be infinitely more intelligent than you, and my name shall be remembered forever! DO YOU THINK MY STORY SHALL END BY SOME NO NAME FRESIAN RAIDER? I AM EDGSON! AND MY NAME SHALL BE REMEMBERED FOR EVER (Instead). SOMEONE GIVE HIM A SORT, OR I.. I - YOU'LL WHAT? KILL ME? KILL ME! KILL ME! KILL MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!

Do you know why you cannot kill me my friend? Because I died many years ago, when I was young.

Give him a gold piece and send him home, he has a story to tell.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 09:34:21 2019 No.13792557 >>13792043 Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 09:34:46 2019 No.13792559 >>13792523 >sportsfan

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 09:36:33 2019 No.13792563 File: 30 KB, 500x375, tumblr_m4gpw85YVP1qdzvwe~01.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 09:51:46 2019 No.13792626 >>13792450 Do I need to even say it, the Tractatus. And yes, its my favorite VN as well

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 09:55:13 2019 No.13792635 >>13791174 Video games?

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 09:56:33 2019 No.13792642 File: 60 KB, 429x606, 91jY1SQauvL._SY606_.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 10:00:52 2019 No.13792646 File: 66 KB, 504x500, 1242345342165476789o0p-0[88756543.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13790053 Vatican Kiseki Chousakan

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 10:03:02 2019 No.13792653 bungo stray dogs

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 10:05:06 2019 No.13792659 >>13792653 read a book made by whichever boy you find the cutest

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 10:08:10 2019 No.13792667 >>13792043 War and peace by Leo Tolstoy

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 10:09:51 2019 No.13792670 >>13792659 kek can't read if I shinjū beforehand

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 10:19:18 2019 No.13792699 >>13792563 Obluda. I'd also like an actual recommendation based on this.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 10:44:15 2019 No.13792769 >>13792642 The VN

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 10:45:09 2019 No.13792772 File: 162 KB, 640x960, fec464366218935900a0c02bc3a0a32a1559098068_full.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13790053

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 10:46:05 2019 No.13792773 >>13790651 American Psycho

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 11:00:41 2019 No.13792851 >>13792769 Island was better

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 11:18:33 2019 No.13792936 File: 101 KB, 460x652, nx14131-vw0RvpxofyBw.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13790053 What do I have to do to get a Misaki in my life? Also, Girls und Panzer.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 11:20:11 2019 No.13792940 >>13790264 Infinite Jest

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 11:35:59 2019 No.13793032 File: 272 KB, 680x566, SDFSWEFGSSDAG.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13792940 infinite jizz

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 11:39:47 2019 No.13793050 >>13792427 >>13792429 >>13792440 Brandon Sanderson's Mistborne. His way of writing is very anime.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 11:44:39 2019 No.13793073 >>13792446 Anything for children lmao Is The Hobbit too difficult for you to read? Maybe start with that

Anonymous Tue Sep 10 11:45:00 2019 No.13793077
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I recently read Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami. If someone could recommend which book of his to read next that would be cool.

Also the taste in this thread is pretty kino. Pic related is tied with Ping Pong and Tatami Galaxy as my top anime.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 11:45:33 2019 No.13793081 File: 131 KB, 1100x618, 4535923_orig (2019_06_24 16_41_56 UTC).jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13790403 seconding this I really need something similiar or I'm gonna die

Anonymous Tue Sep 10 11:48:12 2019 No.13793097

>>13791201
I haven't seen his devilman, but I kinda got that vibe from the trailers. I liked Night is Short, but I think I preferred Tatami Galaxy. It was much funnier and I miss "watashi"'s hilarious narration. Still worth a watch. One thing worth noting to people who like the show though: the two main leads in Night is Short are NOT Akashi and Watashi from Tatami Galaxy, even though they look nearly identical. It does share some other characters however, I won't spoil who.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 11:55:42 2019 No.13793147 >>13790565 Naomi >>13791532 V. >>13793077 The Hunger Games >>13792189 >>13792382 I think Gasaraki is great, there are two of us now.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 12:07:07 2019 No.13793207 >>13793077 Murakami's best works are his short stories. Read "The Second Bakery Attack" and "Barn Burning"

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 12:18:22 2019 No.13793257 >>13793077 After Dark

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 12:19:46 2019 No.13793263 File: 338 KB, 1280x720, gggggg.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

Anonymous Tue Sep 10 12:33:31 2019 No.13793327
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Hard mode: no Pascal, Bible, or alchemical texts
>>13792450
Try Cyrano de Bergerac, the Tractacus, Through the Looking Glass/Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and Night on the Galactic Railroad friend :^]

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 12:37:01 2019 No.13793336 >>13793327 >try all the books that were explicitly mentioned in subahibi hurr

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 12:41:42 2019 No.13793352 >>13793073 I'll have you know I've read Ulysses in its entirety as well as Gravity's Rainbow. I'm am and intelligent and learned man.

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>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 12:57:03 2019 No.13793410 >>13792418 first of all, how dare

Anonymous Tue Sep 10 13:00:16 2019 No.13793422
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>>13793336
ddats de jokee fren
butt sersly u culd trry Kant, Black Swan, or Steppenwolf :DDD
desu thers alot of books, if u've not yet finished epistemology read humes problem solved, if u want lit like it well it'll really depend on WHAT u liked about it, the gender-switching identity maze, the mixture of obscene with sexual trauma-based mind control, or the epistemology discussions all can be found in different places but I don't know where to find them all together

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 13:02:07 2019 No.13793429 >>13793422 What I'd like most is for Sakura no Uta to be translated.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 13:02:10 2019 No.13793430 >>13790053 Has no one dropped Baccano?

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 13:04:20 2019 No.13793432 >>13790194 There are no high IQ posters on /lit/.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 13:08:29 2019 No.13793445 >>13790422 The Summer Book

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 13:40:28 2019 No.13793567 >>13792772 just read some reddit

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 13:44:37 2019 No.13793589 >>13792555 it's 'memories' tho

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 13:47:28 2019 No.13793605 File: 27 KB, 455x455, 1567089962827.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13793432 except for me

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 13:49:05 2019 No.13793618 >>13792464 Confessions of a Mask

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 14:08:09 2019 No.13793727 >>13790200 never let me go

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 14:20:58 2019 No.13793792 >>13790301 >I have no mouth and I must scream I also recommend this.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 14:23:20 2019 No.13793809 File: 589 KB, 1280x720, Screenshot_2017-06-18-23-18-22.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

Anonymous Tue Sep 10 14:34:01 2019 No.13793869

>>13793809
the straight man and fool (i think tsukkomi and boke routine) comic routine from japan seems pretty odd to me, but this show is pretty entretaining, sorry but i don't know anything /lit/ like it since that shit is very japanese. Anyway you might like Joshiraku and Rakugo too.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 15:54:13 2019 No.13794331 File: 47 KB, 498x498, bushiroad-rubber-mat-collection-vol-203-steinsgate-kurisu-makis-573501.1.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Any novels about redhead tsundere STEM waifus?

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 16:20:40 2019 No.13794486 >>13794331 Unironically Monogatari Series

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 16:29:14 2019 No.13794532 File: 27 KB, 400x400, 1559391891518.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] What's the Rozen Maiden of literature?

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 16:37:03 2019 No.13794571 >>13792383 wew lad

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 16:39:12 2019 No.13794589 >>13791984 You'll like Mitchico to Hatchin more tham the other recs this post got. IIRC they only have Watanabe on music, but I thought the show was outright better than bebop, or at least in terms of the grand narrative.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 16:39:50 2019 No.13794593 >>13790215 >Anohana Still waiting on my recommendation.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 16:40:13 2019 No.13794597 >>13790430 Count of monte cristo? Is the anime any good?

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>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 17:23:01 2019 No.13794838 >>13794597 Yes.

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>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 17:41:31 2019 No.13794922 >>13790194 High IQ posters on /lit/ watch anime instead of reading books (or mangas, as we call them)

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 17:42:29 2019 No.13794930 File: 38 KB, 540x540, 1450590504414.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13794922 You mean manga. There is no plural

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 17:46:37 2019 No.13794956 File: 368 KB, 1600x900, 1513100274867.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Bernard-jou Iwaku.

Anonymous Tue Sep 10 17:49:54 2019 No.13794968

>>13794914
That show's 2nd half would've been so much better if he had actually planned on becoming the 2nd Hitler, and the author didn't just drop that whole part so he could make Johan look slightly colder and the neo-nazis look silly.

The show's whole 2nd half thematically fell flat for me as a result, because the stakes seemed to have lowered so much.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 17:55:51 2019 No.13795005 >>13794968 He always fuck the time skips on his manga, if you want to read his best work, read Pluto.

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>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 18:07:02 2019 No.13795072 >>13795005 This reminds me that the anime adaptation is coming soon

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 18:08:29 2019 No.13795080 >>13794968 I don't think you understand the true meaning of the manga/anime. What Johan was truly trying to achieve. The fairy tale is important

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 18:12:33 2019 No.13795092 >>13792313 As a fellow fan of the series I can say that it's difficult to find things similar to it.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 18:13:04 2019 No.13795100 File: 770 KB, 636x990, Nakamura.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] In regard to the part one's narrative. Not baudelaire's poems

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 18:14:48 2019 No.13795111 File: 43 KB, 604x456, 932AE409-8748-4654-9502-59C586CF7A62.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Oniisama e...

Anonymous Tue Sep 10 18:20:17 2019 No.13795144

>>13795080
I haven't watched it in years so I do forget the whole moral of the monster story thing, though at the time I watched it I understood, and the fact I don't remember that and I remember the 2nd Hitler aspect of the story shows that one was more compelling for me then the other.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 18:21:44 2019 No.13795152 >>13795100 Part one was fantastic, I think the 2nd half should've been cut down to just the portion where they met again as a sort of epilogue.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 18:23:10 2019 No.13795164 >>13795152 The second half betrayed the themes of the first and was ironically anticlimactic in that regard.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 18:31:05 2019 No.13795192 File: 46 KB, 720x544, 1508524035029.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13795111 The Child Manuela The Chinese Garden

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 18:31:33 2019 No.13795193 >>13790985 Wives and Concubines. Kawabata's Snow Country and A Thousand Cranes are also good choices but its been some time since I read them so I can't be too sure.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 18:35:50 2019 No.13795214 File: 2.84 MB, 2480x3507, tokyo.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 18:36:02 2019 No.13795216 >>13794593 A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 18:37:33 2019 No.13795227 File: 137 KB, 695x900, DEATH_NOTE_anime.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 18:47:23 2019 No.13795279 >>13795100 >>13795152 >>13795164 I always found funny that the MC hocked his women just by showing his Baudelaire the author is a hack, inside Mary is also enjoyable but silly

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 18:48:47 2019 No.13795284 >>13791174 I'd say /fa/ rivals us when it comes to movies

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 18:52:19 2019 No.13795304 >>13791354 you might like under the volcano, it doesn't have the element of mystery about the world, but it's storytelling is still very atmospheric and it deals a lot with both morality and failure in life.

Anonymous Tue Sep 10 18:56:24 2019 No.13795328
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>>13794769
Infinite Jest, The Old Man and The Sea or Humboldt's Gift

>>13792936
I found The Good Soldier Švejk to be similar to Panzer but its still a risky recommendation.

>>13792646
Foucault's Pendulum and The Name of the Rose seem to be the obvious choices here but I find Gravity's Rainbow is also a worth considering just because of how batshit insane things get in the novel and the part about the kids reminds me of the friendship shared by our two main protags. I think this pick better represents the satirical but also kinda feelsy aspects the show has.

Still have to find a good literary substitute for pic related that isnt Against the Day

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 19:05:23 2019 No.13795378 File: 33 KB, 500x366, Dokuro-Chan.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13791174 literature

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 19:09:33 2019 No.13795407 >>13794914 >>13794921 The Stranger

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 19:10:03 2019 No.13795413 >>13791103 Not really.

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Anonymous Tue Sep 10 19:20:04 2019 No.13795476
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I know someones already posted this but I'm really in need of a book that has a similar style to this one, ie, the loveable characters, campus novel type. Something light hearted, before someone recommends stoner

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 19:26:27 2019 No.13795510 >>13795227 Answer pls

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 19:33:36 2019 No.13795552 >>13795510 The hit series "Harry Potter".

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 19:39:02 2019 No.13795584 >>13792397 Speed grapher has a good beginning and ending, but the middle portion devolves into villain of the week filler trash. And Kagura getting captured, then freed, then captured, then freed, over and over again becomes comical after a while.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 19:40:11 2019 No.13795588 >>13792450 Isn't that the VN that has Taleb in it?

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 19:42:45 2019 No.13795607 >>13794956 /lit/ - Literature

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 20:14:00 2019 No.13795787 >>13790565 >Psycho-Pass Most Philip K. Dick. See: The Minority Report. >>13790264 Childhood’s End has something very similar to Instrumentality. >>13791532 >>13791286 Most Murakami. >>13792772 Just play Minecraft.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 20:24:02 2019 No.13795847 >>13795607 It’s visual novel kino. Incorporates de Bergerac, Wittgenstein, Lovecraft, Lewis Carroll among others, too

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>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 20:46:01 2019 No.13796002 >>13792670 >tfw no qt boi to commit lover's suicide with

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 10 21:18:01 2019 No.13796208 >>13792414 you just have to treat the comic relief bullshit that's thrown in as though it's shakespearean. because it is. (though i still do not like it desu)

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 11 00:29:04 2019 No.13797072 >>13792043 the iliad

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 11 01:02:10 2019 No.13797169 >>13795100 perhaps The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea

Anonymous Wed Sep 11 01:08:59 2019 No.13797188

>>13790200
Don Quixote
Six Characters in Search of an Author
my novel desu

>>13790264
>>13790268
Hamlet
The Trial
Less Than Zero

>>13790289
Cyrano de Bergerac

>>13791521
Industrial Society and its Future

>>13791984
The New York Trilogy
The Man Who Was Thursday

>>13792043
War & Peace
Storm of Steel
2666

>>13794736
Nine Stories
Franny & Zooey
Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour, an Introduction

>>13794956
The Secret History

>>13795328
The Maltese Falcon

Anonymous Wed Sep 11 02:22:37 2019 No.13797387
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>>13791219
The strong idealist streak present in most anime is briefly discussed in pic related. iirc Azuma's commentary doesn't extend much beyond; real life sucks so anime doesn't

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 11 02:24:01 2019 No.13797393 File: 996 KB, 500x378, 1611547B-7CB3-4417-AE66-AAE33B90CFEF.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13795192 Thanks for the recs.

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 11 02:46:22 2019 No.13797442 >>13794956 The Confederacy of Dunces

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 11 02:55:01 2019 No.13797465 >>13795100 Read Oyasumi Punpun. Don't ask, just read it.

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 11 02:57:14 2019 No.13797469 >>13791205 retard paprika has more cinematic conventions/references/etc but p blue is stylistically perfect and pure in its encapsulation of the aesthetic it successfully creates

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 11 03:44:26 2019 No.13797610 >>13797465 punpun is only relatable to insufferable faggots

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 11 04:05:50 2019 No.13797674 >>13795858 a very comfy and mature anime. I can think of Murakami, maybe Cukuru Tazaki would be ideal, since it also describes a journey, and I do find his books to be comfy

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 11 04:08:28 2019 No.13797679 >>13797465 punpun is for insuferable teenage faggots that liken getting a bad grade and some romance drama to the heavy and extreme cases presented in the manga.

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 11 04:13:49 2019 No.13797689 File: 42 KB, 330x445, Trigun_cover.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

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>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 11 04:20:12 2019 No.13797713 >>13792043 Romance of theThree Kingdoms

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 11 04:21:27 2019 No.13797718 >>13790053 Cowboy bebop

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 11 04:22:25 2019 No.13797725 >>13795476 Try the novels it and the other movie were adapted from. Tomihiko Morimi has a lot of fun works too, like Penguin Highway.

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 11 05:15:16 2019 No.13797865 File: 97 KB, 960x960, image.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Oreimo

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 11 05:59:45 2019 No.13797978 >>13797679 >>13797610 Meanies

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 11 06:17:41 2019 No.13798028 >>13790448 Don't listen to them, they're not reboots or remakes, but sequels to the original series

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 11 06:19:23 2019 No.13798030 >>13790664 Shut up moron

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 11 06:22:07 2019 No.13798042 File: 41 KB, 425x340, 911kh03f6uL._SX425_.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13790194 Very low IQ opinion.

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 11 06:44:10 2019 No.13798102 >>13797709 a shadow over innsmouth

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 11 06:44:39 2019 No.13798103 >>13790677 seconded

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 11 07:15:17 2019 No.13798167 >>13797978 Don't listen to them. You give a good rec, aku no hana is for the same audience than pun pun (the latter is better though)

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 11 07:41:06 2019 No.13798256 >>13792313 The 5th and 3rd movie are my favourites.

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 11 07:43:24 2019 No.13798265 File: 251 KB, 359x487, Tsukasa_Shishio.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>13792772 Rousseau's Discourse on the Arts and Sciences + Discourse on the Origins of Inequality.

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 11 09:17:52 2019 No.13798571 >>13794914 >>13794921 What show?

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 11 09:27:10 2019 No.13798592 >>13798571 Monster

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 11 10:39:26 2019 No.13798825 Any recs for Amagi Brilliant Park? :3

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