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9382570 No.9382570 [Reply] [Original]

"Heaving from side to side buttocks heavy with discontent, she lumbered out of the room."

Are sentences like these meant to make me laugh? I imagine about 80% of the reason behind his enduring fame outside of Japan is just "muh aesthetics" and samurai LARPing teenagers.

>> No.9382579
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9382579

heeeeaving side to side buttocku heeeavy with discomfort - she rumberu out of room

>> No.9382862
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>>9382570

>dude, don't use big words
>I don't care if you're erudite enough to use them deliberately, I don't care if you're a actual literary genius, just don't use them

>> No.9382912

>>9382862
Which "big words" are you referring to?

>> No.9382928

>>9382912
Hi, I am the OP. What does the word 'discontent' mean? I am too foolish to know the meaning of this word. Thank you in advance.

P.S. Please excuse my horrible English for I am actually of Japanese descent.

P.S.S. Please don't ask me questions about why I read my Japanese novels in English.

Thank you for reading. This is MY story.

>> No.9383065

>>9382928
unhappiness more or less. Being sullen

>> No.9383070

>>9382928
The opposite of satisfaction.

>> No.9383086

>>9382570
ive never understood his cult status. I agree with you op, he's a clunky writer in english and extremely melodramatic.

>> No.9383090
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>>9382570
>Samurai LARPing HOMOSEXUAL teenagers

FTFY, pic related.

>> No.9384401

>>9383086
The scene where Noboru spies on his naked mother is pretty hot. And they made a good movie about him.

But yeah, he's overrated.

>> No.9384435

>>9383086
>Muh melodrama
Shakespeare, Kafka, Dostoevsky and Flannery O'Conner were also melodramatic. Sorry most classic literature isn't gritty and realistic for your tastes, amerifat.

>> No.9384437

>>9382928
boring troll get boring response s

>> No.9384510

>>9384435
So you think Shakespare etc. had flat characters and relied on sentimental exaggeration to move plot forward? Well, okay. I still disagree.