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>Read summary of Japanese novel
>It sounds interesting
>Read summary of English/French/German/Russian/Spanish/etc. novel
>It sounds uninteresting and boring as fuck
Every time

>> No.12116606

Who's lying?

>> No.12116611

>>12116606
Not I.

>> No.12117458

Every jap novel is literally “we live in a society” tier

>> No.12117492

>>12117458
We do indeed live in a society

>> No.12117506

>>12117458
ur a idiot

>> No.12117601

>>12116599
>Sato Kawazaki is an aimless young man who moves away from home and works a dissatisfying job. He is lonely, depressed, and unsure of his identity in a quickly modernising Japan, yet he craves the love and acceptance of those around him. He also has a gf because that makes it much easier to create drama in the novel. Society is really dishonest. Eventually someone commits suicide.

>> No.12117745

>>12117601
Sounds good; would read.

>> No.12118117

I'm reading Wind-up Bird Chronicle right now. My wife asked me what it's about and I couldn't think up an answer. I just ended up saying "it's a mystery where the only mystery is whether or not there's a mystery. With flashbacks to WWII."
I'm 2/3rds of the way through and that's the best I can come up with.