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16293243 No.16293243 [Reply] [Original]

do you know any japanese "high fantasy" fiction?
i mean, something like manga (with demons, swords, magic, etc) but for adult people? i'd prefer novels, rather than short tales.
thanks

>> No.16293251

>>16293243
>fantasy for adults
kek

>> No.16293272

>>16293251
Fantasy can be for adults, but the distinction lies in the themes and intellectual topics being focused on, not the setting details such as “demons, swords, magic, etc”.
So OP isn’t actually looking for a fantasy story for adults, he’s looking for something with sex, violence, and a nihilistic/depressive outlook with the garnishings of japanese fantasy.

>> No.16293273

>>16293251
i knew some retard would have written this. tolkien or peake are great novelists. and pullman is a pleasant pastime.
also all ancient epic is technically fantasy, since it involves the supernatural.

>> No.16293281

>>16293273
the point is that fantasy is for everyone you stupid redditor.

>> No.16293290

>>16293272
> A killed B it must be so deep
> A had sex with B it must be so deep
> A is metally ill it must be sool deep
no , that's the kind of teenage pseudo-intellectual bullshit a learned to keep at due distance.

>> No.16293300

>>16293281
"for adults" was referred to "manga" you dumb baboon.
learn to read ffs.

>> No.16293305

>>16293243
>manga
>but for adult people?
So... something like seinen manga?

>> No.16293320
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16293320

>>16293281
>noooo I wasn't saying adults don't read fantasy, y-you just misunderstood me
>y-yeah I was just saying that everyone can read fantasy, haha

>> No.16293325

>>16293320
Yes.

>> No.16293328

>>16293305
seinen is for 14-18 people. im 23, i like the japanese supernatural folklore but i really can't stand the mangas anymore

>> No.16293340

>>16293273
Tolkien is for literal children, it was assigned reading at school when we were 11. Grow up.

>> No.16293350

I feel like it's obvious OP is just asking for something along the lines of LotR but Japanese
>>16293340
bait

>> No.16293365

>>16293350
It's not bait. The Hobbit was written for his own children, and LOTR, stylistically, isn't any better.
It's for children and adults, in the sense The Oddyssey or the Eddas can work for both.

>> No.16293402

>>16293290
That’s exactly the kind of trash I’m suggesting OP is actually looking for, not “adult fantasy” as he thinks. Sorry if I worded my post poorly, and muddled the intended point.

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16293416

>>16293272
>Fantasy can be for adults

>> No.16293445
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16293445

>there are people on /lit/ right now who think that Tolkien books aren’t mostly for children

>> No.16293465

>>16293350
this. it wasn't that easy to understand

>> No.16293474

>>16293290
>muh deep
yea, this is what pseuds say.

>> No.16293513

isn't there any kind japanon who could answer OP's question?

>> No.16293534

>>16293251
/thread

>>16293272
kek

>> No.16293959

bump

>> No.16294701

>>16293243
Read the manga berserk

>> No.16294743

>>16293513
Answer: Yes, there's tons of Japanese high fantasy novels (including Chinese-style fantasy). No, most of them are not translated. No, they're not that good, unless you're into generic haremshit and clichés borrowed from shounen manga.

>> No.16294747

>>16293243
>something like manga (with demons, swords, magic, etc) but for adult people? i'd prefer novels, rather than short tales.
>adult people
most of their manga/ln work is self insert power fantasies for incel virgins

try reading the web novels, there are some good ones but most high fantasy are your shitty isekai’s. If you like steampunk read Lord of the Mysteries. Victorian era kino.

>> No.16294756

>>16293328
>seinen is for 14-18 people
it's more like 16-30
And there's manga for 30+ but I don't think it gets translated often

>> No.16294773

>>16294747
Webnovels are the Japanese equivalent of FictionPress/Wattpad-type shit where for every novel that's good enough to get published, there's usually at least 99 other novels that are too bad to ever be anything but part of a writer's secret past they'd like to distance themselves from.

>> No.16296034

Interesting thread.

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16297435

>>16293273
>tolkien

>> No.16297544 [DELETED] 

>>16297435
shitting over tolkien the ultimate marck of the pseud.

>> No.16297548

>>16297435
shitting over tolkien the ultimate mark of the pseud.

>> No.16297563

>>16297548
Cope

>> No.16298621

>>16297563
bump

>> No.16298635

>>16293243
Mushishi

>> No.16299841

>>16298635
but that's a manga