Reading Notes on Rashomon
2024-09-26
Reading notes on Ryūnosuke Akutagawa's short-story collection, recording passages and impressions worth returning to.
1762 words
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9 minutes
From Frieren: Beyond Journey's End to Psychological Compulsion
2024-09-09
On viewing rituals and procrastination, and the compulsive resistance that keeps one from beginning.
431 words
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2 minutes
After Forbidden City Cop
2024-09-07
Notes on Forbidden City Cop: its familiar kind of love and its use of light and composition.
749 words
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4 minutes
After A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella
2024-09-01
Thoughts after A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella: the value recognized only after loss, and Sun Wukong's human side.
1584 words
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8 minutes
After Vampires' Melody
2024-09-01
Thoughts after finishing Vampires' Melody: romanticism at its most extreme.
647 words
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3 minutes
After A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box
2024-08-29
Thoughts after Pandora's Box: love as a theme, smallness, and the scope of a work.
1401 words
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7 minutes
After Under Current: The Jianghu Brotherhood of the 1980s and 1990s
2024-08-20
Thoughts on Under Current and the brotherhood of the 1980s and 1990s jianghu.
596 words
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3 minutes
I Come Alone, I Leave Alone
2024-08-17
On Frieren’s sense of time, and whether what passes is insignificant or precious.
1011 words
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5 minutes
