What i am for, lads?

you'll see

I read it on a hot midsummer day and it was really great. I feel like the title story blows all its steam in the first few pages with the death and isn't that exciting afterward. Patriotism was my favorite by far, it was one of the most intense feelings Ive ever got from a book

>go to indie book store in my neighbourhood
>never see any mishima there
>nerdy autistic jittery guy always at counter
>decide to ask for once
>ask him where the mishima is
>he lights up
>gets super excited
>he loves mishima
>i get excited because i made a friend
>talk for 30 seconds about mishima excitedly before i realize he's saying machinima
>he thinks i'm also saying machinima
>too awkward to pull out or admit the mistake now
>spend 15 minutes talking to this guy about machinima
>don't know much about it so i'm bad conversation
>just referring to some random shitty machinima i saw on youtube in 2008
>not even sure if that's actually what machinima is
>guy is disappointed and weirded out at this bad convo because of how enthusiastic and into it i seemed at first
>end up leaving feeling like a weirdo who creeped out the store autist
>can never go back there again
>still no mishima

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>>7591838
what the fuck is a machinima

>video game news channel
what the fuck, he's the one who should never come back m8

>>7591838
>when autismos collide

>>7591866
>>video game news channel
Why would the dude think anon is asking for that on a bookstore. Turbo autists, baka.

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Prepare for intense feels with the title story.

That part where the mother rushes back into the train because she thought she left her children behind, holy shit.

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>>7591838
Beautiful story. I give it 10/10.

>>7591838
Is this copypasty? I thoroughly chortled at the story anon, thank you.

>>7591838
9/10 would copypaste

>>7591775
The most memorable story is probably Nationalism, which is almost a /lit/ meme at this point.
The title story is also pretty strong, it's Mishima at his best.
Another one I particularly liked was Onnagata, but that might just be personal taste. It's one of those stories that seemed pretty close to Mishima's personal interest, dealing with Kabuki theatre and such.
I thought the other stories were a bit weaker, though not bad.

>>7592294
I think Mishima also wrote a pretty funny little comedy with The Pearl, which was unexpected.