ITT: Books to read so themes and references in anime and manga isn't lost on you
I'll start with an obvious one.
Every Japanese myth.
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Tale of Genji?
Gonna post a few more that I can think of off the top of my head to get the thread going better
some anime that gets referenced is in the filename
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Faust.
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oh wow
Hyperion
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What?
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Mishima for the edgy chuuni
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
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haruhi reference