Where did it all go so wrong for japan? Westernisation? Nukes?

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>>70859783
>Pénélope

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It's simply an evolution.
As the inventor of novel ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tale_of_Genji ), we already reached the stage where people are fed up with those pedantic story telling.

>>70860347
>As the inventor of novel
>the Epic of Gilgamesh, the Iliad or the Odyissey don't exist

>>70860423
It's ok, just let the poor little weeb have his delusional moment in the sun while his culture decays even further lmao

>>70860423
>epic
>illiad
>odyssey


>novel
french education

>>70860347
t. didn't have a writing system until the fall of the Roman Empire

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woah.....so this.....THIS.....is.....the power........of........japanese.......art....................................woah..........

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>>70860884
this....this..is....indeed......the....UNDENIABLE...evidence.....of......yamato.....superiority........totally....epic.....

>>70859783
What is the book being mentioned for the Western Narrative side?

>>70861543
Oh wow...pots...

>>70860423
Those are all epic poems, not novels.

>>70860423
none of those are novels

>>70861649
Doesn't exist, neither does the one on the right

I genuinely despise the Japanese lads

Dark Souls is fun though

>comparing literature to a children's cartoon

Who are haruki murakami, ryunoske akutagawa, yukio Mishima?

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>>70862863
>haruki murakami, ryunoske akutagawa, yukio Mishima
>good authors

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>>70859783
An*me

>>70862863
>haruki
Overrated
>Mishima
Faggot
>Akutakawa
Literally who?

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rly made me think

>>70859783
Japan is pretty fucked up, but the West did cause a lot of it so it's not totally their fault.

They wanted to remain closed from the world, but America literally brought their navy in and forced them at gun-point to open up. Then they were threatened by Russia and other powers so they had to modernize their military and lose all those swag-ass samurais they had erections for for nearly like 100000 years. they did some shitty stuff but we opened that box so we can't make fun of them too much for unleashing their inner angry beta rage

>>70863126
Akutakawa wrote like one renowned book

>>70863259
So not really the west, but more like you and Russia?

>>70863307
Kek

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>>70859783
How will nips and weebs ever recover?

Seriously, how?

>>70859783
too long, bro

>>70863792
Based gabe

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>>70863792
Gabe is my spirit animal.

>>70859783
>>70863792
Nippon is on sudoku watch

>>70860423
You would have been better of using something like this as an example.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Golden_Ass

>>70862863
>>70863126
natsume soseki is the best jap author desu

the two main categories are shonen and seinen; shonen means little boys and seinen means youngsters

guess what all anime is for fucking children

>>70867188
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2155051.Greek_Fiction?ac=1