Is Murakami a Japanese John Green?

like john green meets jim jarmusch

just read hardboiled wonderland and it was fucking terrible

>>9127878

He can be a Jhon Green but he's not Japanese. Try change all the names of people, places, etc. with american names and it's still the same novel. Try do it with Mishima, Akutagawa, Dazai, eeeeeeeh not that easy.

>>9127878
he is the Japanese john green

I liked Norwegian Wood :^)

>>9127878
His worse stuff approaches that, but his best is 100 times better than whatever John can vomit out