Halfway through the collection and, wow, this is depressing.

>>9927491
more of less, the story about the monk is comfy

What did you guys think of Thermos Flasks? One half of me thinks it was a bit half-strewn. At the same time there was something really evocative and disquieting in it.

The Pearl is funny.
Is it actually a satire about Pearl Harbour?

is it bad i can relate to tomoko in death in midsummer

What Mishima novels are low in overly detailed description? Forbidden Colours was tedious as fuck partly because of this but so far Confessions of a Mask seems much more readable and interesting.

>>9927557
Agree re. Thermos Flasks. The protagonist's suspicions seem a but of a stretch but also very authentic. Captures the mutual guilt and distrust found in many happy relationships and is really rather unsettling.

>>9928735
I think that's just kind of how he rolls. He has a gentle pace and a focus on the beauty of one's surroundings. That pace and prose aesthetic I think were beautifully expressed in The Sound of Waves - a short novel focusing on a young romance between two teenagers on a tiny Japanese island. You'll probably have the book read in a day or two.

The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With The Sea is often the go-to first book for people to read by Mishima, and it's actually got a lot of interesting scenes. It's actually quite disturbing, but it still has that gentle pace.

>>9928959
>It's actually quite disturbing
>one of the first scenes is the protagonist fapping to his mother

>>9929032
Exactly.

>>9927510
Most def

Read sun and steel