| I ask because the Psycho-pass franchise may be drawing some kind of inspiration from it, or that there might be some kind of correlation or thematic overlap. At the end of the first season, where Kougami looks to be sleeping in a ship, the last scene shows a book on his table. That book is Proust's first volume, entitled "Swann's Way". During the Psycho-pass movie, the terrorist who faced Akane down with bombs strapped to himself dropped a book after Akane paralyzed him It looks to be Marcel Proust's 7th volume, entitled "Time Regained" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Proust#Works I actually dropped the second season halfway through because of how ridiculous the plot was and because of all the senseless gore-porn fanservice they were pandering. In light of my hunch that Proust's literature might be of some importance to the over-arching psycho-pass story, I guess I'll actually have to give it a watch to see if any of Proust's works make an appearance. I'll also have to read his novels too of course. Relevant snippet from Wikipedia A little more digging into wikipedia led me to this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreyfus_affair it seems to be broached in the books, and is a historic event that is looked upon as one of the most serious miscarriages of justice in history. Particularly relevant snippets from the page on the Dreyfus Affair:
Anyways, my speculation isn't all that meaningful seeing as I haven't read Proust and I haven't even watched the second season of Psycho-pass. What do you guys think about all this? Am I about to embark on a wild goose chase by looking for links between Proust and Psycho-pass? |
| I refuse to hide behind the picture of a kawaii 2d girl. |
| Yes I've read the entirety of Remembrance of Things Past. And no, the employment of Proust's work for the purposes of drawing parallels with Sybil and the societally disaffected/accused through the Dreyfus affair was in my opinion tenuous at best. It's probably my favorite work of literature, maybe with the exception of Lolita, but the idea of Kogami reading and enjoying the (often) purple prose of Proust, while leading an armed rebellion in a worn torn region of Asia, struck me as borderline ridiculous. I don't read/speak Japanese, but I'd be very surprised if that book in the movie was Time Regained. With the cover depicting children, it would much more likely be Swann's Way or Within a Budding Grove. |
| Cool thanks for your input |
| I refuse to hide behind the picture of a kawaii 2d girl. |
| I am tempted to read them because they where talking about them in 1Q84 too. |
 Anime is good, fucking deal with it. |
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