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The Trial has some very funny parts while also entering into nightmarish territory. Like most Kafka stuff, it deals with absurd elements and is rather complex. The novel is a condemnation of excessive bureaucracy and red tape, but also reflects the author's own perpetual state of guilt, self-loathing, and always feeling as if he's being judged since his abusive father despised him. It can be seen as a commentary on Europe's then increasing slide into authoritarianism in which the law on paper means nothing and everything is at the whim of powerful dictators. This was written right after the Soviet Union and Fascist Italy came into being.

Anime and classical literature tend to have VERY different values. Most of the great classic novels would make for terrible anime. With anime, you want to see an epic journey with characters struggling to overcome huge obstacles pushing through with incredible determination. You want to see something like Berserk.

Here's what classic literature is like. The Trial a 1925 novel by Franz Kafka: "A 30 year old Jewish banker is minding his own business when suddenly he awakes to 2 men in his apartment eating his breakfast. The men inform him that they have been sub-contracted to inform him that he's committed a crime and will soon face a trial. However, he is not arrested and will continue to live under constant supervision. The banker is not allowed to know what crime he's being accused of, who accused him, or what his punishment will be. The 2 men don't know either, but they don't care because they're simply following orders. The banker is told to be at the courthouse on Sunday but is not told when or in what room. He arrives at 7 AM and searches throughout the courthouse, only to find out that he was supposed to attend court in the attic at 5 AM and he obviously should have known this. The judge is a deranged lunatic who throws the state attorney repeatedly down a flight of stairs. Also, the judge's entire book of statutes is actually just crudely drawn pornography. The banker's family are all ashamed and assume he did something horrible, refusing to see the obvious absurdity of the situation. The banker then drives himself nuts trying desperately to defend his own life and figure out what the hell he did wrong. His lawyer is a lazy bastard who doesn't do anything but expects his clients to show slavish gratitude to him and act like dogs. After 2 years of absurd trials, 2 men are sent to the banker's house to stab him to death with a meat cleaver. Before dying, he is able to utter his last words: "Like a dog!"

Fantasy and science fiction novels are typically high concept pieces. They can have great characters, but the premise is generally what's most important. For example, a story about these 2 fantasy kingdoms at war and the main character is a dragon knight who is a total badass. That sounds like a good fantasy novel.

Classical literature is kind of divided between those that value prose/wordplay and those that value psychology and philosophy. Nobody cares about plot.

This is the actual plot of "To the Lighthouse", one of the best novels of the 20th century. "A family goes on vacation to Scotland. The dad is an arrogant philosopher who wants to be remembered as important and is kind of a dick. The kids want to go to the lighthouse, but it rains and they can't go to the lighthouse. There's a time skip and the dude's wife and most of his kids have died from various accidents and illnesses. He goes back to Scotland with his son and realizes that how you spend this life is more important than leaving a legacy. They go to the lighthouse. The end"

Fantasy and science fiction used to be my favorite genres of literature, but at this point I don't read them too often. I tend to get my fantasy and science fiction now in the form of anime, video games, and movies. Anything on my profile's favorite book list is something I'd highly recommend.

If you like fantasy, have you ever heard of the Chronicles of Amber? They're a series of fantasy novels from the 1970s and 1980s about a civil war between 9 Gods all fighting to become the ruler of the prime universe, of which all other universes are a reflection.

It's always good to have civil discussions. I know I can get really opinionated and obnoxious about anime. Even though there are PLENTY of highly problematic anime that I like. Thanks for the friend request!

It's true, a series shouldn't be judged by one portion of its fanbase. While MT may have some fans that get obnoxious, the series must be viewed on its own merits. It's also perilous to judge any work of art based on any sort of real-world politics. However, it becomes easier to overlook some of these things when you really love a work of art. When you already don't connect with a work of art, you're more likely to notice annoying fans and other flaws.

I say this as someone who has been on both sides of this conflict. My parents played viola in an orchestra, so I was raised on mostly classical music growing up. Does classical music fandom online have a problem with awful fans? yes. In fact, Wagner's fandom is SO infamously bad that Youtube was forced to disable comments on every single one of his works. Probably around 20 percent of the Wagner fandom are elitist Neo-Nazis, which is quite unfortunate. So you're right it is a bit silly for me to complain to Sunlit about MT's overwhelming male conservative fandom as a Wagnerian. lol

I’ve not read the novel series, so I have no idea what happens in the future. I may watch the coming seasons though just to find out.

Fantastic mushoku Tensei review in my opinion.

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It has been a long time since we talked. Even if our talks were very few to count as full conversation. How are u. You might remember me. I wasa follower of snob.

I have been watching a crazy amount of films instead of anime

How has anime been these last 2 years?

A very long while

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It's hanging' my man. What's up with you?