
My Literary Life in Japan
我的日本文艺生活
- Status
- Completed
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- 1.8M Words
- Genre
- Urban
- Subgenre
- Urban Life
- Updated
- 1y ago
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The main characters, father and son, keep insisting they're Chinese 😓! You can say you're a descendant of Yan and Huang, a descendant of the dragon, fine, but how many generations have you lived in Japan? Do you really have that much of a sense of belonging to China? Were they Ming Dynasty people during the Ming Dynasty? Qing Dynasty people during the Qing Dynasty?
I read it late at night and was filled with emotion. First of all, I would like to solemnly apologize. I am currently reading a pirated version, but I will definitely become a regular student by the end of February (because I am still a student, and although I am a college student, I still don't have enough money.
Author, could you please stop imposing your own aesthetic on us readers? If you think Haruka Kanehara and Risa Yamada are beautiful, just keep your feelings to yourself at home. Why are you poisoning our minds? I was just curious and looked them up on Baidu, and... Well, let's just say it's complicated. Aren't there enough beauties like Rimi Ishihara, Haruka Ayase, Erika Toda, and Kyoko Fukada to write about?
If you don't include investment, film, or music elements in your book, and instead focus on letting the protagonist write the book while incorporating romance, this book has the potential to become a classic. I've skimmed through the previous books, but they were too messy and disorganized; this book is much more pure. Keep it up, and we'll have all orders when it goes live.
Want to make money off the people, yet hiding your face? At a gathering of elites, wearing a mask in front of a bunch of seniors? It's a miracle that such a disrespectful idiot can survive over there.
So far, this book is very good.
Why does this feel so childish? It's so embarrassing to watch! And that loan shark interest rate shouldn't double in a month, right? And isn't the whole "borrowing money from loan sharks" thing a bit far-fetched? The protagonist says he wants to write a novel, and his parents just borrow money from loan sharks... The key point is that the protagonist hasn't shown any talent in this area.
Two books on Japanese entertainment I recently read both touched on the issue of Japan's relaxed education system. I strongly oppose many Chinese parents sending their children abroad for high school. Unless the parents accompany them, and the child's Japanese proficiency is at least sufficient for daily conversation, and most importantly, they must attend a good private high school!
Book Review
This book is arguably one of the top plagiarism novels in recent times. Overall, its merits outweigh its flaws, but there are two points I must point out. 1. Regarding romance, as a seasoned reader who has read countless books, I don't particularly enjoy romance these days, especially in harem novels.
Based on the novel's description of Japanese society, I actually understood it when I watched Weathering With You... I even understood the allusions to society, interpersonal relationships, and environmental protection... I understood...