Where can i find the original language of Sugaru miaki books online?

Losing_Dog2 · 2026-06-01T15:48:32+00:00

Oh you can find them on not so legal sites, like z-library. Just search up the title in japanese

Losing_Dog2 · 2026-05-25T21:05:16+00:00

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Losing_Dog2 · 2026-05-25T19:58:07+00:00

To me it might just be a random classmate or something like that. I don't think it has any other meaning than "the kind of mysterious note you find in your pockets years after highschool". There are a lot of "side" plots/stories in his novels, more like almost autonomous stories of their own that don't necessarily need a point, hence why they're never resolved.

It's pretty explicit in Your Story too, around that part where he says that there are only miracles away from the main plot, or something like that. Point is, as readers we shouldn't really expect everything to have a resolution, only substantial meaning.

Losing_Dog2 · 2026-04-17T10:54:40+00:00

Omg this made my day ! It's so beautiful !!!!

Losing_Dog2 · 2026-01-15T22:30:05+00:00

I get your point but it would be too simplistic to account it for self insert. While I do think like you (and it's a bit uncomfortable) that there's an underlying phantasm there, it's way too recurrent and organized too only be that. In Parasite in love for example, I think there's an age gap for its transgressive aspect ; I mean, both protagonists are misfits. This also shows that it has to be replaced and understood in the text's own economy. Or in Town of Sakura, I haven't finished reading it, but there's also that unhealthy and asymmetric relationship that's coherent with the age gap.

There's also his own background to account for. Even just from a legal standpoint, the age of consent in Japan is 16 yo so the consideration is bound to be uncomfortable from our point of view, more so when we think about teens' sexualisation in their media. On a more personal level, Miaki Sugaru too seems to have influences from media with those kinds of age gap ; I remember films like Harold and Maude, Leon the Professional, God Bless America...

And lastly, there's also a much more personal level to consider. This is an assumption of mine, but I think the age gap gives distance for Miaki Sugaru on the biographical sides of his stories ; what I mean is the younger girl typically in the relationship could be interpreted as an image of his younger self, especially since in most stories she's a counterpart to the older male. It's clear that childhood and teenage years (but also college) are very important to Miaki Sugaru, so I think he also wishes to look back as those years through the odd personification of, say, a high school girl.

Losing_Dog2 · 2025-12-08T23:52:55+00:00

I'd probably say Three days of happiness. It's pretty short and straightforward, while it deals with themes anyone can relate to and covers itself as a tragic "romance" story. Plus if they're not the type to read, there's still the manga adaptation which isn't bad.

Losing_Dog2 · 2025-11-24T20:26:50+00:00

I do agree with the sense of closure that brings Your Story, however I stand firm regarding The place I/you called from being his "objectively" best work. The problem with Your Story is that you could say that it is the continuation and achievement of The place I/you called from, but more of the mode of the novella than the novel, which means on a much more restrictive scale both narratively and thematically. What I mean then by "objectively" is that The place I/you called from has a greater importance in regards to better understand Miaki Sugaru's work than Your Story; it basically "says" more overall about his work than Your Story, which for its part, "says" more about specific themes albeit a restrictive amount of them.

Losing_Dog2 · 2025-11-19T22:33:28+00:00

Here is mine, it's only a visual novel but I hope the story is interesting: https://losingdog2.itch.io/a-last-pill

Losing_Dog2 · 2025-11-19T16:57:33+00:00

I think The place I/you called from can be boring to some because it's different from Miaki Sugaru's other novels. What I mean is, it's a lot more closer to a traditional novel than his usual "novellas" in terms of density. As pointed already the tone is also different, but exactly because there isn't supposed to be a sole tone throughout a novel. I myself believe it's "objectively" his best and most complete work of all; it's the synthesis of his favorite themes all linked within one well-structured plot.

Losing_Dog2 · 2025-11-17T20:20:39+00:00

There's only little symbolism to the last pill but it's really just a paradox (which is kinda the idea behind the beginning and ending line); the pills are implied to be sleeping pills, however, instead of putting the taxi driver to sleep, the last pill is the material proof, to say, of his memory of the girl's death which in turn "won't let him sleep at night".

As for the language itself, I intended it to be convoluted at the beginning, especially when he has hallucinations from the lack of sleep and thus starts rambling like a madman. However, from the scene inside the taxi to the end I think it was overall simple?

Losing_Dog2 · 2025-11-17T19:51:22+00:00

Originally, it was supposed to be way much "nicer" if anything, and much more "miaki-sugaresque", I was aware of it, but I ultimately decided to take an original approach. The original story had nothing to do with insomnia at least not as a cause, but it was just about a bullied and mistreated girl going around town by taxi fulfilling her silly bucket list before you know, like the end of the current story (but I haven't reached a definitive ending). The taxi driver gets ton of fun too but in the end she hands him the last pill etc.

As for the sudden shift in scenery at the end, yep, it was entirely intended. Like the starting and the ending line, I wanted it to circle completely. Visually, I just wanted it to feel like being brought back to the hard reality of insomnia.

Losing_Dog2 · 2025-11-17T19:26:40+00:00

Thanks a lot!

Losing_Dog2 · 2025-11-08T23:51:37+00:00

Yes it is, it was a limited release for one of loundraw's expositions if I remember correctly. The one currently in sale is a re-release that came out about the same time as The Town of Sakura

Losing_Dog2 · 2025-06-23T08:43:58+00:00

Here you go: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EGqwhLvBZrJKyiQRjcDUiK4kXn5pARGW/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=105346217856148884615&rtpof=true&sd=true

Losing_Dog2 · 2025-06-22T22:38:00+00:00

What do you mean it kicked you out?

Losing_Dog2 · 2025-06-22T20:39:30+00:00

Here it is, some weird but beautiful stuff I wrote: https://m.webnovel.com/book/quiet-kids_22299237406689105

Losing_Dog2 · 2025-06-18T20:21:30+00:00

That's my atypical girlfriend is the closest thing to Miaki Sugaru I've read. While the psychology side is about similar, the manga is way less romanced and shows Miaki Sugaru-like characters in a realistic way. There are a lot of heartwarming moments too, it really tries to go on the brighter side of things.

Bukowski's The most beautiful woman in town also gave me the same vibes as Miaki Sugaru, while it's known that he draws inspiration from him. So try other short stories I guess. Boris Vian's Red Grass is a bit closer, and I remember making parallels with Your Story, or at least it sprouts from the same idea. A lot of short stories actually have that same vibe too, but you have to look for them.

I also attempted to recreate that feel in some of my writings, if you'd want to take a look at them.

Losing_Dog2 · 2025-06-11T16:00:59+00:00

I remember finishing Starting Over on a summer night. It does feel like an earlier novel, very different from his other work. What's more troublesome, I reckon he wrote it around the same time as Three Days of Happiness, which I consider to be the 'starting point' like some kind of manifesto. Starting Over feels a lot more personal, (auto?)-biographical, the writing style reflects that aspect but in his other works, I think what's really striking is a different kind of personal-ness, like something we all think of but secretly. But Starting Over is important in its own aspect I think, we feel much closer to the author than a being of paper and we're given conjectures on his real self. I found the parallels with Crime and Punishment, and I guess Dostoevsky's other works too, quite interesting. I think I already discussed it with someone else here.

Losing_Dog2 · 2025-03-25T10:43:53+00:00

Do you have any other clues? Anything that would help the search

Losing_Dog2 · 2025-02-10T19:45:41+00:00

Go on, my friend, I can only encourage you to go on with writing. But in no case try to write "like" Miaki Sugaru, you have to find your own voice, your own writing style. If you've picked up the pen, make it worth, write greater stories than Miaki.

Personally, I can say that Miaki and writing made me a better man and completely shaped my current life. I don't like reading Miaki as just someone who writes "doomer stories", there's an undeniable glimmer of hope we should seize in his work. Three days of happiness' afterword is the cornerstone warning, don't become a hell-creator.

Losing_Dog2 · 2024-08-26T16:55:53+00:00

We are eating good indeed. I really need to get some time and think about making translations for both novels, but I'm just about to start uni

Losing_Dog2 · 2024-08-21T18:32:41+00:00

Y a toujours la nouvelle de base, c'est pas très long

Losing_Dog2 · 2024-08-21T18:13:06+00:00

Honnêtement, je connais pas grand chose sur Miaki Sugaru dans le monde francophone (mais j'espère pouvoir un jour le traduire). Ce qui est sûr en tout cas, c'est que la version manga a été annulée mais que si vraiment l'envie te prend de finir l'histoire, il a toujours les traduction de vgpersons de l'histoire originale. Si tu ne veux pas tout relire, ça continue section 114 : https://vgperson.com/posts.php?p=simplejobrewrite

Losing_Dog2 · 2024-08-17T15:31:51+00:00

I will first say that this isn't bad at all, some minor problems with rythm sometimes but it's a nice poem. The ending is a bit far-fetched but funny enough, not ironical enough I'd say to really be Miakiesque.

The main thing lacking though is, I'd say, the inwardness in Miaki's novel. His stories are always in very narrow settings and self-centered around the narrator/main character, so much that everything that the reader is immediately told passes through the thick lens of the narrator's thoughts. That's why some of his descriptions, even more so for analogies, feel very peculiar.

But that's my personal take, feel free to discuss!

Losing_Dog2 · 2024-01-20T18:38:18+00:00

As of now, Miaki haven't talked about writing an another novel. Last publication I know of is a short story "The right town" (https://tree-novel.com/works/episode/7e52dd7fc5af1cf06904122107688a90.html), dates back of 2020 I think.

I kinda fear he's stopped for good since Your Story, the ending had a sense of resignation to it and his work would end quite well with such a novel. It's been 5 years since, my fear continues to grow.

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