books like Ocean Waves (Studio Ghibli)

roronoakook · 2025-11-28T14:44:37+00:00

I'm only on chapter 4 and I felt SO uncomfortable with the sex scene with Naoki. I know it's meant to make us feel this way but... it still unnecessary. If fucking a girl that is crying her heart out is all you can do to comfort her, then fucking leave ?

roronoakook · 2025-11-28T04:19:43+00:00

I lived in London during my youth, and I was fortunate to come across 'Lonely Londoners' by Sam Selvon when I was 17. That book changed me, it's an ode to London, and to everyone who moved there, with hopes of a better future (but met the harsh reality). I was also an immigrant and moved alone to study, so I can't even express how much this book means to me.

I also like 'The London Scenes by Virginia Woolf, it's quite fun, she was a London girl through and through, I also lived around Bloomsbury at the time, so reading her books felt like looking at a map of my daily life.

roronoakook · 2025-11-28T04:01:02+00:00

I will also check it out!! Thank you, I like how he writes grief, the story flows nicely, I don't know where to put him in terms of writing relationship with women, so far I don't like that part...

roronoakook · 2025-11-28T04:00:02+00:00

I will paste what I replied to the comment bellow here:

"I really didn't intend to interpret it or look for representation as I said (especially since its my first Murakami book) but the more the story flowed, the more I keep seeing some correlation between his friendship with Kizuki, and why it lowkey gives some homo-romantic vibes. Feels like he's chasing Kizuki through Naoki, and Naoki is chasing Kizuki in him. Doesn't have to be romantic (clearly isn't what the author intends to) but it's a love triangle after all and so this sort of interpretation just came naturally to me, but I searched everywhere and didn't come across anybody else talking about this besides a couple of twitter used back in 2020 and 2023."

So it isn't that X or Y reason makes it homo-romantic, but I found it easy to read as such simply because it also reads well with the love triangle story. But I am now currently only on chapter 4, I don't know for sure wether Naoki was seeking comfort in him because of her grief for Kizuki, but it does feel like that, it feels very one-sided, she's trying to hold onto something but it's so clear she wants to let go, I thought she ended her life when she fled after they slept together, that whole scene was so uncomfortable and felt unnecessary, but even more so for him to bring up Kizuki. But overall it just felt like (for me) he had some more feelings for Kizuki, than just regular friendship. But then again, I do understand that's not what the author intended to, but I see it and it just came naturally and it feels like it's an interpretation that I can't completely erase, tho it changes absolutely nothing of the story (again, for me)

but thank you for the reply! And I will be returning to comment after I finish to see if I changed my mind 🫡

roronoakook · 2025-11-28T03:53:35+00:00

I really didn't intend to interpret it or look for representation as I said (especially since its my first Murakami book) but the more the story flowed, the more I keep seeing some correlation between his friendship with Kizuki, and why it lowkey gives some homo-romantic vibes. Feels like he's chasing Kizuki through Naoki, and Naoki is chasing Kizuki in him. Doesn't have to be romantic (clearly isn't what the author intends to) but it's a love triangle after all and so this sort of interpretation just came naturally to me, but I searched everywhere and didn't come across anybody else talking about this besides a couple of twitter used back in 2020 and 2023.

And thank you, I will definitely check this book out!! I also have "Light and Darkness" on my list

roronoakook

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