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View Poll Results: Have you read any Japanese fiction?
No, just anime and manga for me. 37 49.33%
Yes, I have read at least one light novel. 6 8.00%
Yes, I have read at least one non-manga related novel 17 22.67%
Yes, I'll read translated light novels, novels, non-fiction... 15 20.00%
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i see a lot of titles, but how about descriptions?
any 'happy' romantic ones? or romantic/comedy?

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Do you mean romantic like Samurai and Geisha type stuff or romantic like love type of stuff?
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07-22-2008, 05:39 AM

'love type stuff'. or even just warm hearted stories
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'love type stuff'. or even just warm hearted stories
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Sorry, I'm stoic and cerebral and stuff all my emotions under my gut.
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i see a lot of titles, but how about descriptions?
any 'happy' romantic ones? or romantic/comedy?

thank you
I just read Translucent Tree. Here are my thoughts on it.

Mecha Mecha Media: Romance Done Real

It is not comedy in any sense of the word, but is a love story, in it's own way.

As far as comedy, I liked In the Pool by Hideo Okuda. It's an episodic novel about a very un-doctor-like doctor.
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07-22-2008, 01:33 PM

thanks ill check them out
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Japanese fiction? Japan doesn't come up with dumb fairy tales for kids. I never read any so-called "fictional Japanese novels" because they don't exist.
Do you know what the word "fiction" means?
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but have you ever read any Japanese fiction translated into Japanese?
No because thats impossible when you translate stuff its usually into another language


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I fixed it.
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07-22-2008, 06:54 PM

aahh,
I wish I could but I don't know where I should find japanese fiction translated into Netherlands. And in english or in french is maybe a bit hard though I do have to read English and Frech lecture in class. I know! Why don't they give us an english japanese novel in class


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Japanese fiction? Japan doesn't come up with dumb fairy tales for kids. I never read any so-called "fictional Japanese novels" because they don't exist.
hahaha interesting theory
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