Is shilling my own song covers wrong? In any case, here's something I've done recently.

​ This sounds amazing. It reminds me a lot of the more strange parts of The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
I actually find The Terrace of the Leper King closer in spirit to The Temple of the Dawn . Interestingly, Mishima was writing both simultaneously in his final years, which suggests they are two ...

Among Yukio Mishima's late plays is The Terrace of the Leper King ( 『癩王のテラス』 ).

Mishima wrote it during his final years, when he was already deeply entrenched in his own personal mythology and the philosophy of the "beautiful death."

I hesitate to use a label like " masterpiece " to describe it ...

Thricegreat wrote: Sat Jul 11, 2026 12:41 pm

I think Japanese is a language that is hard to subvocalise compared to others. Because how to read a kanji is not predetermined and it depends on the context.

As I always say: The real difficulty lies in the sheer number of possible combinations.

My religion is devotion as the irreducible structure of meaning, instantiated through the dynamic relationship between the individual and the object of devotion. This dynamic structure manifests in various forms across traditions: as the bond between producer and talent in entertainment, and as the ...

What is the first visual novel you ever played, and what were your initial impressions of the medium?


The first visual novel I played was Shizuku . This might seem like an odd choice given that it's considered the first true visual novel in history, but I had to start there because I consider ...

I love SZS's OPs
In fact, they were the original reason I started watching it

I could agree here too, but even here this requires individuals to take up that task. I still don't see how that succeeds without new individuals in the culture being born. And does that not at some level mean that births are a necessity?

The need for new individuals to participate in cultural ...