Specs
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(3/5)We live in an era where diversity is celebrated, and minorities of all kinds are expected to be respected and included. Yet there are (sexual) minorities we can't even imagine, argues the author.
Multiple characters of different ages and backgrounds are connected, directly or indirectly, across a timeline starting several months before the end of 平成 to a few months after the start of 令和.
The general premise (feeling different, not fitting in) is one I like reading about and find easy to rela
Content warnings: Discussion of pedophilia, fetishes
Basic plot: It's hard to summarize this without giving away too much, but broadly the book follows the lives of multiple people along a timeline leading up to 令和 (metaphorically a new age) and then shortly after. Themes of what it means to be normal or abnormal, and what it means to 'fit in' to society are explored via the character's differing inclinations and prejudices.
Language learning: If you want to practice tricky grammar
Too Annoying to Finish
What I thought was going to be an insightful discussion on LGBTQ and being accepted in society turned out to be a long-winded slog about how people with fetishes are minorities too and we should accept them in society. Which honestly just came off as an excuse for why it's okay to be inappropriate with children.
DNF at 300/500 pages.
CW: pedophilia and fetishes