Our protagonist, an unnamed junior at a prestigious university in Kyoto, is on the verge of dropping out. After rebelling against the dictatorial jock president of the film club, he and his worst and only friend, the diabolical creep Ozu, are personas non grata on campus. For two years, our protagonist has made all the wrong decisions, and now he's about to make another mistake. He and Ozu are preparing for revenge—a fireworks attack at the film club's welcoming party for new members. Then, a ch...
Initially difficult but entertaining
The book's narrator is a university student (and somewhat full of himself), so maybe it's only natural that he tends to use a wide vocabulary and fancy, roundabout ways of expression. I wouldn't even notice it in a language I was fluent in, but in Japanese it resulted in many, many lookups, and the need to pay extra attention. That said, several passages are repeated multiple times, sometimes even verbatim, so by the end of the book it didn't feel any more difficult than any other book I've read