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Most of the time in Tsukihime I could understand what was going on, occasionally having to reread 2-3 times to grasp it. But in Kagetsu Tohya it just goes through one ear and comes out the other, when it discusses more complex ideas. Am I the problem? Did Nasu have a stroke while writing? Or do I blame the translators?

Ive found Schropenhauer to have the most accurate description of life:

He states that pleasure is just a confused state where we aren't in any pain, which feels so much better from our default state we confuse it as adding something to our life. In other words, pleasure is just the absence of pain.

He also states life is like a pendulum that oscillates between boredom and pain.

He also focuses a lot on Budhaism ideas and regards the best life to be the one with the least desires, or for most people to go for aesthetic pursuits since most people aren't cut out to be a monk. Since things like music take us out of life and dull what he calls the will, which can be thought of as desires.

I always felt a bit of ease reading Schropenhauer since he essentially says, yeah life is absolute shit, and you'd be better of never to have been. But nearly everyone else's life is also shit, and you can at least find comfort in knowing someone has it much worse than you do.

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Many people complain about the word "larp, saying that the correct way to use the word is to say poser. Now, the definition of larp in essences means you are role playing. Considering yourself a fan and being told you actually aren't, but merely role-playing as one is really fucking funny to me. It feels so invalidating to be told you are just pretending to be a fan just for fun, and that is why I think it is hilarious. That is why I think the word "larp" is completely fine.