Yukio Mishima

He's always given high praise around here but his works are rarely discussed beyond memeing.

Personally Temple of the Golden Pavilion is one of my favourite fiction books of all time.

I really like his works too

Sound of Waves is my favorite. I feel like if he would've been less edgy he could have created some top-tier comfy lit

Bump. Love me some rare Mishimas.

Confessions of a Mask fag here. Could totally identify with getting hard to Saint Sebastian pics.

I think what Mishima really captures in Confessions of a Mask is that certain kind of insecurity and loneliness that comes very early in life, when you're too young to understand but old enough to feel the pain. Honestly, reading about Kochan almost felt like reading about myself we were so similar emotionally. Oddly enough, I'm not gay at all, but the story sill resonates with me very strongly.

I have read 3 books, ...Golden Pavilian, Confessions..., and the Sailor who.. and I liked them all.

I am gay, and with regards to Confessions, while reading it, at first I thought the first half about being a homo teen in love with a pupil was superior to the second half about Sonoko, but at the end I realized I was wrong.
Being gay is so terrible you have to confirm you are 100% gay with no other options, exhaust all possibilities, before embracing it and abandoning all delussions of ever being a straight family man.

I have a copy of After the Banquet, but I want to read other things before going back to Mishima.

Can someone spoonfeed me the end of "Decay of the Angel"?

I don't know if I missed some nuance about buddhist doctrine or if I read Spring Snow wrong or if Mishima is just fucking with me.

Too angsty for me. Not a fan. I'll leave him with Celine and the Beats as "you must be under 25 to ride"

agreed, this undermining of yourself all the time resonated with me a lot, cringed a lot from recognizing myself.

bump