A review by rzarate9696
Pure Invention: How Japan's Pop Culture Conquered the World by Matt Alt

informative lighthearted reflective fast-paced

5.0

This might be my favorite book of the year. It is extremely successful in delivering an argument for how Japan has culturally shaped so much of what encompasses our interests and pursuits as young people in the United States (and beyond). Why are we so anime obsessed? How did online extremism spread like wildfire and who laid the groundwork for this conduit? What happens to a generation when they are completely hopeless in terms of real world opportunities and rely on digital worlds to find any sort of genuine fulfillment? This engrossed me completely. I highly recommend.