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A review by daniel_wynter
The Tatami Galaxy by Tomihiko Morimi
3.0
How do I compare thee to a Yokai. Let me count the ways.
Tatami Galaxy is an intriguing concept playing with multi-universe and meta-narrative structures. It's a propulsive read with lots of iconic imagery, but ultimately bogged down by repetition, not just of events, but whole pages of text, analogies, and phrases. While repetition plays a key part in similar groundhog-day narratives, for impact and comparison, here it comes across as incredibly clunky. Just how many ways can a single character be compared to a Yokai.
I'm willing to chalk a lot of this up to translation and my unfamiliarity with it's many cultural references. But one more black-haired maiden, four-and-a-half-tatami-mat-room or rose-coloured-campus-life will leave me screaming like a manga character "GYEEEEEEE"
Tatami Galaxy is an intriguing concept playing with multi-universe and meta-narrative structures. It's a propulsive read with lots of iconic imagery, but ultimately bogged down by repetition, not just of events, but whole pages of text, analogies, and phrases. While repetition plays a key part in similar groundhog-day narratives, for impact and comparison, here it comes across as incredibly clunky. Just how many ways can a single character be compared to a Yokai.
I'm willing to chalk a lot of this up to translation and my unfamiliarity with it's many cultural references. But one more black-haired maiden, four-and-a-half-tatami-mat-room or rose-coloured-campus-life will leave me screaming like a manga character "GYEEEEEEE"