influences:
music:// frank ocean , mitski, schoolboy q, vince staples, actress, yves tumour, sza, the hellp, ryuichi sakamoto,
writers:// yukio mishima, tao lin (early work), f scott fitzgerald, gen urobouchi, sca-di, hiroki azuma, byung chul han, sayaka murata, inio asano, tatsuya iguchi, ray bradbury, jamie marina lau
film:// johnnie to , john singleton, wong kar wai, nagisa oshima, hayao miyazaki, all about lily chou chou, hideaki anno, american takeover,
anime-manga://serial experiments lain, akira, chobits,
games:// swat 4, midnight club, metal gear solid, katamari damacy, hotline miami, jet set radio, ridge racers, need for speed, gran turismo, battle gear 4, grand theft auto 4, tokyo xtreme racer, night-runners, spec ops the line, 10hit
aesthetics://y2k, gothic lolita, jirai-kei, tech-wear, soft club, brutalist architecture, street wear
tags: short-story collection, romance story, pickpockets, challenger disaster, self-harm, nissan 240z, liminal spaces, canada, america, hong kong, chrysler lhs, subway stations, montreal, winter, markham, contemporary
☆SYNOPSIS
endless acres, tse kei finds himself unable to untangle himself from family dinners with loud tv's, sentimentality, and all too fragile moments. it is only with a job offer to japan does he find himself confronted by the true nature of his loneliness, desire, and fantasies always trying to make themselves real in the glow of the sunlight, or within a computer. nature looms and only paroxysms remain
☆CHARACTERS
CARINA Yue
tse-kei's ex. being in a relationship to her seems little more than what it is, a connection. only difference being the time spent. averse to the stories that people talk about these things in, she feels more like in a constant tumult and whatever feelings she has is a mere memory. a little moment of joy but one that's already happened. severe in her manners, exacting in her ability, she is particular with who she is around. many try to ingratiate themselves to her but find themselves pulling themselves away from her aloof stare. kei is one of the few people that she allows herself to be close with. likes reading and chokers.
TSE-KEI
delinquent that feels a solidity that imposes on people. many try to get him to think about inner things that are important or natural but actively shrugs such pretensions, feeling like a kind of animation that moves people in a world that seems so utterly meaningless to him. provocative in manners, and rather violent in his mind and way of speaking, it seems he only reserves other feelings for carina. most of his jobs are things where he feels he is just there to get paid (worked as security, and temp office clerk). easily contented but views professional life or society in such a belittled way as just talk. likes hondas and jav's, particularly fc2's, mass orgies (bakobus) magic mirror car. drives a 1997 honda prelude (bb6)
RIZUOKA 'RIZU'
escort from an agency in s-------. experiences her clients like watching television where it focuses on a character which she finds rather thrilling. studied in vancouver which explains her above average english. finds her job so normal even with the company's management problems but makes enough and has enough repeater clients to live a carefree lifestyle. although sometimes she thinks even someone like her is no different than the office workers that she walks beside...or engages with
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