loved this video! thank you for offering a compassionate, measured male response! really great to see sending love from a female Murakami enjoyer! ❤

This is the worst essay video ever. So badly researched, so badly executed. I felt all the range of anger, to be honest. First, there is a difference between a male gaze and a sexism. In the video, it seemed like you mixed those two together into one definition. Second one, all video it's just assumptions after assumptions. There are no allegations against Murakami as a person. It's dishonest to make those on account of fiction books and then ONE QUOTE from the non-fiction book. Again, is it sexism to write about women breasts, or is it a male gaze? Thirdly, talking about women being "a tool" for a male to advance in one way or another. My personal opinion is that we are tools to each in one way or another. It's not bad, it's not good, it's just human relationships. We all discover ourselves through other people as well. For me, sexism in literature and real life enables one sex or another on account of just sex and nothing else. I didn't see that in Murakami's books. I saw deeply unhappy women trying their best to recover (Norwegian Wood) . I've seen strong and power women in 1Q84 who would change patriarchy Japan into something different by their cold revenge. I think that Murakami's novels are deeply "a male gaze" stories, for sure. But I wouldn't consider them sexist.

I started with The City and Its Uncertain Walls when my local library advertised it as a new arrival this summer, I wasn't familiar with him and picked it up on a whim. Wasn't that much of a reader back then, that book had a big impact on me

I started with 1q84 and it worked very well for me. Just finished Norwegian Wood and looking forward to the next one!

I am a proud owner of a physical collection of tv series and films on DVD and Blu-Ray. I have no streaming services and no tv subscriptions. My physical collection is owned by me, nothing can be taken down or edited for 'modern audiences' and I can watch it any time I like. DVD deserves to be preserved because some titles will never be released on Blu-Ray let alone on streaming. There was a time when people (me included) assumed that literally everything will end up on streaming. Far from it!

Still hyperventilating from you tearing the page out 😂❤

A lot of digital stuff just becomes lost due to the passage of time, I wonder what will happen to the stuff people don't notice enough to preserve.

best video for murakami fans ever❤

I have given zero money to streaming services for 12+ years and plan to continue. Physical media is 👑

Read Tess of the D’urbervilles! Just saying… if you like Victorian lit, read it!

The book should be required reading.... in life... in college. As for high school, maybe yes, maybe no. Some teenagers will relate. But the book is very deep from multiple angles, and many teenagers will not full grasp it all. Either way, the book is extremely well-written.

Boutique labels will keep physical media alive. Us physical media collectors will never go streaming and continue to buy discs.

I wonder where all of your manga videos went... the Berserk Punpun especially was the best video that discusses Punpun on youtube. No exaggeration there.

hey man! hope you're doing well. Missing your videos <3

My hate for 4k streaming comes from it not being the bitrate you need to have the real 4k experience. It looks gross cause the companies try to trim all the data they can. I wont start talking about the lack of commentary tracks.

My wall of movies + Plex = happy life. But man, i dont know if the trend will stop, so many people i know just dont care and watch whatever the services tell them to. :(

the penguin company has the most beautiful books

I actually started with IQ84 (one of his most complex work in my opinion) and it actually startled me first on what genre his writing is. I didn't know much about him that time and I just picked it because it was the latest book displayed in the bookstore and ever since, I never treasured other authors like how I treasured Murakami. He's my top favorite now. There's always about his writing that makes you feel nostalgic and relate to the characters. My most favorite book from him is The Wind-up Bird Chronicle.. the first time I read that book, some parts gave me chills especially reading it at around 2 to 3 am. Now, I'm waiting for his latest book "The City and Its Uncertain Walls"

I'm so happy to see you back!! I've gotten back into collecting physical movies and shows this year and as I am doing it it's actually crazy how much money I am going to save in the long run. Yes the initial cost of physical media might be higher but once you have a decent collection, watching movies/shows is essentially free. I'm not a preservationist or anything like that, my collection sits at around 100 discs and I'll probably be around 180-200 by the time I own everything I really want, but just having this small but meaningful to me collection has brought me so much joy in this otherwise not-so-joyful year

This was a pretty good video I personally found it to be a very interesting book to think about, & few other books stick in my mind or pop back up as often as it does. I like catcher in the rye but for a very different reason than you do. It was an interesting book because partway through I realized that Holden is the biggest phony in the book. In his sadness he is blinded to the sincerity others hold, just as they don't try to understand him, he doesn't try to understand where the adults are coming from.

I think streaming platforms have been successful in changing people's viewing habits enough to effectively kill physical media for most people. It won't completely go away. However, once brick and mortar stores stop selling the stuff, it will continue to become more and more niche and more and more expensive. So people might buy their favourite films as more of a collectors piece. It makes me wonder what will happen to all the dvds that have been released. Will they go to the dump if they don't get sold in charity shops?

I noticed toys aren't as creative too. The issue with films is that even though streaming is still expensive, there's enough things that people are willing to pay the price for them, also you'd have to buy a player to play discs instead of just using your phone, and not enough people care about the special features to buy the bluray. Laptops don't even have dvd ROMs anymore, sony should make a laptop that can play Blu-ray.

I love Haruki Murakami's works.

20 mins in and i have not heard a single reason why he is sexist

KOTFM has physical releases (both region-locked and region-free), as I assume people have said in the comments already by now haha. Always check the blu-ray database!

Worth mentioning because most people forget, is stereoscopic film. 3D movies are not available for streaming on demand, except on Vudu and Apple vision pro (which frankly isn't really an option for any normal person). Only real option to watch stereo is via 3D Blu-ray, a format which now has many hard-to-find titles due to scarcity since most are out of print now.

American's are full of labels and judgement. I want to depth and complexity. I don't want sanitised beigeness and group thought! Respectfully

Physical media will never completely die.

You Own Nothing Digital

I've only read two books by him, first Kafka on the Shore, where I found the main character's fixation on sex with his mother weird, though I liked the book overall. Then I read Norwegian wood, and I almost dropped it halfway through, because of this cheap pron flavour - I just don't get why all the girls want to see the main character's pp, have sex with him all the time etc. But I finished it, and I still enjoyed it for the writing, atmosphere, and melancholic tone. Still, the sexual focus bothered me throughout, and often it felt pointless to the plot. That said, I don’t see much of an issue with most things you mentioned. For example, I think the girl had to be really young for Reiko’s story to work, because if she were 18 or older, it wouldn’t be as believable that she’d take piano lessons, and people wouldn’t be as judgmental about the situation. Reiko also likely wouldn’t expect something shocking from a 13-year-old as much as from an adult woman. For example, I think George R.R. Martin often portrays his female characters experiencing assault at young ages for shock value and impact, because the reader won't care about 20yo as much. The thing about pointing out breasts is valid, but tbf there're lots of times when he describes everything - such as clothes, hair, skin etc, plus I guess it might be a japanese thing (just remember an average anime fem character). And you can't deny that people, men and women, are just tend to point out things they find attractive, especially when young and exploring relationships. And ultimately, we're adults who can think for ourselves. We don’t have to view any of these characters as role models. Books overall are good, I personally don't care about the author that much.

Dead? Cmon it will never truly be gone completely or "dead". Too many of us own multiple players and medium to large collections for that to happen. Now is it being sold at the incredible numbers of its peak, 10-15-20 years ago? No, it's not - the numbers certainly do not lie. Streaming and digital will also enjoy its peak years, and then it will not. I'm not a fan of renting, thus never owning anything with the monthly $ub$cription continuou$ money grab. I will continue to buy and advocate for owning your hard copy, hold it in your hand, see it sitting so pretty on your shelf, physical media instead.

On my shelf they are very alive

I remember commenting on a reddit post that I was sad that the Xbox series X was losing its CD/DVD/Blu Ray drive and I got slated by a bunch of 15 year olds saying how pointless it is. Not to me

Your cussing is not welcome big boy

"a rly cool teacher is j lowkey kind of a cult leader" literally the secret history

I am starting with men without women

My conspiracy theory is that physical media is "dying" because companies want us to use streaning services

We also need to consider the fact in 1Q84 where he made his female characters extremely strong and fierce. He also talked about the sensitive topics such as a domestic abuse. Where the two female characters in the book kill men whoever does harm to women. Why is this ? Not widely talked about??? Seriously I don't get people who says he is sexist, he's just writing in the perspective of his characters that's all !! If you think he is sexist, stop reading and find some mediocre author to read such as Colleen hoover.

physical media will not die providing we keep buying second hand dvds, vinyl records etc.

Life is sexist.

i highly recommend a series called Toriko. it's one of my favorite manga ever

That is. nonsense. Discipline doesn't mean the end of individuality. Taking direction from other people, or doing things as a group, including standardized testing and activity doesnt mean the end of individuality. You dont need to be a hedonist with no rules to keep your individuality. Your individuality is pointless if it rules over you.

Digital only is not a problem on open systems like the PC. It's only a problem on closed systems like Consoles or TV Streaming, where you can lose access.

2:27 lol

15:34 this does have a 4k blu-ray in Italy, same with coda not justifying the lack of release but at least there is some preservation

More book videos!

i went Norwegian Wood then Dance, Dance, Dance which i would really recommend. you get a taste of his unique writing style and characters before diving into his weird "natural exension" as you put it so well

Id love to hear your thoughts on JJK now that its ended. Were you as disappointed as a lot of other fans were?

The reason that vinyls, film photography and books are faring much better isn't because they're physical but because they're analogue. Movies are still just numbers on a disk which lacks the cool vintage factor. I imagine a comeback would be in the form of VHS or by making 4k disks wayyyyyyy cheaper.

I've gotten back into physical media the past year. I always had my favorite moves on disc but started collecting video games and have been collecting books and manga. It's awesome