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The topics delved into by japanese authors are so poetic and specific. Like it's hard to imagine bullying being discussed in such a wide manner in western literature. Yes it has been discussed but because we are such an individualistic society it's easy for us to forget different ways of life and tribalism. Solitude in some countries is a death sentence. Humanity is really a herd and it's something that comes up time and time again within society but we don't really think on it how we should. Much of our behavioral patterns and social norms stem back to survival. When I think of it like that then I understand why bullying exists on a structural level with humans. It even exists in the animal kingdom. Get right or get left basically.

Mieko Kawakami, Heaven (translated by Sam Bett and David Boyd)