Mishima in the 21st Century

Re:Mishima in the 21st Century by kingkawn on Monday February 15, 2021 @11:40AM (#26144304)

East Asia and beyond is in for hell if Mishima’s explicit fascism is being mainstreamed in Japan

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Re:Mishima in the 21st Century by UncleOxidant on Monday February 15, 2021 @12:49PM (#26145088)

I hadn't heard of Mishima before this, but I did get the distinct impression from reading that article that they were lionizing a fascist.

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Re:Mishima in the 21st Century by pasabagi on Monday February 15, 2021 @02:12PM (#26146029)

Well, he's a good writer, but he was definitely a fascist. There's probably a bit of wiggle room in the difference between japanese and european fascism, but he's pretty solidly in the japanese fascist tradition.

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Re:Mishima in the 21st Century by throwaw4ybio on Monday February 15, 2021 @12:32PM (#26144870)

I have to admit that this "last man" stuff rings of the "soyboy" rhetoric you hear in some corners of the web.

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Re:Mishima in the 21st Century by Apocryphon on Monday February 15, 2021 @04:07PM (#26147409)

I don't think he's mainstreamed there, but he definitely has a growing fanbase on the Anglophone internet.

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