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Old 2011-11-25, 11:41   Link #40
Utsuro no Hako
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Originally Posted by Toto y Moi View Post
I don't think either were metaphorical. It's surrealism. Ikuhara is pretty obviously influenced by Murakami, who does the exact same thing in all of his novels. Even the dialogue in this show (the conversation between Himari and Sanetoshi at the beginning especially) is reminiscent of Murakami's style.
Have you read 1Q84 yet? Because I'm about halfway through and I can't help but feel that Ikuhara must've been reading it when he came up with the idea for Penguindrum.
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