This is definitely an evocative piece. The repeated use of color, the heat, the sense of oppression ... it feels a bit like Kobo Abe's stuff. Lots of tricky kanji usage in here, though!
I thought it might be helpful for some folks to create a shared vocab list with some of the less common words, just to make it quicker to look things up, so I put one together - hope this is useful:
This is definitely an evocative piece. The repeated use of color, the heat, the sense of oppression ... it feels a bit like Kobo Abe's stuff. Lots of tricky kanji usage in here, though!
I thought it might be helpful for some folks to create a shared vocab list with some of the less common words, just to make it quicker to look things up, so I put one together - hope this is useful:
https://www.kanshudo.com/srs/share-import/7ou7h7
I agree, this story really appeals to all of the senses! Thanks for sharing the link to your notes, I'm sure people will appreciate them!
What a good idea. I made an account on kanshudo, hope I can put in a few words I looked up.