Impresie. Albastru inefabil…

exit 8 – genki kawamura

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‘The scariest thing,’ he went on, ‘is when you can’t prove it. Are there anomalies . . . or no anomalies . . . is there an Exit 8 . . . or is there not . . .’

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Was it a memory from the distant past? A glimpse of a faraway future? It felt like both. A nostalgic future.

2021:
din departare,
vechiul templu rasufla
a promoroaca…

2022:
a promoroaca
umbra iernii ce vine,
in asteptare.

2023:
in asteptare,
la capatul treptelor,
mereu, succesul…

2024:
mereu, succesul
este linistea calma
a incercarii.

2025:
a incercarii
speranta reusitei –
incurajare.

2026:
incurajare:
impotriva frigului,
sa iti cultivi veri…

2021:
in miez de iarna,
flacari si primavara;
viata traieste…

2022:
viata traieste
in incapatanarea
perspectivelor.

2023:
perspectivelor,
cu fiecare Arta,
cate un templu…

2024:
cate un templu:
fiecare fulg de nea,
un zeu nevazut.

2025:
un zeu nevazut,
topindu-se de dragul
unei atingeri…

2026:
unei atingeri,
asteptarea topita –
lava arzanda…

exit 8 – genki kawamura

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‘Maybe we’re stuck here ’cause we did something bad. We were learning about it in school – Dante’s Divine Comedy? Purgatory’s like this place between heaven and hell, where sinners wait for judgement while suffering.’
Purgatory? What is she even talking about? Sounds like one of those swirling spiral tower drawings I’ve seen before. But in a Japanese underground passage? Come on. That’s too surreal even for this place.

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exit 8 – genki kawamura

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One more piece of this strange underground puzzle had fallen into place. I turned the corner.

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Maybe we could finally change. Maybe we could finally break free from the loop we’d been stuck in and take our first step towards the future.

2021:
intersectia
alegerilor noastre –
copacul vietii.

2022:
copacul vietii:
pe ramuri, plutitoare,
pagini zilnice.

2023:
pagini zilnice –
un jurnal in imagini
prinse cu priviri…

2024:
prinse cu priviri
de undite vrajite –
unduiri ce-au fost…

2025:
unduiri ce-au fost –
adierea frunzelor
devine cantec…

2026:
devine cantec
inserarea, precum un –
imn al zilei ce…

exit 8 – genki kawamura

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I leaned in and read aloud: ‘Do not overlook any anomalies . . . If you find an anomaly, turn back immediately . . . If you do not find any anomalies, do not turn back . . . Go out through Exit 8.’

2021:
toamna noua isi
da arama pe fata –
intensitate.

2022:
intensitate:
frunzele se tomnesc in
nuante lemnoase…

2023:
nuante lemnoase
baza unui parfum de
un vis nesfarsit…

2024:
un vis nesfarsit:
intinderea focului,
calmul parjolind…

2025:
calmul parjolind
ritmul unei furtuni ce
nu stie daca…

2026:
nu stie daca
va ploua sau ninge in –
gri sau aramiu…

2021:
de otsukimi,
razele selenare
lucesc armonii

2022:
lucesc armonii
ce irump in juru-mi in
fire de stele…

2023:
fire de stele:
Luna tesand iile,
imbraca noaptea…

2024:
imbraca noaptea
ceea ce se dezbraca
in razele de…

2025:
in razele de
luna plina, poeme
de indragostiti…

2026:
de indragostiti
se indragosteste, din
cer, nori si stele…

exit 8 – genki kawamura

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This novel is an adaptation of the film based on the original game by KOTAKE CREATE

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With every flick of my thumb, all kinds of images spilled out in a never-ending stream, appearing and disappearing in an instant. It all seemed random, but apparently this was content selected by AI, based on my viewing and search history. If that’s true, then maybe this endless feed of images is just a mirror of my soul.

2021:
in nemiscarea
tacerii inverzite,
linii abstracte…

2022:
linii abstracte
se deseneaza pe cer
intr-un nou destin…

2023:
intr-un nou destin,
radacini ce tanjesc spre
seva soarelui.

2024:
seva soarelui:
frunzele luminoase
fosnesc a zambet.

2025:
fosnesc a zambet –
dansuri de foc in piatra
lampadarelor…

2026:
lampadarelor,
inchide-le lumina,
si tot stralucesc…

the samurai detectives – shotaro ikenami / vol 3

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It was a small tablet made of sakura wood, inlaid with the aoi crest carved in silver: the three hollyhock leaves enclosed in a circle, which was the primary symbol of the Tokugawa Shogun and the shogunate.

Certain high officials of the shogunate called this tablet the ‘unquestionable token’. The holder of this token was allowed to enter the castle without naming themselves, even through the main gate.

It was also said that this ‘unquestionable token’ was managed by only two or three members of the council of roju. Which meant that only those who assumed the most extraordinary duties for the shogunate were allowed to carry it.

2021:
poarta spre suflet –
yin-yang al culorilor
de primavara…

2022:
de primavara
poti sa te ascunzi, insa
cand regasirea…

2023:
cand regasirea
resculpteaza zambetul
candva impietrit…

2024:
candva impietrit,
sentimentul iubirii
infloreste-n flori…

2025:
infloreste-n flori,
bobocul de speranta,
sub roua inca…

2026:
sub roua inca,
petale ce isi ascund –
visele noptii…

the samurai detectives – shotaro ikenami / vol 3

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The sky was a clear deep blue. When Kohei had crossed the bridge to the foot of the Matsuchiyama Shoden temple, a single swallow grazed his cheek and flew like an arrow towards the River Ohkawa. Gazing after it, Kohei murmured, ‘It’ll be summer soon …’

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‘Iori and Oteru are happy with it, so why not? The line between truth and falsehood is paper-thin. Wrap yourself in a layer of untruth and live an honest life – there’s nothing wrong in that.’

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ma relaxeaza aceasta – nu comuniune, as spune comuniunea sfarseste la un moment dat in acceptare si obisnuinta – sarbatorire a anotimpurilor – in mentalitate, traditii, vesminte, gastronomie, produse, stil de viata, existenta insasi…

2021:
privire pictand
dâre de inmuguriri
si viata in roz…

2022:
si viata in roz
fluturandu-se duios,
fara lentile…

2023:
fara lentile,
amestec de emotii
stand a inflori.

2024:
stand a inflori,
bobite de soare ce
scapara visand.

2025:
scapara visand
speranta mugurilor
de inflorire…

2026:
de inflorire,
umbrela nu se teme, –
atunci cand ploua…

the samurai detectives – shotaro ikenami / vol 3

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When he turned the corner of Hisamatsu, his attention was caught by the scent of the new leaves sprouting from the trees inside the walls of the mansion which drifted over the street. It was, without a doubt, the fragrance of a spring evening.

2021:
toamna isi cerne
amurguri si frunze pe
kimono-ul tau…

2022:
kimono-ul tau
pe pielea-ti de zapada –
ce anotimpuri!…

2023:
ce anotimpuri
aprinzand luminile:
patru camere!…

2024:
patru camere:
dar cate sentimente
porti in inima?!…

2025:
porti in inima,
prin ploile de toamna,
raze de soare…

2026:
raze de soare:
cand zambeste inapoi,
zambetul vietii…

the samurai detectives – shotaro ikenami / vol 3

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‘A solid plan in the right order is the key to everything in life.’

2021:
tramvai plutitor
prin valuri de albastru –
in vis, furtuna…

2022:
in vis, furtuna
sperantelor uitate
se insoreste.

2023:
se insoreste
poveste azurie,
in litere de…

2024:
in litere de
unduiri maritime,
se semneaza: Cer.

2025:
se semneaza: Cer
ce iti surade zilnic,
cand te-ntrebi “de ce?”…

2026:
cand te-ntrebi “de ce?”,
priveste – te bucura:
inca poti privi…

the samurai detectives – shotaro ikenami / vol 3

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‘There’s nothing better than staying in bed on a morning of spring showers. Somehow, I feel as if fresh bamboo shoots might start sprouting up from this old body of mine.’

honey in the wound – jiyoung han

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“History is often what we as a society deem worth remembering,” the professor said to a surprised Rinako in Japanese, handing her a sheet of yellow paper that stuck to her fingers. “And your family is worth remembering.”

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“Your education is what you make of it. If you go into it thinking it’ll be useless, it will be. But if you go in with the intent to learn and to unlearn, to be critical of the world around you, you’ll start to pick up on how institutions work. See how beliefs are made and taught.”

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intr-un final, am plans la ultimele pagini – nu de tristete, sau de fericire; de eliberare a furiei acumulate in toate paginile cartii.
este o carte in care elemente de magic se intrepatrund cu realul, insa este o carte foarte reala, care avea nevoie de putina magie ca sa nu-ti pierzi mintile.
o carte care atarna, care nu lasa sufletul sa se aseze comod, asteptand o poveste lina, ci il nelinisteste, ii distruge reperele, si il incarca cu revolta, oroare si groaza.
intr-un alt final, este o carte despre ocupatia japoneza si “comfort girls” – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_former_comfort_women

2021:
cale boltita
in culori de inima –
un maine-n culori.

2022:
un maine-n culori:
pasiunea pentru viata,
manifest intens…

2023:
manifest intens:
sensul absolutului
dintr-o pace Zen.

2024:
dintr-o pace Zen,
de-un soi de armonie –
irump razele…

2025:
irump razele
vulcanului ceresc in
foliaj de-amurg…

2026:
foliaj de-amurg:
foitaj de croissant in
praf de zmeura…

2021:
sarutul verii –
amprenta buzelor ei
petale rosind…

2022:
petale rosind –
dualitate trista:
dragostea arde…

2013:
dragostea arde,
intre viata si moarte,
ca un yin si yang…

2024:
ca un yin si yang:
kanji si Japonia,
sufletul meu si…

2025:
sufletul meu si
lumina lui, un dans – in
pasi impiedicati…

2026:
pasi impiedicati.
lumina frumusetii, –
coplesitoare…

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honey in the wound – jiyoung han

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Throughout it all, she bit her tongue, learning not to share what she had come to know of the people around her. Their hopes, their fantasies, their fears. From a young age, Rinako internalized the lesson that disclosure led to ruin. Secrecy preserved comfort and safety.
[…]
Rinako had vivid dreams. Some were ungraspable and forgotten, but some played so clearly behind her closed eyes she could not always recall if she had been asleep. Her dreams rarely centered her, however. Some were a pastiche of absurd situations featuring people she did not know. If her dreams presented more familiar faces, she would see her neighbors’ pleasures, her teachers’ hobbies, her classmates’ nightmares.
[…]
While these dreams stoked her sense of kinship toward others, no one returned the sentiment. She did not understand why connecting with people was so difficult for her when it came so easily to everyone else, in dreams or otherwise.

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“I WANT TO GO WITH YOU!” Rinako screamed louder than she had ever screamed before, startling a host of sparrows to flee from a nearby maple tree.
[…]
A sparrow was perched on his nightstand next to his pager and a pile of coins, staring at him.

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faptul ca vrabiutele lui Tayiji – personaj secundar in poveste, vegheaza inca – indirect – asupra lui song young-ya peste ani, ea in korea, iar fiul si nepoata ei in tokyo, ma induioseaza peste masura…

2021:
ploua cu ceata
in ingustimea strazii –
soare prin ganduri…

2022:
soare prin ganduri –
in haosul de idei,
o calauza…

2023:
o calauza:
umbreluta rosie
prin razele gri…

2024:
prin razele gri,
o umbrela rosie:
cireasa coapta.

2025:
cireasa coapta:
in forma margelata,
dulceata verii…

2026:
dulceata verii:
o felie de soare –
pepene galben?…