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I love early 2000s otaku culture. Is there any literature that comes close to replicating it? So essentially expansive worlds, innocent fun, simple positive themes of friendship. Sovlful stuff :))

Children's lit like the Moomin books or LoTR are nice but I'm looking for more stuff

>> No.22297575

>>22297568
Haibane Renmei is based on Hardboiled Wonderland by Murakami btw

>> No.22297581

>>22297575
Didn't realize that, will check it out! ty

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>>22297568
SubaHibi.

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>>22297568
Any of Ray Bradbury's short story collections including >>22297596, Penguin Highway (or again, any of Morimi's stuff), Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou if you're open to manga suggestions (it's the best for what you're looking for, trust me). One Hundred Years of Solitude isn't really about friendship or innocent fun but it feels very much like Haibane Renmei in some way I can't explain that goes beyond the shared magical realism. Interested in other people's suggestions as well.

>>22297575
>>22297581
The WORLD of Haibane Renmei is based on Hardboiled Wonderland. It's very different tonally. I enjoyed Hardboiled Wonderland well enough but if you go in expecting Haibane Renmei you'll be sorely disappointed.

>> No.22298448

>>22297568
Sherlock Holmes desu. Feels like a comfy OVA while the novels feel like movies.

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Tangentially related, but I've been looking for English lit that deals with themes comparable to Gunslinger Girl. It's not quite what OP is describing even though innocence and friendship are themes, it's very macabre. I've always liked Gunslinger Girl because it reminds me of when my parents forced me to go to an Italian boarding school that I'm reasonably sure was run by neofascist elements within Prosegur. Basically it was a military training camp for younger teens. I've never seen print fiction that quite nails what I experienced there. Somehow it's stuff like Gunslinger Girls and Girls' Frontline that give me the same vibe. I consider it auto-therapy. Thank you in advance.

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>>22298468
The subject matter of cute girls with guns “B-BUT they’re unstable, actually” is only something that anime as a medium can pursue to great success. I don’t think there’s anything even remotely related in English lit (you can get BROTHERhood and gruesome acts of violence, though!), it would have to be another anime or light novel or whatever Japan thing that can follow similar themes and still be taken seriously.
Of course, I’m bumping to see if anyone can prove me wrong.

>> No.22299010

>>22297568
The Jinx series by Sage Blackwood and the Prydain Chronicles by Lloyd Alexander are the droids you're looking for.
You could also read all of the original Oz books

>> No.22299040

>>22297568
>i love the time period that killed anime

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My favorite anime genre is 00s iyashikei, here's a chart I saved that has other books I've enjoyed on it that I think have a similar kind of vibe. I'm chasing that feeling in every medium.

>> No.22299080

>>22298468
Omg, I can't believe I forgot Gunslinger Girl. I used to like it in middle-school.

Glad I browse /lit/ today cause I totally forgotten about it. Thanks, anon.

>> No.22299083

>>22297568
When are you transitioning?

>> No.22299106

>>22297586
eww VN. Call me when they fix it to be at least 50% shorter

>> No.22299238

>>22298438
>It's very different tonally.
I thought Haibane is tonally quite similar to the End of the World parts. The whole subdued, slightly unreal atmosphere of a limbo world. Plus of course the world itself, the city surrounded by walls, the mysterious aspect of it that is not clear and has to be explored etc.

>> No.22299247

>>22297568
Redwall might be your thing.

>> No.22299720

>>22297568
Clannad

>> No.22299769

>>22297575
Fpbp

>> No.22299968

>>22297575
I wanted to watch that anime, but no more. Murakami is fucking trash.

>> No.22301148

>>22299069
thanks for the list anon, not OP but interested in this nonetheless

>> No.22301157

>>22299069
>My favorite anime genre is 00s iyashikei
What are your favs?