It’s also #6 highest rated all time and #28 most popular all time on Anilist.
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Re: Monster;
I love how most of you are saying ‘it’s supposed to be good but I personally haven’t read it/didn’t finish it’ 
Hmm! I want to read No.6 vol 2 soon so maybe after that?
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I’m also in that category. I have heard of it, but never tried to read it. (I don’t remember the plot, but I think it was not my thing?)
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I’m also thinking of Fukuoka for similar bingo, and am planning to read this.
Essentially a road trip across Kyushu (which I suspect I’ve done)
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Oh, that does sound fun. Reading the description, it seems like it might deal with some heavier things along the way as well. Spoiler tag in case you’re going in blind. ^^
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Yeah - I figured a bit from the blurb/reviews, possibly along the lines of character with difficult background going through some cartharsis by seeing the country vibe (/trope?).
But it does make it fun when you recognise a few places!
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Probably works for me! 
Just ping me whenever you are getting ready.
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Hi all! o/ I need a book for my “author’s legacy book” square for bingo. This isn’t an “official” square, just one I thought would be fun, so there’s no “official” definition to go off of; I’m imagining either the last book an author published before dying -or- the one book an author is known for among other, less remembered books they’ve written. (I would want this book to be well-known and impactful, either in its genre or society in general, if at all possible. This condition does not apply to the “last book written” option.)
These qualifications are a bit finicky, I admit, so I wanted to reach out to the community to see if anyone had a good suggestion given those criteria.
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I have no idea how readable these suggestions would be, I’ve just heard about both:
Osamu Dazai’s last unfinished novella is aptly named グッド・バイ | L32??
and
Mishima’s final part of Sea of Fertility was finished on the day of his coup & suicide 豊饒の海 第四巻 天人五衰 てんにんごすい | L44??
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