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[Guest]

Most of JTTW is episodic episodes too, there's no real arc to most of it.

[rabidtictac]

The last good animu was Astro Boy 1963.

stuff about muh clasisc literature

I'm not sure if Journey to the West comes across as such an action-packed thrill ride for modern literature sensibilities. These old-ass tales are often written a bit differently.
Also Bram Stoker's Dracula is a bit of a dry read. I'd say Frankenstein aged better.

Whether or not the stories were written differently, my point about Journey to the West is that it's a religious story. Much like the story of Job or Moses freeing the children of Israel, its primary purpose is not to entertain you. The point of the story is that buddhism is the Truth; buddhism is awesome; buddhism is super cool. Monkey does beat up some demons, but it's all in service to muh glorious buddhism. I mean, you can glean entertainment from the old testament stories of warfare and conquest, but those stories are equally biased and religious in nature. That's all I was saying. The faggots who hype up journey to the west (extra credits guys are especially guilty of this,) always act like it's THE FIRST NOVEL or THE FIRST ANIMU STORY. It's a religious story about how Buddhism is awesome, that happens to feature a supernatural asshole monkey in it. Or, put another way, you could argue that Monkey is Virgil and Tripitaka is Dante. The structure of the two stories is quite similar.

Most of JTTW is episodic episodes too, there's no real arc to most of it.

Yep. The stories all tend to unfold the same way. A) Party shows up at a place. B) Place has a problem. C) Tripitaka cries while Monkey says everything will be alright because he's OP as fuck. D) Monkey fixes the problem, usually with the help of Buddhist spirits or in service to Buddhism's values.

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Over the past few months, I've been using JTTW as my "on the shitter" book. It's fine when taken in small quantities, I guess.

[Keith Chegwin]

Over the past few months, I've been using JTTW as my "on the shitter" book. It's fine when taken in small quantities, I guess.

I really needed to know that

[rabidtictac]

Over the past few months, I've been using JTTW as my "on the shitter" book. It's fine when taken in small quantities, I guess.

I really needed to know that

>complaining about reading 2 sentences I spoiler tagged, while ignoring all the other shit I posted

[Keith Chegwin]

>complaining about reading 2 sentences I spoiler tagged, while ignoring all the other shit I posted

>posting about your shit in the first place
'Shitposting' is not meant to be a literal term

[CuckTurdginson]

>implying Tictac shits after being a power bottom for so long.

[Guest]

tictac likes anything brown that smells bad.

[Keith Chegwin]

tictac likes anything brown that smells bad.

Sort of like your mum then, eh?

[VoiceOfReasonPast]

Most of JTTW is episodic episodes too, there's no real arc to most of it.

Yep. The stories all tend to unfold the same way. A) Party shows up at a place. B) Place has a problem. C) Tripitaka cries while Monkey says everything will be alright because he's OP as fuck. D) Monkey fixes the problem, usually with the help of Buddhist spirits or in service to Buddhism's values.

So it's less of a coherent story and more of a collection of cautionary tales and fables. Wouldn't surprise me if those stories were based on even older folk tales or stuff.

[Guest]

Most of JTTW is episodic episodes too, there's no real arc to most of it.

Yep. The stories all tend to unfold the same way. A) Party shows up at a place. B) Place has a problem. C) Tripitaka cries while Monkey says everything will be alright because he's OP as fuck. D) Monkey fixes the problem, usually with the help of Buddhist spirits or in service to Buddhism's values.

So it's less of a coherent story and more of a collection of cautionary tales and fables. Wouldn't surprise me if those stories were based on even older folk tales or stuff.

Niggerpedia says theres been fictionalized versions of IRL Tripitaka's journey since it happened, even ones where he's palling around with a monkey from the 1400's. Incidentally you can read IRL Tripitaka's own recount of his trip to India in English on libgen.