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Almost Transparent Blue
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A visceral and unsettling exploration of drug addiction, violence, and aimlessness in 1970s Japan.

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The world isn't just good and evil. There's also a lot of indifference and inertia.

Ryū Murakami

indifferenceinertia

People are always searching for a meaning to life... and then they complain when they find one.

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lifesearch

When you've given up on life, the only meaning left is death.

Ryū Murakami

lifedeath

The most painful thing about it is that you don't even feel pain anymore.

Ryū Murakami

pain

It's strange, isn't it? How much people change, and yet, how much they stay the same.

Ryū Murakami

changestagnation

Life is like a never-ending hangover. You just keep waking up to the same old shit.

Ryū Murakami

lifehangover

We're all just damaged goods trying to find someone who's damaged in a way that complements our own damage.

Ryū Murakami

damagedrelationships

Sometimes it's easier to live in a dream than to face the reality.

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dreamreality

Loneliness is a poison that enters the soul and consumes it from within.

Ryū Murakami

lonelinesssoul

The past is a sadistic bitch. It never lets you forget, never lets you move on.

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pastmoving on