@blankaex You really went the extra mile, eh?
Sadly, though I have read both books, I'm pretty sure I'd have missed the reference anyway. I read
Lord of the Flies more than 15 years ago, so I'd be unlikely to remember that passage, though now you said it, I know which part of the book that is.
And I read
Rashoumon last semester, but in the original, so reading it in translation might well cause me to miss the connection, too.
Perhaps leaving a note in the margins would have worked. At least that's what I do when quoting.