To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Ubau Mono Ubawareru Mono. The tragedies are extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of theoretical edge most of the kino will go over a typical reader’s head. There’s also Yu's nihilistic outlook, which is deftly woven into his characterisation- his personal philosophy draws heavily from Narodnaya Volya literature, for instance. The fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of this kino, to realise that it's not just tragic- it says something deep about LIFE. As a consequence people who dislike Ubau Mono Ubawareru Mono truly ARE idiots- of course they wouldn’t appreciate, for instance, the edginess in Yu's existential catchphrase “I don't need you” which itself is a cryptic reference to Turgenev’s Russian epic Fathers and Sons. I’m smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as Mino’s genius wit unfolds itself on their computer screens. What fools.. how I pity them. ?
And yes, by the way, i DO have a Ubau Mono Ubawareru Mono tattoo. And no, you cannot see it. It’s for the ladies’ eyes only- and even then they have to demonstrate that they’re within 5 IQ points of my own (preferably lower) beforehand. Nothin personnel kid ?