Great essay! You're bringing up many points that I never considered. Maybe it's time for a reread of these wonderful pieces of literature.

I love how he writes about cooking pasta, making coffee or any food...

Murakami's work sounds like jazz. Free and emphasizing mood.

I've just finished reading 1Q84 and I was hypnotized by the simplicity of his writing and the magical atmosphere. I am totally under Murakami´s writing spell!

If you look closely to that Norwegian Wood cover. They're not just trees. They are 3 sets of feet. Toru, Naoko, Kizuki. Toru, Naoko, Midori. Toru, Nagasawa, Hatsumi Toru, Naoko, Reiko

Idk what it is but he details it so beautiful that you feel like you want to be in that and after you are the reading it settles in that you not there but you felt it , its jow beautifully he writes it just brings peace to my soul.

after dark is one of my favorite books of all time I'm excited to read more of his work. it's oddly comforting to read his work.

Prepare to blow up. Amazing editing, calm voice and great sound quality, but most importantly: PERFECT essay. The algorithm lords will definitely help you. Good luck.

Murakami's works all have a dreamlike/Oneiric feeling to them, which I'm trying really hard to imitate.

I'm not a native English speaker and I enjoyed reading Haruki short stories. Simple words, entertaining and open my eyes to many thing and let me feel like I belong to his stories because they represent many of us lives. I finally found my favorite author ❤

We don't have time to relax and appreciate the small things. Technology has changed our perceptions,we overloaded with many influencers.

I think you perfectly mirrored Murakami's style of writing in the video. Simple and elegant. This was a great video!

It's a different vibe altogether...you just get in to a magical world .... Detailing of everything...may it be a person or a food item is just unimaginable.....it's just mesmerizing

Amazing video essay! I'm looking forward to seeing your future videos:)

I'm a big murakami fan , the first book I've read was Kafka on the shore and the experience I had while reading that book was surreal , I felt like I was experience everything Kafka taimura was going through , the library , the cottage in the woods , the forest every thing and ofcourse Nakata was my favourite .. then I've real Norwegian woods idk why it's so hyped the writing is 100/10 murakami way of writing is something else like psychedelic but the story was okay Midori is my favourite character in Norwegian woods and now I'm currently on the wind up bird chronicle and I can't explain what it's impact on me going through a worst phase of my life and this is the only book that keeping me through this phase .. for me murakami books are psychedelic without taking any psychedelic my mind is alter and my heart feels beauty of every day life

very much enjoyed this

Adoro sus libros, su manera de pensar, su país, su cultura, gracias por darnos su sabiduría 🌟🇪🇸

Thanks for this high quality analysis of this great writer. Very inspiring !

Fantastic video. Thank you.

Thank you for making this video. I often feel that it is so difficult to put into words what it means to read Murakami, but you have done an excellent job.

This channel deserves 1M subs

Loved it keep up the good work

Beautiful coverage of Murakami's worlds.

This video was very well done!

Amazing video. I'm really glad I found this channel. Looking forward for more content!

Incredible !!!!!!!!!!!! thanks !!

Great essay...loved it

This has made me curious to read his books, thank you for this essay.

great job 😍

Great essay. Thank you for taking the time to make this.

Mesmerising essay.

keep em coming bro this is fire

This is beautifully edited. I love the intermixing of nature and his words while trying to keep this essay magical. Its almost sensorial with the way you use water as a main theme of your essay. Wonderfully done. Please make more such videos.

Well done, insightful comments

Bravo 💕

I'm in awe with your work on this video. Shared with my friend and also fan of Murakami's writing. look forward to more of your work!!

Your voice is so soothing

Beautiful video with interesting photography . . . Fresh styles . . . . Great B roll

I started to love him when I was 16 years old. Now I am close to my 40s. Where time flies?

I've been getting into Murakami lately, starting with Hardboiled Wonderland. I loved your commentary on his work, and especially how you gave response to his criticism. Very well put.

I've known about him for a few months now but i just recently bought his book: "First Person Singular".

I've just had to take notes on this for my English class! Masterfully done!

Wonderful video and content

Thanks. Enjoy listening to your essay on a quiet late afternoon. Is raining outside😊

great work - enjoyed every second!

Really enjoyed it! Thank you very much for your quality work! Just subscribed for more of this!

I think Murakami's works are in between. You either like it or hate it. I have met some people in life who agitated that they found it whimsical,over described like an overdressed salad. I don't argue about it with them. Murakami's books feel like a door. You open it not knowing the landscape within. You embark the dark forest or white forest letting go of all your conscious living. It's surrealism at its extreme to me. I could not sleep for months after reading Kafka on the shore. I love cat's too much that everytime I see a cat running in the streets,I think of Johnny Walker, lurking somewhere with cat food. It's never too much. I write too. And before I met Murakami's works I thought no one would like my surrealist works but it gave me a sense of proportion." The book chooses its reader"

Wowww what a dedicated, well made video on my favourite author! Thank you:)

Absolutely fantastic!

Great video!! Thoroughly enjoyed it.

I love this video!! Thank you! You should do more

Lovely. Murakami is my favorite author and I look up to him c:

Great video, great points!!! Loved this

This is beautiful.

Great video, thank you for the spoiler warnings. Always appreciated.

wonderful stuff. Congrats!

Thank you 💗

I picked up Norwegian Wood about 6 months ago. It made me fall in love with his writing. It's so simple, but equally beautiful. I've read Norwegian Wood, Kafka on the Shore, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Wind-Pinball, and I'm about 200 pages into 1Q84. So far my favorite has been Wind-Up Bird. What a wonderful book that is! Kafka on the Shore is amazing too! Wind-Pinball is the only work of his that I haven't been crazy about, but it's understandable, being his first two novellas.

My only Murakami book - 1Q84. read it a year ago. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Unforgettable.

I mostly enjoy the audio version of Murakami's works...I can shut my eyes and allow his words to wash over me and blend into his magical universe without distraction

Awesomely illustrated. Keep up the good work.

Thankyou.

I've loved this video! I have to talk about Murakami in a school project and your essay has helped me a lot, and also has encouraged me to read something about this artist.

simply thank you.

Just wanted to say... Iove this channel and it's content 😍😍

Thank you❤️

I used to not enjoy reading books unless they were history books or educational in some way, I’m the kind of guy who can’t imagine the image of an apple in his head so most descriptions felt very vague and unfamiliar to me so I could never relate enough to devour books. Later in life a friend recommended Murakami, Norwegian Wood to be precise, and his descriptions were so precise yet simple that I could imagine them, his love for music in all his books is also something I can relate to but above all what I really love is how he writes characters, what they go through and how they develop, the simples joys in life, love and how destructive life can be. I’ve since read a bunch of his books and his short stories and I love every single one of them (except maybe Sputnik Sweetheart, that one was enjoyable but not a favorite). With Murakami I feel like I’m reading something that happened in real life even when it gets so silly like a man who can talk to cats and summons fish from the sky. My personal favorite is Men without Women, to this day it remains the most powerful bunch of short stories I’ve ever read and they’ve left a deep mark in me.

I can see a great future ahead...I have never seen such an amazing and clear breakdown of murakami's work...great editing, great narration....I will be looking forward to more videos...It would be great if you make a video on Marquez's works

Keep it coming!

Very good analysis brother

Great video! Please create more of this content!

ahh this is so good, can't wait for ur channel to get more recognition!

Awesome job!

Such a great video 🥰

Beautiful, highly intelligent critique of amazing author Murakami- I listened with total attention and would like to congratulate the author- the music and images chosen...everything shows delicatesse and a literary knowledge in the analysis. Great work, bravo!

Going through Some Soul Shifting Stuff and this helped immensely. Thanks for the efforts 😇❤️🙏

Great video Essay mate. Keep going.

Love to find channels like that

The first time Reiko was introduced in the story I was hell bent that this was the person, she just had a different feel to her character and specially how her wrinkles suited her and how her cigs dangled from her mouth. I just knew she was not good . Anyways the essay was very good, I listened to th entire video and agreed to most of your critics about his work. Murakami does something to us through his writing that I too am not able to express. All the best.

Ive begun to think of Murakami as a spinner of the sublime--not the mathematical kind or others--but the kind that opens up a world in your mind that you can never reach and yet makes you feel the possibilities of this one.

very nice content, this is actually what we need, i also write prose and poetry, i like lyric poems because it has measure, rhythem and rhyme...

Hi I enjoyed your video essay! I haven’t read the author’s work but I felt captivated by their words. At times I felt the music didn’t vibe with content. Thanks for sharing!

His running book is so inspiring! I have his book Novelist as a Vocation and it’s wonderful.

The algorithm brought me here. Amazing quality, kudos. Visually attractive, wonderful story telling and beautiful music. I subscribed immediately to your YT channel and to your podcast as well. The podcast version will be very welcome on days recovering from migraine. Thank you!

Great video the theory regarding Norwegian wood was pretty interesting, I may need to reread it and see if I get a sense for that being the case or not

Awesome essay! I'll have to revaluate Norwegian Wood, I think. I read it in-between Dance Dance Dance and Windup Bird Chronicle, so I think I wasn't really in the right headspace for something so subtle and real. I'm finally finishing the last of his books I haven't read, Sputnik Sweetheart, and I can't believe how much setup goes into his work. It feels like half a book goes by before the plot begins, and yet I'm mesmerized. It really is simple and magical.

I really liked this video. I think it is going to help me a lot in my writing. “Write simpler”. I need more of that. I am Half Japanese, and I connected deeply to this video. Thank you for educating me about a Japanese author I haven’t read yet, but now will! :)

BEST CHANNEL EVER!!!

This is my first video of your channel, within 5 mins I'm impressed

I loved Drive my car. Started searching for his work lol. Good video and I'm definitely gonna read his books

Great story! Thanks a lot

Loved the analysis! This sort of reminded me of Tolstoy! Though Tolstoy's work did not feature magical realism, the simplicity is unmistakable. Also, I see a huge influence of Carl Jung in Murakami's work. A section of 1Q84 even features a description of Jung's home in Switzerland.

Great Video!

I usually get bored half-way through long form video essays like this one, but I genuinely enjoyed every minute of it! Your video was well structured and the calm tone of your voice really helped me get into the zone. Personally, I like "The Wind-up bird Chronicles" the best. It's just messed up and fantastical enough to really leave an impression on me and I loved every aspect of it. The well, the flash-back stories, May, the hotel, Cinnamon, everything.

Very good analysis!

Great video

This is fantastic work. I'd like to ask a HUGE favour. Can you do one on Patrick Rothfuss' : The Name Of The Wind. It is a masterclass in style and storytelling. Thanks again.

The concept you brought up about Reiko didn't cross my mind. Have to read it again

Brilliant video! I've read about 9/10 murakami books and you couldn't have made a better case for him if you tried! Great!

Hi, thank you. I've read all these, but have no one I can discuss them with. I mostly agree with you...but ''Kafka on the Shore'' is my favorite: I've read it three time (so far!), very unusual for me, a lifetime avid reader. Liked and subscribed; hope to see more. I like the way the video is done, too...combining images with his words, while commenting. Amazing that you juggle all three so well! I am a visual artist, combining images of my own sculpture, paintings and photographs with digital means.,,,melding, I call it.