>>13562
>it's got to be normal or even a zeitgeist fad like grunge for the dissemination of existentialism and psychologizing in their entertainment at that time.
You definitely see this with 90s/00s scifi anime randomly including excerpts of Derrida or whatever. Using literary ideas a backdrop for thematical ideas is something I find that anime does better than western media too, even when it's unsubtle. But this is analysis, not fiction, so I feel differently about it.
As for my questions, yes, I was shitposting. I was hoping it'd prompt you to explain why it was worth reading in the first place. Now a month has passed and I didn't retain much that I read, so I generally just have to say I agree with you. From what I remember the author's explanation of the fighting girl phenomenon is that she is perfect in some sense, and lacking the defects and imperfections of being real - and in a very freudian way. In summary: 2d > 3dpd. Honestly I found the work's fixation on sexuality made for a reductive examination of the otaku experience, and it became tiring to listen to the author whinging and hedging about wanting to give everything a fair review. By the end, I found myself saying, "yeah, maybe" and that's about it. Despite the exhaustive research that went into the book, the conclusion seemed myopic and lacking in insight.
Anyway.
I finished reading Kafka's Trial l