lots of words to say that the bomb permanently infantilized japanese culture but it's nice to read him figure it out on the page. very lovely introduction to otaku-studies if one is so inclined. also beautiful illustrations and it introduced me to the DAICON IV opening animation... what a beautiful piece of utter nothingness, a blank void of artistry that might as well have been the progenitor of all the weightless malaise that adorns our movies know, pieces of art that don't believe in anything, including themselves