JonPacNW t1_iu2ghb5 wrote on October 28, 2022 at 1:35 AM

Reply to comment by ziggycoco385 in TIL about anti ninja floors in Japan. They were purposefully made to squeak as to alert people of intruders. by tpb01

Literally the first thing I thought about in this post. Read them as a young adult and loved them. Not sure they would be as good in adulthood but curious.

Shitbag76 t1_iu31uri wrote on October 28, 2022 at 4:36 AM

I only read them as an adult and I loved them

caronare t1_iu4pmq1 wrote on October 28, 2022 at 3:11 PM

They translate well into adulthood reading material

wallabee_kingpin_ t1_iu2vi8w wrote on October 28, 2022 at 3:35 AM

I read two of them as an adult and can confirm that they aren't good. They're surprisingly boring. The characters are forgettable, the plot is predictable, and there isn't enough fantasy/magic to make the world interesting.

Squiizzy t1_iu3i52r wrote on October 28, 2022 at 8:03 AM

You're not wrong about predictble plot, but i quite liked the world bulding, and the grounded quality of the asian fantasy thats pretty much a staple of that ilk.

Forgettable... also yes.