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Haruki Murakami's A Wild Sheep Chase and Japanese horror

Honor doesn't necessarily mean a happy acceptance.  it's just the acceptance just like with the unnatural in the Japanese horror. Question is not good or evil that is the two faces of the same coin. The question is about balance, you want harmony and when it isn’t you find a way to fix it. Wild Sheep Chase is really unsettling, no real good or evil character in the story. Gave no reason that he was evil or bad, he was just an unsettling character. Very dream like a surreal atmosphere. Brings you to a different perception of the world in ways that you can’t do in the film. Interesting how none of the characters have names, easier to portray on a character?  The narrator didn’t have any connection to anyone, disconnected can’t remember anyone’s name? I like the way, the ghost is portrayed in the story. Being aware of the supernatural doesn't co