I can’t believe you’re 19, I mean you don’t look old or anything, but your personality and style does make you seem more mature and older than you actually are. It’s weird to think you’re just two years older than me

Most important question: how do you always get your hair to have that unkempt but stylish look? I need to know

saw mbti on the thumbnail: this man's an intj, i'd start doing my homework if i'm right.

As a 17 year old girl I have made the conscious decision to pursue wisdom and knowledge. And I'll tell you my friend Your channel couldn't come at a better time This is a diamond

I am a simple man, I see Murakami I click.

Two years ago I took 16personalities test and got INFP, two years later, after a lot of introspection and self assessment, still INFP...

I get it. Murakami is my beer. Mishima is my coffee.

2:21 ah, the classic asian upbringing.

Just 4 days ago I found ur channel, I think im addicted

you’re an INTJ, that makes sooo much sense

Sir, it is 4am in Canada. Now am I happy, absolutely

From my (obviously limited) INFJ-ist perspective, you often share the kinds of ideas that often resonate with me a lot, but the way you articulate them sounds more like an INTJ speaking. I could be wrong, of course, and I'm not sure if this observation makes any sense to you, bu those are just my two cents based on what I've seen of you so far. I'm looking forward to the Beats video. I always wanted to like them, then I read some of their works...and didn't feel it, which was a disappointment. Maybe I need to come back to them again after those few years. I did read them in my "angsty extreme existentialist" phase, so maybe I'd have a different outlook now.

This channel has grown so fast. Oml

Alright lad, I am almost 30 years older than you and would consider myself fairly well read but I can tell from looking at a half dozen of your videos that even as a 20 year old you are probably better read than me. You are probably a talented musician. I am playing guitar for 33 years now and am a complete journeyman at best. But hey talent and application....the first I can't will and the second I can't muster (much!!) Anyway sir I very much enjoy your videos about books (having been a avid reader since I was about 9 years old). Here are some of my favourite authors with one or two books I particularly enjoyed. If you read this comment you might see a few titles you'd be interested in: Solzhenytsin: The First Circle (my absolute favorite by him) Dan Simmons (Ilium and Olympos, possibly surpasses his Hyperion Cantos) Glen Duncan (I, Lucifer and Weathercock, both excellent and Weathercock was a distressing and even uncomfortable read but worth it. Both book endings I thought were a little bit disappointing but still well worth reading) Cormac McCarthy (All The Pretty Horses. I know Blood Meridian is the critics choice but All the pretty horses is just ravishing) Irvine Welsh (Trainspotting, The Edinburgh dialect might put you off but it is an awesome awesome book) John Steinbeck (East of Eden, sort of like inhabiting a little world of its own for its duration) Jack London (The Call of The Wild) Joseph Heller (Catch-22, funny harrowing, solipsistic) Ethan Cohen (Gates of Eden, fantastic short stories) James Elroy (LA Confidential, infinitely better than the very good film) George Orwell (Coming Up for Air, took me by surprise) So there ya go. I read 1Q84 (all three parts) by Murakami and very much enjoyed this. Must some more of his stuff a read.

He is same age as me. Wow. I thought he was older once he always sounds so intelligent and mature. I'm an INFJ and I thought that your ideas and thoughts resonate with mine so I was guessing that you could be INFJ too.

Yep, definitely I would love to sit around a table with you and have a deep and long conversation about books, art and life.

Hey fellow INTJ I have accidentally stumbled on your channel and it's amazing to watch your content. 👍

I'd love to hear your thoughts on Kafka on the Shore. I read it few months ago and I fell in love with Murakami! I had just read The Master and Margarita and I was interested in magical realism, and that book was really good!

You really inspired me to get back to writing and doing art. The way you talk about the things you do is just precious; I can feel your passion through the screen. I'm so glad I found your channel. I think every aspiring artist should watch your videos. They're life-changing. Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us! Regards from Brazil!

Brilliant run of videos this week! It's a pleasure getting to know you through your thoughts on literature.

You are like one of my favourite KZfaqrs atm. Your advice are so genuine and non pretentious, I'm greatly inspired by you.

I always seem to fall back to this channel when I need to find joy. Keep up the good work!

Taking a break from my studies to watch this. Thank you for all the videos, they are so lovely.

One of my most favourite channels. Thank you for everything dude! ❤️

Ah good, now I have a couple more books to put on my Christmas list. Congratulations on the 60k, and thanks for the great content as always.

this is quickly becoming one of my favorite channels !!!! love your content

Oh, I understand you so well about the visual input of your writing experience. It's the same for me, especially for the fact that my writing is also deeply influenced by my love for Art and by the studies I've made in university about the different and manifold ways in which to "read" and fully embrace an artwork. By the way, I would love to see a video from you about the Beat movement and prose!

your "mind's gaze"... beautifully put. the flow is so natural and uninterrupted when you speak... this is why I listen to you I guess.

Hang in there RC. Really enjoy your comments and reviews.

I think it’s so interesting that you mentioned that people on an intellectual journey will experience that “phase” where you feel like the world and it’s history is just so messed up and nobody else cares or understands. I thought I was the only one, but hearing your opinion made me feel better. Loved the video, 👍🏼😊

So excited for the future Beats video! I took a Kerouac & Ginsberg class with the Kerouac scholar Ann Charters and it was one of the best classes I've ever taken.

This vlog made my day😭. I was so confused about doing my UG degree. I love literature, but evryone around me was forcing me to study physics and they were not interested in literature. I was worried but you're absolutely right, I have to study what I love, not what others decide. Thank you so much and I'm loving your channel. Keep going!❤✨

I'm here 30yr Old still dreaming of writing a Novel. Your content is good. I look forward to read your book one of these days and surely let you know what I felt. Thank you.

Hello fellow INTJ!

Fahrenheit 451 is one of my faves. I read it every year.

I've never been this early! Really wholesome video!

yess I was waiting for you to mention your mbti type. Cognitive functions are really interesting to look into :)

As a fellow INTJ, I'm noticing more and more that I tend to gravitate towards people and characters that are also INTJ. Blew my mind when I realized that

10:25 YES! In 2019 I started a career just because it "taught me many things", not because I wanted to do that type of career. In october im going to start my second year of classical philology and I couldn´t be happier...even though I'm still not sure which path I'm going to take. (like research or teaching, or both, who knows)

You are so incredibly bright and mature I've always thought you were much older lol, incredibly glad to see your channel grow so fast and good luck on your studies!

Happy to find you on youtube, your advice and ideas are good and reliable. The fact that we are the same age is crazy, each video of yours is like having that super fluid and interesting conversation with some comrade. It inspires a lot. Saludos desde Argentina!

Congratulations on hitting 60k! This channel is amazing. :)

I'm VERY excited for the beat generation video

The part about being extremely existentialist and this somewhat arrogant pessimism and as you said feeling isolated really resonated with me right now. Because exactly as you it feels like people don't understand, but obviously you know exactly what it feels like, so it made me feel a lot better too, thanks

aquarius + intj is the best combination. now I know why I watched almost all of your videos

Your videos are amazing and inspiring

Norwegian Wood is definitely one of my favorites too.

Yup 3 days or so since I stumbled upon your channel and perfect timing I would say. I seriously wish either your channel was existed 10 yrs ago or I was 10 yrs younger at the moment.

INFP and I have read every Murakami book. He is my current favorite author.

a journalist of that internal world - my new favorite quote.

5:52 couldn't have said it any better

Aaaaaaa he answered my question, I'm so happy

I've come to know your channel yesterday. Your videos are pretty cool. Thanks for Uploading.

Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage was the first ever Murakami book I read, I was frustrated and disappointed, I remember I read the ending 4 times to actually understand what happened, but nothing. Murakami left me with my own perspectives on that book and I love him for that, that book shattered my ego, that insignificant, unilluminating ending forced me to slow down and think, it made me realize that i don’t have any clue about anything whatsoever. Norwegian Wood was the next and still is one of my favorite books of all time, I’m simply in love with that book and Kafka on the Shore made me realize that I want to write. I love and value people who love Murakami’s writings, happy to hear that you like him too :)

Please do a video about Kafka on the shore when you read it! I am also a huge fan of Murakami and I would like to hear other people's opinion about the book and Murakami's writing style in general.

Yehey! My question got picked!! Congrats on your 60+k subs!! 🎉🎉

I too am an INTJ Aquarius !!! Hello personality twin! 👋👋👋

You’re a great inspiration for people my age (even though you do not believe in inspiration). I’m gonna turn 20 in 4 months as well. I may have been one of those students doing a degree for the sake of it? But I’m also glad that I did my diploma in French alongside, even tho I was unsure, now I’m teaching it to someone and that has served me a lot I would say. I’ve been on and off with writing as well. I wish I would’ve stuck through with it, but I guess the lockdown really helped me in rekindling my passion towards writing stories. I’m currently working on the character profiles of my book, and it’s good to know that I’m already doing what you suggested-writing 500 words a day :)

Congratulations! I remember being here just when you hit 15k!

The godly knowledge is just transparent at this point.

Congrats on the 60k subs! Nice to know more about you haha!

You are amazing. You are like three years younger than me and thirty times smarter 😅❤️

Congratulations, bro! I see you from Ecuador, you really have a very good channel, and well, I can also practice my English watching you, take care 😎🤙

thank u for the advice, it’s rlly helpful , I feel like too often we are pressured to pursue a degree because it’a the “right” thing to do and will make u successful but if u dnt know what u want to do or dnt like what u do, it is rlly a waste of time and will make unhappy and like what u said in the video dreading what u do everyday is not a good way to live

For the writing part I honestly I agree with you man. Whenever I write I just get into this state of flow, which is really great because I lose all sense of time and the words just flow out of me like water🤣

Love your channel man crazy how acceleration has blasted off this year for ya congrats! Question on “writing every day.” When I played basketball in high school it was essential to practice every day but we always had specific drills to work on...if you didn’t know these drills the best you could do is haphazardly shoot around until you get bored or tired which would be better than nothing but still wouldn’t improve you much. “Write every day” sounds similar to practicing basketball every day and I’m wondering what are the specific “drills” or structures of practice that will actually yield improvement? If I just crack open a notebook and write stream of conscious I feel like that’s just going out into the driveway and shooting hoops, I’m kinda getting better but my time could be structured more effectively if I know what drills to work on...Hope this made sense would appreciate any feedback. Cheers and keep it up buddy! 👍

when you said you were an aquarius my first reaction was "of course you are"! I love your videos they're really inspiring btw!

Wow 20, you are so mature for you age

How influential your episode..I am watching your videos in Kathmandu! Astonishing ya?

Thank you for the words and thoughts. Shout out from a literature student from Brazil! I really hope to see L`Academie translated to portuguese! :)

do a complete bookshelf tour ik u have before but do one that goes completely into it

this is now my favourite channel.

Can't wait to read your book

I love your work 😀🙏

The Wind up Bird Chronicle or even Murakami's short stories are probably much better than Kafka on the Shore in my opinion, but I definitely love Kafka on the Shore. If you love greek tragedies, I'm sure you'd love Kafka on the Shore. I love literature, and because I love Japanese Literature particularly, I decided to learn the language and read, so I can similarly relate to that note. Have you read Albert Camus?

Keep up the good work!

I’m also and Aquarius and an INTJ. No wonder why I like you so much, I guess great minds think alike 😂

Personally, I pursue multiple interests as a means of avoiding burnout. Today I'll work on a story, tomorrow maybe some artwork or music, coding the day after that, etc. That's probably why I gravitated toward game development. My varied interests can be put to work on a single project.

I am so happy that I have many things in common with my favourite youtuber

I feel so connected like spiritually understood with this channel and the experiences. Your Book recommendations and just love for philosophy and psychology. And turns out I'M ALSO TURNING 20 IN 4 MONTHS. AQUARIUS HERE. And I'm a science student too who is finding love for art.But since my field will be more medicine related ( hopefully in the future connecting to psychiatry and neuroscience), I think I'll be happy. It's something that connects art and science for me. It's like getting something physical from a philosophy/ psychology book. I want to prove to people that psychology exists. It's a real thing. The first time I gave the mbti test, I got INFJ, then INFP and recently I got INTJ. I'm so done with this testing. I read about this test and cognitive functions etc for 2years through whatever source I could find. But nothing helps. So now I don't care about my type except for the fact that I'm sure I'm introverted intuitive. Rest just doesn't matter, I'll figure it out as life happens.

My goal in life is to be as smart as him when I turn 19

A video about the Beats would be awesome

I would almost put money on you being an infj and I'm no gambler. In fact I just discovered your videos today and 3 videos in I said this gentleman is an infj.. infjs have a hypnotic quality to them that is quite fascinating and not a cookie cutter in the lot. All I can say is thank you KZfaq algorithm and I hope you keep making content. Keep calm and carry on. 😌

Just read Barn Burning again.

Hahah, I am also turning 20 soon, aquarius and INTJ and used to do physics as a major😂

I KNEW YOU WERE AN INTJ. Thank you for the video

Im intp yooo i love reading and am working on a novel rn but now its like i look at the work I’ve done so far and instantly get a headache. Theres so many ideas i want to portray and so many things i need to fix. It really is a problem for intp’s to finish a project 😂

Same here! so far I also believed I was an infj, but it turned out that I was an intj, and it suited me more. (I used to deny it, thanks to my sister who made me realized it) 🤓

I’m an ENFP! & Murakami is my favorite author lol

i know a bit about jung's cognitive functions theory which is the basis of the MBTI system and from my perspective if we look out for functions you really look like an INFJ. some people on comments wrote that even your communication style is so INTJ but as an INFJ myself i can resonate how you talk or tell your opinions. i suppose i need to watch more videos of you to see if you use Fe or Te but... please don't make typing on letters, functions would be a better choice to search about. with a lots of research i did about enneagram too, i actually think you are an 4w5 sp/so or so/sp INFJ with 451 tritype which really can look like an INTJ and type 5 (INTJs are so common for 5s). i recommend you to search about enneagram too and see the slight difference between 4w5 (common for INFJs) and 5w4 (common for INTJs). in the end this is my humble opinion and hope i could help. have a great day.

0:44 Same! i always got INFJ but this past 2 years i got INTJ and it make sense. no wonder why i relate with you so much in every videos

Would love to hear your thoughts on Dubliners.

Love Murakami too!

What you said about feeling isolated when the world is 'opening up' to people when they read more in that some become pompous was really comforting to me but not in the way you meant it. In my case I actually stunted my intellectual growth because of the loneliness of not being able to connect with anyone around as it was literally killing me. I thought trying to be interested in and learning what others liked would be more advantageous for my emotional wellbeing. Well, at almost 28 and 3 suicide attempts later that way of living hasn't done me any good. I'm terribly intimidated by others my own age with the same interests since they've went to University by this point and younger Gen Z'ers would probably look down on me for not being as well read or educated as I could be it leaves me back at a stand still in making any friends. The point is it's nice to know I didn't feel isolated just because I have these interests coming from a extremely poor background. I'm sure you count your blessings in that you have friends that have similar interests and are able to pursue a higher education.

norwegian wood is my favorite book :)

that is a great idea for a book

What do you think of Murakami’s way of writing? I’ve read Kafka on the Shore just recently and it was kinda disturbing at some point- the whole taboo/incest thing. Does literary merit/license stretch that far? Anyhow, I like the book and the metaphors it provided.

been watching your videos for a while and I think you have a goof balance of Infj and Intj personalities

I'm excited for L'academie

Wow it's so satisfying to know that you're an INTJ