First on my list - Train Man (Densha Otoko). Got this at Fully Booked when me and my girls are sipping in some banana berry Jamba Juice. It was on Fully Booked's something list (READ: cover-was-catchy-I-didn't-bother-if-it-was-on-the-Bestseller's-list) so I picked it up. Read the synopsis, browsed through it and thought it was an easy read. I was damn right! Finished it on my 3.45 hr flight back to Singapore.
Here's the synopsis from the FullyBooked site:
An instant bestseller when it was first published in Japan, Train Man became a multimedia sensation, generating a smash-hit TV series, a blockbuster film, and multiple manga series. Now here’s the novel that started it all.
Boy–bashful and not overly brave–defends girl from obnoxious drunk on a Tokyo train. Girl sends boy a thank-you pair of pricey Hermés teacups. Boy’s a geek and doesn’t know what to do next. End of story for most nerds–but this one turns to the world’s largest online message board and asks for help, so for him it’s just the beginning. This matchless love story is told through a series of Internet chat room threads.
As Train Man, our hero charts his progress and unveils each new crisis–from making conversation to deciding what to wear on a date and beyond–in return, he receives advice, encouragement, warnings, and sympathy from the anonymous netizens. And Train Man discovers the secret to what makes the world go round–and proves we really do live in a universe where anything can happen.
Boy–bashful and not overly brave–defends girl from obnoxious drunk on a Tokyo train. Girl sends boy a thank-you pair of pricey Hermés teacups. Boy’s a geek and doesn’t know what to do next. End of story for most nerds–but this one turns to the world’s largest online message board and asks for help, so for him it’s just the beginning. This matchless love story is told through a series of Internet chat room threads.
As Train Man, our hero charts his progress and unveils each new crisis–from making conversation to deciding what to wear on a date and beyond–in return, he receives advice, encouragement, warnings, and sympathy from the anonymous netizens. And Train Man discovers the secret to what makes the world go round–and proves we really do live in a universe where anything can happen.
It was entertaining. I would say, a modern day fairytale where the princess falls for a nerd a.k.a. the prince charming. I have to commend the author's (Hitori Nakano) realism on depicting today's internet works. Not a rocket science type of reading but I surely had fun.
Completely defying Resolution # 11 on my earlier post (read here), I did what I do best and googled the title - voila! It's just not actually a book, it's already been made into a movie, a series and even a manga. Cool beans!
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