Right. Botchan (1906) (坊っちゃん 明治 三十九年) That was and probably still is a popular book, moreso at the time of its release when virtually all behavior was rigid a

Right. Botchan (1906) (坊っちゃん 明治 三十九年) That was and probably still is a popular book, moreso at the time of its release when virtually all behavior was rigid and prescribed and you were expected to keep your thoughts to yourself and never volunteer them. There's even an .epub of Botchan on Project Gutenberg and aozora. As a Japanese friend who grew up in Japan observed, Botchan was like an alter ego. You know exactly what he is thinking, he had a short fuse, and talked with his fists with little regard as to how his actions were construed. Things at times which you would want to do yourself but wouldn't or couldn't. But like an Aesop's fable, ethics and morality win in the end. - and the above is Kanji if you don't have the script ;-)