Miscellaneous

Competitive Programming

I was a contestant of algorithmic competitive programming, and won silver medals in National Olympiad in Informatics (NOI) in high school. I always feel a sweet and melancholy nostalgia for NOI. It led me to the world of computer science, yet it also utterly transformed my heart and life. Nevertheless, those never-coming-back days spent discussing algorithmic problems with high school friends remain my most treasured memories, regardless of everything else.

Literature

I am a humble reader of modern literature and literary theory. A long (but not exhaustive) list of authors that I like: Roberto Bolaño, Julio Cortázar, William Faulkner, James Joyce, Richard Yates, Franz Kafka, Anton Chekhov, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Mishima Yukio, Walter Benjamin, and Roland Barthes. Bolaño is my personal favorite (though this does not mean he is the best). When I read Last Evenings on Earth for the first time, I realized that he is an author I will never be able to live without.

Anime

I am also interested in anime. I like Ikuhara Kunihiko (esp. Utena, the best anime ever), Tsurumaki Kazuya, Shinkai Makoto, Mizushima Tsutomu, Anno Hideaki, Kyoto Anime, and almost all Sekai-kei / Nichijou-kei genres.

Games

I Wanna be the Guy fangames, Metal Max series, Fire Emblem series, Ruina, etc.