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because of this tweet, I decided to finally actually read Kafka's Metamorphosis (or rather Die Verwandlung, in its original German). it's very enjoyable. I should read more Kafka
https://twitter.com/sensiblehuman96/status/1673229447728693249
‪I love the concept of the story. the surreal premise sounds like a joke, but it is entirely serious, and you have to sympathise with its main character's undeserved fate‬
btw check out this extremely good tweet from my friend
‪wow I've been reading for three hours already
over on twitter @sl2c told me some incredible lore:
random fun fact: the Japanese translation was called 変身/Henshin leading to the Kamen Rider production staff using that word in the show and from there it turned into the standard term used for superhero/magical girl transformations