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It's never too late to achieve the traditional education of a Japanese high school student, is it? I wonder if they still read this one.

This Japanese classic is roughly the equivalent of Catcher in the Rye, in that it is now considered YA and pokes fun at received wisdom. However, Botchan (the nickname of the protagonist) is so sweet, to my eyes�� the rebellion is so delicately muted, so Japanese, that at most the book reads as gentle humour.