11:02~ Many people disappear to escape the pressures of jappanese society which frowns on failure and traditionally puts group Harmony above indivisual happiness.
11:12~ In Japan people have a hard time living with shame. Japan is not very forgiving. Rather than live with same, our debt, people would prefer to choose leaving everything behind and vanishing, and starting over. And some of thme do quite well or they prefer to leave this world behind and kill themselves. I'd obviously advocate vanishing over suicide any day of the week, and two of these books are very much on that theme... like don't kill yourself. Vanish. Start again.