Wow, that post has been up for a while. A lot has happened since then, but it essentially boils down to my law school feeling like an episode of:
...the Fourth Season
...the Fourth Season
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manko:
no, no, I haven't read the book! Thanks for the recommendation, hello Amazon. And sure, we got a deal - you scratch my back when I'm in court wrongly accused of some ordinary sin, I'll scratch your back in fabulously exciting dingy backstreets of Shinjuku. 
manko:
I've read all Ryu Murakami, but my absolute favourite still is Almost Transparent Blue. It's sheer poetry about comedowns.