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Ashura Girl

阿修羅ガール

• by Maijo Otaro
• published by Shinchosha

"They said it wouldn't hurt me any, so I went ahead and did him, but it did hurt something. My self-respect. Give it the fuck back."

The opening lines of this book basically take a brick and hit you in the face, then leap onto your chest as you're falling and proceed to continue battering your brain till you get to enjoy a horrific near death experience along with the main character.
She's a high school girl, and the opening of the book is a furious account of a complete asshole she made the mistake of sleeping with: "He came on my arm! My precious left arm! I eat with that arm! Now I'll have to pop it out like a fucking Barbie doll and leave it in my room when I go down to dinner!" Bathrooms brawls, internet driven psycho killer man hunts (aka Armageddon) a trip through her own movie star laden subconcious to the nightmarish forest that connects our souls...there's a reason this book won the Mishima award, and it's one of the best books out there.