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 | | In the tradition of classical Japanese tanka poetry, they each take on a role: the schoolgirl stalked by an older boy, the stalker, the schoolgirl's boyfriend, and the female detective. |
 | | Tanka, also known as waka, is one of the oldest types of Japanese poetry and predates haikus. |
 | | As you may (or may not) have read from Tales of Genji, instead of speaking directly to each other, it was believed to be more polite to write each other tanka that expresses each other's feeling, after which the poem is then delivered by a servant. |
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