April Recap
April was a good month I would say. Watched several dramas without subs, and though I wouldn’t say I dramatically improved in my listening, I was relatively fine with switching back and forth to subtitles.
Last month I started speed-running Wanikani, I’m now at level 11. I skip all vocab, except selected ones where I feel like I might have forgotten them after burning.
| April Stats | |
|---|---|
| New Vocab | Kanji | Grammar | 181 | 50 | 17 |
| Days Read | 26 |
| (M)angas/(N)ovels read | 2M/3N |
| Pages read Manga | Novels | 517 | 637 |
| (E)pisodes/(M)ovies watched | 14E/3M |
| Hours watched | 10.1 |
Recently finished reading/watching
Adore the art style and the story seems quite interesting. The language level varies quite a bit, when it was the little girl, it child-appropriate conversation similar to Yotsubato!, but the lore and other characters speaking was more complicated.
Very sweet and innocent BL live action adaptation of a BL novel which I also read. For me it was a bit too innocent, I didn’t really care too much about the main characters, nothing really happens so it’s a bit boring. But I think it’s a good watch for learners looking for an easy-to-understand relaxing drama-free BL.
Bought it because the cover art looks nice and reminds me of another ship that I like.
The main characters are childhood rivals who meet again as co-workers in the same company. One fateful day after drinking a li~ttle too much, they get handsy with each other trying to prove their ahem longevity. So another bet commences, whoever makes the other fall for them wins.
Yes, it sounds like plot slop to justify the spicy stuff, but hear me out, they do kinda make it work. The character dynamic is superb, their bantering and teasing is super fun, and they’re actually quite self-aware that their rivalry is quite idiotic.
This is basically a one-shot so the story develops pretty quickly and doesn’t get boring. Loved the art as well, the uke is beautiful
I also finished 3 movies that I briefly reviewed in the JFF Movie Club:
Out of the three I think Mondays was actually my favorite, but it’s hard to say because they’re all very different genres. It was super fun and I loved how the co-workers started working together, and I like the soundtrack with the group lyrical school.
Recently it’s finally getting warmer again, so I’m looking forward to reading outside on the balcony, we’ve spent this weekend pretty much getting it read for our kitten and spring/summer.
