Good day, Natives of the Lee, I hope you are all having another productive day trying to find out the true meaning of 気.
September is finally gone, and it is now October, the best month of the year. Did you all meet your reading goals for the previous month (if you had them)? In preparation for this month, I wanted to get ヴァンパイア大使アンジュ (series) | L23 out of the way, so I did. I talked about it a bit already in the 吸血鬼 appreciation thread, but it doesn’t have the strongest ending. Still an okay beginner series though.
So, now that we are in the objective best month of the year, do you guys have anything special you want to read? I know someone already made a thread for horror and mystery recommendations, so there must be some interest. I would think at least some of you would have some plans, considering how big the mystery crowd is.
Personally, I started my seasonal reading with ぼくが恋した吸血鬼 講談社ノベルス | L26, and I am liking it so far! Technically, I started it in September, and it almost feels like it’s a sin to do so considering how perfect this book is for October reading. I mean, the first chapter is literally called 十月の夜に. The plot basically feels like Dracula, but instead of going to Whitby, he goes to Japan. It’s better than the other 吸血鬼-related books I have read so far, but that honestly isn’t a high bar (2 books with zero reviews on Amazon, one somewhat ecchi LN, and a kid’s book series)
I also got over my mangaphobia and ended up reading manga for the first time in Japanese with ハピネス (series) | L17 since it won’t interrupt my 吸血鬼 marathon. Reading with pictures isn’t so bad after all! This series in particular seems to be really easy and pretty popular on Natively too.
Here is my completion of the 赤川次郎 bingo card made by @cat for the first half or so of ぼくが恋した吸血鬼
