I read quite a bit more than usual the last two weeks due to having some free time. I’ll probably continue to read a bit more than before both because I’m in a groove and I think I’ll manage not to waste too much time with anime this season (I’m not even watching in Japanese/without subs).
I started reading the first 3 volumes of ひらやすみ | L22 back when it lost a BC on wanikani and now caught up with the latest volume. I like the series a lot and I added it to my favorites. The people on the cover are 18 and 29 years old, even though I first thought they looked like 8 and 9. I’m thinking how to describe what makes this series so great for me and different from other slice of life manga. I think it’s main strength is in depicting this large and diverse (in personality) cast. There is some drama, but it’s fairly slice of life and there to show off the characters rather than being moving. The series recently won the wankani BC, so you can start reading it with them soon.
I read モブ子の恋 22巻 | L21. This series just goes on and on with a fairly fast release schedule. I had no idea it would be this long when I started. These days I’m mostly staying for the side characters. Unfortunately volume 22 was one with a bigger focus on the main couple. (Is it awful if I started this because I thought the shy and self-conscious protagonist was cute, and now that she is all confident, she is less interesting to me?).
I read であいもん 10 | L29. A 和菓子 story set in 京都 (and yes, there is kansai ben). I complained about the image quality and dialect in this before. Plus, I realized I don’t find all the talk about 和菓子 interesting at all. Volume 10 finally proceeded the plot though (it basically finally finished what was set up in the first volume). It was moving and quite nice and gave me motivation again to read this series. Unfortunately volume 11 has lots of 和菓子-nonsense again.
I’m currently reading volume 21 of 本好きの下剋上 (the ultimate volume of the penultimate part IV). I was quite surprised to reach the “Epilogue” at only a little over half of the book. There are a lot of extra stories in this one. It was a quite nice ending of part IV. Finishing this will complete one of my goals for 2025, and that’s probably going to be the only goal I’ll actually finish.
Finished 付き合ってあげてもいいかな 3 | L24. I thought the end was promising in therms of interesting developments: Miwako meets her high school crush again.
