"What should I read next?" Megathread

I finished 若草物語, and have decided I’ll read 花物語 manga next, so I won’t have it hanging over me. After that, I can take a nice breather by reading through the rest of 青い花 :slight_smile:

Thx to everyone who voted in the short while the poll was up :slight_smile:

Update: I somehow wound up starting 若草物語 2 instead, but I guess this will be my plan for whenever I get through it

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Which would you read first?

  • ささやくように恋を唄う
  • あさがおと加瀬さん。
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They look to be about the same length volume-wise, so I voted for ささやく since it seems to be a bit more well-known, so you’ll have more people to chat about it with.

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朝顔と加瀬さん was my 2nd yuri, ささ恋 was my 6th… But this is sort of one of those “can’t go wrong either way” moments.

That said 加瀬さん is 5 volumes, with a follow-up series 山田と加瀬さん (where they’re in college) that is ongoing - they’re listed together in Natively. ささこ恋 vol 11 will be out in a week, and is still ongoing.

Not sure what to vote for here

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Oh, in that case, maybe I should vote for 加瀬さん as the quicker read? :thinking:

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Idk I voted for ささ恋 in the end, b/c it’s less conventional, and it’s the one of the two that I still read every month (tho one of these months, it would be nice to pick 加瀬さん back up again - that little gardener 山田 is sooo adorable)

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I’m flip-flopping on my next audiobook read, so I’m hoping you guys can help sway me in one direction or another:

Option 1: 穏やか貴族の休暇のすすめ。2. Book two in a “it’s totally not BL guys” fantasy series.

Option 2: 妖奇庵夜話 その探偵、人にあらず. Half-yokai dude helps police solve yokai crimes.

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Seeing this as an option for you, you might like a series were a detective solves cases together with a ghost: 警視庁幽霊係 (ノン・ノベル 808) | L30??. Until now just the first volume is on LN, though. I own four, so far.

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I’m specifically looking for something with an audiobook this time, but I’ll keep the rec in mind!

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Voted for this so you can tell us (a) if it’s any good and (b) if it is actually horror like the cover claims :slight_smile:

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I also voted for this bc @eefara writes good reviews :grin:

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Aww, thank you! :smiling_face:

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I’m kind of in the mood for a 村田沙耶香, but I own three and I can’t decide which to start with. Help! :pray:

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Looks like I waited too long - now there’s a tie! :joy: Thanks to マウス being in the lead when I last checked, my subconscious seems to have settled on that though. Thanks everyone for voting!

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I will be reading 妖奇庵夜話 その探偵、人にあらず; thank you all!

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The lonely squad. :rofl: tbf, I completely voted based on the cover. :see_no_evil:

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Hahaha same :crazy_face:

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Oops, I read the blurbs, and that was the one that I‘d have thought interesting.

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I definitely wanted to know why she had three nipples, or at least three pasties

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Isn’t this just a mirror thing? One is at the mirror level, the other, the double one, is slightly above.

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