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This new mobile chrome redesign has been horrific. Just a useless selection of buttons taking up real estate and sure they reduce if you scroll one way,but I’m still on an iPhone SE. I have large bezels and not a lot of screen space to start with, never mind losing to navigation!
In a mad scramble to try and defeat the backlog of radio programs (it’s only sort of working…), I have basically been listening to My Dress-Up Darling, Tougen Anki and The Daily Life of a Part-time Torturer’s shows on a loop… I am finally out of Tougen Anki at least 😅
I always look forward to reading new volumes of K-9, but a part of me also now looks forward to finding out what colour the spine will be! There’s been such a nice range of colours so far~
YP come on these aren’t the same… Also I guess that first anthology means vol 10 of the main series?
It’s important to reward yourself for accomplishing boring adult things like going to the doctors. Don’t think I’ve had Dorayaki before, was extremely nice. Frozen as well, I let it sit for 10-15 minutes and it was perfect in this warm weather~
Pile of new Square Enix manga turned up today, which is always very welcome. Especially when it contains new Tokyo Aliens!! Excited for the two new titles as well of course.
I appreciate this cover will speak to the mass market a lot more, but we have lost the (to me) way more visually interesting JP cover in the process.
From Avocado House comes 1,000 Words Left to Live by Gyatei Murasaki
1,000 Words Left to Live is a best-selling TikTok sensation in Japan by Gyatei Murasaki, an author considered to be a “master of the absurd.” This anthology collects twenty-six individual stories originally posted by Murasaki on a literary website—stories short enough to be finished in five minutes yet wide in breadth and impactful in their emotional delivery.
1,000 Words Left to Live releases December 2026. Pre-order here today: avocadohouse.com/
There are a lot of shows / music entries missing that I think should have made it in over what we did get, but here's where I settled with my votes among what we do have. Quite tough for a couple of them!
Bookwalker’s page is region locked (as BL often are on the Japanese side), but CMAO also list it as BL cmoa.jp/title/228642/
I just finished 孤高のSubは恋を知らない which was really emotional and interesting BL manga. Despite being dom/subverse it wasn’t at all explicit until the end of vol bonus. Definitely gonna have to look into the rest of the authors work. Also look at how cute the cover is!
At this rate these really will just approach an hour quite happily, as alluded to in episode 1 (since there’s no time limit Mamoru talked about being able to talk much longer). 🤣 But that’s no bad thing, he’s so easy to listen to.
Oblivion Battery is a series I fell in love with when the anime aired last year. So, when they announced nendoroids of Haruka and Kei I knew I needed them here playing baseball together as I hope they always can. Hayato also arrived today and is being a good spectator!
ALT Three nendoroids on my desk. Left is Kei from Oblivion Battery in a catcher pose, while right is Haruka from Oblivion Battery in a pitcher’s pose. In between is Hayato from Wind Breaker holding a cup of tea.
There’s no replacing Toi8’s fantastic artwork but Akira Ishida is still doing a superb job! I like their take on the cast and the pages are laid out well so it doesn’t feel info dumpy despite how much it needs to convey to the reader. The black spine and obi are a nice touch too
The opening for 10 Things I Want to Do Before I Turn 40 is such a cute concept. I like how their lives intersect before they finally meet at the end. Suzume's apartment is really cute too; they did a great job decorating it to fit his character.
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