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Why I Forever Search for the “Wow” Moments in Manga

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Okay first off it has been forever since I’ve posted on Curiosities. All of my work goes on Anime UK News now, so I guess I lost the need to write posts here because anything relevant usually fits there. This time I have something a little bit more personal to write though and something I want the ability to look back on for myself.

Without realising it myself, I’ve always been a bookworm. I love games and anime a great deal, but if I step back and look at my hobbies it’s safe to say that the majority of my time is spent reading. I read a lot of on-going manga series, 102 at the current count, and I sometimes get into a rut and wonder to myself why I do this. Why I follow so many; what I’m looking for; what I’m searching for. The answer came to me today unexpectedly.

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Reading Log: June 2024

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If like me you have no idea where June went, don’t worry you aren’t alone. One minute I was dreading the start of the warmer portion of the year and the next I was staring Summer straight in the face. And because all this time passed in the blink of an eye I haven’t actually gotten much of use done in terms of bringing down the backlog… Let’s see what I have been reading!

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Reflecting On J-Drama: Why Didn’t I Tell You a Million Times

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If you’re at all familiar with my interests then you may know I am a big fan of mystery, romance and crime dramas. This is a collection of things that often go underserved in the mediums I like, so I’m always happy to discover something that manages to incorporate all three of these things and prove interesting. While I often watch romance dramas or adaptations of manga I already like, I picked up Why Didn’t I Tell You a Million Times on a whim and I’m really glad I did.

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Reading Log: May 2024

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Already time for the May reading log. The more the months go by the more I don’t see the backlog ever going down, so I’ve somewhat stopped worrying about it. My Anime-Planet did pass 1,000 manga / LNs marked ‘reading’ so now I’m trying to put my efforts into finishing stuff off and getting that down. It’s fairly motivating to watch until it goes up several times more when new serialisations start. Anyway here’s what I’ve been reading:

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Reading Log: November 2023

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Christmas looms and it has already snowed before we even hit December 1st. The year has rapidly run away, not helped by this month being busy with Scotland Love’s Anime and then being ill two weeks before and after. Still, I got some reading done so let’s see what I’ve been up to this month!

As a reminder I’ve scrapped writing out Japanese titles in romaji and am instead just including the kanji to aid in searchability. Likewise, if a title has been released in both Japanese and English, I’m including the English even if I read it in JP just to help with people being able to recognise them.

Bold = completed series
Italic = dropped

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Reading Log: October 2023

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Spooky season is here, well, at least at the time of writing. Perhaps not by the time you read this! I spent a lot of time either under the weather or busy this month so I can’t imagine I’ve read that much compared to usual, but let’s take a look.

Also as of this update, I’ve decided to scrap writing out Japanese titles in romaji and instead just putting them in kanji so they’re more easily searchable for those interested!

Bold = completed series
Italic = dropped

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