It’s the second reading log of 2025, in which I am determined to make a proper dent in the backlog. And frankly I think I have managed that, but it’s due to not really buying much since it’s near impossible to get anything I wanted from Dec-Feb… Anyways let’s see what I’ve been reading!

Bold = completed series
Italic = dropped

= recommendation

Manga:

1. ハートヒビカセ論 (Bessatsu Friend)
2. 86: Operation High School (Reread, Omnibus edition) – review  
3. Magical Girl Incident volume 3  
4. Hakutako (WSJ)
5. 塩対応の完璧王子と甘いふたり暮らし (Noicomi)
6. Terano-kun & Kumazaki-kun volume 1
7. 黒子と悪役くん (Dessert)
8. Agents of the Four Seasons: Dance of Spring volume 1 – review
9. Queen’s Quality volume 18
10. アフターメルヘン volume 1  
11. 花冠の中で君と咲う (G-Lish)
12. スタジオカバナ volume 3
13. Queen’s Quality volume 19
14. Honeko Akabane’s Bodyguards volume 1
15. 最果てのセレナード (Afternoon)
16. A Kingdom of Quartz (Afternoon)
17. Having an Idol-Loving Boyfriend is the Best! volume 4  
18. The Otaku Love Connection volume 1 – review
19. Imperial Reincarnation: I Came, I Saw, I Survived volume 1
20. Mercedes and the Waning Moon: The Dungeonering Feats of a Discarded Vampire Aristocrat volume 1
21. Love on the Horizon volume 1
22. Changes of Heart volume 4 (JP)
23. GOGOGOGO-GO-GHOST! volume 2
24. Hoteri Hotette First Kiss (JP)  
25. 失恋した成田くんに推し変しただけです！(Ane Friend)
26. 魔女メイドは女王の秘密を知っている。(Nakayoshi)
27. The Oblivious Saint Can’t Contain Her Power: Disgraced No Longer, I’m Finding Happiness with the Prince! volume 2
28. The Apothecary Diaries volume 10  
29. Even Though We’re Adults volume 10   
30. プロミスオブスターシード (Nakayoshi)
31. The Apothecary Diaries volume 11  
32. Kusunoki’s Flunking Her High School Glow-Up volume 1
33. Kusunoki’s Flunking Her High School Glow-Up volume 2
34. Peddler in Another World: I Can Go Back to My World Whenever I Want! volume 5
35. My Special One volume 4  
36. The Apothecary Diaries volume 12  
37. My Special One volume 5  
38. かませ犬の王冠 volume 1
39. 初めて恋人ができました。
40. 恋に無駄口 volume 11  
41. My Special One volume 6  
42. In The Clear Moonlit Dusk volume 7 – review  
43. The Unwanted Undead Adventurer volume 12
44. Dragon and Chameleon volume 2  
45. Phantom of the Idol volume 7
46. 恋に無駄口 volume 12  
47. Changes of Heart volume 5 (JP)
48. Seraph of the End: Guren Ichinose – Catastrophy at Sixteen volume omnibus volume 3 (vol 5-6)
49. I Caught Him Getting Off Online volume 2
50. Firefly Wedding volume 1
51. Having an Idol-Loving Boyfriend is the Best volume 5  
52. Call of the Night volume 15  
53. Touring After the Apocalypse volume 3 (JP)  
54. Call of the Night volume 16  
55. Megumi and Tsugumi volume 4
56. The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity volume 2  
57. Call the Name of the Night volume 3
58. イジめてごっこ。volume 1
59. Magokoro Scramble! What Lies in Your Heart (Manga Plus)
60. Like  butterfly volume 4 (JP)  
61. The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity volume 3  
62. Call the Name of the Night volume 4  
63. Gazing at the Star Next Door volume 2  

(That’s a lot of trash blob recommendations but I read a lot of things I really like this month…)

One Shot:

1. 古川蒼太に首ったけ (Bessatsu Friend)
2. 証明しますよ私の愛を (Bessatsu Friend)
3. 旦那様とお呼びしていいですか？ (Bessatsu Friend)
4. 爽やかに熱く (Bessatsu Friend)
5. Resonance (Manga Plus)
6. Unko & Tanaka (Manga Plus)
7. 青く、輝く。(Dessert)
8. つれない猫の恋しぐさ (Dessert)
9. When the Fireball Falls for the 100th Time (Manga Plus)
10. The Chrysalis Heart (Manga Plus)
11. Urban Myth Dissolution Center: Case File – Kune Kune (Manga Plus)
12. Mad Dead Lighthouse (Manga Plus)
13. Tokihime: The Temporal Maiden (Manga Plus)
14. The Girl Who Hibernates (Manga Plus)
15. 私にリアルは早すぎる (Bessatsu Friend)
16. 嘘笑いの本音 (Bessatsu Friend)
17. この恋には追いつけない (Bessatsu Friend)
18. The Corpse and the Sword (Manga Plus)
19. How to Craft the Perfect Boyfriend (Manga Plus)
20. BLAZE (Manga Plus)

(Yes I did neglect to read the January issues of Bessatsu and Dessert until Feb, so ended up reading two issues of them aha…)

Light Novels:

1. The Trials and Tribulations of My Next Life as a Noble Woman volume 1  
2. Chivalry of a Failed Knight volume 4
3. The Reincarnation of the Strongest Exorcist in Another World volume 3  
4. The misfit of Demon King Academy volume 9
5. The Hero and the Sage, Reincarnated and Engaged volume 3
6. Finding Avalon: The Quest of a Chaosbringer volume 5
7. Tearmoon Empire volume 14  
8. I’m a Noble on the Brink of Ruin, So I Might as Well Try Mastering Magic volume 5
9. The Apothecary Diaries volume 13  
10. Meals Made to Order: How to Domesticate Your Dragon with Delicacies 
11. Shannon Wants to Die
12. The Hero-Killing Bride volume 1
13. Dagashi-ya Yahagi: Setting Up a Sweets Shop in Another World volume 3  
14. After-School Dungeon Diver: Level Grinding in Another World volume 4
15. Mercedes and the Waning Moon: The Dungeonering Feats of a Discarded Vampire Aristocrat volume 1

So that brings me to 63 manga down from 85, 15 LNs up from 11 and 20 one shots down from 26. And that’s split across 21 Japanese and 42 English, which is quite high for Japanese I’m impressed with myself! The backlog meanwhile sits at 794 down from 820. Progress! \o/