I’m not entirely sure where the time went this month. I was working on a game review for Atelier, and I suppose I’ve been busy getting into the new anime / drama seasons. I definitely got reading done, but in bursts here and there as opposed to as diligently as I usually do. Still, let’s see what I read through the month of April!

Bold = completed series
Italic = dropped

= recommendation

Manga:

1. In Another World, My Sister Stole My Name volume 4
2. The Failure at God School volume 3
3. Tamon’s B-Side volume 1 (JP, reread)
4. 悪女都呼ばれた私、転生先で悪役です (B’s Log Comic)
5. 〈小市民〉 春期限定いちごタルト事件 volume 3
6. Tower Dungeon volume 1 (JP)
7. Kakuriyo: Bed and Breakfast for Spirits (Shonen Sirius)
8. The Mage Next Door (WSJ)
9. Dope: Narcotics Control Department Special Investigation Unit volume 1 (JP)
10. 声の降るへや volume 1
11. Cells at Work! Cat (Shonen Sirius)
12. My Happy Marriage volume 6 (JP)
13. Night Light Hounds (Manga Plus)
14. After-School Hanako-kun volume 2 (JP)
15. A Livid Lady’s Guide to Getting Even: How I Crushed My Homeland with My Mighty Grimories volume 7
16. Hero Girl and Demon Lord Call It Quits (WSJ)
17. The Reincarnation of the Strongest Exorcist in Another World volume 8
18. The Water Magician volume 6
19. The Eternal Fool’s Words of Wisdom: A Pawsitively Fantastic Adventure volume 8
20. Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill volume 11
21. The Conqueror from a Dying Kingdom volume 7
22. What’s With the Bag, Kamiyama-san? volume 2
23. Ascendance of a Bookworm Part 4 volume 6
24. The Brilliant Healer’s New Life in the Shadows volume 5
25. Fushi no Kami: Rebuilding Civilization Starts with a Village volume 9
26. A Late-Start Tamer’s Laid-Back Life volume 9
27. The Invincible Little Lady volume 12
28. Tokyo Aliens volume 10
29. All Eyes on Nekoyashiki-kun: Notice Me, Not My Characters volume 1
30. Betrothed to a Fox Demon volume 1
31. The Prince’s Keeper volume 1
32. 眠れるケモノは愛を叫ぶ (Noicomi)
33.  I want to End This Game Called Love volume 1 (JP)
34. Manoka the Human and the Slaughter Robot (Manga Plus)
35. 異世界の脳筋領主と愛玩生活 (Chara)
36. 夢の終わりで待ち合わせ (Chara)
37. かませ犬の王冠 volume 3
38. Yankee & Carameliser (JP)
39. Tamon’s B-Side volume 2 (JP)
40. 1122 五代夫婦の場合 volume 1
41. 高松くん、いま何％？
42. マスカレード・コンフェデンス詐欺師は少女と仮面仕掛けの旅する (Comic Alive)
43. ワークスイートバランス volume 2
44. フアンシー革命 volume 2
45. Waiting For You at the End of the Runway  
46. デリヲノ推しごと volume 2
47. 私を養って！勇者さま (Dengeki Daioh G)
48. God Bless the Mistaken volume 4 (JP)
49. A Couple of Cuckoos volume 20
50. A Pen, Handcuffs, and a Common-Law Marriage volume 1
51. My Super-Cute Black Mage! volume 1
52. Black Clover

One-shot:

1. きみは知らない (Kiss)
2. Half-Sadow of an Empty Shell (Manga Plus)
3. Kive Me Back My Manga (Manga Plus)
4. Chika Wants to Know More (Manga Plus)
5. The Avenging Metaist (Manga Plus)
6. Switch Battery (Manga Plus)
7. Miss Serious and the Red Light (Manga Plus)
8. The Two Who Changed (Manga Plus)
9. The Meddlesome Ghost’s Love Coaching (Manga Plus)
10. The Moon, The Eyes, and the Shrine Maiden of the Lake (Manga Plus)
11. The Legend of Kongo: Special Paranormal Division (Manga Plus)
12. The Slovenly Saint and the Health-Conscious Devil (from My Super-Cute Black Mage! vol 1)
13. Swim (Manga Plus)

Light Novels:

1. The Trials and Tribulations of My Next Life as a Noblewoman Volume 4 Part 1
2. Peddler in Another World: I Can Go Back to My World Whenever I Want! volume 12
3. Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End – Prelude volume 1 – review
4. Agents of the Four Seasons volume 2: Dance of Spring Part 2

Feels good to have myself a little bit back on track with light novel reading. That’s not the most I’ve read this year, but it is an improvement on February and March. I was up until 2am finishing off that volume of Agents of the Four Seasons, but it was so worth it. Even if I am now emotionally spent for the next six to twelve months.

I guess a lot of what I’ve read this month overall was just my regular serialisations, some select favourites and things to review for work… eventually… I was really sad that Shoshimin came to a conclusion already since it only covered the events of the first season of anime, and I really loved Anri Sagawa’s work on it. I also discovered that ワークスイートバランス is finished in the next volume, which I really think is just going to end up having a rushed conclusion.

I did also start Tower Dungeon after a million years of it being recommended heavily everywhere. Look, don’t judge me. I am someone who read all of Aposimz and I think we can all agree that was absolutely terrible in the end. So scepticism of his new work was valid! But I did really enjoy the first volume, so I will definitely be back for more in due course. But we’re not thinking, speaking or writing of buying new books right now since this month I got in a large batch of books, and the backlog is crying. We’ll not speak of the fact I just paid for my April pre-orders. Nope.