In March of 2018 (almost seven years ago!), I decided to start learning Japanese. At the time, I was growing increasingly annoyed about the lack of availability of manga I wanted to read and the quality of translation when they did get picked up. So, spurred on by a friend who already knew the language, I found myself wanting to learn for what seemed like such a frivolous reason.
It’s the final reading log of the year! Honestly, I’m still not entirely sure where 2024 even went. It feels like it should be June or July, not New Year’s Eve. Recently, we wrote the Anime UK News yearly review, and I struggled to figure out what I cared about. I finished a number of series I valued, but some of the heavy hitters like Yozakura Family have stretched into next year while others (Smartphone) just stubbornly cling to life. My Hero Academia ending almost came as a relief, although looking back now I’ve become so much fonder of it. I did also finally find it within me to finish Unnamed Memory, which I loved and which I hope the sequel for gets licensed in 2025. Please, publishers.
Usotoki Rhetoric by Ritsu Miyako is a manga series I fell in love with four years ago when I picked it up in 2020 due to being a big fan of both detective stories, romance and perhaps more importantly Hana to Yume series (this ran in sister magazine Bessatsu Hana to Yume).
I have no idea where November went. It vanished in a haze of SLA, friends visiting and being ill I guess. Just one more month of the year to go! Anyways I don’t have a lot of preamble this month, so let’s just get into what I’ve been reading.
October reading log time! Lacking a good opener this time, not a lot of note has been happening beyond trying to catch up on various things I fell behind on in the Summer. I guess I’m currently obsessing about the Usotoki Rhetoric drama (please someone license it so I can force all my friends to watch it lol). Let’s take a look at what I’ve been reading!
Work continued being busy into early September and just as I got free I came down with a cold, so although I really wanted to get through some of the backlog life had other ideas. Still, let’s see what I did read!
Its reading log time once again! The summer vanished in a flash, but as always I’m glad its over and we can return to cooler weather and a less busy period at work. Let’s take a look at what I’ve been reading!
Reading log time once again! Not a lot to share in the way of a preamble this time around, mostly been busy with work and last week I was ill so I think my reading has taken a bit of a hit. At least in terms of my poor light novels. Let’s take a look!
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!
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.