When I wrote the first Language Learning Reflection at the start of 2025, I hadn’t intended to come back to it with a follow-up. However, since I wrote that, a lot has changed, so I figured I have enough to say to be worth sitting here and writing another. I don’t really intend for this to become a yearly series or anything, but maybe if I have something relevant to say next year, I’ll be back again.
November means Scotland Love’s Anime time \o/
That does mean less reading (in theory anyway), but I think on the whole it has been a good month. I enjoyed a break to watch anime on the big screen and see my friends for a change of pace. Anyways, let’s dive into what I’ve read this month.
Last month, I was celebrating Summer being over, but really October ended up being busy as well. I guess more from catching up with everything I missed over the last several months. Plus new anime and dramas starting… Still, let’s see what I read this month!
As I write this on October 23rd 2025, it has been ten years since my first AnimeUKNews review was published. Which I think makes for the perfect opportunity to look back on some of the things I’ve written about and enjoyed the most. But before that, I’m going to take a moment to say I am incredibly grateful to have spent a decade working with such a fantastic team. I love working with our other writers, and I have learnt a hell of a lot from our editing team. I have come a long way because of you, and the words ‘thank you’ don’t even begin to express my gratitude.
Summer is over \o/
Gone is the busy season, too-hot days, and here comes autumn. I say this every year, but I am a creature that loathes the Summer and thrives when it’s colder. I don’t even care that it gets dark at 4pm, I don’t want to be hot. And now we’re approaching Scotland Love’s Anime and a bunch of fun stuff, so I’m generally much happier. Anyway, enough about that. Let’s see what I read in September!
Another month of the year has gone by in a flash. Another extremely busy one at work, but I have managed to fit in a lot of reading, including more LNs than usual – even if just slightly. Anyway let’s dive into what I’ve been reading this time around.
This month has been another busy one, but not a bad one by any means! There’s not a great deal to talk about as a preamble, so let’s just dive straight into what I’ve been reading.
Friends, readers, let me pour my heart out here. And I will preface this by saying it’s very first-world problems, I get it, I do. I won’t think less of anyone who feels that way after reading this, and I won’t count the number of times I’ve felt this was stupid for so many similar reasons. But right now, I periodically just moan about this on social media, and that’s not a good outlet for a variety of reasons, least not all because I’d rather get it out of my system and then it’s done. Here, no one has to listen, see or read this if they don’t want to. But at least everything will have been said.
Normally, I open these with some vague impression of how I’ve done reading-wise or if I’ve been busy or whatever else. But this time, I just feel June disappeared, and I really don’t have a whole lot to report. It’s all work, melting in the mini heatwaves or watching Seiyuu to Yoasobi… So, let’s just jump straight into what I read!
I said this about April, but May also came and went in a rush! Fantasy Life I finally came out (go Level 5, you actually released a game this year!!), and work continued to be surprisingly full on. I will actually be quite surprised if my reading numbers are any good for this month, since I feel like things have been chaotic lol. Still, let’s take a look!