yaksha's reminiscence

You might be wondering why this post is titled "two weeks" instead of "three weeks" when the latter one is the real amount of time that has passed since I updated — I simply didn't read anything that first week I didn't update. Tragic, indeed... But I have plenty of things to update on as compensation!

I also decided to be a little more consistent on my entries, meaning properly italicizing every work name and adding the author in every case, whether it's about a novel, a manga, or anything else. My next step would be updating in time again, because I always feel like these entries come off as a bit lackluster-ish...

Blue Lock by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Yuusuke Nomura (Chapters 290-292)

Again, I'm really eager for the end of the match, but I'm happy Ness finally got some focus again! I'm very curious as to what will be of him after the NEL, since he's not one of the top players like Kaiser or Lorenzo... What's more, I think the author sort of implied once that he wouldn't really appear again regularly in a fan signing, so fingers crossed?

Blue Lock: Episode Nagi by Muneyuki Kaneshiro, Yuusuke Nomura and Kouta Sannomiya (Chapter 31)

At last, the last match of the Second Selection has finished! I don't know how to feel about Nagi and Barou being motivated by Isagi's shadow instead of each other at the very end, but it also made me nostalgic for the original Team White vs Team Red match, which had all three in the same team. On the other hand, the title for the next chapter intrigues me... The "don't die before I do" line already blew up, so seeing similar wording in a chapter title makes me think Reo will FINALLY appear again... I've missed him!!

Boy Meets Maria by PEYO (Single volume)

I finally had a bit of spending money and time to hunt manga volumes in various physical stores, so I knew I needed this one, which I'd been wanting to read for a while thanks to my partner recommending it to me a while ago. Surely enough, I love it. I wasn't sure if a single volume would be able to hold a story as deep as this one, but it did! I like it when stories tackle themes that have to do with gender, so naturally my fave was Yuu Arima. The romance, while brief, was also cute! I really recommend it

Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu (Volumes 1 & 2)

And speaking of works I've been recommended... Since I caught up with my physical books backlog, I could finally start MDZS, which I'd been wanting to dive into for a while! And it didn't disappoint. I feel like sometimes it has a lot of flashbacks for my liking, but once I flip through a few pages, the plot completely hooks me again. I have to admit that I struggle a little with remembering names and forms of address, as this is the first Chinese novel I read, but I think I've finally memorized everything I needed to know, though the timeline in my mind is still a little wonky. Unsurprisingly, my fave character for now is Lan Wangji. It's always the strong silent types...

Greek Lessons by Han Kang

I was a little sick when I finished reading this, so I fear I didn't understand the end of the story as well as I wanted to, but I still enjoyed it. However, as I said, I fear I might have to re-read it, because between all that has happened this week, I can't think of anything I want to comment... Man...

How Do We Relationship? by Tamifull (Chapters 61-110)

Back to reading this! I can't say I was expecting Miwa and Tamaki to break-up, but honestly, it's better that way. I don't think the manga will end with Miwa and Saeko getting back together again (I hope it doesn't,) but I wonder what will happen with Saeko and Yuria — their communication tends to be pretty hit or miss... I'm very close to catching up!

The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Guy at All by Sumiko Arai (Chapter 114)

NEW UPDATES AT LAST!! When a weekly manga goes without updates for two months, you really feel it, huh... And sadly, we'll have to wait once again to have Mitsuki and Aya reunite properly at prom. Oh well!

The Summer of You by Nagisa Furuya (Single volume)

Another single volume I'd been wanting to read that I picked up alongside Boy Meets Maria. I wasn't as enthusiastic with this one, but I liked it! Pilgrimages based on movies or any other kind of media was something I don't remember having read about to this day, so it felt fresh in that aspect. That being said, it's so sad how they ended up far apart! I think there's a sequel, but I'm not sure about checking it out, so they'll remain separated in my mind... For now.

Witch Hat Atelier by Kamome Shirahama (Chapter 84)

I thought the arc would finish with this chapter, but it seems the conflict isn't over yet as Ininia makes another appearance...