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aquietjune Aug 6, 2023

Small #introduction. I may redo that tomorrow or later but for the time being:

Hi everyone!

aquietjune, she/her, a thousand year witch who wants to be on the fediverse to discuss #anime and #manga (and sometimes #fanfic #writing and occasionally #cosplay?).

Main fandoms atm: #AttackOnTitan, #Umineko

Some stuff I’m reading & passionate about:
* #SpyXFamily
* #OshiNoKo
* #HousekiNoKuni (ahahah)

I’m rereading #DGrayMan (my heart etc etc)

Currently watching:
* #Monster (Naoki Urosawa)
* #MyHappyMarriage
* #UndeadMurderFarce
* #LinkClick

I like #horror and fictional #witches. I like the weird but also melodramas. Friend me?

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aquietjune Aug 6, 2023

Other things I’m reading:
* #ChainsawMan
* #HousekiNoKuni (ahahahah 🥲)
* #SkipToLoafer
* #yamadakuntolv999
* #Kakegurui

Then also #shojo #josei
Recently almost caught up with Nina the Starey Bride and just started Something’s Wrong With Us
Also Saturn Return by Akane Torikai
Ofc I like Junji Ito and Umezz

Big fan of #Higurashi and the #WhenTheyCry franchise in general but I haven’t played Ciconia yet.

Mmm what else what else? Head empty atm 😅 will explore the network more tomorrow bye bye

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aquietjune

I notice now that I listed Houseki No Kuni twice. I think the trauma is self-explained. 😅😅😅

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neatchee Aug 6, 2023

@aquietjune It's so tempting for me to pick up Yamada-kun to Lvl999 because I absolutely adored the anime....but I genuinely feel guilty reading manga because I blow past all the beautiful artwork to gorge myself on the story XD

I've only ever felt the need to read three manga, because I wanted more of the story:

1) Nisekoi
2) Ao Haru Ride
3) Sono Bisque Doll

How does the rest of Yamada-kun hold up? Is it satisfying? Solid payoff?

I'm much more inclined to read light-novels simply because of the density of the story packed into each volume.

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aquietjune Aug 7, 2023

@neatchee oooh, right, Sono Bisque Doll! I forgot to mention it but I'm also reading it (ok I must say... this arc has been a bit frustrating çç)

Yamada-kun: I too loved the anime very much, but some things for me worked better in the manga, especially some parts of the last episode. (I started reading after episode 6 I think)

I think the art is really good at conveying the emotional moments.
And it has more good moments and stories after the end of what is covered in the anime, relationship/character development-wise, but a lot of its effectiveness depends on how much you want to follow the characters in their lives imho.

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neatchee Aug 7, 2023

@aquietjune yeah I agree the most recent sono bisque doll arc is unsatisfying, at least so far.

I think I'll give the Yamada-kun manga a try. Your description is pretty spot on for the things that I actually enjoy. If the character art is expressive enough then I can totally get into it

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aquietjune Aug 7, 2023

@neatchee The art style is very clean and minimalistic, but I think it manages to convey what it wants to (at least with me!)

Looking forward to knowing if that works out for you too.

I think this and the last arc of Sono Bisque Doll tried to built momentum for the confession, but it's been a year and the progress has been painstakingly slow with so many setbacks that it's destroying it (the momentum) rather than building on it, and that's so sad :/ I hope it will work better for those who binge it at the end.

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