I have fallen so far behind on stuff this past week…so sorry about not chiming in on discussion threads more. So, these series aren’t ones that I just discovered this past week, but I found them a while back, but I don’t think I ever wrote about them (until now that is). If I did mention them before, then consider this a reminder that you should check them out!

• Out-of-Place Artifacts of the Otherworldly Labyrinth / Isekai Meikyuu no Ooparts

This is a silly and easygoing series about a dungeon in your typical fantasy setting. However, the adventurers will occasionally find odd items that they haven’t seen before, leaving them to figure out the function and use of them. Of course, as readers, we recognize these objects as items from our world. It can be anything from a plunger, to a hand-grenade, to various street signs. It’s a lot of fun!

• Kusunoki’s Flunking Her High School Glow-Up / Kusunoki-san wa Koukou Debut ni Shippai Shite Iru

This is a pretty standard romcom, but it has been fairly well done. Basically, the MC reinvents himself with a new look and personality as he moves from middle to high school in an effort to become popular. The only issue is that one other person at his high school was also in middle school with him, the titular Kusunoki. However, she has also reinvented herself in the transition to high school, causing these two to form a bond. It’s fun, but it doesn’t really reinvent the wheel. I tend to let it build up a bit and then read it in chunks and I just caught up on it recently, so it is fresh in my mind.