Finished Magic Knight Rayearth 2. What an ending. It might actually be more unhinged than the Magic Knight Rayearth one. It was a pretty good time overall, but if I’m being honest I was enjoying the art more than the story or characters.

Anyways since I finished that, I went and started too many dang things in return. This week I started reading:

• The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity - My main complaint with the anime was that the female lead didn’t seem to have much of a personality. I started reading the manga because I heard she gets more characterization later, but it’ll be a while before I catch up even to where the anime left off.
• Magus of the Library - I started reading this one because I heard it was excellent. So far so good, but after over 2 hours I’m only 2 chapters in. They’re long chapters (nearly 50 pages each), and they’re each chock-full of nerd words. They use a kanji for library that’s so rare it appears in 0 words in the jmdict Japanese-English dictionary (圕)! So yeah this is gonna take me a while to get through.
• My Sister Knows - I started reading this one as a recommendation from a friend. It’s a story about a man and his sister. He’s an office worker, she’s an idol. The thing she “knows” is that her brother is great at coming up with punchlines for jokes. So far it’s not super strong, but I’m only 6 chapters in and it’s a lot easier to read than Magus of the Library so I might as well keep going and see if it gets better.
• Damedol and Her Only Fan in the World - A story about an incompetent idol and her only fan. I’m only one chapter in, so I can’t say too much about this one.
• My Love Story With Yamada-kun at Lv999 - A story about a girl falling in love with a pro gamer who happens to spend time in her MMO guild to relax. Seems decent so far, but again I haven’t even caught up to where the anime left off. It’s gonna take me a fair bit of time to get to the end, but it’s somewhat motivating knowing that the story is complete. No idea how good the ending is supposed to have been, but I guess I’ll find out.
• Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku - Once again I started this one because I really loved the anime. It’s taking me a while to get through though; it’s not quite as difficult as Magus of the Library is, but they keep using nerd slang from over a decade ago and half the time it’s not in my dictionary (though I can usually figure out what they’re saying if I google it). It also doesn’t help that the female lead will randomly start talking like a medieval samurai just for fun. That said, this series is hilarious. In case you somehow haven’t noticed the theme, it’s gonna take me a while to get caught up to the end of this one.

I also got caught up with Witch Hat Atelier this week. Heart-wrenching stuff!