Category: Manga

  • Beauty and the Feast

    Beauty and the Feast

    Having cooked too much rice one day, 28-year-old widow Shuuko Yakumo decides to share the surplus with her new neighbor, Shouhei Yamato. As an active member of his high school’s baseball club, Yamato works up an enormous appetite, and his penchant for eating a lot reminds Yakumo of her late husband. These fond memories reignite…

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  • For My Adorable Fiancée’s Sake Vol. 1 & 2

    For My Adorable Fiancée’s Sake Vol. 1 & 2

    The world, it seems like it is that of the Otome game “Welcome Princess,” but there’s something off!? Elliot, the eldest son of a Marquis family and one of the targets you can go after is an insanely handsome young man, both cool and wicked, master of both pen and sword. His only weakness (?)…

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  • Cat Man

    Cat Man

    Hachisuke is a cat humanoid living in a world where humans and cats coexist. But Hachisuke is withdrawn and has difficulty being loved by humans. After all, cats are still treated as cute “objects” for humans. See the world through Hachisuke’s eyes as he tries to fit into modern society and endure the prejudice that…

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  • The Banished Former Hero Lives as He Pleases Vol 1

    The Banished Former Hero Lives as He Pleases Vol 1

    Deemed a “good-for-nothing” for his low level and lack of a god-given Gift, Allen is stripped of his noble status and banished from the Duchy of Westfeldt. But Allen has a secret: he was a great hero in a previous life, and he’s thrilled for the chance to finally live the way he pleases! His…

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  • The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn’t a Guy At All Vol. 1

    The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn’t a Guy At All Vol. 1

    The black-clad boy that Aya Oosawa likes is perfect: he is effortlessly nonchalant, has a sharp sense of style, and listens to the best music. Ever since the trendy Aya stumbled upon a small CD store to enjoy the rock classics her friends are not familiar with, the mysterious employee behind the counter has been…

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  • Go For It, Nakamura!

    Go For It, Nakamura!

    Okuto Nakamura is a timid and gloomy-looking student who cherishes only two things in this world: his pet octopus and his kind-hearted classmate, Aiki Hirose. Ever since the school entrance ceremony, Nakamura has admired his jovial classmate, albeit from a distance due to his poor social skills. After mustering up all the courage within him,…

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  • As A Reincarnated Aristocrat, I’ll Use My Appraisal Skill to Rise in the World Vol 1-2

    As A Reincarnated Aristocrat, I’ll Use My Appraisal Skill to Rise in the World Vol 1-2

    ISEKAI’D BY: Overwork! An ordinary salaryman dies one day and is reborn as Ars Louvent, the son of a noble. Although he is not talented in magic or swordplay, he does have one skill that no one else possesses: Appraisal. Using this ability, Ars can determine a person’s current strength, how much potential they hold,…

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  • An Archdemon’s Dilemma: How to Love Your Elf Bride Vol. 1-11

    An Archdemon’s Dilemma: How to Love Your Elf Bride Vol. 1-11

    With an aloof demeanor, intimidating appearance, and tremendous power, Zagan the mage is seen as an evil sorcerer and feared by all around him. As he goes about his daily routine of studying magic and punishing any ruffians he comes across, he accepts an invitation to a mysterious auction featuring various items of a late…

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  • One More Step, Come Stand by My Side

    One More Step, Come Stand by My Side

    The wordless time a kidnapped princess and her fingerless caretaker spend together. The ten minutes an ordinary woman spends with her stalker. The six months a man learns is all he has left to spend with his beloved, terminally ill wife. These are some of the moments we have to share with the people featured…

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  • One Room of Happiness Vol. 1-11

    One Room of Happiness Vol. 1-11

    The amount of psychic damage I took from this series should b illegal. It’s so heartfelt, so intense at times, that I would put down the series and walk away. I cried at the end for Sachi and Mister. The first few chapters gives the reader a strong impression of this being a kidnapping yandere…

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Welcome to the Menagerie.

Here is where M logs their media activity. Partly because Goodreads is forgettable and keeping physical logs is harder. Sometimes M writes a lot. Sometimes M doesn’t write enough. It doesn’t matter. This is just a for-fun little blog so that M can remember what they thought about whatever they watched or read or played or. Whatever.


What is M?

I read. Voraciously. I have subscriptions to those book things on digital retailers. I consume books at nearly all hours. The hours I don’t spend reading? I’m writing. I’m drawing. I have a problem. I have a problem in that I love to read things that are in the same vein repeatedly. Book journals don’t work and as much as I text my friends screenshots of book passages, it doesn’t scratch the itch. Now I’m going to be doing… tiny… tiny book reports.


Truck-Kun Kill Count:


Books & Light Novels Read in 2025: 27/50
54%
Comics Read in 2026: 93/200
45%
Physical Owned Books Read: 482/848
56%


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