Genre: Seinen

  • The Hitman Stans Vol. 1

    The Hitman Stans Vol. 1

    The best hitman of the underworld, Owaru Endou, leads a dark and secretive life, constantly bathing in the blood of his targets. However, his life takes a brighter turn when he becomes a fan of Kaori “Kaorin” Minaboshi, an underground idol from Rosaceae whose concerts Owaru always attends. Feeling that his hands and dirty money

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  • The Hungry Succubus Wants to Consume Him! Vol 1

    The Hungry Succubus Wants to Consume Him! Vol 1

    Kururi is a super-elite succubus looking to devour her one-thousandth man, but it can’t be just any old shmuck! She wants to harvest the energy of a primo virgin. That should be easy, right? After all, no man’s ever been able to refuse her charms…until she meets Jien, an ascetic monk in training. He proves

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  • That’s My Atypical Girl Vol. 1-5

    That’s My Atypical Girl Vol. 1-5

    Yokoi is a manga artist who spends his nights delivering newspapers just to make rent, since his original works just don’t seem to sell. Suddenly, one day he gets a visit from Saito-san, a self-proclaimed fan of Yokoi’s work who made the long journey to meet him. Yokoi quickly realizes that the things Saito-san sees,

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  • Shadows House Vol. 1-9

    Shadows House Vol. 1-9

    Shadows House—a strange mansion that receives no callers, inhabited by a race of faceless shadows who play at being aristocrats and are waited on hand and foot by “living dolls,” who also serve as their masters’ faces. What goes on inside this enigmatic manor is anyone’s guess, but soot and shrieks billow up from within…

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  • Asahina Wakaba and Her Chubby-Chubby Boyfriend Vol. 1-3

    Asahina Wakaba and Her Chubby-Chubby Boyfriend Vol. 1-3

    Asahina Wakaba, a girl who is a bit clumsy and not good at socializing, gets bullied into asking out the school’s biggest, most despised, otaku, Haruto Iruma. However, this experience changes her pitch-black high school years into the ultimate young-love experience. I wasn’t sure what to expect from this series. I just sort of pick

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  • How to Grill Our Love Vol. 1

    How to Grill Our Love Vol. 1

    Dating can be tough when you nerd out over barbecue. Kenta, a practical pitmaster, looks for a grill-friend in Chihiro, an aloof and faultless business babe…or is she? Scared of being rejected for who they really are, the two of them find comfort in food and each other…and all is well until Kenta must transfer

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  • Reincarnated as a Dragon Hatchling Vol. 1-7

    Reincarnated as a Dragon Hatchling Vol. 1-7

    ISEKAI’D BY: Summoning? Harem Scale H: Illusia’s moral compass is off the charts. A: He has absolutely no awareness that a bunch of cute girls (or lizards) are after him. R: No romance, period. E: Low ecchi levels. Most ecchi is costuming, and even then the costumes are mostly very reasonable. M: It’s a fun

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  • Becoming a Princess Knight and Working at a Yuri Brothel Vol. 1

    Becoming a Princess Knight and Working at a Yuri Brothel Vol. 1

    ISEKAI’D BY: Truck-Kun! Talk about your extreme career changes! Naruse Soushi, a middle-aged man and private secretary to a politician, lies on the verge of death. Meanwhile, in another world, the princess knight Reina has been captured by an enemy nation. The princess’ soul is removed–and Naruse is summoned into the empty husk of her

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  • Back Street Girls Vol. 1-3

    Back Street Girls Vol. 1-3

    Would you give up being human—or would you become… an idol? A trio of yakuza achieve the impossible and debut as idols—and become a big hit to boot! Under the guidance of their fiendish and overcontrolling boss, three former yakuza men undergo a complete makeover and debut as the back street girl idols “Gokudols.” In

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  • It’s That Reincarnated-as-a-Virus Story Vol. 1-3

    It’s That Reincarnated-as-a-Virus Story Vol. 1-3

    ISEKAI’D BY: Overwork! A virus researcher was reincarnated into another world…as the virus itself? The virus holds incredible power, but it’s transmission may just be a matter of life or death! (just throwing this up but I really enjoyed this series thx)

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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: 19/50
38%
Comics Read in 2026: 39/200
19%
Physical Owned Books Read: 477/830
58%


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