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  • A Wild Last Boss Battle Appeared!

    A Wild Last Boss Battle Appeared!

    Lufas Maphaahl rules the land of Mizgarz with an iron fist. Mankind stands no chance of prevailing against the most powerful being in the world and her army of loyal minions—until a band of heroes bests her in an epic battle, sealing her soul away for all eternity. But this is just another day in

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  • Ako and Bambi Vol. 1-2

    Ako and Bambi Vol. 1-2

    When amateur novelist Bambi moves into a new, cheap place, he’s shocked to find it’s already occupied—by the ghost of a high school girl. With one amnesiac ghost girl Ako haunting the apartment, the stories practically write themselves! But as the days pass and they get closer, he starts wondering exactly who she is…and what

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  • The 6th Loop: I’m Finally Free of Auto Mode in this Otome Game Vol 1-6

    The 6th Loop: I’m Finally Free of Auto Mode in this Otome Game Vol 1-6

    Harem Scale H: She can and will do things to help or save people to an insane degree, despite being constantly worried about dying. A: She is aware it is a harem game, however, she is not aware that the harem is hers now. R: You can’t see it but romance is a solid 3

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  • Backstabbed in a Backwater Dungeon: My Party Tried to Kill Me, But Thanks to an Infinite Gacha I Got LVL 9999 Friends and Am Out for Revenge Vol. 1-9

    Backstabbed in a Backwater Dungeon: My Party Tried to Kill Me, But Thanks to an Infinite Gacha I Got LVL 9999 Friends and Am Out for Revenge Vol. 1-9

    Harem Scale H: MC is sufficiently heroic but is kind of sadistic. A: Very aware of the women always being like That. R: Ignores all of it. E: Entirely for the male gaze. Just look at the covers. M: I got invested enough in the plot and the revenge stuff. A kid named Light is

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  • We Had to Remove This Post

    We Had to Remove This Post

    For readers of Leila Slimani’s The Perfect Nanny or Ling Ma’s Severance: a tight, propulsive, chilling novel by a rising international star about a group of young colleagues working as social media content monitors—reviewers of violent or illegal videos for an unnamed megacorporation—who convince themselves they’re in control . . . until the violence strikes

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  • QQ Sweeper Vol. 1-3

    QQ Sweeper Vol. 1-3

    In human hearts, negative energy sometimes finds a place to dwell. This negativity can begin to take shape into monstrous creatures, which can only be dealt with by “Sweepers,” special people with the ability to banish them and bring peace. Kyuutarou Horikita comes from a long line of Sweepers, but most of his classmates see

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  • Embrace Your Size

    Embrace Your Size

    A love letter to those who dream of being fashionable but consider their weight as an obstacle, this uplifting comic essay by a plus-sized author chronicles her own journey with body positivity and learning to love herself as she is. what a kind and wonderful manga! many of us struggle with having gained weight or

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  • The Gay Who Turned Kaiju

    The Gay Who Turned Kaiju

    Bullied for being gay, teenager Takashi Arashiro wishes he could just be somebody else—but who could predict he’d morph into a giant-headed sci-fi creature?! This is a story about acceptance. About the pettiness of people, about how some people change and how others don’t. Self-acceptance is the strongest acceptance one can have, and it would

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  • The Amazing Village Creator: Slow Living & the Village Building Cheat Skill Vol. 1-6

    The Amazing Village Creator: Slow Living & the Village Building Cheat Skill Vol. 1-6

    Harem Scale H: 4. this guy will sacrifice his own comfort for others and refuses to kill. A: 3. he is very aware of two women vying for his attention but he does not seem to realize the attraction. R: 0. zip nada zilch E: 4. we have loads of suggestive poses and perv moments.

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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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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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