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  • The Girl, the Shovel and the Evil Eye Vol. 1-4

    The Girl, the Shovel and the Evil Eye Vol. 1-4

    ISEKAI’D BY: Truck-Kun! Tsuguto Sumihara is way too nice… or rather, was too nice. He lost his life in a bus accident after being bullied into giving up his seat, and somehow was reincarnated into a mining camp! Not only that, the mine is at the base of an impossibly tall tower. It’s there he

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  • The Death Mage Vol. 4-7

    The Death Mage Vol. 4-7

    Harem Scale H: Goes up because now he is doing hero shit. For the good of others. Forming bonds. Etc A: He is now very aware everyone wants his baby body. R: Zip. E: You can just tell from the covers, but this is tits out and heavily sexualized. M: And yet I read it.

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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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  • The Most Notorious “Talker” Runs the World’s Greatest Clan Season 1

    The Most Notorious “Talker” Runs the World’s Greatest Clan Season 1

    Noel, a young boy with a legendary hero known as the Overdeath as his grandpa. Admiring his grandpa, Noel aspires to become the strongest seeker, but his inherent support class, “Talker” is considered the weakest. Despite his efforts to become a skilled seeker like his grandpa, Noel couldn’t bridge the gap in talent. However, with

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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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  • The 9Lives Vol. 1

    The 9Lives Vol. 1

    Alien refugees have come to Earth. They call themselves 9-Lives. Humans call them cat-boys, and force them to live as collared pets. Conri, a rebellious young 9-Life, ran away to escape this fate. But when a human named Adrian saves him from capture, Conri is torn between his desire for freedom and another desire he

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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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  • King’s Rising

    King’s Rising

    The epic conclusion to the internationally acclaimed Captive Prince trilogy. Damianos of Akielos has returned. His identity now revealed, Damen must face his master Prince Laurent as Damianos of Akielos, the man Laurent has sworn to kill. On the brink of a momentous battle, the future of both their countries hangs in the balance. In

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  • Prince’s Gambit

    Prince’s Gambit

    With their countries on the brink of war, Damen and his new master, Prince Laurent, must exchange the intrigues of the palace for the sweeping might of the battlefield as they travel to the border to avert a lethal plot. Forced to hide his identity, Damen finds himself increasingly drawn to the dangerous, charismatic Laurent.

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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: 25/50
50%
Comics Read in 2026: 80/200
40%
Physical Owned Books Read: 477/844
56%


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