Trope: the YEARNING

  • The Boy I Loved Became the Jaded Emperor Vol. 1 & 2

    The Boy I Loved Became the Jaded Emperor Vol. 1 & 2

    As a young boy, Prince Alexei was rescued from certain death by a strange woman with the appearance of a monster. The two of them spent blissful years in the forest , but tragedy struck after his former life caught up with him. Now a young man, Alexei has taken the throne, becoming a cold-hearted…

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  • Araki Won’t Be Tamed Vol. 1 & 2

    Araki Won’t Be Tamed Vol. 1 & 2

    Yakko has always lived in the shadow of her model/actress younger sister, Yuno. So when she’s surprised on her 17th birthday by super-popular actor Araki Shigaraki, she assumes he’s looking for Yuno… until he declares his love for Yakko?! Not only that, he’d declared his love for her before… but now, as then, she doesn’t…

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  • The Apothecary Diaries Manga Vol. 1-4

    The Apothecary Diaries Manga Vol. 1-4

    In a certain imperial court, it has been a few months since a 17-year-old girl known as Maomao was kidnapped and forced to work as a low-level servant at the emperor’s palace. Still, she manages to retain her curious and pragmatic spirit, planning to work until her years of servitude are over. One day, however,…

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  • The Invisible Man & His Soon-to-Be Wife Vol. 1-5

    The Invisible Man & His Soon-to-Be Wife Vol. 1-5

    Yakou, a gentle human woman, works at a detective agency. Tounome is a smart and gentle invisible man. The invisible man’s ability is perfect for detective work. However, the blind Yakou can still figure out where Tounome is, even if he disappears. Before they know it, the two become attracted to each other…? THE INVISIBLE…

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  • Morbidly Yours

    Morbidly Yours

    TikTok sensation Morbidly Yours, an opposites-attract romantic dramedy about a shy, demisexual Irish mortician who must marry by his 35th birthday to keep his beloved family business, and the Texan widow escaping her past who moves in next door. Falling for the wrong person? Bury your feelings. Painfully shy Callum Flannelly would rather dive into…

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  • Formerly, the Fallen Daughter of the Duke #1-5

    Formerly, the Fallen Daughter of the Duke #1-5

    Claire, a daughter of the esteemed duke, is faced with a sudden annulment of her engagement to Prince Asbert, the Prince of the great Kingdom of Noston. Being scorned as the fallen duke’s daughter and labeled as the villainess, Claire leaves everything behind and heads towards a new place in order to gain her true…

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  • My New Boss is Goofy

    My New Boss is Goofy

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    PLEASE ALL I WANT IS FOR THEM TO KISS Okay. That ‘s out of the way. I fucking love this series. I rewatched the first half with Karen because I was so condiment she would be into it. This series is so soft I can probably be happy watching it once a month even though…

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  • I May Be a Guild Receptionist, but I’ll Solo Any Boss to Clock Out on Time

    I May Be a Guild Receptionist, but I’ll Solo Any Boss to Clock Out on Time

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    Bro, so, uh. This opening has absolutely no reason to go this hard. It legitimately looks better than the actual episodes. I. I admittedly. Have just sat and watched it a few times. The fuckin dinosaur and everything. Honestly, I really want to read the manga now because I. I want to see what else……

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  • Why Don’t You Eat Me, My Dear Wolf?

    Why Don’t You Eat Me, My Dear Wolf?

    I threw the smut tag on here but it’s not until the final chapter (thankfully). This is a really soft, gentle manga.

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  • Don’t Let the Forest In

    Don’t Let the Forest In

    *Once upon a time, Andrew had cut out his heart and given it to this boy, and he was very sure Thomas had no idea that Andrew would do anything for him. Protect him. Lie for him. Kill for him.* High school senior Andrew Perrault finds refuge in the twisted fairytales that he writes for…

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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: 26/50
52%
Comics Read in 2026: 91/200
45%
Physical Owned Books Read: 482/848
56%


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Absolute Asshole NPC (101) Accidentally in Charge (50) A Fetish For Suffering (56) Can't Say No (81) Chekov's Gun (53) Childhood Friends (52) Curiosity Fucks You Up (84) Cursed (74) Damsel in Distress (70) Damsel in Distress (subverted) (99) Dangerous Reputation (97) Doting Husband (70) Double Identity (46) Everyone Loves MC (99) Evil Eyes & Big Heart (53) Fan Service (104) Grumpy x Sunshine (56) Hypercompetent MC (78) If You Love Them, Set Them Free (59) I Know a Guy (58) Last Minute Hero (117) Loss of Humanity (58) Main Character Coloring (81) MC's Skewed Metrics (80) Mean Boy (131) Mean Boy Love Interest (50) Modern Morals (53) Nat 20s (100) Not Actually Dead (90) Nuclear Revenge (78) OP Protag (96) Power of Friendship (84) Power of Love (77) Self-Sacrifice (76) Shock Value (50) Sympathetic Evil (72) The Moral is Community (66) Tragic Backstory (90) Twist! (62) Uniquely Skilled (95) Unreliable Narrator (56) Weird and Wacky On Purpose (85) Western-Style Fantasy (96) Wrong Place Wrong Time (68) Zero to Hero (89)


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