November 3rd, 2025
- 134 reviews on WaniKani
- 15 lessons on WaniKani
- 6 reviews on Bunpro
- 3 stories on Satori Reader
- Podcast: 50m of the new episode of JELLY JELLY RADIO
- Book Club: 花野井くんと恋の病第７〜１２話 (３００ページ）
- Manga: ハニーレモンソーダ第１巻 (１８４ページ）
I’m starting to see new study logs pop around WaniKani, and I almost don’t use this community outside of the threads I already follow, so I’m always surprised when a study log goes through the cracks and it has 100 comments and Mitrac, Malinkal and Shitsurei are all over it already xddd
Can someone like make a briefer of what study logs are hip with the kids these days 
Anyway, LEVEL 60 TOMORROW
(i need to get a cake)
though, isn’t a cake something like the tooth fairy or santa claus, that the cake just materializes in your hotel room the moment you press enter and get promoted to level 60? i didn’t have that happen last time, but maybe tofugukyle added it since or something 
ANYWAY
花野井くんと恋の病 was a fun speedrun book club, the manga went in quickly, though it did have a few interesting words I did not expect, but yeah, quickly binged it ^^
A colleague told me about ハニーレモンソーダ and the fact that it’s the only manga in Japanese she owns, but because she’s currently on track to do N5, she still finds it really difficult: luckily enough, I found it really manageable to the point where I didn’t need to look up a single thing to get through the whole volume without Mokuro!
Actually, when it comes to ebookjapan.yahoo.co.jp, I have a feeling they have the best and the most free manga out of all big sites, and the most fun DRM i’ve seen and i haven’t properly gotten over yet, so I would recommend to just do graded reading from the manga on that website ^^
Life
I had a really fun day trip today! I took a train from Dublin to Dundalk and then to Newry in the UK 
But first, Dublin is still grand, it’s as cool as when I moved away from it ^^
To be perfectly vulnerable, I have a feeling I might have left Dublin at the worst possible time for the city and there are still thoughts haunting me being like, what kind of a person would I have become if I were to stay in Dublin? But I’m much happier living in Berlin now, so this thought is just a thought experiment, unfortunately ^^
Two updates though! In Smithfield, they put on the BLENDER TEAPOT! The actual one, to commemorate the Utah teapot becoming public ^^
And two, there is a big portal in the city, same as in Philadelphia and does connect there too, although as I was talking there, I saw Lublin in Poland on the other side of the portal!
G-good for you, I suppose dxdd
So I took a train to Dundalk and it was pretty C:
You’re basically taking a train right next to the sea the whole time, and then you arrive, and the train makes you guilty for not having found soulmates on the train xddd
Dundalk has a lot of really cool murals around the town!
From what I’ve seen and talked to a few people, they’re slowly preparing for Christmas already, though there’s still bits and traces of Halloween around ^^
I stopped by a coffee, visited a few shops, bought some candy, and decided to set off further north!
Aaand, crossed the border with the UK! Nice that the trains can just do that without any border controls and all ^^
So, Newry! My first reaction: the train station is half an hour walking from the city… in the rain… but yeah, can walk as well xdd
Second reaction… this definitely is an Irish republican city.
Irish republican is a bit different than American republican: they’re a bit more pro-unity, anti-UK and pro-freedom movements, so I deeply sympathize with their causes and speculate sometimes if my rebellious spirit in fact wasn’t fueled by living alongside the republican Irish spirit ^^
So, the usual out of the way: Newry has Palestinian flags everywhere, as does Dublin to a point, Free Palestine by the way!
And they have stickers and fact sheets about Irish unity as well, as they might be one of the cities mostly left behind by both the UK and Ireland and one of the poorest areas on the whole Irish Isle?
And if we’re getting into politics already…
...heavy politics contamination zone
There is a monument on the way from the station to the city of a person who got killed fighting for Irish independence by the Brits, and the people living there, despite being a part of the UK, want to hang the Irish flag and recognize his contributions to the cause
I stood by this monument for like 10 minutes and thought if I’d be able to die for my ideals as well, as much as him, and the answer is… almost certainly no, but I can’t wait for the mental wall to fall and all 32 counties of Ireland to be unified! Apparently, the support rate grows with every passing year ^^
Newry is class though! Leaning into a lot of tiny people stories and commemorating their achievements…
Or this statue for example!
Went to a diner, went some shopping…
And took a train back to Dublin!
Look how punctual the trains are, btw, crazy good figures in comparison to Germany xddd
I feel like I learned a lot about culture of the places today, and I got soaking wet, but it definitely felt like exploring a brand new frontier, so thank you Irish Rail for the proper history lesson today ^^
LEVEL 60 TOMORROW 
(also, work tomorrow xddd)