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⭐️ 夜の名前を呼んで
I have been reading 夜の名前を呼んで with the club, so I’m far ahead of this point by now, but here’s a two-page illustration that was fun to revisit.
₊ ⋱ 新連載 ⋰₊ キラキラとギラギラ
At last, I get to experience this series that I’ve been seeing mentioned over and over again for a while now!
I really appreciated this font. (Might need to zoom in to get the full experience.)
XDDD
Intriguing!! This one feels somehow like it could become a comfort read …
恋の絶望進行曲
It dawned on me that the title of this one sort of indicates it might not have a happy ending? I don’t know, but somehow the tone and art style seem like they are saying it will have a happy ending? I admit I did read this chapter less attentively than the previous one.
Okay, cute:
✧ — ✧読切✧— ✧1.79
This one was beautifully moody. All the facial expressions and the scenery felt really significant. It just felt … masterfully done. (And I hesitate to use such strong language but honestly can’t bring myself to say anything “weaker” than that.)
₊ ⋱ 新連載 ⋰₊ 八百万黒猫速報
Eep! I almost skipped this thinking it was the 陰物語 one (there’s two more kanji in there that I can’t remember which).
COOL ↓
I like how it’s all dramatic and cool … and then sometimes just goofy. 
spoilery stuff
So wait, do those eyes mean this person is also a 妖魔!?? (Or is it just like “FYI, this person is kind of a crazy person”?) Also, what’s the difference between a 妖魔 and a 妖怪? It seems like they are maybe synonyms but the former is more “Meiji era coded” or something?
↑ So cool!!
↑ This is how I feel too. I’m definitely gonna post this in my study log at some point.
COOL ↓
Finding this one definitely hard to follow, but hanging in there. Also this first chapter was really long. It took me several days, and even then by the time I got close to the end I was running out of steam. But, as you can probably gather from the fact that I took a gazillion screenshots, I really like the art! And the main character. 
猫のまにまに
Ehehe. This one was fun. I like the new character.
So … do regular cats turn into nekomata? How does that process go, I wonder …
Some general Harta musings
I got a bit antsy and read ナッちゃんのテンション and 猫のまにまに in one go. It’s like the only way I can exist in relation to Harta is to be incredibly impatient to move forward or to move at an absolutely glacial pace. If I’ve tasted the sweet nectar of finishing an issue recently then I desperately want another taste. But my reading is not so strong that I can zoom through hundreds of manga pages in a day like a certain Bidoof I know of … Augh!
⚡📚 鬼はよく燃えているか
So I guess the grand prize winner of the 八咫烏杯 gets printed alongside the regulars in the magazine! That’s cool. This one definitely felt like it was at a professional level, and I thought the concept and execution were interesting. I still skimmed a lot though. 
It was a little above my level for a yomikiri. I still managed to mine a few kanji from it though!
Making 
my symbol for “would reread”. xddd
魔法少年マモル始まらない！
Weird one! By the same person as Hinamatsuri? Which I think is quite popular? Didn’t do much for me one way or the other so far, but I did think this panel was funny.
✧ — ✧読切✧— ✧母と呼ばないで (lots of spoilers)
Another 八咫烏杯 winner! This one was short and … odd. Due (partly) to the font used in the class list, everyone thinks/wants
But she wants to be seen as a *.'✦ Girl -: ✧, so she makes a secret instagram account and posts sexy pictures.
Bunny does not approve.
Then her classmates find out that she is the one behind the sexy pictures! They don’t shame her for it, but at first they can’t believe it’s her because basically “mom’s can’t be sexy”. But then one nice boy is like “I believe it!” And the main character transforms into her regular girl self.
So I guess my main question is … is this … realistic? Because if so, it’s kind of sexually liberated? Or maybe this is just the way the mangaka would like the world to be? I don’t know, but it certainly made me wonder. So, good job, weird short yomikiri!
先生、今月どうですか (spoilers)
Wow, okay, all of a sudden I have SO MANY thoughts about this one! I thought I kept reading it mostly because I like the fashion bits, but I realized that the way Murasaki is growing up is very similar to the way that I grew up. Although I wasn’t so much providing child labor the way that Murasaki is. 
But I grew up in a house with many rooms which were rented out to various tenants. Our tenants/housemates weren’t quite as glamorous as these ones, but fulfilled comparable roles at times. Like, there was one really cool lesbian couple who stayed a while, one of whom taught me some guitar and gifted me a guitar she found in a dumpster or something. It had a hemp leaf plastered onto it with packing tape.
Also, there was our equivalent of Suwa-san – the grandmotherly older woman with a lot of hobbies (painting, cycling, yoga, theater) who, when she was younger, ran with a rough crowd and went to jail and had (which is how I found out of course) prison tattoos on her hands. Her past never caught up to her and tried to strongarm her into anything though, so I never had the opportunity to face down the yakuza.
But also … I had the experience of being the teenage landlord’s daughter who ended up dating the older man tenant too, and let me tell you that is NOT as empowered an experience as this manga wants you to think it is. Of course, this relationship is being portrayed with Murasaki as the pursuer, and the tenant as being clueless (and Therefore Not a Predator). … It’s just that I find that extremely hard to buy. No amount of predestination, or admiration, or anything can convince me that their relationship wouldn’t be highly problematic.
But at the same time, I do really appreciate how much character building is being put into how strong-willed and brave and adult Murasaki is.
So, I’ve come up with a solution. I’m just headcanoning that Murasaki is in her third year at college. Scratch that, the third year of her PHD program. Yeah, that feels okay. He probably moved in when she was working on her Master’s degree. This is fine. Everything is fine now.
↑ Had to save this adorable moment.
ホテル
Very sweet chapter with regards to Jun’s growth and confidence. ^^
I think it actually requires an insane amount of strength to do this. I’m pretty sure I tried once.
Me taking a picture of a drawing of a picture being taken.
Cute.
クプルムの花嫁
Aww! Another slice of life series with a sweet chapter with lovely character growth in this issue! Rock on, issue 91. 
あかねさす柘榴の都
Wow! I love the art in this one more and more all the time.
This chapter’s educational moment:
ようこそうにんげん
This one is super silly and cute. But sometimes it gets a little tooo silly, even for me. This issue’s chapter lost me partway through.
But this was cute. I like the heart-dakutens.
Entering the final chapters of this issue ...
I just have two regular chapters left, then 4 Yatagarasuhai chapters! I looked ahead and scoped out the previews for next issue and looks like there are four more interesting-looking series starting! I should develop some symbols for yomikiris and 新連載 … 
Gave it a shot … not sure it makes things more readable though … Maybe it would be better if it went after the title? That’s an experiment for another day though.
I stole it from the genius 
Then I reply when I’m done with an issue so anyone who might have read my first couple of impressions can check the rest, or people can also just wait until I’m done and read the whole thing at once. Maybe I’ll add an ‘in progress’ line to my draft posts from now on, much to think about 
