Day 22 and 23 
Read: マグメル深海水族館 (3)
Time: 3 minutes, 15 minutes, 12 minutes, 18 minutes, 19 minutes, 19 minutes
Finished: Extra, Chapter 10, Chapter 11, Chapter 12, Chapter 13, Chapter 14
Was super tired for some reason yesterday so I just read the extra. Got to learn about these little guys who’re aptly called オオグチボヤ (big mouth sea squirt) in Japanese.
Then reading today I got super interested in what was going on and ended up finishing the volume. (the temptation to binge is strong). This one had more background on some of the characters and some progression in things that have been hinted at before. Like what’s going on with Koutarou’s dad, although there’s still some mystery there that I can’t wait to find out. Also learning that a lot of sea creature names aren’t in Jisho so I’ve been doing a lot of googling. Through this I’ve learned there’s an aquarium with a deep sea exhibit with a lot of these creatures in my state. Might just have to go on a road trip there this summer.
Frames I liked
The ten-ten became fish.
Really like this cover page.
Turns out there’s an omake beneath the cover, have to go back and read them all
(sorry they’re all a little blurry, can’t take a good photo to save my life lol)
New Vocab
A lot of biological words again
オオタルマワシ Phronima sedentaria, common name barrel shrimp (apparently these guys eat their host and then live in the remainder of their body)
フジクジラ Blackbelly lanternshark
クロカムリクラゲ helmet jellyfish
オオグチボヤ predatory tunicate
オウムガイ chambered nautilus
生態 （せいたい）mode of life; ecology
生物発光 （せいぶつはっこう）bioluminescence
捕食者 （ほしょくしゃ）predator
清聴 （せいちょう）attention; kind attention; courteous attention
発光器 （はっこうき）bioluminescent organ; photophore
更ける （ふける）to get late; to advance; to wear on
宿直 （しゅくちょく）night watch; night guard; night shift
来日 （らいにち）arrival in Japan; coming to Japan; visit to Japan (read this as らいじつ at first didn’t know this word)
写生 （しゃせい）sketching; drawing from nature; portrayal; description
白亜紀 （はくあき）Cretaceous Period
優位 （ゆうい）predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
縦長 （たてなが）oblong; vertical writing style (e.g. on envelopes); portrait orientation