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February Summary
Life and stuff
February was definitely a bigger challenge for me personally compared to January. The schoolwork started piling up, which resulted in a couple of evenings where I struggled to keep my eyes on the text and not fall asleep. All in all, I read less than in January, but I still managed to keep the streak, partially thanks to ファミレス行こ releasing a new chapter halfway through the month, which gave me a motivation/energy boost!
Reading
As for the stuff I read: I've read (or attempted to read) some of the worst things I've seen in a while, but I also read my absolute favorite stories out of this whole challenge!
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The Best Overall: サラバ、愛しき悲しみたちよ → the set up, the writing style, the atmosphere, almost everything here was on point. It also suits the winter reading theme, as one of the scenes takes place in a snowy, winter scenery - and it was a scene that made me hold my breath! Overall a wonderful story, so happy I found it.
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The Second Best: 星を掴む → the set up, although a bit out there, was very fun to read, and the characters were written very well. Generally such an enjoyable read that it could take #1 if not for the fact, that it ends really abruptly. Like c’mon, I need an epilogue of some sort!
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The Nope One: 鶴は今日も夜に歌う → this is the ONLY fanfic on the list (for both months) that I just couldn’t stand. What even is this set up? Why are my beloved characters suddenly annoying? The writing style was, hm, okay I guess, but overall, it was a nope from me.
Going forward
Will I continue in March? Probably not (sigh). Just like I predicted I got far too busy to stick with this challenge. I will still read here and there, but I need a free pass to just crash out at the end of a busy day without the creeping guilt xD I also started playing Love and Deepspace in Japanese (anyone??) so that's a more chill way for me to read/listen, especially during my commute. Anyhow, by the end of May I should be done with most of my exams, so if there is a similar challenge for late spring/summer, I will definitely join! Thank you everyone~