February 3rd
One chapter of a new free Manga from Bookwalker which looked pretty cute and cozy. 煙たい話 starts a bit slow but honestly I kinda like it. Also I looked the title up and apparently it can also mean “an awkward” story instead of wanting to smoke. Interesting!
February 4th
Another chapter of the same Manga.
February 5th
Chapter 3 now. Honestlx it’s very slow, but I like having a peak into the characters lives and those everyday moments. Makes me want to live with someone again
Didn’t really get to update everyday but I will try to be more consistent with that. Especially since it’s hard to remember what excatly you read after a few days.
Do you have any advice on where to start learning to crochet? I think it’d be good to learn the basics before I attempt a whole snake
Sorry for the late reply! I really wanted to be able to take the time to write a valuable reply.
Personally, I always just pick up a project and work on it while researching how to do it. Of course the first is never the prettiest, but it’s an awesome chance to learn and have fun. (my first project is inside out but still think it turned out really good, it was a small, simple bear)
I’m not saying it is easy, because if you haven’t done it before it probably won’t be, but I do think the snake is a nice beginner project.
After the head, once you get to the body it’s only going around in circles.
The pattern uses US terminolgy. You’ll mainly be using below techniques:
Day 36:
Chapter 9 of Teasing Master Takagi-San 3, only a few more short pages and it’s on to volume 4! That will mean in just over a month I’ve increased my completed manga read by 4 x percent. (I will not show the math).
A fair chunk of witness testimony in Gyakuten case 2, nearly at the… I’m not sure. Halfway mark I think. I will probably take a break after this case, but that’s probably at least a week and a half off at this rate.
Started reading Onimai 1 because why not. Surprisingly it a) has furigana and b) isn’t as hard as I thought it would be. I can’t tell if it’s deliberately a trans allegory or the author thought they were being a massive perv but then thought about it logically and stumbled into stuff that seems to replicate trans dysphoria by accident
・50 pages of 宝石商リチャード氏の謎鑑定, reading into case 3 and leaving off on pg 141
Just when I was beginning to wonder whether we’ll ever meet Seigi’s sperm donor or if that was an anime-only event, and I think it’s gonna be case 3! I didn’t read as much of JR today as intended because Book of Enchantments (a short story collection by Patricia C. Wrede, three of which are set in the Enchanted Forest Chronicles ’verse) got here today, so I read that instead. It was great.
I know, I know what you’re thinking… “Pocket, I thought your goal was to finish 6 manga this month, not start 6 new ones!?” Well… what if I told you I had a really good reason… uh… well at least it was already listed on the table on my home post???
Ah, whatever. I started looking at the first few pages this morning when I saw the ABBC Book Club nomination window is open to see whether it might be a good one to nominate, and then I didn’t want to stop reading. So I didn’t stop. I read this series in English awhile back and it feels nice to pick it back up in 日本語. It’s a simple but lovely read.
The art style is simple but full of great facial expressions
Tomorrow I have a day devoid of any plans whatsoever. What a glorious feeling! I believe this will be my best opportunity to finish up 夜の名前を呼んで１ and then see how I’m feeling from there. I need to get some grammar study in, and I’m itching to play a bit more ペーパーマリオ, but we’ll see how the day goes.
February 6th
Today I can update a bit faster since I just had a very slow morning and actually binged the rest of the volume of 煙たい話. So chapter 4 to end of chapter 6.
The next Volume was also free so maybe I will do that next, but I feel like the story develops a bit more now and I just read it for the cozyness but we will see.
There are so many Manga and Books to read on my list, why am I always just adding more lol.
February 3
I played 英雄伝説 碧の軌跡 and things got crazy lol.
The mastermind behind it all was the dude talking about justice. It’s like in real life the people talking about making the world a better place are up to no good like Bill Gates and never trust a politician.
That reminds me I have a relative, who is a politician trying helping other people and stuff. I bet he is scheming something evil. Do not trust people like that, also I do not take responsibility for the actions of family members or relatives.
Love the new outift for Anabell or whatever the girl is called. I also want to wear a sexy outfit and become evil Natsuha. We tried to stop Arios but couldn’t and Crossbell is now surrounded by some shield. The neighbouring countries started an attack on Crossbell but failed. Funny stuff the things happing lead to the outbreak of the civil war in Trails to Cold Steel. Llloyd doing such a good job helping people lands in jail. That’s life.
武州公秘話
巻之三 - Finished the first section of this volume.
Keep stumbling onto old kanji forms, today’s is: 纔か (僅か : わずか : a little; slight; a few) Waittttttt a 僅かminute, this one has just recently been added to wanikani!
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but still think it turned out really good, it was a small, simple bear)
The struggles will get easier until you get into the rhythm.
6/2/2026 
37
p56(64)
percent. (I will not show the math).
Case 2/5
2%
月間目標：0/6巻 
February 6th