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I've literally (figuratively) been sitting by my door waiting for my copy of Draw This Then Die vol. 1 to ship. I'm caught up with the anime so far and am literally (figuratively) foaming at the mouth for more. This is your sign to preorder the manga because it's literally my favorite thing ever. It is so cute and just lovely. T.T

(Being an anime-only fan mostly) I didn't know all that about Danny saving Jojo's life from drowning when he was a kid, paralleling the selfless sacrifice that Jonathan exhibits himself later in life -- it makes Dio kicking Danny and Danny's eventual fate all the more horrible;;

Araki is literally a master at having a surprising event happen once you turn the page -- i.e., page 31 shows Danny bounding towards Jojo and Dio, the last panel being Dio coldly regarding him... when you turn the page to the next right-hand page, it's a full page is Dio kicking Danny out of nowhere, an act you'd never expect and which quickly characterizes Dio. It's so masterful in writing, artwork, and pacing.

THE ANGST IN THIS BOOK IS MAKING ME WANT TO DIEEEEEEEEEEEE

I'm so bummed that my reading slump hit me so hard during my work's sumemr reading challenge. I can barely read for 10 minutes at a time right now, the vibe just isn't right x_x I wanted to read 200 books for the challenge but it looks like I'm going to cross the finish line with about 80. Sad!!! Just goes to show you should temper your expectations a bit to avoid burning out!!! XDD

Song Qingshi: chat watch me rizz up this baddie. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEAS EPLEAS EPLASPELASPELAEP

I know the empress is sus in many ways but the way she's always backing her precious son without thinking less of him or judging him touches my heart T_T

My edition of Skull-Face Bookseller's omnibus edition was delivered today, and it's so beautiful I want to rip out the pages and eat them.
If you haven't read Skull-Face, this edition is BEAUTIFUL, and you get all the color illustrations and prom drawings that come with vol. 4 alone. I highly recommend it!

The illustration of Qingyu's little scorpion baby -- ;-; ToT

I swear I will read all the books I've bought but haven't read yet before I buy any new ones!! 💥💥💥 (Guy who just spent 80$)

Gu Fuzhou: my wife is mad at me. I hope I die

Gu Fuzhou: babeeee don't be sad :(( i'll let you motorboat my abs ;(( don't cry babe <3

Lin Qingyu: I'm thinking of 9,317 different ways to kill you right now

This might be one of my favorite books ever ngl

The way this is my second time reading this book This Year and this is STILL like one of the easiest 5/5 books I've ever read, it is so DAMN good and filled with so much emotion, incredible character dynamics and characterizations, such clever plot points and intricate scenes, yet so easy to devour -- I LOVE IT SO MUCH.

Doing a quick reread because my copy of volume 3 got here today and I forgot a lot of what happened!

This is still a pretty slow start, nothing too compelling happening yet (the slow burn and setup for political intrigue is definitely thorough), but I do think it's really compelling how the main characters have surprisingly good chemistry even though they've barely said two words to each other!

Ahhh, the beginning of this is kind of boring. Setting up so much court politics.

If this was one of those isekai animanga with a long-ass title I feel like it'd be called "My Second Life With Shizun!?: The Story of How I Took Over the World, Died, Came Back to Life and Finally Found My One True Love!!? 😱💥💥💥😱" (Yes the emojis are part of it)

This turned into Gouchen the Exalted's personal MTV Cribs episode and I'm here for it

Me yelling at Chu Wanning on my way to save him from this book: IM GONNA GET YOU OUTTA HERE

I feel so sorry for An Long :( he's a good guy, very misguided but obviously loves Qingshi so much.

Yue Wuhuan, An Long, and Song Qingshi respectively

Mistakenly Saving the Villain 2 is out for delivery today and I'm like (sits cross-legged in front of my door waiting for the bell to ring like Scott Pilgrim)

This is pure hurt/comfort, oblivious yet super smart genius x protective and intensely loving and obsessed yandere YUMMY GOODNESS -- don't wait, BUY AND READ THIS NOWWW

I spent like 200$ on books today y'all. D'oh!
By far my best find was a 4$ used copy of Honey & Clover volume 3 from Half Price Books -- it's an ex-library copy that was given hardcover treatment by the library that owned it! A hardcover copy of my beloved Honey & Clover for only 4$ -- I'm over the moon <3

JUSTICE FOR LUO XIANXIAN 😭😭😭😭😭

Reset my CR because I got a bit overwhelmed XD Oh yeah, reading is supposed to be fun, not pressuring and stressful! I forgot XD