Carly Smith 📖✍️
@carlysmith.net
Writer, freelance light novel/manga editor. 🌈 She/her. 📖 Editor for Until I Meet My Husband, Qualia the Purple, Reborn to Master the Blade, My Magical Career at Court, I'm a Terminal Cancer Patient, and more!
https://www.carlysmith.net/
https://www.carlysmith.net/
That happened to me with my French as well!
November 16, 2025 at 1:36 PM
That happened to me with my French as well!
Hey go watch (or read) The Summer Hikaru Died
September 27, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Hey go watch (or read) The Summer Hikaru Died
LOL Light novels are a different breed! I see that phrase in similar forms a lot. Narration gets weirdly specific, too, with directions of slashes or someone sitting "diagonally on the other side" and stuff like that. So wordy and unwieldy. 😰
September 3, 2025 at 6:44 PM
LOL Light novels are a different breed! I see that phrase in similar forms a lot. Narration gets weirdly specific, too, with directions of slashes or someone sitting "diagonally on the other side" and stuff like that. So wordy and unwieldy. 😰
I turned my gaze diagonally behind me. ➡️ I looked over my shoulder.
September 3, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I turned my gaze diagonally behind me. ➡️ I looked over my shoulder.
Definitely my favorite panel of the weekend!
August 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Definitely my favorite panel of the weekend!
and additional reading: www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2025...
Manga in The Crosshairs: The State of Manga Bans in 2025
Coop Bicknell interviewed librarians across the country about how the latest Executive Orders and lists targeting LGBTQ+ are affecting students' ability to read age-appropriate comics.
www.animenewsnetwork.com
August 27, 2025 at 3:58 PM
and additional reading: www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2025...
To close it off, PEN America's rep encouraged us to work on the grassroots level, to build our communities and have conversations about book bans and the importance of the First Amendment. Things are really, really bad right now, which is why it's more important than ever to push back.
August 27, 2025 at 3:24 PM
To close it off, PEN America's rep encouraged us to work on the grassroots level, to build our communities and have conversations about book bans and the importance of the First Amendment. Things are really, really bad right now, which is why it's more important than ever to push back.
And if you have the money, buy the books you want to see more of! Manga with LGBTQIA+ stories and protagonists have fortunately been doing really well lately, and that encourages publishers to license more of them! It means a team can go to marketing and show them we want these things.
August 27, 2025 at 3:23 PM
And if you have the money, buy the books you want to see more of! Manga with LGBTQIA+ stories and protagonists have fortunately been doing really well lately, and that encourages publishers to license more of them! It means a team can go to marketing and show them we want these things.
Attend your local school board meetings, because you KNOW angry parents (and even those who aren't parents) are using schools and libraries as battlegrounds to restrict books and knowledge. Be a safe space for kids in your life to come to you to ask questions about uncomfortable topics.
August 27, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Attend your local school board meetings, because you KNOW angry parents (and even those who aren't parents) are using schools and libraries as battlegrounds to restrict books and knowledge. Be a safe space for kids in your life to come to you to ask questions about uncomfortable topics.
So what can we do? Reach out to your local library and let them know what you want to see on the shelves. And if they don't have those stories, ask them to acquire them. Let them know you WANT to see queer stories, BIPOC stories, and tell them you appreciate their work in making books accessible!
August 27, 2025 at 3:20 PM
So what can we do? Reach out to your local library and let them know what you want to see on the shelves. And if they don't have those stories, ask them to acquire them. Let them know you WANT to see queer stories, BIPOC stories, and tell them you appreciate their work in making books accessible!