and i also want to mention that while it’s taken time and effort, i actually don’t think it’s as bad as i thought it would be!

once i found what works best for me, it rly was just getting consistent enough about it. and when i noticed progress, i naturally got more motivated too.

language learning isn’t easy, and i’ve def had to put in many hrs, but i’m rly glad to have gotten as far as i have.

to be able to play games (and eventually more stuff!) that likely wont have official eng releases has been so rewarding.

not sure how much her stuff sells in the eng market since i don’t see a lot of online buzz about her sadly, but thank you to those out there reading

somehow we have a lot of her stuff localized and im so grateful 🥹

also rly enjoy the way she executes interconnected short stories.

the short stories themselves r strong on their own, but once u see it all come together at the end…just an amazing reading experience

i feel you. chg can be extremely difficult, even when it can ultimately be beneficial as a whole…

rly unfortunate that in the case of manga, when things happen, translators and ppl running the social media accts often take the brunt of things bc they’re the most visible/accessible to the public.

which is to say it heals the soul, and i am glad it’s a whole sub genre

they prob don’t have this feature bc it’s not necessary for the avg consumer, but i also feel like as the eng pub’s catalogue gets bigger, i could see it being helpful to have over time 🤔

might help with finding more that u like, or getting a better understanding of jpn & eng pub relations

i haven’t been able to keep up with things as much as i’d like, but i’ve always appreciated how digital centric platforms allowed some search ability/sorting via jpn publisher (which i don’t rly see for the big print pubs i feel)

that’s a good point that for some reason ppl aren’t looking at jpn & eng pub relations even though it could rly help clear things up when ppl are hoping for specific titles 🤔

*my head around it

rly hard to wrap my around it bc the same ppl seem v interested in jpn publishers but stuff like this slips under the radar

def v strange ppl are so stuck on certain assumptions when we do have examples that prove it untrue, as u mentioned.

feels like it just creates a lose-lose situation and accomplishes nothing…