I laughed, I cried, I gasped, I felt all galaxy brained while reading. The English loc was super fun and I think I prefer the English. I consider this a must read!

Peak! PEAK!!! This could've been a "girls rule and boys drool" kind of story, but it's not at all. It's incredibly nuanced and so smart.

FUMI YOSHINAGA YOUR MIND!!! I want to examine her brain under a microscope. An all time fav and I can't recommend it enough.

They wanted people to be confused about the character's gender and I was cracking up at that response.

But conservatives like to think that we're wokeifying stuff when we're just listening to the creators' wishes ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Yeah, and if anything it was too stiff...

It can be done, but this is an insult to the s'mores of my childhood 😤

The texture of every part of this thing is criminal, and I hesitate to call whatever the white stuff is, marshmallow. It's bland and a 食感 nightmare.

How could I forget about this month’s Shibuya-ku newspaper?

Semi-related, this was my favorite movie that I saw at Tokyo International Film Fest (it had such a positive reception!)

It's about members of the deaf community in Japan, and Kurdish residents. Read my short review on how it encapsulates Japan to me.

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*Hokokuji is the one of the most well manicured temples I’ve seen.

idk why it erased part of my sentence...

I agree! I think you summed it up. I've noticed the printing industry in Japan is a lot more robust and affordable than the U.S. as well as a much bigger second hand market (not limited to books).

While manga is more available in the U.S. I can never get used to how it's printed and organized haha

Countryside walks, duckies, a pretty portrait of Mary, and some late night ocean sounds before heading home. I wanted to stay another day but busy busy busy 🏃‍♂️

is the one of the most well manicured temples I’ve seen.

And I've lived in multiple states from the south, to the east coast, to the midwest. I'm from Chicago and I still feel like I will go to a bookstore with the intention to buy something but pretty much always walk out empty handed.

I wonder how you feel about American bookstores' selections in general? Because I've always felt like they don't carry almost anything I'm looking for, and if they do it's prohibitively expensive. I have the opposite problem here where I have to stop myself from buying so many books.