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Pokémon Legends Z-A

This game was more fun than I expected and definitely better than Legends Arceus. The story was not very exciting or anything but I liked the real-time battles, even if they felt a bit too chaotic at times. Corbeau is easily the best character, I love his design!

Cover art for the Nintendo Switch game "Pokémon Legends Z-A" (2025)

November 6, 2025 at 9:13 PM

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Natsume-san wa hirakaretai

Hmmmm this one was kinda boring. I really liked Mamita-senseis more recent works, but this one was pretty average.

Cover of "Natsume-san wa hirakaretai" by Mamita.

"Natsume has a problem that’s keeping him single and alone: He’s lousy in bed! Frustrated by his inability to keep a lover, he comes up with a plan–become a master of sex and shove his newfound bedroom prowess right in his ex’s face! The first step? Hiring a male escort to help him improve his skills. But when the escort, Kou, arrives at his home, Natsume is stunned to find that this man is no stranger. In fact, he’s Natsume’s own housekeeper!" (Synopsis by Seven Seas Ent)

November 2, 2025 at 12:48 AM

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Persona 5 The Animation

For a video game adaptation, P5A wasn't even that bad. You should definitely play the game first, otherwise this show may seem boring and confusing at times.
I really appreciate how they tried to squeeze my best boy Akechi into every episode, even if just for 5 seconds.

Promotional visual for the anime "Persona 5 the Animation" (2018)
"Ren Amamiya is about to enter his second year after transferring to Shujin Academy in Tokyo.
Following a particular incident, his Persona awakens, and together with his friends they form the “Phantom Thieves of Hearts” to reform hearts of corrupt adults by stealing the source of their distorted desires.
Meanwhile, bizarre and inexplicable crimes have been popping up one after another…
Living an ordinary high school life in Tokyo during the day, the group maneuvers the metropolitan city as Phantom Thieves after hours.
Let the curtain rise for this grand, picaresque story!"

Okay let's be real here. If you're reading this: this anime is not that bad! If you've just finished P5R and you want to fill this P5R-shaped hole in your heart, this is for you!

October 14, 2025 at 9:13 PM

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Another Liz-kyun figure arrived and she's so small and pretty 😭❤️❤️

Prize figure of Kitagawa Marin from My Dress-Up Darling cosplaying as the in-universe manga character Liz

September 28, 2025 at 4:40 PM

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My Dress-Up Darling season 2

3 years after the announcement, season 2 finally aired and it was absolutely worth the wait. Kisekoi is easily one of my favorite romance anime and such a feel-good watch. This season was a blast, the animation was so good and the in-universe anime/games felt so real!!

Promotional visual for the second season of "My Dress-Up Darling" ("Sono bisuku dôru wa koi wo suru") by Fukuda Shinichi.

"Wakana Gojo's passion for crafting hina dolls causes him to hide his interests due to social trauma. However, when his beautiful and popular classmate Marin Kitagawa discovers his talent, she sees beyond his apparent idiosyncrasies and encourages him to create cosplay costumes. With Marin's support, Wakana steps out of his seclusion and begins to gain confidence. Working together, they create unique and beautiful costumes showcasing their talents and true selves." (source: Wikipedia)

September 21, 2025 at 12:51 PM

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Dandadan season 2

As expected, this season was just as good as the first one. The Evil Eye arc is my favorite of the series and Science Saru really did it justice. Dandadan is always so much fun to read and watch and I can't wait for the 3rd season! 💜👽

Promotional visual for the 2nd Dandadan season (2025). Based on the manga by Tatsu Yukinobu.
"Momo Ayase is a high school girl who believes in ghosts but not aliens, while her fellow high schooler, Ken Takakura, whom Momo nicknames "Okarun", believes in aliens but not ghosts. In a bet to determine who is correct, the two decide to separately visit locations associated with both the extraterrestrial and the occult—Momo visiting the former, and Okarun the latter. Momo is abducted by a group of aliens who accidentally unblock her chakras, enabling latent psychic abilities. Meanwhile, Okarun becomes possessed by a spirit, and together with Momo's abilities, they use his possessed form to defeat the aliens." (Wikipedia)

September 18, 2025 at 8:48 PM

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Splatoon 2 Octo Expansion (replay)

Every year I play this DLC and every time it's an amazing experience. Fantastic soundtrack, neat and stylish level design, loveable characters and great difficulty, which can be frustrating and rewarding at the same time. This is Splatoon at its peak.

Promotional visual for the DLC "Octo Expansion" (2018) for the Nintendo Switch game Splatoon 2 (2017).
"Octo Expansion follows the story of an Octoling that goes by the name of Agent 8. Their main mission is to reach the surface by collecting four objects called thangs through various challenges." (Source: Wikipedia)

September 7, 2025 at 2:38 PM

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Persona 5 Royal

My first Persona game and I absolutely loved every second playing it. Charming characters, good story, amazing soundtrack... I've got nothing to complain. Akechi is the best character btw.

Cover art of Persona 5 Royal (2019-2020)

"Taking place in modern-day Tokyo, the story follows a high school student known by the codename Joker who transfers to a new school after he is framed for assault and put on probation. Over the course of a school year, he and other students awaken to a special power, becoming a group of secret vigilantes known as the Phantom Thieves of Hearts. They explore the Metaverse, a supernatural realm born from humanity's subconscious desires, to steal malevolent intent from the hearts of adults and change their hearts. As with previous games in the series, the party battles enemies known as Shadows using physical manifestations of their psyche known as Personas. The game incorporates role-playing and dungeon crawling elements alongside social simulation scenarios." (Source: Wikipedia)

August 31, 2025 at 11:46 AM

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Oxenfree

Nice and short game. Not much else to say really.

"Oxenfree is a graphic adventure game developed and published by Night School Studio. It was released for OS X, Windows, and Xbox One in January 2016. (...) players assume the role of the teenage girl Alex on a weekend trip to a local island. After seemingly supernatural events occur, Alex and her friends must unravel the secrets of the island." (from wikipedia)

August 23, 2025 at 7:19 PM

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Welcome back, Alice

While I did enjoy this one more than Aku no hana, I wouldn't say that Welcome back Alice is good. It's a trainwreck most of the time but it kept me reading for some reason. So that's something, I guess.

Welcome back, Alice (2020-2023) by Oshimi Shûzô

"Welcome Back, Alice is about a group of three friends, Yohei, Kei, and Yui, who are reunited in high school after Kei moves back to their town. What could have been a straightforward love triangle becomes complicated and dramatic when Kei shows up looking and deliberately dressing like a woman, with female school attire as will as long grown luscious hair. This predicament brings conflict and disagreements between the three as Yui has always had romantic feelings towards Kei, as Yohei is with Yui." (source: wikipedia)

August 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM

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KabeKoji vol. 1

Cute! Not much happened in this first volume, but I'll keep reading. As a big dôjinshi enjoyer, this one was a must-buy!

First volume of the manga "Kabe Sa Dōjin Sakka no Nekoyashiki-kun wa Shōnin Yokkyū o Kojiraseteiru" (Popular Indie Creator Nekoyashiki is Making His Yearning for Approval Worse), shortened to KabeKoji. By mangaka Minamoto Kazuki (2020-).

"Mamoru Nekoyashiki is doujinshi creator who authors boys' love under the pen name 'Kōniku-sensei'. Nekoyashiki is a highly popular creator at doujinshi conventions, and uses this popularity to fulfill his desire for external validation. At a convention he has a chance reunion with Kazama Issei, a childhood friend he once had a crush on, and who now performs as an idol under the stage name 'Issay'."

August 3, 2025 at 1:27 AM

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Takopi's Original Sin

Since I've already read the manga years ago, I didn't think the anime would be anything noteworthy. But the animation quality and direction was really good! Yeah, the conclusion was pretty much an ass pull but it's not too bad. Azumas big bro is the only good guy in this show.

Promotional artwork for the anime "Takopi's Original Sin" (Takopî no genzai, 2025). The manga (2021-2022) is by Taizan 5.
Trigger warning for self-harm, bullying and suicide.

"In 2016, Nueinukf, an alien hailing from the Happy Planet, crash-lands on Earth in order to spread happiness to others. After evading capture, it comes across Shizuka Kuze, a 9-year-old girl who is bullied at school and only finds solace with her dog Chappy. Shizuka, noting that it resembles an octopus, names the alien Takopi. Takopi decides to use its planet's Happy Gadgets to help Shizuka (...)." (From Wikipedia)

August 2, 2025 at 6:04 PM

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The Flowers of Evil

This was one hell of a disappointment. There's just one character (Tokiwa) that I didn't absolutely dislike. It feels like the mangaka was trying very hard to make something super deep and edgy.

Volume 1 of the complete edition of "The Flowers of Evil" ("Aku no hana") by Oshimi Shuzo.
"The story follows a middle school student named Takao Kasuga who's forced into a 'contract' by fellow student Sawa Nakamura, after being caught stealing the gym clothes of his crush Nanako Saeki, and the series of events afterwards that follow these three characters." (Source: Wikipedia)

Just to be clear, this manga was not the worst ever. But... really? 8,2 rating on MAL for this??? Why? I've also almost completed "Welcome back Alice" (still gotta read the last two chapters that sadly aren't free on K Manga) by the same mangaka and people say that one is bad.
But I at least kinda liked that one? Yeah it's a bit trashy but not as bad as Aku no Hana.
I enjoyed reading it a bit more after the first time skip (aka when Nakamura didn't really appear anymore). And since I did read this trainwreck till the end, I guess I must've liked something about it. I just don't know what.

July 12, 2025 at 10:32 PM

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Shizuku-tan is finally here 💜🖤 She's so gorgeous!!

Prize figure of Marin Kitagawa cosplaying as Shizuku Kuroe from My Dress-Up Darling (Sono kisekae ningyô wa koi wo suru)

This figure will definitely start to lean, it's really heavy. Gotta think up some way to stabilise it 🤔

July 9, 2025 at 1:21 PM

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The Apothecary Diaries season 2

While I enjoyed the first season a bit more, this one had very good JinMao moments. 🐸 So... yeah. I absolutely adore them together. Great anime, I really gotta continue reading the light novel.

Visual for the 2nd season of "The Apothecary Diaries" (Kusuriya no hitorigoto) by Hyuuga Natsu (2024-2025).

"Set in a fictional country based on Imperial China during the Tang dynasty, and often referencing knowledge closer to the late Ming dynasty, the series follows Maomao, a young girl working as an apothecary in a red-light district, who was kidnapped and sold to the Imperial Palace as an indentured servant. She still retains her curious and eccentric personality and plans to work there until her two years of servitude are over. After learning that the emperor's newborns and concubines are critically ill, she begins to investigate the cause. Using her experience as an apothecary, she successfully solves the mystery of their illness. Even though she intended to remain anonymous, her actions catch the attention of Jinshi, an influential eunuch. She then undertakes the solving of mysteries for the royal court." (Source: Wikipedia)

July 4, 2025 at 7:31 PM

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Wario Ware: Get It Together!

I just love the Wario Ware series. Played most of the game with my brother and we had a blast. Wacky, super random and creative. And I gotta admit, Wario is the pinnacle of man.

Promotional art of the game "Wario Ware: Get It Together" for the Nintendo Switch (2021)

June 27, 2025 at 4:47 AM

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Skip and Loafer vol. 1

Already watched the anime, and now that the K Manga app is available where I live, I started reading the manga as well. Cute slice of life manga with charming characters!

Volume 1 of "Skip to Loafer" by Takamatsu Misaki.

"Mitsumi Iwakura is a high school student who moved from the outskirts of Ishikawa Prefecture to high school in Tokyo after graduating from junior high school. Mitsumi grew up in a depopulated area, with only eight students in her class. However, on the day of her entrance ceremony, she gets caught in the commuter rush and gets lost. A tall, handsome boy worried about Mitsumi calls out to her and runs to school with her. He is a student of the same school and her classmate by chance." (Wikipedia)

June 26, 2025 at 9:04 PM

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I love him so much

Various can badges, acrylic keyholders and rubber charms of the one and only Katsuki Yuuri from Yuri!!! on ICE (some Yurio, too)

June 16, 2025 at 6:10 PM

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Futarijime Romantic vol. 1

Very cute!!! The artstyle is pretty and the characters are charming. I need more shojo manga like this!

Cover of volume 1 of Futarijime Romantic by Kanisawa Chihiro.

"Kumamori has always been in pursuit of an ideal romance. When she changes classes for her second year of high school, she is unexpectedly reunited with 'Tajima', the partner of her first kiss. Unfortunately, he is dry and stoic when it comes to romantic gestures.... 200% heartwarming! A realistic but cute and romantic opposites-attract love story!"

(Source: Comic Days,

June 15, 2025 at 12:43 PM

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Seishun no hekireki vol. 1

Body swap romance with a rather bold and flirty female lead and a surprisingly shy and inexperienced male lead. I like it so far! Cute, funny, and good art!

Cover of volume 1 of Seishun no Hekireki by Yasuko

June 14, 2025 at 9:42 PM

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It's them.

Magic The Gathering starter kit "Final Fantasy", featuring Cloud and Sephiroth

June 14, 2025 at 1:23 PM

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Limbo

Neat and short puzzle-platformer. I liked it, but the end was kind of finicky, and I had to look up some solutions.

(cw for spider imagery, just to be safe)