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Alright, here’s some media that I’ve watched/read/played or am currently following in the first three months of 2025! As usual, it will be categorized into 3-4 sections, and most of these are just mini-reviews!

Anime

Kusuriya No Hitorigoto S2
 
Finally caught up to the latest episode. I already read the manga before S2 aired, and this covers one of my favorite arcs! I think we should be covering the Loulan & her family arcs soon (or I might be wrong). The anime pacing is good as usual, and Jinshi also looks beautiful as the moon goddess. After the Anshi arc, it will get serious if they still keep the 2-cour format. And as usual, Lihua-sama looks gorgeous in the anime.


Manga


Mairimashita! Iruma-kun
Damn, ngl, Clara’s evil cycle looks hot. Nishi once again shows her freakiness. Clara clearly embodies kinky play that revolves around roleplaying, in this case, caretaker or age-play kink. This arc is good, giving Clara more depth, and I wish we could meet her dad this case caretaker or age play kink. This arc is good giving Clara more depth and wish we could meet her dad

Madan no Ichi

Desscarass is really shaping up to be my favorite shonen adult character. It’s refreshing to finally see an adult character in shonen who doesn’t want to leave everything to the teen protagonist! I already love the dynamic between the trio. Jishikirone’s design is so fucking good. Now I wonder if they want to make the redheaded guy a male witch too? Also, he’s apparently an augmented human... I wonder how the males in Madan no Ichi fare, considering only women are witches there.

Utsushicha Dame-na Kao
Okay, the drama seems to be getting good here, and God, I’m really invested in the Misa x Io x Mane-san dynamic. I wonder who’s that woman in Misa’s flashback? And also, are we just having a paparazzi scandal soon?

Zenbu Kowashite Jigoku de Aishite

                                                                         (I really into this dynamic)
Okay, Zenkowa seems to be on the right track. Kokoro and Naoi’s ex will definitely be partners in crime, and this chapter kinda redeems Kokoro a bit, in my opinion. At least now she’s trying to have agency, and I think I wouldn’t mind if she ends up being a yandere.

Kyou wa Kanojo ga Inai Kara

Please save Fuuko from this shitfest. And also, who’s that WOMAN??? Please save Fuuko, megane-onna!

Madara Moyou no Yoi

                                                                           Asada-sensei I will kneel, if we got yuri of these two
Finally, this manga got translated & I have been interested to read this because it was created by my favorite BL author, Asada Nemui (My Little Inferno, Sleeping Dead, Dear My God, etc) Anyway the mabga as usual as has this Asada-sensei touch with a bit of violence, dark theme, mild gore, & psychological staff I still read for like 3-4 chapters in but I can say it's fantastic with a hint mystery. also this is probably the closest thing Asada-sense do yuri because there's a hint of yuribait. I will give my impressions again after I finish marathoning


Game

Of the Devil

I just played Episode 0 for free and was interested because I saw reviews saying it’s similar to Ace Attorney. Morgan is such a good protagonist—I love her and she really has that seinen protag vibe. Overall, I love the gameplay and mechanics, and the world-building is also great! I think it’s one of the good cyberpunk series that utilizes the “mega corpo rules everything” trope well. I’m thinking of buying Episode 1 later.



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Date: Thursday, 6 March 2025 17:48 (UTC)
unholyghost: a silhouette of Okarun from Dandadan holding the corner of his white glasses. the background is bright blue. (okarun)
From: [personal profile] unholyghost

I agree with you 100% about the latest mairuma arc!! Clara's evil cycle is so fun. the way she looks and acts scratches my brain just right, and I'm so happy we have an arc focused on her and her feelings because she's my fave of the love trio. also I only gave her dad a passing thought while first reading like "mm I wonder if him never being home contributed to her issues" but now that you mentioned him, I went back to look at some panels and now I really wish we could meet him because why isn't he in any of the quizzes or her memories? like not even a silhouette or a cut off figure that hides his face in the pictures with her family. makes me wonder if Nishi's cooking anything specific with him or if she just forgot/couldn't be bothered.

I've got Apothecary Diaries and Ichi on my to check out lists, but yoinking the rest of these because they all look super interesting.

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Date: Saturday, 8 March 2025 06:08 (UTC)
unholyghost: Dino Classico from the anime Delico's Nursery (Default)
From: [personal profile] unholyghost

yeah, I feel like she's not really close with him the way she is with the rest of her family because while I think he comes home to drop off some stuff and spend time with his wife since she has so many siblings, I don't think he stays home that long and maybe they don't really talk much when he is around? also that headcanon makes sense. before her siblings came along, it would have just been her and her mom in the forest, and while playing with your mom can be fun it's not the same as spending time with other kids.

oooh I'll keep that in mind, thanks!

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