2025
April 24th
Completed reread of GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka.
It's so crass and rough around the edges but man does it have soul. Great manga.
April 23rd
Oregairu
Finally completed the light novel of Oregairu. Man I love this to bits. I don't think I can quite describe my feelings but it has never failed to make me smile or ponder. Still remember joining the vc right after the confession in season 3 and i can't lie I was grinning heavily through the last third of the book.
thanks Wataru for penning this story and I look forward to your next work!
April 7th
Azure and Claude
read here: Azure and Claude (2016 Rewrite) I can't quite put my finger on why I liked it but it's a short good read.
April 1st
Medalist
Caught up. There's just something I really like about underdog stories where the MC puts in so much effort and get so good. Sometimes it pays off, sometimes it doesn't but seeing them put the effort regardless of how nervous they feel is motivating. I love this to bits.
March 22nd
Ping Pong the Animation I don't think I have anything to say that hasn't been told already but man seeing these characters grow again and what table tennis means to each one of them is absolutely a pleasure. It's one of those shows that reminds why I like anime so much ha. Also definitely checkout Bobduh's writing on the first 5 episodes, helped me notice a lot of the things I honestly doubt I would've noticed even if it was my 5th rewatch. https://wrongeverytime.com/tag/ping-pong-the-animation/
March 1st
Blue Period: Reread it since it's been a looong while. Still love the pre-uni and first year arc. Weirdly motivating and 100% worth reading. But at the end of the day it's still more engaging compared to work so going from reading it to studying was hard lol. Recommended to pick it up later in the day since I honestly couldn't stop reading it.
January 21
Metallica - Master of Puppets Good stuff. Vocals are good and I really like the riffs.
January 20
Michael Jackson - Off the Wall Banger pop album. Listened to it all the way through and didn't have songs I hated.
January 19
Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited Not a big fan.
January 18
King Crimson - In Court of Crimson King All bangers no complaints. Listened to it quite a bit before and I still like it.
January 17
Started listening to albums from 1001 albums: https://1001albumsgenerator.com/rakim/history Listened to In Rainbows by Radiohead and like it quite a bit. Weird Fishes, All I Need, Reckoner and Jigsaw falling into place were my favorites out of the bunch.
January 16
The Social Network. Fantastic movie. Need to get good.
January 6
Ted Lasso. Great show
2024
November 1
No Home by Wanan
So good, didn't expect the story to be this compelling nor the characters to affect me the way it did. I'm kinda sad that I just binged it over couple of days but will definitely reread it in future. I'm happy I took out some time to find something new to read heh (even if it did end up pushing my screen time to 6 to 8 hrs)
October 10
Oregairu, Vol. 12 by Wataru Watari, Jennifer Ward (Translator)