Rereading ‘Berserk’ by Kentaro Miura—The Black Swordsman Arc

I finally reread the first 3 volumes of Kentaro Miura’s manga series Berserk. This post includes my long ramblings.

Carole & Tuesday (2019): an underrated sci-fi drama

Carole & Tuesday (2019) takes a political stance on anti-immigration laws through music.

Manga Review: Blue Flag by Kaito

“Blue Flag” by Kaito explores LGBT+ themes, complex relationships, and teenage melodrama. It’s a great story with an okay ending.

Migi&Dali (2023) is an underrated comedy-turned-murder-mystery

Migi&Dali (2023) became one of my favorite shows. In this post, I share my spoiler-free thoughts on the series.

Book Review: Me Before You by Jojo Moyes

Me Before You by Jojo Moyes follows Louisa (Lou) Clark, a quirky working-class woman, who takes on a caregiving position for the Traynor family. Her job is to keep a paralyzed Will Traynor company for six months. But Lou has another purpose in Will’s life, according to his mother: to dissuade him from ending his…

First impressions: Me Before You, Tokyo Ghoul, and others

In this post, I share my first impressions of 3 manga series and 1 novel that I’m currently reading: Me Before You by Jojo Moyes; Tokyo Ghoul by Sui Ishida; Kaiju No. 8 by Naoya Matsumoto; and Fire Punch by Tatsuki Fujimoto.

Tokyo Ghoul, Vol. 2—Thoughts

The second volume of Tokyo Ghoul by Sui Ishida continues with Kaneki’s struggle to self-actualize as a ghoul. He still refuses to eat human meat despite his hunger pangs and disgust for “human food.” And while Kaneki continues to struggle with this new side of him, he also gains the opportunity to look into the…

I picked up ‘Tokyo Ghoul’ again… Vol. 1—Thoughts

Tokyo Ghoul by Sui Ishida is a dark fantasy manga that’s set in an alternate reality where man-eating beings called “ghouls” live in secrecy. The story follows Kaneki Ken, a survivor of a ghoul attack who then undergoes a harrowing transformation that changes his life. Ishida’s manga series wasn’t something that I considered reading this…

2023: the final reading log of the year

In this post, I talk about a couple of books and graphic novels that I read this year, specifically the ones I liked and the ones I didn’t like.

Catching up on reading: A Storm of Swords, Catching Fire, and others

With the Holidays fast approaching and with work draining my energy, I find it hard to sit in front of my computer to share what I’ve been up to. So for now, I’ll share what I’ve been reading in this condensed post.

I reread ‘The Hunger Games’ by Suzanne Collins

What made me love The Hunger Games then? What about now? (Not a review.)

Midnight Musings No. 2: losing track of time

The last time I wrote something like this for this blog was around July when I started my new job. In that post, I wrote about losing focus on writing on my blogs. Although its been almost three months since then, I’m still struggling on keeping track of things. Of course, I’ve been reading some…