I hardly know what to say about this story–I can’t explain it, though I feel like it’s on the tip of my tongue–but you have to read it. 200 pages so far. The story keeps you in suspense and entertained. The dialogue weaves figurative and direct language so well that you’ll find yourself suspicious of […]
The story picks up where it left off after Takaichi’s confession in Kizu darake no Otokotachi. Takaichi, who is reserved, patient, and thoughtful and Okuya, who is shy, nervous, and earnest, are just starting out in their relationship. They are so early in the relationship and Okuya’s so new at the whole interacting with people […]
I had so much fun reading this. Tenzen hit all her usual notes and a few new ones. Kurasawa and Kashiwagi are one of her best couples to date. She really pulled out all the stops with Kurasawa; she packed him full of personality and it worked. It warms my heart when both parties are […]
This was very cute and, as usual for Ichikawa, the pacing was perfect. The first three chapters were from Narasaki’s (megane) rather matter-of-fact and mellow point of view. You see them go from strangers to something like friends with a few surprise kisses thrown in. Narasaki seems like he’s just along for the ride most […]
This was extremely cute and probably too funny for me to be reading at whatever o’clock in the A.M. that I was reading it. It stealthily and not so stealthily confronts issues like body image, idealism, privilege, gender expectations, and a few others. Many modern stories about good versus evil either ends with the villain […]
I was fortunate enough to win a 1-month trial for Sparkler Monthly, the online multimedia OEL shoujo/josei magazine. However, I was not fortunate enough to make the best of it because I’m lazy and moody. My trial ends tomorrow. I got a notice a few days ago, so, in my regular fashion, I made an […]
It’s been a while since I scored something near-perfect. It’s always troublesome because I feel obligated to talk about it and for one reason or another, I’m not always able to. I really just want ramble on incoherently about it, but I think I owe it to the story to do more than sit here […]
I’ve always liked fairytales; I was never quite gaga over them, but I’ve generally welcomed all the varieties and retellings in whichever format they came in. However, not since The Princess Bride have I been so taken by one. Princeless, as the Book One subtitle suggests, is about a princess who saves herself. And there’s […]
I love it when a story starts with a situation that’s nigh impossible to get out of, but you know it will work out, so the journey there is one with which you want the question of how convincingly can it be done to be answered. All pages read, I am convinced. But that’s not […]
No nods to mention, or rather, it could be a few, but either way, the story for the third installment, With a Bullet, is still great. The story being one in which a previous case returns with something like a grudge, but only 10 times worse and 100 times less patient. Cole Farraday, public creep […]
