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☆ I finished reading Bloom into You! It grew on me by the end, I enjoyed the main characters' individual development and the conclusion to their story. It had a happy ending, of course, and it was sweet getting to see the little time-skip at the end. Plus the art is very pretty, so I'd definitely recommend the series to anyone looking for a f/f romance with a little high school drama. I especially liked the message that love isn't just feelings, it's a choice you make over and over. Their struggles/character arcs felt more real to me than those stories with the grand love-at-first-sight style romances (which are very fun! but not particularly realistic).
Not sure if I'll bother watching the anime since I've just got so much other anime I want to watch haha, but it looks like there's a light novel side story with Sayaka as the protag which I may look into, I really felt for her while I was reading so I'd love to read more about her.
☆ I also finished my Crooked Kingdom buddy read with my friend! Still such a good duology. If anything I was even more emotionally wrecked by this series the second time around than the first lmao, I literally cried at the end of Inej's final POV chapter. Ketterdam is such an interesting setting, it's like a character all on its own, so while CK felt slow at times compared to how the momentum of SoC was always moving forward it was worth it to see all the character development/relationship growth/etc. I'd love a third book with the Crows if Bardugo ever wanted to go back to this series. (I'm not particularly enamored with her current series, I'd be absolutely thrilled if she did another Grishaverse book next lol. I was floored when I found out Bardugo wanted to do at least 5 books in the Ninth House series, like first of all is Alex going to fail college and have to repeat a year or something. What kind of plot could possibly keep this going for 5+ books. BUT I digress.)
Anyway yeah we're trucking along and have started on King of Scars, though I'm only a couple chapters in so far. I've realized I barely remember anything that happens in these last two books?? I have a few specific memories of plot points that I THINK are probably from the second book? So it's like I'm reading this one totally anew so far. My buddy read pal didn't like Zoya in the original trilogy so I'm hoping these books turn her opinion around because I love Zoya.
☆ And lastly, Honkai: Star Rail release! I actually haven't even downloaded it yet lol I was waiting to see if they were going to announce a Playstation release date but as far as I can see they haven't. So I guess I'll just download on PC to start and if they finally do release a Playstation version I can switch over. I haven't played the other Honkai game(s?) but I do play Genshin and Star Rail looks neat so I definitely want to check it out. Anyone else planning to play?
Not sure if I'll bother watching the anime since I've just got so much other anime I want to watch haha, but it looks like there's a light novel side story with Sayaka as the protag which I may look into, I really felt for her while I was reading so I'd love to read more about her.
☆ I also finished my Crooked Kingdom buddy read with my friend! Still such a good duology. If anything I was even more emotionally wrecked by this series the second time around than the first lmao, I literally cried at the end of Inej's final POV chapter. Ketterdam is such an interesting setting, it's like a character all on its own, so while CK felt slow at times compared to how the momentum of SoC was always moving forward it was worth it to see all the character development/relationship growth/etc. I'd love a third book with the Crows if Bardugo ever wanted to go back to this series. (I'm not particularly enamored with her current series, I'd be absolutely thrilled if she did another Grishaverse book next lol. I was floored when I found out Bardugo wanted to do at least 5 books in the Ninth House series, like first of all is Alex going to fail college and have to repeat a year or something. What kind of plot could possibly keep this going for 5+ books. BUT I digress.)
Anyway yeah we're trucking along and have started on King of Scars, though I'm only a couple chapters in so far. I've realized I barely remember anything that happens in these last two books?? I have a few specific memories of plot points that I THINK are probably from the second book? So it's like I'm reading this one totally anew so far. My buddy read pal didn't like Zoya in the original trilogy so I'm hoping these books turn her opinion around because I love Zoya.
☆ And lastly, Honkai: Star Rail release! I actually haven't even downloaded it yet lol I was waiting to see if they were going to announce a Playstation release date but as far as I can see they haven't. So I guess I'll just download on PC to start and if they finally do release a Playstation version I can switch over. I haven't played the other Honkai game(s?) but I do play Genshin and Star Rail looks neat so I definitely want to check it out. Anyone else planning to play?
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Right now I'm still working my way through Lycoris Recoil and then I just discovered Gundam: The Witch from Mercury is airing its second season already so I want to catch up with that next. I've also got my eye on Buddy Daddies since it's the same sort of premise as Spy x Family which I love, and a lot of people on my timeline seemed to enjoy it haha. I've got a ton of other stuff on the to watch list but that's the top of my list at the moment I think.