i think pretty much constantly about the scene in seven samurai where the villagers are eating millet because they need to save the beautiful delicious white rice for the samurai they want to hire. then i eat white rice and i feel like a king and i also feel a very great and deep sadness

With Hat Atelier is, no exaggeration, one of the most mesmerizing comics out there. Kamome Shirahama isn't "good at drawing" - she has great technical skill, yes, but she controls the flow like no one else, comes up with imagery that projects a world, and roots all of it in the themes of her series

My Nice Nature was neck and neck for the win in the last CM, but ended in 2nd. I failed you

Hearing about recent developments in Dandadan reminding me why I dropped it in the first place. First few chapters establish nice chemistry and even narrative weight between the two leads. But then it felt like the series started relying on cliches to shorthand its romance.

CSM ending was pretty interesting as an anti-superhero story. How can you heroically take your fate into your own hands? The premises are wrong to begin with.

God pull

Will eventually read Akebi’s Sailor Uniform to see if it goes from fetish manga (bad) to fetish manga (good)

Recommended manga reads of 2026 🧵 1. Girl Meets Rock Four girls form a band, but what sets this apart from other manga of its ilk is the pettiness of some of its drama, like bands breaking up over highschool crushes. It's full of teen angst, but from a perspective that's emotionally authentic

i'd recommend tsukumizu's manga to people that love reading subahibi blog posts

best discovery of 2025. anime/gacha/whatever music that is actually good youtu.be/VJk2etK8I1w

RIP Tatsuya Nakadai. Too many immortal performances to even summarize but nearly all of them are sharpened to an edge you can shave with. One of the tightest coiled springs in the history of movies.

A million laughs A million tears #gawrt

look back's approach to time, in its flatly default and almost-cloying "scene transition, years are passing; time for a montage! and with fortissimo!" made me think of the OP/ado music video ishitani did, which handled some similar themes, but in a much more delicate, adept way