the trump administration is selling this country wholesale to rapacious, extractive industries that will destroy our collective resources for private profit morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/breaking-t...

coming back to blue sky to announce i just presented on shoujo fans, manga piracy and misogyny at the society for cinema and media studies conference last weekend.

Before I forget here is what I read in December.

I also watched some movies in 2025.

since it's new year's eve here were my favorite series I read in 2025.

So because Luciole has a Dream doesn't (currently) have a release date for volume 2, I'm marking it off of my 2026 TBR. From my giant TBR stack I just finished the Heart of Thomas which was incredible, if you haven't read it, you should read it.

2026 TBR. (Though mermaid prince might still get read this year from my 2025 TBR, and that's because it's in my big reading stack.)

etting caught up on Tonar wa Futsuu no Nijika (-chan) was really easy, there aren't too many chapters scanned yet. It is really cute though. With the few chapters I've read I'd say I'm currently at like a 9/10 for the series.

I would say smaller reading month for november EXCEPT I did finish oresama teacher which is a thousand volumes long.

I finally, finally FINALLY finished oresama teacher. This series was so long and for no reason, if I'm going to be entirely honest. I would have dropped it except there was just enough of an interesting plot to keep curious to the end. I'm glad it's done.

Here's what manga I read in october!

Guess who actually managed to read some stuff in September. INCLUDING finishing TWO series from my TBR (and dropping another.)

Okay I just finished Sakura-Hime. A really good read despite the fact that Tanemura really needed more space (and freedom) to do what she wanted with the series. If she'd been able to do what she wanted it'd be a stronger story but I still enjoyed it. Up next I'm reading Oresama Teacher

Tonight I'm going to finish Sakura-Hime. And frankly I think it's a testament to Tanemura's strength as a writer that this is as engaging as it is. There is a lot in it that could have and probably should have been developed more.

First Drop of the year. Genuinely there was just nothing I was interested in, the romance bored me, the premise bored me, the only interesting character was the psychic best friend and she was barely in it. Up next I'm reading Sakura Hime: the Legend of Princess Sakura.

Probably no one in mainstream media is going to fully investigate/explain what groypers (and their divisions) are because it’s not in their interest to. I know about it from being a target due to their intersections with historical denialists on socials. rachelandthecity.substack.com/p/when-catch...

thank god we’re all against political violence

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Finished Drowning Love. 1000/10, a masterpiece really. The art was incredible, the character's were so masterfully written, the story was so beautifully crafted. It really is as good as everyone says it is. Wish I could collect it physically. Next I'm reading ReRe: Hello

I read some manga in August. Not a lot, but some.

Meredith needs to catch a break. GENUINELY upset that she finally opened herself up to a relationship post derek just to have that snatched from her.

Like I know Meredith doesn't leave the show when the new interns come in, but I do really think that they should have made Jo more of a deuteragonist, like she very easily could have been the "meredith" of her generation of interns, and I think the show would be stronger for it.

people on food assistance should be able to get a soda, hot food, a birthday cake from the bakery, or whatever the hell they want. other people's food choices are none of your business. you should want your food-insecure neighbors to have the same freedom of choice that you do!

look. i’m not an april kepner fan. and she should have told jackson about the second pregnancy before the divorce because that’s when custody should be addressed. but also arizona shouldn’t have told jackson she was pregnant. like that is on april not her.

＼Rらびっとベーカリーへようこそ／

manga i read in the month of july

4/25 down. Up next I'm reading Drowning Love. 💖 = absolutely incredible 10/10 🧡 = really good 8.5/10 🖤 = absolutely wild ride 🩵 = just okay

well I am caught up to everything that's been translated for kashoku no shiro so far and I'd say that so far it's a pretty interesting supernatural manga. I do wish they'd develop the MLI more but tbf it's only been 25 chapters. I'd say it's worth a read if you like supernatural historical manga.

Amelia Shepherd is such a great teacher and doctor, and like the world's worst sister-in-law.

This man has selective hearing. I love it when two people will basically say they’re in love with each other and they cannot hear each other say it.

how I feel since 2016 or so

My 8-year-old made their own version of the game Life, and it's way more accurate than the original. The path is convoluted. The rules change on a whim (but always in favor of the game's creator). The real estate is outlandishly expensive. The jobs pay either $9K or $999,999K. The goal is unclear.

2 volumes into Kashoku no Shiro and I'm enjoying it so far, I feel like volume 2 is really when it starts to hit it's stride with world building with demons, demon's brides and demon hunters, so I'm really interested in seeing where it goes next. Though there's only 2 more volumes translated.

if there's one thing about grey's anatomy it's that it consistently portraying LGBTQ+ characters on the show with empathy and compassion and frankly at times with empathy and compassion that was like far ahead of it's air date.

pompompurin with scone, whip and muffin 💫

the way people talk to meredith in grey's anatomy is wild sometimes. they're like "well YOU'VE never struggled like I'VE struggled" and it's like ... i think you need to have been on the show since at least the plane crash to talk to meredith like that.

3/25 down. Guilty was a really wild ride. Up next I'm reading Kashoku no Shiro. 💖 = absolutely incredible 10/10 🖤 = wild ride 🩵 = okay

I finished Guilty last night and the ending was a little meh. Like I DO think heroines in shojosei are maybe a little too forgiving. bc tbh I wouldn't care the backstory or reason someone destroyed my whole life. I'd be like "hey hope you heal, but do not ever contact me again."

I finished Mariunovich last night or at least as much of it as I could find and it was an okay high school romance, there are better ones out there. Up next I'm already 10 volumes into Guilty because I started it last night and I couldn't stop.

I thought we got rid of this guy, why is he back?

I feel one of the things about Pierce on Grey's Anatomy is that perhaps so much of her time being spent outside kids her age since she constantly skipped grades she just lacks social skills. like i do think meredith actually had a right to be pissed off at her about the kidney.

grey's has been running for so long, and is so reliant on a rotating cast of extras that it has a bit of a law and order effect, because you'll just be watching an episode and suddenly IS THAT KEKE PALMER?

After Christina and Owen my second least favorite couple is Jackson and April. Like what do you mean you were literally at the altar with a man who shared your EXACT same values and you left him for someone you knew didn't and now you're shocked your differing values are an issue.

A heroine after my own heart.

Finished my first manga off of my 2025 TBR last night (rough start to 2025, but I'll push on), namida ame to serenade was an absolutely wonderful read. it's a sci-fi drama that just completely swept me away with it's art, story and characters.

🌟THE SONG WE COULDN'T WRITE 🌟

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I'm knee deep in a Grey's Anatomy rewatch and here's my observation about Owen Hunt other than he is like decidedly a misogynist. He made Christina worse. She is a worse friend to Meredith because she's so focused on keeping a man around, AND she's failing to study for her boards.

Christina should have divorced Owen as soon as he started trying to coerce her into keeping a pregnancy she didn’t want.