Lotte 'just an idiot' May (@LotteMakesStuff) — [archived] 2023-10-17T14:02:12.212Z

October 9th - 15th

Stuff I read this week

The knight captain is new Princess-to-be Vol. 1

It’s fine guess? Maybe? idk? Actually, it kinda sucks? but in an 'its fine I guess' kinda way?? Yet another royalty/noble romance story (for someone who’s staunchly anti-monarchy I sure do buy and read a lot of this trash huh). The twist here, if you can call it that is that the noble lady/princess is the prince's knight captain of the guard, and she’s been training to be a knight since a young age so she doesnt know how to noble lady. She keeps saying she’s “trying to be the best man she can be” and when she first has to wear a ball gown she’s like “I couldn’t possibly wear drag” - it could be funny in a story that wasn’t so deplorably straight…

In this book it just doesn't work. They don’t fully commit to her not knowing how to be ladylike - it’s just shallow and not executed at all well. It’s super disappointing actually! Worst of all, there’s only 3 relatively short chapters in this book! A full 50% of the page count is unrelated one-shots by the same mangaka… which are fine? But daaaaang usually when they do filler one shots it’s like… one of them. Not 3 of them taking up half the dang volume!

Not recommended, not even for genre perverts.

Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear Vol. 1 - 2

Incredible book 100/10. I’m a big fan of the anime, it’s stupid isekai bullshit, but it’s just so lighthearted in a pitch-perfect beautiful bright silly kinda way- yuna, the protagonist is incredible I love her, I love that she’s forced to wear that dang stupid bear Kigurumi which is stupid overpowered and cute and I love that people keep petting her in the manga version it’s so good. I love her two bear summons. I love her stupid bear house. I love that all her magic spells are bear-themed. This is a book that knows how to commit to a bit. Recommend (for genre perverts? But like, “cute girls doing cute things” genre fans too, not just isekai perverts)

My Happy Marriage Vol. 4

Ohhhhh my gosh Hazuki had a son !?? And she was forcibly separated from her child when she was divorced!?! Did they include that in the anime? Did I miss it somehow?!? Fuuuuuuck that’s messed up. Okay, maybe the manga does handle some aspects of the actual storytelling better than the anime, but the anime for sure handles other aspects better, like just selling you on this world being a real actual breathing place.

If my favourite pop idol made it to the Budokan I would die Vol. 3

Goooooood the idol industry sucks ass- but I do love this book what the hell.

There’s a bit with Eripiyo is squeeing over how cute her oshi Maina is, and at the same time Maina(her oshi) is cringing with second-hand embarrassment over how bad Eripiyo’s tshirt is and thinking “ughh it’s so embarrassing… I LOVE HER!”

This book is just full of moments like that

Absolute Duo Vol. 1

Absolute garbage 6/10 enjoyed it.

So what’s wrong with getting reborn as a goblin? Vol. 3

Absolute garbage 6/10 enjoyed it.

Bonus: Audiobooks

Ishura Vol.1

I didn't like it. Like, I found it INCREDIBLY tedious.. which is wild? i love this kind of light novel trash usually.. i just didn't get on with this one. Its trying to hard to be an epic fantasy I think, but its just kinda.. nothing? maybe it will get better.. its nearly 11 hours long. (hardly light I guess), these books really get longer than 6. Im a good 4 hours in, and i am liking it more as it goes on... but i still just flat out don't like it.. not sure im going to finish it tbh.