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Some light-hearted stuff today.

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Finally finished the Nisekoi manga. I was enamored with the plot during my anime marathons but the anime stopped somewhere in the middle of the manga.

It has been 5 years since the last anime episode. What was i doing 5 years ago? The one thing i am in awe of is how i didn't bother when the chapters were done releasing.

Great and wonderful ending. Before finishing, i found myself eager for a third or new season of the anime. Now, i think i am fine with it as it is.

It also managed to bring tears to my eyes, contrary to what i think was possible. It lacks voice acting and moving animations to show for but some plot points are really so good that i was pretty close to crying.

...i am looking forward to the next manga series to read. Juliet of the Boarding School next?

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Tons of my package ordered before the lockdown arrived. First to come was the Fate Stay Night Heaven's Feel Blu-Ray side. The box for both were so well packaged i find myself reluctant to open it. Well, i do not really feel like setting up my PS4, my only device capable of playing Blu-Ray media now, because of space constraints that i am sorting in my head. Guess i will wait for a while more before i watch them.

...i also don't want to watch them in a semi-depressed mood. I know that route is dark.

Next to come was my Persona 5 Royal special edition that as for now, still remains sealed in the package. PS4 game so same reason as the Blu-Ray. Personally too, i find myself with lesser and lesser desire to play video games. I am just fully watching animes now.

Not sure that is a good thing. Actually, pretty sure it is a bad thing...but i will leave it out of this post.

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Watching through so many series has gotten my interest in not just manga but light novels too. Mainly, because i wanted to know the relationship pairing in the end but i guess the journey can be enjoyable.

Though some were translated, like the Oregairu series i have recently bought, a ton more that i have interest in remains untranslated - leaving only fan-translations the only way to read them. For some it is fine, though personally i prefer them in physical paperback form (i say, as the Oregairu series remains untouched).

Some, like Nourin (about an idol that quit her business and went into an agricultural school for romcoms) that i got into seems to have their latest book released 4-5 years ago and did not even finished! There weren't even any translations available online for it. That means that if i want to read them, i have to get the Japanese version and somehow work my way through it with my current knowledge of the language.

So, i guess i'll have to get some lessons...?

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Just typing all this gives me some depressing vibes in my head...but i've said that i'll make this light-hearted so i will leave them out of this.

...finishing Nisekoi made me feel a bit lonely. I wonder if i will ever experience love like that.

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