january manga reads

[@megatenfreak]

I love to see more people appreciate jojo part 4, and josuke is definitely the best jojo

[@tsukkinotes]

it’s so good so far ah so refreshing especially since i pretty much had to force myself to get through part 3, i love josukes stand especially, it’s refreshing to see that his power can heal or put things back together as opposed to other stands more suited for … destruction

[@elinapaeglite]

Super happy to hear that you really liked Blue Period! Always looking forward for a new volume to come out. You were so right about My Love Mix-up! I enjoyed reading it more that I thought I would, love the little comedy elements in the story. Also got my introduction in over the top randomness of Jojos as I completed the part 1 on SJ app. Looking forward to hopefully finish atleast part 2 this month inbetween watching the Olympics.

[@tsukkinotes]

yes!! i'm so glad i hopped back into blue period and i'm glad you liked my love mix up!! and i can see myself getting into the manga eventually but the jojo anime is enjoyable so far, i'm really loving part 4,, i'm going to miss your monthly one piece updates though since you're caught up now omg

[@ryanprieto8736]

Just started and finished the inter high arc of yowa pedal. Thanks for the recommendation!

[@tsukkinotes]

i hope you enjoyed it!!

[@pr0xjma]

thanks for the review on 10 dance..i was thinking about buying the first volume as soon as it gets published here where i live since i’m a sucker for the rivals trope and i’m also a dancer lmao, i’m so curious about it so i might actually check it out

[@tsukkinotes]

if you like the rivals trope and dancing then it’s going to be perfect for you lol plus the art is so so good, it really just came down to my preference for less of a turbulent relationship in my romance manga

[@ellythehuman9304]

Glad your surgery went fine! The love I have for the Seven Husband's of Hugo is endless. I've reread it twice and it is a great story. Also, congrats on finishing Kimi ni Todoke!! Because of the length I never considered reading it. However, the amount of love I have seen people give it is making me rethink my position lol. I think I will try to start it & get whatever volumes I can find online.

[@tsukkinotes]

thank you! and i ended up buying a physical copy of evelyn hugo so i can physically reread it one day! and yes ah kimi ni todoke is so worth it but i know it's quite frustrating to collect physically rn

[@xoxomgn]

omg trash taste!! i love them so much i've never heard anyone talk about them. i usually skip guest episodes too lol, except when abroad in japan is a guest i love him too much to skip those. YOUR taste isn't trash though and i always come to this channel for recommendations:)

[@tsukkinotes]

😂😂 idk some people think i have trash taste but ty, glad you’re able to get some recommendations, and agreed chris is so funny especially since he has like 0 knowledge on anime etc culture

[@xoxomgn]

@@tsukkinotes right chris adds a completely different perspective. & thanks to you i started wotakoi which is one of my favorites now!

[@efflyn_art]

Definitely agree with everything you said about Jojo part 3 and 4, I watch Jojo with my brother and we're still early in part 4 but already it's significantly better than part 3 because it's just so much more fun!

[@tsukkinotes]

glad i’m not the only one!! i loved part 2 bc it was more ridiculous and part 3 being so serious threw me off so glad part 4 is bringing back more of the fun

[@danyellemint2158]

I'm so happy that you are getting into audiobooks. They are underrated. Something that I love that is just now starting is audiobooks for light novels. Only a few have them and YenPress is pioneering this movement at the moment. A few light novels that have audiobooks are Overlord, Monogatari, The Rising of the Shield Hero, and I don't know how you feel about Sword Art Online but they also have audiobooks. I'm personally really happy about all of this and am really wanting to get into Overlord and The Rising of the Shield Hero. There are more like Solo Leveling and others. Also, I don't know how you feel about dub but most of the voice actors who voiced the characters in the anime read for the audiobook! For example, Bryce Papenbrook, who voices Kirito narrates the first and second audiobooks with Cherami Leigh narrating for Asuna. Also Luci Christian does some kids audiobooks. Sorry, I'm just so happy to share my little obsession with someone else and that there is finally a fusion of two things that I adore.

[@tsukkinotes]

i was wondering about this!!!!!! i’ll definitely check some out even though none of them produced so far are really in the genre i like i’m willing to give them a try to support the project

[@Linospudding0325]

I love sasaki and miyano it’s very calm and it’s honestly just a wholesome and it’s a plus since I can watch the episode on Sunday after aot 😭

[@tsukkinotes]

omg i’m not watching aot but i can imagine after all the chaos it would be nice to sit down with the fluff of sasaki and miyano 😂

[@jo-eeh]

I loved hearing about the books you read also! Evelyn Hugo was amazing; one of the first books I read that really motivated me to start reading again. Also, if you have a library card and like audiobooks, Libby might be available for you to use your library to borrow audiobooks (and sometimes ebooks)! 😊

[@tsukkinotes]

i’m glad you enjoyed!! haha wasn’t sure if people would want to hear what i have to say about books since it’s been a LONG time since i read something for fun but thank you for the tip!!

[@iammnessyy]

you gained a new sub i watched your 2021 manga shelf tour and i watched it while i was studying and thanks to you i got my work done

[@tsukkinotes]

welcome and glad you enjoyed/were able to get work done :)

[@jajaace3711]

I hate how some volumes of kimi ni todoke are so hard to get so I think I’ll end up reading it online😭and the art for 10 dance is so pretty!! and that’s so cool seeing a Cuban character in manga. I really want to read the yakuza’s guide to babysitting too, I’m trying to find some wholesome stories!! Honestly, a lot of the manga here is in my reading list 👀 But I’m so glad your eye surgery went well!

[@tsukkinotes]

yes idk what viz is doing with kimi ni todoke 😭 shojo beat titles in general seem to be very low priority for them,, and ty!! 👁❤️

[@jajaace3711]

@@tsukkinotes honestly like how they did with the shonen jump app, they should make a shojo beat app 😭 I want to read the titles that are so difficult to buy physical copies for. Literally if I can pay $1.99 for that too, I’d be set.

[@tsukkinotes]

@@jajaace3711 PLEASE!! kodansha needs to do this too since they wanna keep so many of their series digital

[@jajaace3711]

@@tsukkinotes RIGHT imagine how many people would actually pay instead of pirating since apparently they’re getting upset about those again

[@viraswaggy6480]

YOU SHOULD READ/LISTEN TO THE LUNAR CHRONICLES !!! all time favorites

[@tsukkinotes]

thank you for the recommendation!

[@I_love_dr_stone]

OOOOH new upload!!!

[@tsukkinotes]

eyyyyy

[@sekeyatian]

lovely video as always i’m always excited to hear your opinions on the series that you pick up!

[@tsukkinotes]

thank you!! and glad you enjoyed

[@Waller_22]

So many Manga I haven't heard about yet, this is so awesome! I just started My dress up darling and my senpai is annoying anime too, and I think they are really good so far, they really make me want to read the manga lol. I've also had my eye on Maison Ikkoku which is a rom/com slice of life I've heard good things about so im hoping too try it soon. Love these videos, they are always great for recommendations!

[@tsukkinotes]

glad you were able to discover some new series! and yes ah the dress up darling anime is so good so far, i am literally amazed and so happy about how high quality it is but definitely check out the manga for more details, they really explain the cosplay aspects more in the manga

[@cybss8425]

I also read Monkey High last month! its pretty cute so far, I love the chaotic school setting lol

[@tsukkinotes]

same omg it’s so funny to me idk i love when shojo manga is just weird and doesn’t take itself seriously

[@thepolitecatlovesu8973]

Hi! Great video

[@tsukkinotes]

thank you! and yes and no, it focuses on yano and her relationship as well and also how kazehaya and sawako are now that they are together, basically kazehaya and sawako aren’t the main focus in the middle compared to the beginning part of the story

[@thepolitecatlovesu8973]

@@tsukkinotes thank you!

[@akaashikeijiluvr]

love the video! id love to know your opinions on kurumi from kimi no todoke :) also I adore evelyn hugo

[@tsukkinotes]

ty! and i just realized i didn’t include her in my notes dump and i thought she was okay overall, in the beginning obviously annoying we don’t condone bullying and i felt that dragged on a bit too far like she apologizes to yano and chizu near the end when everyone already moved on girl get with the program 😂 i liked that her and sawako became besties near the end but again her motivation for becoming a teacher was kinda ?? just cuz everyone in her family was so ya overall she was okay i’m not a fan of her character archetype but i didn’t hate her, i know there’s currently a sequel series focusing on her in college though and i may hold a grudge bc i wanna see a chizu ryu future epilogue idc about her college adventures (edit: spelling)

[@akaashikeijiluvr]

@@tsukkinotes AGREED!! we got ROBBED from a chizu and ryu epilogue 😭

[@MadamGojira]

I have a lot of seinen and shonen stuff but lately I’ve Been looking for new shojo recs! Trying to flesh out my shojo in my collection because it may not seem like it looking at my current collection but it’s my favorite genre lol so monkey high seems like a buy for me!

[@tsukkinotes]

if you want some more comedic shojo titles i would recommend my love story, high school debut, and the recent my love mix up is also really good so far

[@butter_fly3539]

Also wanted to mention that The anime man is litterally so creepy. He called Norman from the promised neverland a bottom. The video in question is called Which anime boy would I sleep with? This video was made in 2019 and it is still up, so just a heads up. I used to enjoy his videos and the trash taste podcast videos in the beginning of 2021, but I stopped, and then I found out about these things on tiktok by accident.

[@tsukkinotes]

😯 thanks for the heads up i didn’t know that,, i wouldn’t consider myself a fan of him specifically even if i like their podcast but i’ll keep that in mind for the future

[@butter_fly3539]

@@tsukkinotes Yeah, it is better to know about these things than not know. I wouldn't say I was a fan of him and the others either, but I did enjoy some of their videos.

[@thomasreichenheim4188]

Blue Period>>>>

[@tsukkinotes]

agreeeed, the first 4 volumes were so good, can’t wait to read more

[@thomasreichenheim4188]

@@tsukkinotes It goes through a bit of a rough phase between vols 7~9, but it quickly gets better again and the current chapters are soooo good

[@MyWaifuandMe]

So I read the first volume of Blue Period then switched over to the anime and honestly kinda enjoyed the anime a bit more than the manga. I feel I must be an outlier but something about the voice work and music really worked for me. I liked the manga I just really liked the anime. My Dress-Up Darling I read the first volume and realllly did not like it then I tried the new anime and felt completely different about it. It felt vibrant and so full of character. I am not sure what happened there but maybe sometimes anime can just communicate things that manga cant and vice versa. Great updates Tsukki and hope you are recovering well!! - Jerry

[@tsukkinotes]

interesting! i haven't tried the anime for blue period yet, i believe it gets past where the manga is in english so i will probably wait a bit to not get spoiled on things but yes omg i remember you didn't like the first volume of dress up darling, i'm glad you're enjoying the anime though! i think it's doing a good job adapting it so far, the animation is gorgeous

[@MyWaifuandMe]

@@tsukkinotes the anime for dress up darling has just completely change my outlook on the series in the best way possible haha - Jerry

[@bizarreindividual4026]

I really need to watch the drama for Cherry Magic. I just finished collecting Library Wars so I am scared now that I won’t think it lol hope we have different taste hahaha

[@tsukkinotes]

hopefully!! i'm just not a fan of the enemies to lovers trope at all so hard pass for me but i know so many people who love the series so it's not inherently bad just wasn't for me

[@bulasketches4397]

Honestly I found 10 Dance really frustrating. They are two very “straight” men who fall in love. I read I think up to volume 6 and this is still the angle. I don’t really know how to explain my frustrations without spoiling the story, but I don’t appreciate the angle. I could understand denying that they have gay feelings for each other, but it feels like that really isn’t what the author is going for. Maybe I am just confused in general. Either way I dropped it despite loving the art and the sexiness. I’m curious to hear your thoughts as you read further along. Sasaki and Miyano is really adorable as an anime. I think the voice acting really sold the romance for me!

[@tryingtosurvivelol]

Good manga reads

[@zuzulka4967]

❤️❤️❤️

[@tsukkinotes]

💖

[@marzfrog8532]

you’ve probably said this already but what is your favorite shojo manga?

[@tsukkinotes]

lovely complex and high school debut!

[@ZabaManga]

YONA YONA YONA

[@tsukkinotes]

hopefully i can get more volumes soon 😭

[@alessiacastello657]

i find the trash taste guest episodes with v tubers I never watch watch cause I don't engage with that side of KZbin. but I really love the chris episodes and lady beard if you haven't seen a man in a motel animated shorts from the podcast defs check it out they're so funny

[@tsukkinotes]

agreed chris is the best guest lol it’s so funny hearing his opinions as an outsider on anime etc stuff and same i think i watched the first vtuber epsiode they did and i was entertained but also ??? cuz i have 0 knowledge

[@lisa.romank]

yessss I love trash taste!:)

[@butter_fly3539]

I enjoyed this video and I am always looking forward to your videos. This video like always was super fun to watch, and I am really enjoying the reviews of the anime´s you have watched at the end of the manga reads videos. Thought there is something I do want to mention. When you showed Tokyo Tarareba girls, you said it was mature, so it is definently NOT a shoujo series, and that is a statement I would say is kinda annoying to hear at this point. Though you are not wrong about Tarareba girls, but the whole mature = Josei. Mature themes in shoujo is nothing new. There has always been mature themes in shoujo, and there is this misconception that just because a series has mature themes it should be considered a Josei, which is stupid. There are so many young girls that experience traumatic stuff at a young age, and acting as if just because a story deals with mature themes, it could never be a series for young girls to handle. Nana is a perfect example of that, I don't really know why that would be considered Josei by people,, when it is litterally in a shoujo magazine and it is classified as a shoujo. Requiem of the rose king, 7 seeds, laughing under the clouds, yona of the dawn and more has mature themes but that wouldn´t make them a Josei or a Seinen series. There is literally shoujo series where people get skinned alive, so I would not say that mature = Josei or Seinen.

[@tsukkinotes]

i think the whole concept of demographics is kinda dumb within itself, it’s mainly used for marketing since anyone can read any series,, and i apologize that my wording was frustrating, i’m aware that there are more mature shojo series like nana, banana fish, etc just in the context of tokyo tarareba girls the characters are working woman in their 30s and there’s casual sex in the first volume and higashimura is a famed josei mangaka and this was just my rapid fire little thoughts on the series,, i’m not trying to sound super defensive if my writing comes across like that but i appreciate your comment, definitely valid, i hate when people generalize my favorite genres like sports manga so i’ll be more careful with how i say things in the future ❤️

[@butter_fly3539]

@@tsukkinotes Yeah, totally agree with the whole marketing thing, but demographics are still very much valid in Japan, so it may be dumb outside of Japan, but not so much in Japan. (Though I do agree that the demographics are kinda stupid. Whenever we get introduced about shoujo in an anime series, it is always lighthearted and cute series, when in reality that is not always the case, so people could definetly be confused about what type of shoujo series exists.) Glad that you are aware that there are mature shoujo series, but I was not frustrated with you talking about the Tarareba girls (Josei) and it having mature themes, it was just the statement that it could not a shoujo series (because of the mature themes), at least that is how it came off in the video. Though now I know that is not what you meant, so thanks for responding and explaining. Also you do not come off as defensive, you are just explaining what you really meant. Another thing, you litterally had eye surgery, so it is not like you will be in the best shape and plus you were just giving you rapid fire thoughts, so totally understandable. Hope you feel better throughout the weeks and all. 👍👍👍

[@piyush5025]

Do you have any interest in reading one piece ?

[@tsukkinotes]

honestly not really but maybe one day (length is intimidating)

[@piyush5025]

@@tsukkinotes I understand the reason but the story is so good it needs that many chapters 🙂but it's okay you might try it one day

[@l0l4b3rry9]

ah im early but ig its time to order more manga heheh

[@tsukkinotes]

hope you’re able to get some recommendations 👁

[@7e1ix]

OHHHHHHHHH SHIT

[@kiczcock]

I like the weird acting in j-dramas, but the best friend looked too old for his boyfriend and it was kinda weird.

[@tsukkinotes]

for sure there is definitely a charm to Japanese dramas 😂 and agreed he looked much older than 30 while the delivery boy looked so young

[@kiczcock]

@@tsukkinotes true! I know Yutaro is 23, but he looks 16 😅

[@heyyyitsfaith]

Love love all your cliff notes. So thorough & looking forward to your future review vid if you end up doing one ☺️

[@tsukkinotes]

i’m glad they made sense haha my notes app is always a gaggle of my ramblings when i read series