Maddiekkuma

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My favourite manga of 2024 – Colette Decides to Die

While I only read 2 volumes of this manga this year, both towards the very end of the year, it earned the number 1 spot almost instantly. About the series Before I get more into exactly why I love this series so much, I want to share some of the basic information about Colette Decides…
My Number 2 Manga of the Year – Fall in Love You False Angels

This is surprisingly the only manga on my list that I was influenced by social media to try! Someone made an edit of what happens at the end of chapter 1, and it had me wanting to read the whole manga right away. Relevant information about the manga Why I love this manga My absolute…
My Number 3 Manga of the Year – Choking on Love

Gaku, The ML of Choking on love (or, Museru Kurai no Ai wo Ageru) is my manga boyfriend of the year. Relevant information about the manga Why I love this manga This was another manga that I really didn’t realize I was hungry for until I started reading it. Gaku is probably going to be…
My Number 4 Manga of the Year – Karada Sagashi

While I didn’t finish the entirety of this series this year, I did read (and love) all of part 1 this year! I had been very hungry for a good horror mystery series and didn’t even know until I found this. Relevant information about the manga Why I love this manga Karada Sagashi is such…
My number 5 manga of the year – Futarijime Romantic

This was the shortest manga series that I read this year, totaling only 3 volumes! Because of that, I was able to thoroughly enjoy the whole story all in one sitting! I do think 3 volumes was the perfect amount of volumes to tell the full story, however a little part of me does wish…
My top 5 manga of 2024…a mini series

I think that it’s a little bit dangerous to make a “top~~~of the year” list before the year is officially out. I made a list on my TikTok at the start of December, and soon after started an amazing series. I waited until last week to make my YouTube and Instagram lists, and then yesterday…
Buying manga in-person isn’t easy… the story of what I went through buying Blue Lock

While I do typically prefer reading my manga in Japanese (and thus, buying Japanese manga), I do still like to read in English from time to time. Be it because a certain series proves to be difficult to find in Japanese, or because I really want to go buy something from my local bookstore right…
Watashi no Machi no Chiba-kun : What I read today

I bought this digitally from Amazon a few years ago, but the age gap really rubbed me the wrong way, and so I dropped it. I gave it a second try today, and I actually enjoyed it much more this time around! While there is an inappropriate age gap romance, it isn’t meant to be…
Todays manga: Kingyoyasan no karisome fuufu (1)

Sometimes when browsing manga on Surugaya, I come across manga that I ultimately end up buying blindly. This manga was one of them! I am very happy with my purchase, and am so excited to get my hands on volume 3~ Info about the manga If the title was in English… The title of this…
Today’s manga: Sono Otoko, Numa ni Tsuki

I first learnt about this manga through TikTok, and then promptly forgot about it.. When I saw it for sale online, I downloaded a sample to check it out, and I was pleasantly surprised when it looked so familiar! I didn’t look into the story at all before reading it, and I really expected it…