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It’s spooky season and you should watch one of the best creepy anime seasons to have come out recently.

My review of the first anime season of The Summer Hikaru Died is up!

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I know I initially said I was going to focus on writing and stuff in November, specifically revising, but I worked a bit on Roses tonight as a little bit of self-care. Didn't start until 9ish, but I like what I was able to hammer out. ☺️

Shiny pokemon event.

Shiny pokemon event.

Eat shit, Gamestop and scalpers!
Brazil has my gd back.😤💕

[Shoutout to my wonderful partner and one of our friends who helped make this possible.]

Ace Pride Week itch.io mega bundle Oct 19 - 25 | 50+ books for $50! Book covers for the following books are listed top left to bottom right: Non-player Character - Veo Corva A Dragon’s Treasure - Elis Madsen The Blood Divide - Zan Lowell The Grand Duke’s Masseur Child of the Forest - Audrey Simmons Wherever the Stars Call - S. Jean How Six Saved the Grogs - Blaine D. Arden City of Strike - Claudie Arseneault In Spite of the Inevitable - Morgan Biscup Structural Integrity - Tabitha O’Connell Of Spells and Love - Odessa Silver Inarora’s Excursion - Astrid E. Abell Puppetry - Nina Waters Sidetracked - S. K. Kelley Lost Blades - Liz Sauco Claimed by the Undead - C. L. Carhart The Star-Crossed Empire - Maya Darjani Triple Strike Threads of Fate - G. M. Grey Curse of Souls - Niranjan Courtly Love - T. D. Cloud Song of the Wolf - T. C. Smith Blood - D. C. Hart Chai and Cat-tales - Lynn Strong The Thirteenth Key - Cara Nox The Dragon Next Door - Vanessa Ricci-Thode Walking the Knife’s Edge - Elise Carlson Yours Celestically - Al Hess Pet - H. S. Kallinger The One He Brought Home - Skye Kilaen Junk Junction - Sara Codair Secondhand Origin Storie - Lee Brontido Riyati Rebirth - Kai Zeal Bridges of Smoke - Julie March The Whisperer in White - Y. R. Liu In the Eye of the Beholder - Beverly Anne Michel Peace in the Sky - Caye Marsh A Spark in Space - Janina Franck Journey Home - May Barros Doce Drosera - Anita The Audacity - Carmen Loup Bloody Space - Brittany M. Willows Enemies to Enemies - Ash Kreider Devil’s Deal - Tessa Hastjarjanto Merchants of Knowledge and Magic - Erika McCorkle A Life in Too Many Margins - S. E. Thomson Where We Converge - A. E. Bross Lantern - Burgundy Athena Pendragon A Designer Magick - Fox N. Locke The Harmony of Falling Snow - Andora Brohaw The Thread That Binds - Cedar McCloud Towers of Nine - Alyssa Louttit All books by ace authors and/or ft. ace characters across a variety of genres! riyati.ink/acepride2025

Where did this week go?
How is there only 2 and a bit days left to grab this book bundle?!

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(The answer for me when it comes to time is always ADHD perceives it differently/ barely at all 😉).

Tsumasaki Ni Kourozu 3/5 Admittedly I really like the first story, but I was under the impression the entirety would follow the two in it. And I think it does?? But it's difficult to discern which stories are past and future of the first one and which ones follow their own story. It's not bad for a debut novel admittedly, but I'm not necessarily sure I'd recommend it. I definitely think this could have been a lot stronger for a single volume, so I hope Aoi-san continues to make more beautiful BL stories. I'd love to see where they go.

Tsumasaki Ni Kourozu
3/5

Admittedly I really like the first story, but I was under the impression the entirety would follow the two in it. And I think it does?? But it's difficult to discern which stories are past and future of the first one and which ones follow their own story.

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Double-page panel spread from Innocent Rouge Omnibus Volume 1 by Shin'ichi Sakamoto

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Follow Marie-Joseph Sanson as she sets herself on a crimson-soaked path of vengeance, following the death of her first love.

By Shin'ichi Sakamoto

The Climber, Vol. 3 is now available in print and digital!

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930 on a Thursday morning and I'm still thinking about the blowjob scene from Wine & Gun, Vol.1.

I miss those quirky boys.

Kaleidoscope of Death vol.2.

Anyway, time for my favorite exasperated cat dad.

“There weren’t many lies in this statement, but at the same time, Herstal being “not easy to get along with” clearly hadn’t stopped Albarino from putting the man’s c**k in his mouth.” – Wine and Gun [酒與槍], Vol.1., Pg.305. 5/5, 10/10. Whatever full-value increment you want to use that indicates this book was phenomenal, that’s where I’m sitting at while struggling to wait for the remaining volumes. CWs include: Non-con, mentions of rape, gore, and lots and lots of morbidly, dark humor. Possible soft spoilers ahead, so read with caution. With every review I do, if the book has left a lasting impression on me I definitely try and strive to make my review reflect that, rather than just trying to shove the book into someone face and cry and plead for them to read it. That said, I’ll admit this was really hard to do. And I probably already did that to some of my moots. Admittedly, I’m not really sure where I should begin, but I suppose starting somewhere is the way to go, right?

Our story opens up with a curious and quaint prologue from our bossbabe, Olga – a Criminal Psychologist. Olga is one of my favorite characters in this, and you can attribute her to being something like the stereotypical gay man’s female bestie. She’s setting the stage for us with two big named serial killers who reside in the city of Westland, reviewing past cases and leaving us her personal thoughts. After all, that is part of her job. At the very end, she says something loosely along the lines of, “I wonder what would happen if these two ever crossed paths. I personally think it’d be very interesting.” Paraphrasing, obviously, but you can already see where this is going to go. And with that, we’re immediately thrown into the story and quick to meet our boys: the Sunday Gardener and the Westland Pianist. The relationship between Albarino (or just Al) and Herstal is best described as tantalizingly hilarious, as the two have a sort of mask-on, mask-off façade dancing between them for a fair bit of this first volume. Al realizes very early on who Herstal is, while Herstal honestly doesn’t even care about Al. It isn’t until Al discloses who he is that Herstal then begins to connect the dots as to just what kind of game is going on. You can think of their dynamic as whimsically quirky, sleep-deprived playboy Forensics Pathologist (Al) meets exasperated and aloof, otherwise rigid and cold mob lawyer (Herstal). And to make matters that much more enjoyable for us, Olga doesn’t hide the fact that she thinks the Sunday Gardener is deliberately hitting on Herstal any time he strikes, and she is very much into shipping it. [Sorry Herstal, but our girl Olga is very good at her job.]

As the story progresses for us through the first volume, we’re shown a very fun and blatantly sadistic enemies-to-lovers between Al and Herstal, where they’re very clearly playing cat and mouse. Though Herstal really doesn’t seem to care much early on – at least, not until the end of the first volume when the straw finally breaks the camel’s back. This isn’t to say that we as the readers aren’t rewarded for the multiple sexual tension scenes Al deliberately causes, as we definitely do get that. But then we’re reminded by a chapter prior to this that takes places three years in the future which discloses what the media then knows about our boys, or rather thinks they know – as in, what awaits us in the future, and how they’ll likely wrap up their own stories in the public’s eye. This leaves us with a lot of room to guess about what could happen, if something like that strikes your fancy. I found this all to be very interesting. Though I did feel the placement of this “future” chapter to be kind of strange if not anxiety inducing, simply because my default state is that I just want the boys to be happy regardless of the fact of who they actually are. After reading that chapter I immediately looked up that we’re to expect roughly seven translated volumes for this series, so… Ya know… You can see that a lot happens within those three years, and not all of it sounds to be… good. But, it comes hand in hand with the dark and otherwise morbid plot line. So, it can’t be helped.

Right off the bat, not even three full chapters in, I was immediately left with the impression that the author likely was a fan of series like Dexter and Hannibal, or just really big into true crime podcast. So I felt like I was definitely in for a ride considering our power couple are two renowned serial killers. Despite the fact that there was a lot of technical terminology being thrown around throughout the story – terminology in which folks who don’t normally watch crime shows or listen to true crime podcast might be familiar with – it didn’t effect the pacing at all. The book was so fast paced and well written that just like with any book you find yourself enjoying, it sweeps you up off your feet and then the next thing you know, you’re turning the last page and that’s it. The entirety of this volume flowed so beautifully that I cannot stress this enough. Everything about this just… sort of felt like art. So even with the author’s beautiful style in writing, I feel the need to also do a shout out to Rosmei’s translation team. Because the quality to this was phenomenal. In closing, so as not to yap on for longer than need be and further derail my train of haphazardly organized thoughts, if you really like darker plots, enemies-to-lovers, and/or shows like Dexter and Hannibal, you’ll probably gobble this series down. Even if you’re not big on some of those and still really enjoy slightly darker themes, I’d still encourage you to give this book a try. Honestly I didn’t think this was going to be something I would enjoy, and initially I almost did pass on preordering this. But in the end the cover sold me and I’m really glad I ended up getting it. I’m very excited to see where the story goes and what awaits our boys. [Last minute note: but I hope we'll learn more about which Westland this is, or at least be given more clues because there are a few in the US, and I'm softkey hoping this fictionally happens in Westland, MI so I can scream even more with delight.]

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Full review for Wine & Gun, Vol.1.
What a phenomenal book. Very excited for the next volumes. 🌿👀🌿

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Cover to sword and wine, vol.1. Published by rosmei, order fulfilled by yiggybean. Cover has a silhouette of our boys, with various symbolisms. The snake with the green eyes indicates which one is Al, and the one with the wheat, blue flowers, and firmly shaped hair indicates Hershel. At the center of them is half an apple in a tree, which is symbolic to something Herstal does.

Wine & Gun, Vol.1
5/5

Whatever full value increment you want to use to indicate this book was phenomenal, just know I've got lots of thoughts and need book 2 asap.

I'll leave a detailed review later, but god damn this is absolutely how you write an enemies to lovers.

HIGHLY Recommend.

a man wearing a vest and tie is standing in front of a sign that says rand rapid ALT: a man wearing a vest and tie is standing in front of a sign that says rand rapid

Fangtastic

Absolute perfection

Wine & Gun vol.1 cover.

Started on the last chapter, and imma be so real, I'm not ready for this ride to end. 🤣 This book has been so fuckin good - an absolutely feast.

I'm going to have to carefully think up my review for this one, because this series I can tell will stick with me.

Like normally I wouldn't find myself partial to things like thrillers or suspense or mystery, ect. But a lot of the ones I've read through this year have been so mindblowingly entertaining and delightful. It's been really fun for me. And I hope to continue this silly little excursion of mine. 💕

I think one of my favorite things about reading danmei so far this year has been the fact I've been diving into a lot of these completely blind.

Like obviously I can tell the ones that are historical cultivation, but many of the other ones I know next to nothing about. And it's been a fun surprise.

Another day of Outlook being the most unreliable pos in the history of programs, but in other news I got to read more Wine & Gun.

What a beautifully written blowjob scene. Thanks for the serotonin. 😌

RIPPLES IN THE RIVER Vol. 1

A sweet Boys’ Love/#BL manga about falling in love over and over again, even after a decade of being together—by the creator of 5 SECONDS BEFORE A WITCH FALLS IN LOVE!

Out today in print/digital! See RETAILERS section:
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PEERLESS (NOVEL) Vol. 5

FINAL VOLUME! A historical #danmei wuxia mystery set in the universe of THOUSAND AUTUMNS—by the same USA TODAY bestselling author! #Peerless #Wushuang #SevenSeasDanmei

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BLOOD NIGHT MARKET Vol. 3

FINAL VOLUME! The action-packed supernatural thriller manga from Chise Ogawa, creator of VS. LOVE (also from Seven Seas)!

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Ahaha
No baby zombies. This is more mundane and regular modern day people who are just smart and lucky. I haven't seen anything super natural or cultivation-esq to it yet. But that's not to say that couldn't happen. I dont think it will though. 🤣💦 Just a dark thriller from what I see.

Brain while working: 😔☹
Brain when suddenly thinking about Al and Herstal grinding on each other: . ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁˖ . ݁ ⋆ ˚｡⋆˚⋆˙ 😌☺️ . ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁˖ . ݁ ⋆ ˚｡⋆˚⋆˙

Might be on little sleep, but I'm still thinking about Al and Herstal from Wine & Gun.

🥺

OH !!!

bark bark bark bark bark 🐕
(via Disney Twisted-Wonderland: The Manga – Book of Savanaclaw, Vol. 2)

What do you mean you're going to randomly throw in a chapter that takes place 3 years in the future in the first book that loosely tells me about the boys' future, only to further tell me this series is 7 books long??

😫😫😫😫😫😫😫

Screaming and crying all over again now that I've almost finished book one. ToT I need more moots to read this series because it's so insanely good.