Random Anniversary 7: My Brain

Let’s celebrate the passing of an arbitrary amount of time! The pages of another journal are full, and it’s time…

Itsuka Midori no Hanataba ni: Yoshino Sakumi

After my first dip into the Yoshino Sakumi pool, I was excited to get a hold of more of her…

Did you know I translated a sprawling historical saga this one time? Red Girls: The Legend of the Akakuchibas by…

When I first came across Battan’s work earlier this year, it was love at first sight. I fell hard and…

I didn’t mean to read another manga about a journey toward death with “the end” in the title, but here…

It’s well established by now that I love reading books about reading books. And I don’t mean academic type stuff,…

I love Murata Sayaka’s work, but after reading enough of it, I’ve developed a certain wariness when I approach a…

I came late to the Kamatani Yuhki party. I’d never heard of them until I was flipping through the excellent…

If you’ve been following along these last few years, you’ll know that I am utterly and completely smitten with Abe…

When I first moved to Japan, my supervisor went on and on about the Japanese health care system and how…