This week my beloved ereader suddenly bit the dust, which really threw a wrench into my routine. I was able to read a tiny bit of わたしの幸せな結婚, but it was so little that I really don’t have anything to say on that front. I’ll have a new one in the next few days; very much looking forward to getting back to it.

I did manage to get some manga reading done on an epub reader on my phone (here’s hoping I never have to do that again). I read あせとせっけん vol. 1, which was actually a real surprise. I grabbed the first few volumes (free) a while ago but never got around to reading it because the premise is so weird…the two main characters are a girl who sweats a lot and a guy who makes soap for a living; she really likes his soap and he uh…likes the way she smells and wants to use her as inspiration for his work? I never would have actually read it based on that description, but I heard from a friend of mine that it actually turns into a really cute romance so I decided to give it a shot and ended up liking it quite a bit. I’ll probably read the next two volumes before deciding whether to actually continue the series (the final volume apparently released just this week).

I watched 進撃の巨人 ep. 28-49 (about nine hours). Not a whole lot to say here. There were a few expository moments where I was fully expecting to just sort of zone out but accidentally found myself understanding what was going on, which is always nice. Also watched a few episodes of ホリミヤ but I’m only giving it honorable mention — since I’m watching it with my sister we’re using english subs, but the combination of tiny Hulu subs + my terrible eyesight actually meant that I was able to totally ignore them much of the time. Not something I’ll be getting in the habit of though.

This morning I read a little of 異世界食堂, which is the last physical book on my current backlog. It was totally impenetrable when I tried to read it a year or two ago, and aside from a few new words it’s effortless now. Progress feels good.