I’m reading 風の谷のナウシカ (Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind) natively, six months after restarting my Japanese studies.

I haven’t read it in English before so I was stunned at how great the artwork is. It’s quite clear Miyazaki’s style is what Ghibli became known for, but here it’s 100% Miyazaki himself.

Tons of absurdly detailed planes, bugs and flora. The Japanese 7 volume set is close to A4 in size, which feels much better than usual manga volumes, if only because there are far more panels per page.

I think the anime has been a decent adaptation, but the manga obviously goes much further than the anime can in a single season.

I’m reading it in Japanese to practice, and it has been quite the challenge — a lot of Buddhist & Taoist language, concepts and terms to learn.

Yeah, this is almost an alarming amount of progress. Reiwa energy finally seeping in?

There’s quite a bit of ground to cover before we reach the (元)高木 series though.

Been reading ホリミヤ (Horimiya) for the first time, just finished volume 2. I haven't seen the anime, enjoying the ride tremendously so far, especially chapter 13.

Staying up-to-date on 【推しの子】 (Oshi no Ko). Feels like this arc is ending big. Likewise with イジらないで、長瀞さん (Nagatoro).

Can't wait for the release of スーパーの裏でヤニ吸うふたり (Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You) 3 on next Tuesday. This is currently the manga for me.

Edit: now that I remember, while looking at Jinushi's other works, I came across this Twitter oneshot called 死なぬ始末に幸来たらん, "a story about a JK knocking off serious misery from an immortal janitor". Absolutely no idea what the hell that was, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. Big middle-finger energy right from the title drop.

Wow... this sounds eerily much like Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You. I'm enjoying that tremendously so maybe it would be worth having a look.