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RaW Hero: Manga Review (9/5/2023)

 RaW Hero is a work done by a man who is mentally insane. I guess that's already obvious because this is the same author that made Prison School, but this series is on a whole other level. Just from the first chapter alone, you can tell that this is a series that you can not take seriously and also in the same vein can not expect to be any semblance of "quality." All this series wants to do is to be weird, to be unpredictable, and it covers this up by calling itself a gag manga. And honestly, it is pretty funny. I actually laughed a couple times reading it. I think that this is a manga in the same vein of something like Golden Boy, although I think that this is just way funnier. To enjoy this manga, you can't expect anything out of it. You read this to laugh a little bit and to see all the ecchi shit that happens. I don't know if I can recommend this manga to any normal member of society, but I do think that if you enjoy something like JoJos or Golden Boy or Priso...

Maka Maka: Manga Review (9/4/2023)

  A story about two bisexuals that just have sex pretty much anywhere. I first read it looking for some spice, thinking that one of the girls was a girlish looking dude, but turns out the manga was just about lesbians. It's not that bad, each chapter is around 10 pages and the entire series can be finished really fast. The two girls are pretty much in love, although they both have boyfriend(s), so I kind of doubt both of their moralities. It's not that bad a read, but it isn't anything to write home about. I read it to enjoy the little wholesome exchanges and the lewdness, all while trying to ignore the lowkey cheating and other weirdness. All in all, a pretty 5/10 series, I wouldn't give this series a high score but I also think it has merit.

A Beginner's Guide to Manga (6/19/21 - 8/24/2023)

 I love manga. Some of the best stories I've ever read have been from manga, and I highly recommend at least reading some manga series to anyone who hasn't read manga before. This post is to hopefully serve as a guide to anyone who wants to get into manga, and also provide a lot of recommendations. Before I start, I want to first also list off some pros that manga has over other mediums, such as film or novels, which also serve to explain why I love this medium so much. First off, its a lot easier to enter the flow state while reading manga. In my experience, it always takes a few pages before I can become fully absorbed into a manga, and with manga you can also stop at any time, unlike something like a movie where you have to pay attention for around two hours straight. Manga as an industry is also not afraid of new ideas, and this results in both a lot of creative premises/storytelling and a very wide range of genres within manga. There will be a manga out there for anyone to...

UCI Survival Guide: 2023 Spring (8/9/2023)

 Contradictorily, this was probably my most busy quarter yet. The very first week of the spring quarter I went to a jam in SLO, where I was one of nine collegiate invites for a special collegiate eight to smoke category. I, along with two other bboys from UCSD, stayed with the SLO bboys who organized the SLO jam, and that trip was just so fun. I was able to be driven up by bboys from San Diego that I'd only seen in videos before, and I also did much better than I expected. I didn't win or anything, but I technically got third place because I ended with the third most amount of rounds won. I also made the decision to fly back up to Norcal and enter the Floorgangz Anniversary jam with Josh and Enzo, which was actually super fun. I spent a decent amount of money on this, but I saw a lot of people I knew and I think it was also definitely a highlight of the quarter for me. Besides that, the CAT gathering was also during this quarter. I wasn't as involved with this, but I still ...

UCI Survival Guide: 2023 Winter (6/24/2023)

 Quarter Summary: Once again, I have severely slacked off and so my recollection of this quarter may not be the best. Honestly, a lot of it kinda blurs together with spring quarter in my mind. Events that happened this quarter include going to Vibe Dance Competition (very fun), performing at a dance exhibition with LVO, MCIA, and URMO, going to a random track meet with Alan and Brian (would be more fun if I weren't injured), parents and brother visiting and taking me to San Diego, and the SoCal boys (Wei and Darren) visiting. Coming into the quarter, I got a new laptop and a new speaker! I also decided to start decorating my room a lot more, and I got a few posters throughout the quarter, in addition to making my little manga hall of fame. Physically, my ankle was still hurt for a lot of the quarter, but this quarter I was really able to heal up and I was even able to start tricking and I played IM volleyball for Tomo as well. Overall, it was a pretty eventful quarter, to be honest...

UCI Survival Guide: 2022 Fall (2/19/2023)

I didn't do that well this quarter. I'm not really sure what happened, but I just had like no motivation. Perhaps I'm burnt out, perhaps I just don't care, but I never felt as though I was in the best mental state this quarter. That isn't to say that I was feeling terrible all the time, but I just felt incredibly neutral. I definitely could've tried harder in things, but I didn't and that doesn't actually bother me that much for some reason. Perhaps I'm burnt out or something, but I feel as though I would still feel this way even if I wasn't working on school and stuff. Extracurricular wise, I joined the tricking team, and I started contacting random breakdance clubs in socal, because I wanted to organize something for next year. BBA is having a lot more members this year which is nice, but I still feel like the overall level could be way higher. Socially, this quarter was pretty much a hard reset. I stopped being friends with Jennifer very early...

Ai No Koe (Manga One Shot Anthology Review) (1/23/2023)

 This is a one shot collection with a bunch of mini stories. I personally did not actually like a lot of them, as a lot of them were just kind of weird and made me uncomfortable. The first one is about a female teacher and a male high school student who lives next door. I didn't like this one. 1/10 The second one is about a girl who's in love with this one ex of hers, who then starts to cheat on his current gf with him. I strongly disliked this one. 1/10 The third one is about this girl who's in an extremely abusive relationship with her boyfriend, while she meets a new guy. Surprisingly wholesome. 6/10 A 36 year old dude is lonely so he posts online to make friends, and he meets up with a girl who says she's 28 but is actually 18. They fall in love. Hated this one. 1/10. Some dude's friend is selling this girl as a prostitute. The dude decides to take care of the girl and stop letting her get taken advantage of by the dude's shitty friend. Also surprisingly who...