Inner Thought: I Don’t Always Root for the Hero
I would have this conversation with a friend every time we watched superhero movies. She would love the hero. I’d…
Inner Thoughts
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Inner Thought: When the People in the Book Become Real
There is a particular situation I keep encountering when reading fantasy manga involving reincarnation, transmigration, or possession. Someone dies in…
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Inner Thought: If It’s Your Real Life, Why Are You Still Following the Script?
There is a particular type of fantasy manga I keep coming back to. A woman from the modern world dies,…
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Inner Thought: Maybe It Was Never a Jinx
I recently finished reading a manga called Love Jinx, and the more I read, the more I started thinking about…
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Inner Thought: When Kindness Stops Being Kindness
I had to stop r eading a manga today. Not because it was badly drawn. Not because the premise was…
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Inner Thought: Healing Doesn’t Always Need a Grand Finale
I recently finished reading a manga called Cooking Sorcerer, and when I reached the final chapter, I did something I…
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Inner Thought: The Characters That Never Betray Themselves
One of my favorite things a story can do isn’t surprise me with a plot twist. It’s surprise me by…
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Inner Thought: The Child Who Changes an Entire Palace
Recently, I found myself reading another childcare fantasy story, particularly within the Rofan (romance fantasy) genre, and I noticed something…
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Inner Thought: When a Story Becomes a Diary
When I started reading A Talented Maid, I thought I knew exactly what kind of story I was getting into.…