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Alternate is a bestselling YA novel about three teenagers whose lives intersect on a social media app. The author, who is an actor and member of the boy band NEWS, offers interesting insights into how strange social media can be, as well as its utopian and dystopian potential.
The tenth volume of Witch Hat Atelier leans even deeper into the dystopian underpinnings of its magical universe. I love storytelling that presents the reader with a beautiful display of light and wonder and then gradually pulls back the curtain to reveal the hidden shadows.
Samura is a series of connected short stories about a human who travels through a fantastic city of yōkai. Although there are elements of violence and horror, many of the encounters are gentle and poetic, and @2964_KO's full-color artwork turns every page into a dynamic painting.
No one in this house is "productive." 🌿
Inspired by my annual reading of Sarah Ahmed, this is a reminder to myself that there's room for stillness and silence in the ongoing resistance against systems that seek to exploit our energy and labor.
Catch These Hands, now available in English from @yenpress, is a gentle comedy about working adults that's like Way of the Househusband with girls. My favorite bit in the first volume is when two former rivals revive an old territory war over "Onestagram."