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111.Chainsaw Man 2 by Tatsuki Fujimoto - I know where this one is going and I know that the main draw is how the dude with the chainsaws coming from his head and hands chops up demons, but the true joy of this book is watching Denji break down barriers and establish relationships with the people around him. He's no longer the loner walking around with his pet demon. He's become friends with Power because she tried to feed him to a bat demon. But she did it to save her cat so it's understandable. And Power wears falsies, which is a funny detail only because she is always drawn like Marilyn Monroe in a suit and horns. I don't remember if that was a plot point of the show but that scene where Denji finally gets to touch a boob is supposed to be awkward and uncomfortable because it's that combination of teenage sexuality (must fuck everyone now) and the emotional parts (Oh wait, I actually want to have the intimacy that sex represents). And at this point, Power is a disaster (and pretty damn gross with the whole not bathing and not flushing personality) but she's also the best friend Denji has (and he's a disaster as well).
I know where this is going so it's even more sweet in its fragility. Also the book ends with them in that hotel where they are trapped on the one floor and one of the demon hunters really wants to feed Denji to the demon that offered to let them go in exchange for letting him eat Denji.
112. Weathering with You by Makoto Shinkai - "I want you more than blue skies" - fucking hell that line always gets to me. This is the light novel adaptation of the movie. I think the movie came first but he was writing the book at the same time he was wroking on the movie and then came the manga? It's all very confusing. I actually didn't know that this was a book when I put it on hold but hey, I like the story and I like Shinkai's romantic nature even if almost all of his stories have a set pattern (Act 1: Funny magic thing, Act 2: Tragic implications, Act 3: fuck that tragedy, we're going to undo them for love). And this one follows the pattern, but no matter how much I want to not get taken, I do have all the feels.
I think I already wrote about this one, but different than Your Name or the new one with the chair, this one has some real problems with the ending as she is supposed to be the weather sacrifice. When she decides not to sacrifice herself (because her boyfriend chases her into the sky and begs her to come back) the rains come and half of Tokyo is underwater by the end.
One caveat to the book instead of the manga. It does give some more insight but not much and it's very confusing as he keeps changing first person perspective without telling you who is speaking.
I know where this is going so it's even more sweet in its fragility. Also the book ends with them in that hotel where they are trapped on the one floor and one of the demon hunters really wants to feed Denji to the demon that offered to let them go in exchange for letting him eat Denji.
112. Weathering with You by Makoto Shinkai - "I want you more than blue skies" - fucking hell that line always gets to me. This is the light novel adaptation of the movie. I think the movie came first but he was writing the book at the same time he was wroking on the movie and then came the manga? It's all very confusing. I actually didn't know that this was a book when I put it on hold but hey, I like the story and I like Shinkai's romantic nature even if almost all of his stories have a set pattern (Act 1: Funny magic thing, Act 2: Tragic implications, Act 3: fuck that tragedy, we're going to undo them for love). And this one follows the pattern, but no matter how much I want to not get taken, I do have all the feels.
I think I already wrote about this one, but different than Your Name or the new one with the chair, this one has some real problems with the ending as she is supposed to be the weather sacrifice. When she decides not to sacrifice herself (because her boyfriend chases her into the sky and begs her to come back) the rains come and half of Tokyo is underwater by the end.
One caveat to the book instead of the manga. It does give some more insight but not much and it's very confusing as he keeps changing first person perspective without telling you who is speaking.
