Japanese Reading Report: 16 March 2025

- 2ちゃんねる化する世界 (133-190ページ)
- カードキャプターさくら (第37-45話)
- よつばと! (第16巻)
2ちゃんねる化する世界
This week I read through almost two full chapters.
The first was about the spread of misinformation and
the way social media (in this case, 2chan) helps
malicious actors manipulate the message. The second
chapter was about the birth of J Anon, a name used
to categorise a few different interest groups and
people in Japan who share far-right political views
and other "alternative" perspectives of the world.
I'm not going to lie, this book has become a real
drag to read since the latest chapter. In theory it
covers some interesting topics, but the chapter has
largely been a wall of proper nouns, organisations
with very similar names, and a bunch of boring
history without interesting connections to 2chan
(the reason I was curious about the book). I'm
so glad there are only 40 pages remaining, because
I can't wait to get my hands on a well-written
fiction novel or something.
カードキャプターさくら
This week the total episode count was fairly slim,
and I felt bad enough about it that I've decided
to recommit myself to ensuring I'm fitting anime in
every day. So anyway, this week was pretty full of
important episodes.
Mizuki continued to ominously appear in Sakura's dreams
and always happened to be at the locations of various
misbehaving cards, Mei-ling finally became a likeable
and interesting character (and then she's shipped back
home...), and Sakura and Xiaolang grow a bit closer.
Sakura finally collected all the cards and restored
power to Kerochan, but then... well, let's just say
there was a cliffhanger. I look forward to seeing how
this arc concludes tonight, and I'm curious what's
next for the story.
よつばと!
I actually read this on March 3rd and forgot to report on it! This manga continues to be a masterpiece. The latest volume is full of great moments between Yotsuba and Yanda, and Yotsuba and her friends. It has a huge number of new, cute faces. Just very good. Read Yotsuba!