Anime Winter 2015, Dark is Rising 3, Japanese Art of Decluttering, Song of Lioness 1, Voice, Oresama

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• Anime: All watching on CrunchyRoll
  
  1. Sailor Moon Crystal - Epi 15
     - Chibi Usa arc continues. She seems to have everyone under her thumb, including Tuxedo Mask!
     - The bad side kidnapped Sailor Mars
  2. Akatsuki No Yona - Epi 18
     - The pirate arc and Green dragon continues.
     - Jaeha is so fun.
     - Very cool/tough captain.
     - Brain-wash :)
  3. ALDNOAH.ZERO - Epi 17
     - Inaho made his move, luckily, he found a Martian or 2 on his side and sent him back to investigate.
• Chapter Book:
  
  1. The Dark is Rising, book 3: Greenwitch by Susan Cooper
     - Borrowed from apl, overdrive
     - Read by Alex Jennings
     - The casts from book 1 and 2 assembled and had adventures
  2. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing by Marie Kondo
     - Borrowed from apl
     - I can't remember where I read about this book some home tidying tips website probably. It was a fast read.
     - Lots of things make sense, get rid of things that one doesn't need, or in the author's words "things don't give one joy." There's an order/sequence go through one's things, clothes first, household stuff, papers, books, then mementos/photos to build up one's skill and immune to sentimental values.
     - Important, once one decides to discard an item, it must be out of one's house/possession, i.e., not turning a shirt into lounge wear, give it to one's sibling, or store it at one's parents' house!
     - I was a bit skeptical when she talked about folding clothes in rectangles and storing them standing up in drawers. I thought to myself, that didn't make sense. But it did work! So I started to organize my sock drawers. I used to just put the dry socks in the drawers without even putting in pairs - shameful, I know. So on Saturday, I dumped every socks out, folded them, then rolling them up like a toilet paper roll, but then I changed my mind and just folded the socks in pairs and half length-wise, put them lining up against the drawer's wall. I found the drawer neater to look at and the socks are easy to be retrieve in the morning. Wow. I did the same for my t-shirt drawers, and found that I could combine 2 drawers of t-shirt to 1 and 1/2, I can then put my manga in the extra space!!!
     - Next time I have time, I'll go through all my papers - yikes! I don't even want to think about my books/manga yet.
  3. Tortall: Song of the Lioness, book 1: Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce
     - Borrowed from bpl, overdrive
     - Read by Trini Alvarado
     - Story of coming of age, crossed-dressed twins wanted to do things different than what was expected of them.
     - Road to Knighthood/Magic user.
     - Quite fun.
• Manga:
  
  1. Voice Over!: Seiyu Academy 9 by Maki Minami - viz app
     - Fun read.
     - Continue with Sendo's story, playing friends.
     - First secret disclosed by accident.
  2. Oresama Teacher 17 by Izumi Tsubaki - viz app
     - Story about mysterious letters continued.
     - I really enjoy the 4-panel comics :) so much fun.
     - The story doesn't seem to end anytime soon, but I don't care. The characters are fun.
     - I don't understand the student body president's purpose, though. He's quite a schemer.

• Hakusensha's March releases
  • 狼陛下の花嫁 - Ookami Heika no Hanayome 12 by Mato KAUTA
  • Skip Beat! 36 by Yoshiki NAKAMURA, available in English via Viz Media
  • 狼陛下の花嫁 - Yona 17 by Mizuho KUSANAGI
  • 天使1/2方程式 - Tenshi 1/2 Houteishiki 6 by Banri HIDAKA, I don't follow this series, but I think lyschan does.
  • etaa: 君のコトなど絶対に - Kimi no Koto nado Zettai ni 1 by Meca TANAKA, new series
  • e 3/3/15 taa: 一の食卓 - Ichi no shokutaku 1 by Natsumi ITSUKI, new series, I have no idea this series is about, and MU has no information, either. The cover shows food (cakes ...), so cooking manga?
• New Shojo Beat licenses announced last Friday and Sunday via its tumbler:
  • QQ Sweeper by Kyousuke Motomi, currently only 1 volume, on going, October 2015
  • Idol Dreams (31 Ai Dream) by Arina Tanemura, on going 2 volumes available in Japanese, coming out November 2015
  • eta Boys Over Flowers Season 2, by Yoko Kamio, will run simultaneously with the Japanese publication in Jump+. You will be able to read it in English for free starting February 14 on vizmanga, I will check out for sure.