Downton Abbey 5, Aoharu x Machine Gun, Royal Tutor, Crown of Thorns, and Chocolate Cosmos

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• TV
  
  1. Downton Abbey season 5 epi 1-5.
     - borrowed dvd from apl.
     - Tldr; soap opera continues.
     - Mary was interested in remarrying and seemed unsure to whom (or rather whom she would be happy with like with Matthew)
     - Isobel was proposed to and hasn't accepted.
     - Rose seemed to unknowingly causing trouble.
     - Robert was jealous! Doubting was a vicious thing.
     - Poor Edith didn't get a break. The best thing was to come clean but that would present a big problem.
     - Tom had to decide whom to be with - his wife's family or someone who reminded him of who he used to be.
     - Mr. Green's dead came up again. Many people were questioned by the police.
• Chapter Book: None this week
• Manga: All digital
  
  1. Aoharu x Machine Gun 1 by Naoe
     - via kindle
     - I watched the anime and like Tachibana. What an interesting character with strong sense of justice.
     - Midori was creepy! Since I know what will happen next!
     - Anyway, I'm curious about this series because the anime ended in a semi cliff-hanger! and I want to know what happens next. I was so glad that Yen licensed this. I was struggling a bit to read the 1st volume, since the anime follows the exact story line.
     - Volume 2 is out in Feb!
  2. Royal Tutor 2 by Higasa Akai
     - via kindle
     - The tutor's life in palace continued.
     - The king showed up.
     - 1 prince was given ultimatum! Apparently, he can do math just fine if slices of pie were used as units :)
     - Brotherly love/admiration :P
     - One prince tried to change his image, apparently, everyone in the castle was scared stiff of him! Poor guy. Brothers and tutor tried to help him.
  3. Crown of Thorns 1 by Yoko Kamio - viz app
     - I've been curious about this series and was very closed to buy the Japanese tankobon (only 2 volumes!) but the budget stopped me!
     - I was so glad the Viz licensed this series.
     - hm, well at the end of volume 1 good guy turned out to be wolf in sheep clothing! I didn't expect that. The main character is out-spoken and doesn't mince her words at all.
  4. Chocolate Cosmos 1-2 by Nana Haruta - viz app
     - I kind of regret getting this series. I want to support rescued series, but!!!!! I hope that Crazy for you by Karuho Shiina is better - All 6 volumes are available on Viz app or kindle.
     - Student-teacher love story.
     - I prefer the childhood friend! Unfortunately, he acted too late and he gave her all the wrong signals.
     - I'll skim through the last 2 soon. Won't reread!