我輩はブリートである。

Time flies, suckas!

You know the drill. Materials subject to change, as usual:

Books

• サクラダリセット (thanks to BDH殿!)
• 1Q84
• ダンガンロンパ/ゼロ

Manga

• PLUTO (thanks to sloppie先生!)
• Berserk (vol. 15 and up)
• 賭博黙示録カイジ
• ΠΛΑΝΗΤΕΣ (PLANETES)
• 聖☆おにいさん
• Vinland Saga
• ヒストリエ
• スレイヤーズ

Visual Novel

• Ever17 (about 30% complete, currently)
• 428 〜封鎖された渋谷で〜 (PSP)
• Chaos;Head
• 彼岸花の咲く夜に
• うみねこのなく頃に (episode 4; however, I’m very tempted to hold off and play the PS3/upcoming PSP versions for the huge benefit of voiced dialogue)

Though this list was originally a little on the light side, I’ve decided to go a little more nuts and flesh it out proper. Obviously, it’s not very likely I’ll get around to all of them, but I’m feeling especially enthusiastic on the manga side of things lately; better to have a nice stack of material ready to rock. In fact, it was just about one year ago that I began my very own extensive reading spree with Berserk, so perhaps this sudden surge of enthusiasm isn’t coincidental after all.

Looking back now, it’s mind boggling to me how far a year’s worth of extensive reading (albeit, in a rather on-again-off-again fashion) has taken me. Where once I struggled, now is largely natural and fluid. Material I’d thought permanently outside of my grasp is now accessible, comprehensible and enjoyable. Traditional study methods are mostly obsolete to me now; Japan is my overworld, native materials are my dungeons, words are my monsters and I am the adventurer. It’s sorta like 世界樹の迷宮 on scale 100, 1,000 times larger, and with less F.O.E waiting around every corner to crush my spirits (though those could be viewed metaphorically as rare kanji; R07 fricking loves tormenting me with those).

But enough about that – are you ready for the SPACE JAM? (´・ω・`) うぷぷぷ・・・