Litsy

Texreader

Simon's Cat | Simon Tofield

I have a black cat now but I‘ve had plenty of gingers growing up.

Sparklemn I love gingers - cats and people! 5h

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Kshakal

Wildlife Preserves: A Far Side Collection | Gary Larson

#wildlife #falling @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Beautiful 😍 14h

AnnCrystal 🤩🤩🤩💝💝. 4h

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bibliothecarivs

Adulthood Is a Gift!: A Celebration of Sarah's Scribbles | Sarah Andersen

Random book from our personal library.

#comics

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Robotswithpersonality

Sunny, Vol. 1 | Taiyo Matsumoto

so-so

I dunno... it's hard to judge where the series might go considering it's six volumes and this is only the first, but if it's similar to Tokyo These Days by the same author, it could mean the majority of moments spent on what is essentially the same theme, and while manga publishing, artists and editors lives and artistic crises was a place I was happy to dwell in, this series is focused on a group home and I find it eminently more stressful. 1/?

Robotswithpersonality 2/? Haruo seems to be the protagonist, and those first moments, where it's evident that he spends a fair amount of time in a stationary wreck of an old car (Sunny) fantasizing different lives a driver might have, were captivating, but the book soon expanded out to all that other kids at the home, as well as those who live and visit there to help out. There is also Taro living at the home, who appears to be a large, fully grown adult with a 7d

Robotswithpersonality 3/? developmental disability, who spends his time singing row your boat and is, when able to focus, gentle with kids in the home, and able to bring home a temporarily strayed toddler.
Any place with a number of young children will end up chaotic, add on top of this the admittedly stereotypical actions of 'troubled kids': clamouring for attention, difficulty sharing, skipping class, stealing, attitude towards authority figures, fighting. 7d

Robotswithpersonality 4/? The literally snotty kid keeps pushing my ick threshold - I recognize that's a personal issue.
It appears from the narrative that a number of the kids are not truly orphans, but have parents that they visit or come visit them, perhaps they are too sick or for other reasons cannot have full custody of the kids, and that adds to the frustration and loneliness of the kids involved. To know their parents are out there, and they can't go home/ 7d

Robotswithpersonality 5/? /can't be with them all the time.
It appears a number of the children have crushes on older kids or even caretakers in the home, which makes me nervous even though no wrong action on the part of any older individual has been indicated.
I could see threads that lead to a more cohesive demonstration of this ragged bunch thrown together becoming a found family, but it's not truly evident yet. 7d

Robotswithpersonality 6/6 Key to the other manga I've read by Matsumoto, the work continues to demonstrate a strong blend of pathos-producing reality and flights of fancy/escapism, but I think this volume spent so much time in this anxious reality that I'm not yet eager to pick up the next volume. 🤷🏼‍♂️
⚠️ Animal death (edited) 7d

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Nebklvr

Tintin in the Land of the Soviets | Herge

so-so

This felt like propaganda?

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Robotswithpersonality

The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn't a Guy at All, Vol. 1 | Sumiko Arai

pick

The. DRAMA! I can usually be relied upon to roll my eyes at incipient teen angst, but the balance of humour, the emerging queer relationship, the inclusion of wacky, caring family, the music talk, and the lime green as a punchy background contrasting with the usually only black/white/grey of manga made for a quick, absorbing read. Onto the next volume! ☺️

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