Just finished ‘Navigatoria’ and it was so good throughout first 80% but climax ruined everything. The manga had some touching moments and some explorations of hard topics like nationalism, authoritarianism and rasism , but sadly they ware quite shallowly handled.

I think this was first time I read a climax that bad in my life. MC makes most out-of-character decision imaginable and next 2 events happen just to fix the plot and make happy ending possible.

I picked up Kawaihara-senpai after seeing the cover here. It’s too cute.

Live reader reaction:

I’m still stuck in the villainess mines, it’s just what I crave these days.

• Behold the True Villainess
  Finished it, it was pretty good for the most part. There were a few sections I wasn’t really hot on (spying on the fiance comes to mind) but other than that it managed to keep up a solid quality until the end. Probably won’t stick as one of my favourites though.

• The Villainess’s Bestie
  It’s about a 5 year old maid working in the imperial palace who becomes friends with the empress (the titular villainess). It’s mostly comedy, with some slightly more serious elements thrown in the mix here and there.
  Pretty fun read, unfortunately it went on hiatus in 2023 so there’s only 60 chapters available.

• The Antagonist’s Pet
  Pretty similar premise to the previous series just replace kid maid with young girl from unimportant noble family who’s treated like a favourite pet by ladies of higher status (that’s actually her survival mechanism for this environment). Don’t know how I feel about it yet, “it’s fun enough” is all I can say for now.
  Oh, this one is actually a double isekai (as in, two people were dropped into this fantasy world) which might lead to something interesting down the line.

Other than that The Big Bees got a healthy update recently which is always a blessing. Love me some fat bees.