/jp/ - Otaku Culture

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ミモザの告白 is pretty good, series. MC's childhood friend comes out as trans and the series deals with how that changes general social and specific relationships between characters. What I especially like is how it most characters have different but valid viewpoints and opinions. Dialogues aren't really MC or his friend trying to convince everyone else to share their viewpoint but actual conversations among characters with different set of values. I also like how the series likes to challenge the MC's views.

わたしはあなたの涙になりたい - stand alone, This year's Gagaga Award winner. About MC and his friendship with a genius girl pianist. Quite moving, very deliberately written, in some aspects it reads more like something that wouldn't be published under LN label (long passage of time, thematic focus, etc).

竜殺しのブリュンヒルド - Runner up on Dengeki Award. Family drama tragedy set i a fantasy setting inspired by Nordic/Germanic legends and saga. Begins with a tragedy, then keeps spiralling to the very bottom of despair; yet the taste of revenge is irresistible. The story is stand-alone but there is a prequel set I guess hundreds of years before this book being published in a few days.

砂の上の1DK - Kareno's new book, developed as stand-alone but he mentioned he might write a spin-off if things go well. Security specialist protag gets involuntary involved in industrial espionage incident that forces him to live in hiding together with his former home-tutoring student whose body has become a container for unknown parasite that boosts body recovery powers but takes over the body of its host. Similar topic as sukasuka with a person being attacked by a sense of becoming a stranger to her own body.

Quite enjoyed these.