May 2025 Readings
Only one book and a bit of manga, but your honour, you must understand, I was travelling and as soon as I came back, I had to move — I could not possibly have read any more. And this only book was pretty big, here see for yourself:
A Clash of Kings – Georges RR Martin
Everything is still good and the plot continues in a satisfying manner. One big strength of the series is that the characters are evolving very naturally, and there is no decision they make that seems out of line. This is basically a ratfic if you will. Another great thing to see is that while the first book was very regular fantasy, with a tone akin to the first book of the Stormlight Archives, where despite the setback you still had hopes (the nightwatch not being what Jon thought it would be —> him climbing the ranks and making friends, or Robb being inexperienced at war and fighting against a much bigger force —> still managing to be all victorious in the early stages of the war). Here things take a dark turn and hope is getting scarce. You can definitely feel that things can only get darker from here.
Grappler BAKI – Keisuke Itagaki
Childhood Saga – Chapters 78-143
The tomfoolery continues and I still love it. Where the manga could easily have been slop power fantasy, here our boy Baki gets fucked up, loses, trains and comes back stronger. And after that he still faces against opponents that are stronger than him and gets his ass handed to him. For such a demented manga, the author sure does know how to make the protagonist's progression still interesting.
That's all folks, I was and still am busy as hell.
Thank you for reading my logorrhea Eddie – Award winning author