It’s been another two weeks!

I was down in California for my Grandfather’s funeral. It was a really great ceremony. The local fire department honored my grandfather since he was their retired fire chief.

Saw family members I hadn’t seen in years. First time my brother and I were together with our cousins. The seven of us (plus spouses and girlfriends) had a great night at dinner. We said good bye to our grandfather.

Bittersweet weekend over all.

But I survived California. It was actually really nice. Like a good summer day where I live in February. I came back to snow this week.

I read Mapping: The Trash-Tier Skill That Got Me Into a Top-Tier Party: Volume 8 . This is one of my favorite Light Novel Series and it peeled back the layers on one of the flighty characters. She never seems to be taking things seriously.

Then we get her back story and her motivation to dungeon dive.

It’s exciting stuff.

And while the early story lines were very bold, there is still that heart I like about the series still here. I feel we’re moving towards the end. Maybe a few more novels to go. But who knows.

On the flight home, i read Bofuri: I Don’t Want to Get Hurt, so I’ll Max Out My Defense., Vol. 4! This is such a weird series.

It really doesn’t stakes. It’s about people playing an MMORPG. It’s one that is complete immersion in VR. You have full senses, but if you die, no biggie. It’s just a game. No one’s trapped in it or anything. It does have ways to accelerate your mind so there’s these special events that last 5 days in game but only take a few hours in the real world.

So it’s just about Maple and Sally who form a guild with broken character builds and just seeing what crazy things they do.

It’s strangely fun to read.

The next volume of Val X Love 11 had apparently been out. I had missed preording it from Rightstuff. But Amazon got it to me fast.

I love this series. It’s a harem series with 9 Valkyrie sisters that are all the lovers of their einherjar, a social awkward guy that is so ugly, he’s mistaken for a monster.

Lots of fun fanservice in this one. Including a “dagger” polishing scene that involved a titty fuck.

This is also the inspiration for my Owning a Valkyrie Harem series I just started publishing on Amazon.

I highly recommend Val X Love!

Another manga I started reading was Headhunted by Another World: From Salaryman to Big Four! Vol 1 & 2. I picked up the first two volumes and it wasn’t terrible. It was okay. I’m not sure if I’ll keep up with this series.

It’s about a normal salaryman who’s rise up the corporate ladder was stopped by caring too much about employees and not the bottom land. A Demon Lord, needing a fourth general, he recruits our main character.

And it’s not a mistake. He wants someone who’s good at organizational skills and negotiating with foreigners.

Teamed up with a sexy demon general, he must use his salaryman skills to expand the Demon Lord’s power. It’s got some tame fan service, jealous girls, some interesting magic.

I think I’ll give it one more volume and see if it gets more interesting.

From the delights of iStripper, my favorite new show was Freya Mayer’s Kitty Wiggle. And i have to say, she wiggled! Such a naughty kitty. I loved it!