{"id":158555,"date":"2025-03-26T22:34:59","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T22:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/anime\/february-march-2025-the-josei-next-door\/"},"modified":"2025-03-26T22:34:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T22:34:59","slug":"february-march-2025-the-josei-next-door","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=158555","title":{"rendered":"February-March 2025 \u2013 The Josei Next Door"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Look, ma! New side hustle!<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6570\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/joseinextdoor.com\/2025\/03\/26\/manga-reviews-february-march-2025\/hsp-tonsofcats\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/joseinextdoor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hsp-tonsofcats.png\" data-orig-size=\"539,633\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"HSP-tonsofcats\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/joseinextdoor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hsp-tonsofcats.png?w=255\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/joseinextdoor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hsp-tonsofcats.png?w=511\" width=\"511\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/joseinextdoor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hsp-tonsofcats.png?w=511\" alt=\"Three manga panels from Love and the Highly Sensitive Person. Yoh walks up to Chiyo and says &quot;Sorry, did I keep you wait--whoa!&quot; Chiyo is sitting on a park bench covered in cats with the comically descriptive text &quot;TON O' CATS.&quot; Chiyo says &quot;Nope.&quot; Yoh asks &quot;What's with all the cats?!&quot; And Chiyo replies &quot;They just showed up.&quot; Yoh excitedly asks to take a picture as one of the cats plays with Chiyo's hoodie's drawstrings. Yoh says &quot;Sure.&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-6570\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>I\u2019m (hopefully?) easing out of my burnout era and into my ANN reviewer era. Special thanks to the McElroys for this year\u2019s theme, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0-mh7W1NtEw\">\u201cTwenty-ThunderDrive: Faster Than Fear,\u201d<\/a> which motivated me to try writing again. Absolutely no thanks to being unemployed for three months, which also motivated me, but in a much less fun way.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-6562\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Figured I\u2019d start my ANN reviewer career off with some easy BL fluff, but oopsy-woopsy, it\u2019s actually a really thoughtful and kind dramedy about a socially anxious guy with sensory processing sensitivities that made me cry a little! Throw in a <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/deescribe.bsky.social\/post\/3lfv3upukc22j\">perfect cat<\/a>, and this heartfelt one-shot has a lot crossover appeal that would make it a welcome addition to a variety of readers\u2019 bookshelves.<\/p>\n<p>Despite its title, this series has less in common with fairy tales and more with classic children\u2019s literature, complete with plucky orphans, gruff-but-kind adults, and alarmingly sad backstories. A found-family story and love letter to picture books that\u2019s creatively drawn and incredibly charming\u2014when it\u2019s NOT plummeting Wile E. Coyote-style into Tragedy Canyon, anyway.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a thoughtful maturity to much of this short series, as its cast explores complex emotions and questions without any easy answers. It almost lost me at the midway point, but thankfully came together into a quietly affecting tale about loss and change. Very excited to see more from Fumiya Hayashi in the future!<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p><em>If you enjoyed this pipin\u2019 hot plate of manga reviews, please consider <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&amp;hosted_button_id=5THMWMJJDMGK2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tipping your server through PayPal<\/a>!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"wordads-inline-marker\" style=\"display: none;\"\/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Look, ma! New side hustle! I\u2019m (hopefully?) easing out of my burnout era and into my ANN reviewer era. Special thanks to the McElroys for this year\u2019s theme, \u201cTwenty-ThunderDrive: Faster Than Fear,\u201d which motivated me to try writing again. 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