Another week of traveling for me this past week, so the backlog continues to grow… In any case, there was a new (to me) series that caught my eye this past week that I thought I would share.

• Onna dakara, to Party wo Tsuihou Sareta no de Densetsu no Majo to Saikyou Tag wo Kumimashita - This series is about a female mage that is kicked out of her adventuring party because she is a woman and is expected to settle down and get married. In fact, the whole world seems extremely, cartoonishly misogynistic. She ends up accidentally freeing and teaming up with an ancient, legendary witch to exact her revenge on the patriarchy. Overall, it has been a lot of fun! I am ~20 chapters in and the cast has steadily grown and are all interesting in their own way. Yes, it is kinda dumb how gross the world is, but it just makes the revenge story all the more satisfying.

The biggest event for me last week, by far, was getting a new chapter of Food Court de, Mata Ashita (See You Tomorrow at the Food Court).

It was originally self-published, and then the author got a serialization deal but for whatever reason, it then went on a sort of hiatus. Now, apparently, it’s finally starting back up. And it’s easily in my top five all-time favorites, so I’m thrilled.

It’s a deceptively simple premise: Wada and Yamamoto came to be friends late in their time together in middle school, only to discover that they were going to different high schools. Wanting to keep their friendship going, they agree to meet at a centrally-located food court every day on the way home from school, where they talk and catch up.

It’s brought to life by their very unique personalities and the way they play off of each other.

Part of the reason they’re so dependent on each other is that they’re the only ones who really know that the other is entirely different from who the rest of the world thinks they are. Yamamoto looks like a gyaru and is very reserved, so people think she’s mean and scary. She’s actually extremely intelligent and observant and compassionate, and with a wonderfully dry sense of humor. And Wada looks like a quiet, studious, reserved ojou-sama, and she’s actually a loud, brash and moody self-proclaimed menhera. They keep up their deceptive appearances at school, and it’s only with each other that they can relax and really be themselves.

And their conversations and interactions are wonderful and hilarious. And I’m so happy that it’s back.