Media Round Up: History, Comics and More!

Here are some brief thoughts on things I've read or watched over the past month or so:

Making a Yellow River Delta: An Environmental Drama in Song Dynasty China by Ling Zhang— Wow this book! I could feel my brain making new connections while I was reading this. It feels a bit like when I read Nature's Metropolis There’s so much here about the interactions of states and the environment, governance, how historians understand failure and more. I'm going to be thinking about this for a long time

Magical Boy volume 1 by The Kao — graphic novel about a trans boy who learns he has inherited magical girl powers, and has to save the world. I liked this a lot, the art was fun and the characters were compelling. My only issue is that this ends on a cliffhanger and volume 2 won’t be out until later this year.

Jun Jiu Lingepisodes 8-20— I continue to enjoy how many complex women are in this show and that they talk to each other. On the other hand the show isn’t great about disabled people who mostly exist so that the main character can cure them. Though I’m finding the current story line (which features a plague) rather fraught. But over all its a good show and I'm looking forward to more. (Content note: past coherenced abortion)

( Tale of the Drunken Sword,Tomorrow Never Dies, Girls' Last Tour, and After Hours )