#my noisy roommate: the roof over my head comes with monsters and a hottie

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The birthday shenanigans started yesterday, with a nice family dinner out and presents, and continued today (mine & my mom’s actual birthday, yes we have the same one! 😊) with birthday treats! We decided to have pastries instead of a cake or cupcakes this year. I also made some brownies! 😊

My birthday haul:

My Noisy Roommate vol 1

The Feast Makers

A Tale Of Two Knights

Mr. Villain’s Day Off vol 3

A Spell For Heartsickness

Lore Olympus vol 4

The Bakery Dragon

A bunch of bookish pins

A new bookish t-shirt

An Uncle Iroh pop!

Thank you all for the wonderful gifts and birthday wishes! 😊

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NOISY ROOMMATE: IENASHI NI NATTA NODE IKEMEN TO KAII TSUKI BUKKEN DE DOUKYO HAJIMEMASHITA (2022-?) by ozaki kaho

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381. My Noisy Roommate: The Roof Over My Head Comes With Monsters and a Hottie, Vol. 1 - licensed - Suddenly left homeless, a new grad finds himself involved with a ghost management company in exchange for cheap housing. I'm not sure if it's actually BL or just heavily implied, but the cast is fun.

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Title & Author: My Noisy Roommate: The Roof Over My Head Comes With Monsters and a Hottie 1 by Kaho Ozaki

Score: 80/100

Publication date: 25 Jun 2024

Link: https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/ee9c775d-3252-48d4-852a-cb56c7bab685

Comments: I was immediately captivated by this book due to its striking cover and the promise of a "Ghostbusters" meets BL storyline. While the potential for a BL romance in future volumes is evident, the first book falls slightly short in this aspect. Although there are elements of pining and hand-holding, they seem more connected to the plot rather than the romantic narrative.

The characters, particularly Osuke and Nijio, are a highlight. Osuke's earnestness and Nijio's hidden warmth make for compelling reading. The story kicks off with Osuke forced to vacate his flooded apartment, leaving him in a state of uncertainty. Enter a mysterious man who offers him shelter under one condition, which Osuke hesitantly accepts. This leads to his meeting with Nijio, his new intimidating blond roommate with tattoos and piercings, whom he initially mistakes for the janitor LOL, Nijio is the condition, while Osuke finds him imitating as the start they slowly grow closer as the narrative progresses. Osuke soon realises there is more to this new apartment than meets the eye. and soon discovers it's haunted by a Yōkai, and the two of them have to work together throughout the book to help this Yōkai and others find new places to stay.

Thank you Kodansha Comics for providing me this book for review consideration via NetGalley, all opinions are my own.

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Manga: "My Noisy Roommate: The Roof Over My Head Comes With Monsters and a Hottie" Vol. 1 by Kaho Ozaki

A job that comes with free lodging is the DREAM. That's, like, a third of your income, for lots of people. More, often! So Osuke should be excited to not only get a new job, but a free place to live, even if he has to move every few weeks.

Except his new job is spirit bait. And all these apartments are occupied by spirits. Spirits that need to be evicted.

All Osuke can do is wait for something to come to him. It's up to his actual new roommate, Nijio, to politely ask the spirits to leave, or, failing that, to MAKE them leave.

This is a GREAT pick if you're a Japanese mythology fan. Familiar figures about, from Yuki-onna to Zashiki-warashi, and even Hanako of the Toilet. The stories have a good variety of tones, from this one volume. Light spookiness with Yuki-onna, a wistfulness with Zashiki-warashi, and one spirit who is downright horrifying.

I want to continue this series! I'm not so much into the possible romance between these two ghost hunters, I just want more mythology! I mean...I won't say NO to romance, but that'll just be a bonus. ;p

Advanced reader copy provided by the publisher.