The Entertainment News 2019 Edition Issue #34

Ah, Stonehearth is so much fun, I wish I had all the time in the world to build my world. Oh also, release outside Steam please preferrably on consoles like the Switch? Wow that would be PERFECT

Okay, coming back to reality, I have to go back there soon, so let me finish this while I still can. Uh, let's start I guess I can't imagine what tomorrow looks like anyways even if I can I can't describe how bad it will be haha

Also, you should've seen some changes to the thumbnails. Only the images are clickable now so you can actually click on links on their captions, and I made it slightly more obvious now. Sorry I don't do web design so someone please teach me on this lol

アニメ Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san 2

"And it's a good time to show off my girl's appeal" To who?? Haha don't hit me Yukari

So in case you wonder who that Takagi lookalike is... it's not her mother, and I'm sorry to spoil this to you but because I know, in the sequel of this series the original work the author another author continued Takagi's adventures with the title "Karakai Jouzu no Moto Takagi-san". Yes, she's a mother now. *screams* Unlike this big of a spoiler which should not be much until I tell you this fact and is canon lol, this new episode (#TakagiSan07) is an Anime original ie. it's not in the original work. So, what is going on then? It's the field trip Nishikata and Yukari and some others planned. Did anyone get laid in this episode? Well, definitely not the main two, that's for sure haha. Firstly, we got hiking activities to do. I know Nishikata is always thinking of ways to tease back the Tease Master, but sometimes you gotta relax and help others too, like that blockhead Nakai who can't even look at how hysterical Mano-chan is when she says she wants to take a break. I know Nishikata is already dumb, but I want to give a "How to Romance for Dummies" book to Nakai haha. Anyways, Takagi had to fake with Nishikata that they will complete the trail so the other two can stay together, so... win-win, I guess? *laughs* And then, it rained. Besides oggling literally at a middle school student undressing (YOU PERVERT haha YES YOU) (Nishikata is okay he's still young lmao) Nishikata thought of playing a game of eating snacks by guessing them only to notice he has to feed the girl so she wouldn't be able to see said snack, so yeah once again due to poor planning, Takagi wins again. What a surprise haha. (That's why you take a big one and shove it down her-) (looks at Dagashi Kashi) Anyways, dinner is up, Mina-chan is awarded best cook in the class because Yukari-chan hurt her finger so her bad cooking skills can't ruin the pot lmao, but also due to the girl's effort, man. That's what they say in cooking lessons? Haha anyways, someone ate the whoever that side character girl is... Kujou, yes. I mean, I wouldn't complain if my girl (or whoever I want to like) cooks terribly. I'm trained well by my mom who can't cook haha. Also Nakai-kun watch your back because that girl might assassinate you for bad-mouthing her lol. And then, there's the folk dance in front of the campfire. It was all going according to Takagi's plan in which she challenged Nishikata to hold her hand BUT then dump the rumour in front of him that he better not be holding hands last with her and... it did not happen. Hey, we wished it would happen. Takagi wished it would happen but is okay with it. Nishikata WISHED- Wait, no? I swear, man, he was just holding back. Kujou, on the other hand... *laughs* Can we confirm that she got laid? Haha last but not least after that fail of a I don't know, morse code using torchlights? (Man those three are funny lol) So lastly, it's the midnight hideout. I mean, not that everyone is interested in sneaking out into the wild at night (I mean, no animals were featured in this episode) (Wild animals) (I guess Yukari-chan is one lmao she's just desperate to get a partner haha) but it's a starry night which means the place is well lit at night so why not? Nishikata sneaked out only to notice Takagi did so too. Not planned btw as they quickly met up with the sensei (or vice versa) who is just patrolling the area, and... they didn't get found. Of course they have to hide in a very small area under the rocks in order to not be found, but that's also where all the crazy stuff happens... right? I guess not! *laughs* Yeah, the Anime production likes to tease us like that too haha #AnimeKantokuSanMe Anyways, it was a fun episode to watch to say the least, Yukari might have gotten laid considering she looked like she held a guy's hand before the music ends (haha if you need a reality check she still didn't get laid), someone got laid via the rumour maybe, and Takagi... let's just say she is still enjoying herself haha. Wonderful episode, and let's hope the last episode of this season can top this. I think it can, considering this isn't much on the main couple to say the least hehe

In this episode of "Karakai Jouzu no Nishikata-kun"... lol this is like propaganda haha they WANT you to think the guy's the tease master

I feel for you, Mano-chan. Your BF is a total idiot just punch him or something haha

P.S. "I'm too embarrassed to execute my plans...!!" You mean, flirting with Takagi-san, Nishikata?? Haha everyone in class thinks like that now you don't even know
P.P.S. Okay they need to make sure that folk dance music is in the soundtrack, you hear me? I need that as my new ringtone haha
[More (implied) images of the campfire because too many things happened at once]

They want you to believe that Yukari-chan got laid but I ASSURE YOU (haha)

Best couple this series hehe

アニメ Araburu Kisetsu no Otome-domo yo.

"Kanojo..." Oi~ Hongo-san~ You think too much~ Haha

"Everyone wants to be proud and show off the person they like!" Haha that's got Sonezaki a lot to think about to be honest. In this new episode (#AraOto08) we have the school festival. You know, that thing were the Literature Club girls have to do a recital... amongst many things. And man, did the many other things go well. Let's talk about it. Firstly, the recital. I mean, if it's not obvious enough, it centers around Kazusa and Sugawara, on Izumi. Kazusa is planning to use the recital to confess and (not sure if that's a good thing or not, but) Sugawara is intending to intercept. And thank goodness in this episode we have confirmation that she did it for the teacher to see since he's here for some reason instead of diddling kids lmao don't Google that word if you don't know what that means haha. Anyways, man was that a dramatic pivot which the pedophile liked a lot (lol), and it sure was weird to do that in front of an audience (thank goodness it's only half-full, right?) but yeah, at least now we know it's not for a fact. Whatever Sugawara may feel about Izumi that we might not care too much now that we know her intentions, Kazusa now is hurt. Real hurt. Remember, she intends to confess, and she knows this friend is going to spoil the good things. The pedo is like "snatch that b*tch" and then- haha Sugawara don't tell them I taught you this. Anyways, it came all around because according to drama logic, now that the female parties are down (lol is this Pokemon?) then Izumi will be the one to confess. And so he did, in front of the bonfire. Good on you, bro. That was quite an ending I was anticipating. Apart from that awesome piece of news, we got an even better piece of news earlier before this one, and that is Sonezaki on Amagi. Yep, first couple, ladies and gentlemen. And yeah, it's that whatever gal classmate that woke her up after seeing her being jealous and all for some reason lol. And she's really right: we want to show off how much we like someone else (well, "they"), which kind of explains why the school is so screwed up from the perspective of someone single. *sigh* Haha anyways, so Sonezaki chose to not keep her relationship with the guy secret, and actually fulfilled the rumour by you know, doing the shadow thing and confessing to him, making him so happy I probably can use his energy now to fuel a truck lol. So yeah, that was something. Other than that, we see Hongo-san getting real wet desperate getting all over Miro-san for some reason (don't ask me why, just), and Momoko... I guess she chased off Sugimoto I don't know. I mean, rememeber how she isn't really good at anything in relationships so she doesn't really know how to tell to the guy how she feels? So she can just only moe herself out to chase him and his friends away from her somehow which is cute haha I don't know. Sugimoto is sure to come back in another episode to clarify things if he really cares, or maybe Mo-chin will learn of some other way to deal with it. Either way, it's a rollercoaster ride waiting to happen. More of a rollercoaster ride right now since Sugawara wants to interfere with Izumi's relationship with Kazusa right now, even with the confession. Yeah. Not that she is evil, not that it's because of the pedophile, but we do know how kind Izumi is in person (ignoring what happened in his room lol only Kazusa knows) so yeah, no wonder girls are attracted to him. The subtle hint at the end of the episode might be the real reason why the confession from anyone in this love triangle happened this early, because it's going to be a snatch, if you get what I mean. And Kazusa, here's a final word for you, but you gotta fight for it if you really like your childhood friend. I hope the reciprocal feelings from the guy will ensure you will see through this relationship till the end. Love, from God. *laughs* Okay I'm not playing God here, but we shall see. The drama has been very satisfactory so far (and if they don't do a "Toradora!" here they will by the end of this series) and man I'm interested to see where this goes. Pity for the others though besides Sonezaki, but hey, if anything can one up this love triangle I'll be darned. Cya guys next week.

This is so wholesome I can't even

This is so wholesome I can't even

P.S. "I need to be emotionally prepared...!!" I know, right? They be shocked when you say you like Sugawara (acting a guy lol) oh by that I mean Izumi lmao
P.P.S. Okay I may be against Sugimoto but now I want to call her Momo-chan haha I don't mean the character btw hehe I wonder if she will creep out too haha I'm scared now someone please help
[Because Asakura Momo Momoko is always MVP every episode here's more of her reactions]

When she hears that I may have STD lol

When she sees me with another woman lmao
(Sugimoto you can't relate to this btw)

アニメ Joshikousei no Mudazukai

"If you're not popular in Japan, I'm sure you're also not popular in Dubai" WE CLAIM ANOTHER BURNT VICTIM oh it's Tanaka again? We good haha

Oh great now they use texting to do the intro now so I have to pause every few seconds in order to read btw so here's explanations for the cat one (it also refers to a purr in pronunciation I think) and the turtle one (you should be able to find the words "cursed" and "slow" in that link) because the subtitles don't do justice in these terrible, terrible word puns haha. Anyways, in this new episode (#JoshiMuda08) it's about swimsuits. Because every Anime needs to have one. Because this is a girls' school and if we don't have one all the male audience which includes me and probably 99.99% who are watching now will riot haha. (The rest are lesbians, what did I tell you) (lol) And since they are near Saitama, the beach is nowhere near them. So... there's the pool above their school. Okay, call this show crazy, but they did fulfil the requirements for being an Anime so whatever haha. Ugh, I don't even know how to continue this liao. Firstly, the three girls went shopping. They thought by winning a gacha would be able to indirectly finance their trip to the beach or something which sounds like a good idea, and buying swimsuits would probably hit the shopping requirement, but... they won nothing. Well, 30 yen worth of prizes maybe haha. Then, they touch (future pun not intended) on spooky stories of the school. Ignoring the pool above their school which was never used because it's cursed (lol Majou) they talk about so many other stories (they are probably made up because you know, Tanaka) that freaked Loli out, we still didn't figure out how to become popular (the five-S thing is a shit translation to the hiragana acronyms of the S-pronunced family ie. sa-shi-su-se-so, but that's all you need to know) because our minds are filled with scary stories Loli probably will never go to school at night to take her stuff if it wasn't for Lily the skeptic who accompanied her. Which brings us to the next part. Along the way, the two saved Ninomae from the toilet (lol why), caught Majou doing a summon of a historic character in school wtf (you can ask these girls for help on your homework, you know?), and also once again, saved Yamamoto from a tree. Besides the last one being anti-climatic (Yamamoto: "It was not intentional!" haha I'm sure it wasn't) the others manage to go up to the pool after hearing noises of ping-pong balls to see... (I mean, who else in the cast is left?) the main three playing near the pool? And along with a strange number of coincidences, it rained on all the uniform-clad students (Lmao that's like, how many episodes ago coming back to hit her? That Ninomae? *laughs*), someone found swimsuits in boxes in school, the pool was cleaned, Tanaka had a huge rack... okay you should've noticed by now that something was amiss. *laughs* Which brings us back to the original intro we saw earlier. Again, I know the worst thing about storytelling in any medium is that you write a whole story and then say it's a dream, but this Anime did it. Well, for the purposes of showing us girls in swimsuits, I'll forgive you guys haha. But for Tanaka's fake rack I cannot forgive lmao haha we're done this is stupid

Wouldn't be a swimsuit episode without them so you're welcome hehe

Wouldn't be a swimsuit episode without them so you're welcome hehe

P.S. "You can never beat the Dark Soul with those!" Wait Yamamoto, what? (Again, not going to explain the sa-shi-su-se-so thing)
P.P.S. "It (the pool) is cursed" Ah, Majou knows. *laughs* "Are you going to farm barnacles on my breasts, Saginomiya-san? That's fine too" Haha ikr
[I'm not going to join a 360-view image of the pool at night but someone else please do it because I'm as dead as the bug liao lol]

If you didn't figure out that the pool thing was a dream you should've when you saw this lol
(First from the left btw haha)

But damn, Akane. You got chest, I'll say that much.
(Second from the right in the other image btw lol)

音楽 This Week on Klassic Note

This week? Man, I know despite my "busy" schedule, but it's more because I can't find good time to sit down and listen to a couple of songs, so here we are today. Takagaki Ayahi's new single may be a little flashy for the topic song, but I think I can take one of the B-sides despite it slightly picking me off with the melody haha. GENNARI's latest single is on Apple Music so I went ahead and listened to it (it was released like, half a year ago) and... I guess I can't give many songs, to be honest. I'll try, man. At least one of the three songs got me hooked so that's good news. And... nano.RIPE's new single is nowhere to be seen. I pray one day you guys will appear on Apple Music Japan. Someday.

Next week brings us the much awaited Fuchigami Mai's new single which is literally the conversation for summer songs this year in Klassic Note ie. I love her and the song haha, and THE ORAL CIGARETTES' best album should give a good cover of where they stand in Klassic Note so far. Hopefully I can use this to send them into the Collection. We shall see.

On whatever is in the Internet that is collectively called Twitter lol, Asakura Momo's new music video preview should be tasteful to many (yep), MaRuRi to Ryuga released a new music video which... isn't as impressive as the previous one both slated on their new mini-album next month, it would seem like VELTPUNCH is recording their 9th album (wow it's that many already?) which means they might top the rankings here... maybe next year, and I get to vote for best girl in Anime "JyoshiMuda"?? Okay it's not relevant haha but you know I got to obey the rule of three although any English teacher will strangle me for stringing long sentences together without putting full stops haha I don't care




Now that my sis is getting 2 weeks hospitalisation leave and has plenty of time to play Switch Zelda, it's my honour to visit her in the hospital (she was discharged before I could visit from in camp) (oops) teach her the ways of Zelda ie. not saving the princess and exploring the world to its entirety haha Nintendo did make a very good open world game. How did I progress on the game? Most major objectives ignored, doing side quests from time to time, and unlocking only 75% of the map. The game is fun when you don't care about Ganon lmao. Oh and Natsukawa Shiina's 1st YouTube Let's Play on premier is actually really calming as much as it is also boring (well how hyped can I get her to be on that simulation game) but we shall see if she plays different games every week. It'll be recorded by at least it'll be some Friday night entertainment I'll look forward too from now on until... for as long as it can last haha it'll probably end in three months haha. Cya guys next week, and until then... I wish I didn't have to stay outside overnight tomorrow. *sob* Bye.

P.S. I probably passed my yearly requirement. Problem is I haven't signed confirmation yet so I'm getting worried because I don't want to go for R E M E D I A L T R A I N I N G okay go away now haha

The Entertainment News 2019 Edition Issue #33

Hey.

If this post came out later than normal this week, it's probably obvious to the usual reader that I'm on work leave tomorrow haha. Anyways, not work is going to occupy my life for the next two weeks after that which I shouldn't explain too much here (Hint: It's conscription-related) but suffice it to say that I... may have more time to do this now lol work pressure amirite

Let's begin. Anime this week is nothing compared to the songs released today, to be honest.

アニメ Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san 2

"Whoever gets higher total on this sports test wins" Come on Nishikata if there isn't push-ups in it you'll ALWAYS lose lmao

"The committee work is all done now, so..." And this is how Nishikata realised how much Takagi-san is already in his life lmao it's like me with porn lol AHEM in this new episode (#TakagiSanS206) the teasing continues. By Nishikata himself haha. Well, he's always setting things up for himself on Takagi, so yeah naturally he'll get caught in it somehow. Let's start with the sports test. As with last year (yeah this is a thing too bad we won't get that but) Nishikata challenged Takagi into a showdown on their scores, and... I mean, you can expect the result. Surprisingly, Nishikata did not lose despite the... one time he can't do sit-and-reach (like me) and the one time he got teased by Takagi haha. But yeah, he just admitted defeat. It's like folding your ace pair hand before the cards even reveal at a Texas Hold'Em. Oh well Nishikata, you idiot. *laughs* Then again I wish I had someone to look up to preferrably a woman (lol) so that it can motivate me to exercise haha *pulls reps in gym* ARGH I'M NOT ON STERIODS haha okay let's move on. Next up, the field trip. Since the committee meeting involving Nishikata is done and plans are made to happen soon (the trip), he can finally go home with Takagi. Yay! *laughs* Well, besides that, we don't know much about what will happen since it'll be in a future episode and... Nishikata's drawings are cute lmao. Then, there's the trio again. Once again, I think we can have just a series of that and call it "Chuugakusei no Mudazukai" because it's so awesome of a slice-of-life segment it deserves it's own Anime haha. Anyways, they went to a dagashi shop (*gets Hotaru flashbacks*) and bought stuff, Yukari doesn't want to eat hers on the spot even though she hungry (in case you wonder why their house probably has an early dinner, like mine) and since Mina-chan won one more she gave hers... to the wild cat. *laughs* That cat man, has awesome reflexes. Besides beating all two of them in running away (lol Yukari) (lmao Mina-chan) the last one... Sanae (I swear I forgot her name) just let the cat go because we know that cat is not just feeding itself to resort to such acrobatic stunts haha. So yeah, very wholesome story I would argue. And then the couple decided to visit the same shop after the girls left, what luck. *laughs* After a game of dodgeball outside of school which he lost (I mean, what a surprise) Takagi wants him to buy her sweets for the field trip. So yeah, now that she knows you are rich boy Nishikata lol, why not just take it as a date and eat cup noodles with her? Hey, at least he's enjoying it. And so is Takagi but it doesn't show on her face. Subtle and sweet. Not talking about the sweets at the shop, by the way. Worst thing is of course, the arrival of his friends in class. Yep, that is silent drama level maxed out liao, that one. Nishikata is right on if they ever call him out he can still retort, but hey, sucks to have friends who are mute, right? *laughs* So yeah, just confirming on this with just their own eyes lmao. But seriously Kaji Yuki stop dating with this Anime girl already there are already rumours about you and another other girl lmao (really, no joke, I can't find a translation of that though but) you still got more to do next week to not get tricked, I mean, teased again by the Tease Master haha

You know you are screwed caught doing something bad when...

... you can't even pass your sit and reach lol LITERALLY ME IN MIDDLE SCHOOL haha

P.S. "I can continue to tease you for the rest of your life?" Haha Takagi HELL YEAH Nishikata just doesn't know that she can actually do that even beyond school life hehe
P.P.S. "A loss is a loss" Haha yeah especially when you don't even want him to win anyway, Ta-ka-gi haha
[A Takagi GIF a week keeps the teasing away, I would say. So...]

Again, just imagine Takagi saying "fure" repeatedly, yes?

アニメ Araburu Kisetsu no Otome-domo yo.

"In this room right now, ten boobs are jiggling around" LOL WTF I'm leaving haha

I guess the thing is more like "I want you to know everything already, but I don't want to be your teacher" kind of thing, right, Milo-san? *laughs* I don't know man, we're reaching DomeKano territory for this teacher-student relationship somehow. Okay, the new episode (#AraOto07) we are... damn, this b*tch, Sonezaki. Is she having too much fun?? *laughs* But heck did this turn into the darkest series this season over here, and let's talk about why. Firstly, the trip. Ignoring how much fun Sonezaki is messaging Amagi lol, Mo-chin can't get off that one guy Sugimoto (goddamn and that's why you won't get laid bro) (so much for saying it to myself I don't even have one lol) and Hongo-san... let's just say she is really into shuuchi play haha. Meanwhile, Kazusa still can't get over the fact that Sugawara is in her mind as if she was being the obstacle between her and Izumi (well, not wrong) but then as Sugawara wants to clear her mind in order to somehow obtain an understanding from the already frantic and shy girl who doesn't want to speak her mind so... they have a pillow fight. What? Man, this show. Well firstly they just got to slip in this part for the sake of the series just like the bath scene, so whatever. *laughs* If they got anything out of this, it is that stealing ideas from others is the best lmao. So yeah, they got their urban legend, and maybe Kazusa isn't too stuck on her friend being in her way anymore, as she... may want to confess to Izumi after all? Hey, after taking the recital role in the school festival, why not? It will get to him though, don't you worry about that. *laughs* However, this is where somehow the show takes a real turn, where Sugawara is... she is confused. Hey, after giving advice for like, 6 episodes straight and be the first to talk about "esuibatsu"?? I'm surprised how you haven't broken down yet. So yeah, the bigger problem is that she went to ask for advice from the last expected person on the list... nope it's not Milo-san lol, but her teacher in theatre school. And may I say Niina, that is a bad choice. Remember when she got advice from her peers when she was in that school? Yeah, those were way better. But yeah, of course the teacher is going to do the most drama thing by telling her to interfere in the yet to blossom relationship between Kazusa and Izumi because hey, what's not to love for if it isn't fought with your own hands? Ugh you f**king pedo now I hate you even more now. *laughs* Anyways, that is some way to end the episode (especially the kissing wtf) so let's hope next episode isn't a train wreck because Izumi would hate to see that. You know, b*tch fights maybe. I doubt so? But if there will be one Izumi wouldn't be able to deal with it. I doubt I will be able to do so too, so... hey say who isn't any wiser in this? Haha this show is in a very well concealed irony also Kazusa stop thinking about boobs I want to summon that 1x Jougasaki so bad but I know I shouldn't haha

Before getting a BF

After getting a BF lol
(I can't WAIT to get laid haha)

P.S. "Please bring me up and put me down" *brings Hongo-san up and puts her down* There. *laughs*
P.P.S. "And girls have way smoother skin, like, they are so soft you want to pet them" Woah Mo-chin oh by the way can I test this on you? *laughs*
[To end with a trivia, you know that when the voice actors have to say things like "I love you" they face the SAME EXACT PROBLEM as these girls? That's why they suck it up and do it it's training anyways they do it all the time]

アニメ Joshikousei no Mudazukai

"Feel free to try, but I will not be moved."
"Your parents are here" haha now try staying where you are Yamamoto

Haha Wota with that intro is literally me when I hear a new song. Hey, bear in mind only I am into J-Pop lmao. In this new episode (#JoshiMuda07) where Tanaka tries to ruin your solo music session, we talk about someone else who is not hanging her junk out and think it's bad lol Tanaka go read up on some history would you. Okay jokes aside, let's go into the darkness. *laughs* We re-introduce Yamamoto? Okay, if you aren't familiar with her after this many episodes, she is... man after watching the episode? You tell me. *laughs* Anyways, the episode. Firstly, we finally know of the bandages that have been wrapping Yamamoto's... body (I can't describe it it's too gory lol) this whole time: it's rashes. *lenses drop out of my spectacle frame* Which obviously means she needs some serious treatment, but then again she is kind of like me because it never hurta so I don't care but I don't cover them with bandages so whatever lol. Then, she goes for a walk in the human world. *laughs* Well, the arcade, specifically. Playing the claw machine, more specifically. She fails many times, sees others be successful and gets pissed off especially when it's a couple who won lol, and Majime comes in to save the day. You know, not that she is coincidentally good at playing arcade games or anything. Yamamoto got it as a prize, and she tweeted her with her "boyfriend" on the Internet lol you attention seeker I don't even dare to post my own face- Then, there's the nurse's office visit. This one, I didn't expect there's a teacher in Sainotama High who can top this girl, but I think we have found her. "Shiikyon", as she has nicknamed herself (and not from Tanaka) (I think), she has to endure listening to Yamamoto talk about her "wounds" but then again I thought it was her initially having to leave to go teach as she is a teacher too, but I may be wrong. Then again, the initial impression sure made it feel like she can understand kids like Yamamoto better than that university girl-loving teacher in their class lol. Then, there's the mask. You know, because Majou happens to have one to sell and Yamai happens to see it and buy it (now that's what I call a trade) (Capitalism, everyone) until... she got freaked out when Majou explained to her the backstory of that mask involving a possessed war soldier lmao. Lastly, a wonderful display of an idiot with another idiot. But seriously, I got a good laugh at this one, especially the end haha. In a nutshell, Yamamoto was dumb enough to stick her head into one of those display stands on the street where you can put your face in and take photos (just like Waseda did lmao) but yeah, problem is she can't get out of it. Tanaka was passing by and was kind enough to... stick her head in it too. (call me pun genius haha) So being in the same boat, they decide to, in the most ingenious way possible, carry their heads up (pun genius, haha) all the way to school so at least somebody can help get them out of it. To make things worse, Yamamoto thought Tanaka couldn't top her in stupidity stupidity lmao (I'm still pretty sure it is haha) but yeah, delinquent behaviour Tanaka couldn't miss out on the stupid stuff you do so your loss, Yamamoto. End up, they all had to sing the school song together holding hands with Jesus Waseda haha did you hear the lyrics of that song?? I seriously thought this show would at least give me some form of seriousness on this until I notice that it was too late lmao yes they were singing tama (as in the ones beside a schlong) many times in it God this show (English words too? wtf)

How you know your teachers are not to be trifled with lol

How you know your teachers are not to be trifled with lol

P.S. "So your pride is worth less than 100 yen" lmao the teacher is getting good at coaxing Yamamoto "I think at some point I have to charge you for the expenses on my glasses" haha go ask from her parents and also tell them to treat her condition too it doesn't look good on her
P.P.S. Also, never thought I would say this, but this is my first encounter of watching Anime girls put on contact lenses. Yes, they were way bigger than they are in real life. Which also explains why the lens will never get into her eye because it's still too small and they don't have the budget to animate that lmao
[Okay I accidentally fell in love with Yamamoto now so here's more of her since teachers were MVP this episode lol (damn the voice actress is real young perfect JK voice btw especially the shy parts hehe)]

This (drawing of her) is so cute I can't even

And with this image I've broken the principles of logic by showing images of three of the same person by using only two images lol

音楽 This Week on Klassic Note

This week was quite a week in Klassic Note, I'm so sorry I only remembered like one of them last week haha. miwa's new single turned out to be impressive as I had the mood to listen to it. To be honest? It was actually very reminiscent of her usual style despite her saying on an interview (not going to translate Japanese here) that she is on another arc of her music career. Nonethtless, the topic song is great, and I am considering as much as 3 out of her 4-track single. Yeah. That's as far as I might go. I mean, if you didn't keep releasing digital singles for the past year miwa I would've bought one CD by now. Anyways, moving on! ClariS new concept album for summer isn't great; I didn't like the cover songs of summer (I mean, seriously?), and their new song for summer is... you guys heard of Fuchigami Mai's new single yet? (Okay I'm crossing boundaries here, but) Man is it disappointing, the album. Last but not least, Aimer's new single isn't awesome considering I shouldn't have just listened to the short version music video on YouTube because clearly that is edited down which is worse than a cut down preview from the start... but yeah, I'll probably give the song despite the super long bridge part of the song. Hey, she didn't write the song so whatever. *laughs*

Oh nano.RIPE's new single releases next week, and going from the preview... we're getting an emotional song. I better be in the mood for it. I will be, considering I'm going back to camp BOOM got them haha

On news this week, (I don't know how I missed this for like, a month but) cinema staff's best album releases next month including their indie releases and including their new song which is AWESOME, Kitou Akari's debut song music video preview is nothing but awesome considering it comes from Anison veteran music label Pony Canyon (wow #NotAd haha), and SHE's is going on a three-month digital single release like whoever is leading to their album now... Sunrise In My Attache Case's new album is coming end September. Well these guys will keep me company haha




That's it then. And if you haven't read any of the recent posts over the past weekend you should as I spent a lot of time on it. I spent a lot of time this week on Zelda BoW though (gamers should know what it is) so... yeah. Making that Nintendo Switch which I bought for my sis on her birthday worth it since she's not playing this damn thing lol. Cya guys next week then, and hopefully by then... I'll be happier. I doubt so, but one can dream. Haha good night

P.S. I updated on the image thumbnails now (from as of the blog migration ie. July 2019) such that all thumbnails can be clicked/tapped on their image only (instead of the whole table it's on) and you can click/tap on hyperlinks on the first visible one now. Through the power of JavaScript and many weekends of testing I have learnt yet another lesson haha ok bye

The Entertainment News 2019 Edition Issue #32

Okay, I'm finally done with that post. Shouldn't have promised one post a day for my super long weekend haha heads up btw I'm skipping tomorrow's since I'm going to be out

So blah blah blah Happy National Day Singapore but that's not the point!! Well, it's a good, long break after that break I had in which I lied down in bed all week (why does that sound like it's a good thing) (talking about my fever btw) so... why not finish some of the stuff I set out to do in this blog? So yeah, I did that, and also now that I'm (somehow) done let's talk about entertainment this week.

アニメ Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san 2

"Dandy is completely tease-proof!" Well going from his name I doubt so but haha

Well that was quite a fail isn't it? I think I mentioned this many times for Nishikata to not care thus will not be teased, but turns out he needs to watch stuff other than local drama haha. In this new episode (#TakagiSanS205) apparently there is other drama in drama besides 100% Kataomoi, it seems. *laughs* Okay now I want an episode on Dandy lmao. Firstly, the drama in drama. Nishikata thought he could pull it off by mimicking another drama character only to notice Takagi-san's place also has national cable and can probably watch the same show as him anyways. That aside, they played their drama roles real well for some reason but of course, pertaining to the topic of being embarrassed, and Nishikata should just stop with that already, learning from drama lol. Anyways, still pretty entertaining just like the previous reference on this though, so yeah, Nishikata I think we have deduced it's not you who is dumb it's Takagi that is smart haha. Next up, it's someone's birthday. I doubt Takagi has planned to give him a birthday present with this much of precision, because unless she knows that her boy will go out to the streets alone on his day so much so to bump into her, I think she might already be planning to give something to him like, on another day in school. Outside of school, of course, not until Nishikata gets called for some random committee meeting by Yukari-chan haha. Anyways, Nishikata thinks that getting his birthday cake alone is embarrassing (I mean, WHY?? MOM YOU B*TCH haha) (By the way I have NEVER taken my own birthday cake on my birthday. Well, alone, I mean.) so telling Takagi-san about it is near impossible. I would argue though it'll just end if you say it so, and then blame it on your mom. Which he wouldn't because that's what Takagi likes about him being kind so... (Haha hit me Takagi) So they go to the cake shop, Takagi supposedly has an order ready to give to Nishikata at such short notice? Again, that's why I think it's planned but not on his day (refer to where I mentioned her agenda earlier) so Nishikata's appearance just made her plan easier to execute. Aw... So lucky you Nishikata, getting a birthday gift from a girl and being so smug happy about it haha URAYAMASHII lol. Lastly, it's the sneeze. I mean, if you didn't know that sneezes are rumoured to also mean that someone is talking or spreading rumours about you you need to watch more Anime haha. (#NotAd lol) Everyone is sneezing which I just assume it's the flu season but hey, it can happen anytime there's bad air quality so... Anyways, Takagi talks about rumours spreading about the both of them going out (they are) (HAHA GOTCHA TAKAGI <= Not Nishikata), Yukari-chan thinks some dude is talking about her lol, Mano-chan thinks Nakai-kun is not concerned about her enough (poor girl) (poor dude haha you insensitive fu-) but hey good follow-up bro, and Honjou-san thinks... nothing. I can't figure her out. *laughs* You know who else we can't figure out? (#TakagiSanMe) Haha okay moving on, the fat dude shouldn't have sneezed lmao, and Takagi... her sneeze is the cutest haha. See, Nishikata? It's not hard to compliment someone once in a while. Too bad bro, gotta train that embarrassment so you can get laid someday you know what I'm sayin'? *laughs* If sentimental didn't give you enough words to express yourself every episode this season, I'm sure you will by the end of this because this show is so sweet hehe

You thought your reaction to this was like Yukari-chan until...

...You noticed this was sweeter than the cake shop haha kyun kyun

P.S. Didn't know you could die from tickling dear Nishikata haha *Googles for death tickle* Oh.
P.P.S. "Everyone has at least one weird feature, right?" Not when you're a celebrity!! *laughs* (Because celebrities have an image in front of the camera which does not contain any "weird features")
[Because I did something dumb like this last week too...]

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(**And yes I know of GIFs with sound)

アニメ Araburu Kisetsu no Otome-domo yo.

Wow somehow I love that fireplace rumour I must have no shadow to stand on and confess lmao

You don't want to know what happened in the past year in this school haha man when the Literature Club wasn't even official? I really don't want to know, Hongo-san. *laughs* Anyways, in this new episode (#AraOto06) I have a good hunch everything will turn out great but then they will get shit on by the school because their works will sound like they are still virgins lmao. Well that is not quite going to happen yet, so let's talk about field trips! Yay! How did that happen though considering the Club's credibility in school? Let's talk about it. Firstly, since she's technically topic girl for the episode, Kazusa. She is really stuck. From her getting stuck in love maybe with Izumi forever from here on, she is also kind of faced with the pressure of other girls interacting with him, say Sugawara. Why doesn't that other one provoke her enough though? I don't know. But hey, apparently if it's between friends it's always worse. Also, Kazusa just doesn't have enough confidence in herself. And Sugarwara here too is going to try her best to provoke the heck out of her, which to be honest might not be a good thing. Not that Evil Kazusa matters lol, but it's more like it'll make matters worse considering Kazusa thinks too much, and as a female too? I mean, I think too much but I'm a male so it's not going to be more than a female. Well, literature taught me that so don't quote on me lol, but suffice it to say things might not go too well for Kazusa if all you're doing is poking the already thin layer of balloon waiting for it to burst. Not going to talk about oppai in the ofuro here so moving on~ *laughs* (Nope, not going there) Talking about not going to anywhere erotic, Hongo-san has a hard time keeping her novel works up. I would argue that she has a really shitty person for a manager, but she can't really choose it, and the one novelist before her did do worse, but that guy is better than nothing, I guess. Also, relevant to the topic too, let's just ditch all the stuff we have about "esuibatsu" and talking about youth stuff like for the school festival. So I hope for her sake that she has ditched her thong for a normal underwear (please don't not wear anything lol it's cold out there in Japan) and moved on to... I don't know, learn more things from the teacher? She did blackmail him again on the field trip location though so that's great. *laughs* Then, let's talk about Sonezaki. Haha, what? I can't talk about her and Amagi going out together until this series ends? Really Sonezaki-san? *laughs* Anyways, I understand her perspective, this virgin (lol), but Amagi seems to be taking a more proactive approach here BUT! Here's a big but here, that he is also discouraged by this not-so-open relationship, it seems. If Amagi is also that weak to that extent then I guess that sucks, because Sonezaki is even weaker in that aspect. She is scared, she doesn't like their relatioship to be open, so Amagi is kind of stuck in that situation where he has to decide to parade his relationship and potentially get it ruined or otherwise. He... may have chosen neither so that might be a problem haha. On the other hand, Sonezaki is (sort of) coming up with a way to make them be able to ichaicha in public or in school to say the least, so kudos for her making the effort. Then, we shift our focus back to the field trip with specifically Mocho Mo-chin and Sugawara (lol sorry). Since Sugawara is taking things into her own hands (which I discourage, once again also because) Mo-chin just feels like she has to do something to not let her best friend suffer so much and sort of, I guess, clear her mind of such competition so she doesn't feel that stressed anymore, I would argue. But yeah, you know what happened above, so also as a beginner Mo-chin then is struggling to even appease Kazusa and not let her think too much into this, but yeah, it's a balloon waiting to explode, so if it's me I'll start finding somewhere to hide instead of hold on to the end of it lol. Still, really makes you think how Sugawara intends this to end, because if it will ever end I suspect it'll not be as happy as we might think. Potential cliffhanger for the series, everyone. It's kind of everywhere now like that female teacher's butt (lol what's with the SFX), so let's see where it takes us next week. I want this to be good. It has potential to instantly create 5 couples, but as of now it's breaking apart. All of them. I'm getting worried too like Kazusa? I'll try not to think about it. *looks at length of review* Haha I'll try.

TFW a JK is thinking about you

TFW a JK wants to "esuibatsu" on you lol

P.S. "That's not the smell of youth, it's the paint thinner!" Kazusa lol I know smelling paint is a thing but man "I'll be sure to repay my debt with my body" Hongo-san please no~
P.P.S. "...everyone will be so distracted by their developments that they won't stop to notice ours" I like that thinking Sonezaki-san unfortunately yours is too much of a scoop to not notice unless they are into "esuibatsu" which is still likely I guess haha

I want this, but on whoever voices Mo-chin. *laughs*
(Sorry Mocho I gotta make that joke. Your upcoming photobook, man...)

TFW my girl looks at me because I told the world about us lol
(Really cute tbh, Sonezaki over here)

アニメ Joshikousei no Mudazukai

"We're fine with being friends with her, right?" Uh Tanaka, I think that is just you because you'll be fine even if you get spooked lol

Wtf I don't even know what dish Tanaka is talking about and that girl just jumps out and talks about torture? *laughs* I'm not going to step into the nether regions but if I have to... this new episode (#JoshiMuda06) might be it. Nah just joking that girl can't take a big di- OKAY MOVING ON haha we have a new girl this week. We may have a couple more according to the opening theme animation so I guess hold tight! Anyways, the girl is nicknamed Majo by Tanaka and as you can imagine, she likes supernatural stuff. Well, more than just that, but violence? Hey, don't you EVER say video games promote violence because look at this girl. *laughs* Thanks to her lovely younger sister (like seriously, imouto banzai) (Mmmmm Nan-chan!! lol) she finally gets some friends. Well, more importantly, she gets to go to school. Well Tanaka can take anyone so yeah, she'll be your friend, whatever. Haha and so she appears, Kujou. (From here Kujou will refer to the elder sister in the same class) Surprisingly freaking the shit out of Yamamoto, but on that I think we should just leave her alone. You know, just like how she knows to leave Kujou alone lol. So other than that, the girl of the week tries her best to be friends and converse with others, only to realise there are hardly anyone she can get along with. With Robo's advice (thanks Aki-chan it was something to remember for me tbh) Kujou tries her best to go along with people who she can understand and vice versa, while trying to cover her own passion of stuff probably no one will be interested in. Well, that death prediction game is one thing haha (What, you guys never poked a stuffed doll full of needles before? Me neither), but other than that somehow the only one she can get along with in terms of opinion might just be Loli. Yeah, that kid. *laughs* Somehow their opinions of a romance movie is totally off, and considering they still think differently outside of the box, it might be hard for them to truly get along, but hey, one friend at a time, yes? (Loli freaked out watching a horror movie lmao what does she watch anyways) (maybe PriPri Chii-chan is more her thing lmao) Also, MVP the younger sister this episode for practically teaching her the ways of school (well nearly), so she can at least stay in school for a couple of days without freaking even Tanaka out in school. Will Tanaka be freaked out though? Or get beaten to death by the blunt side of a desk or chair first? One way to find out haha. To end this, I feel like I'm a bit like Kujou, just... not the blood part I'm scared of needles lmao. Because it is hard to make friends based on what you like which is pretty much everyone's starter for conversations, and then you're the one that says "J-Pop" and EVERYONE just walks away from you so... too bad lor. I can never say those stuff to others. That's how it works then, but there's the Internet too today so I wonder how Kujou will be coping with that though. Problem is she might have that age gate to even talk about those stuff in like forums but hey, what's stopping her? All in all, a real good episode covering everything slice-of-life I know I wouldn't be able to talk about them all, but hey, there's always next time. Maybe next time... someone will finally understand Kujou's jar wall Yamamoto's seriousness Majime's speed thoughts me. *sob*

Forgetting about her interests she doesn't look half bad honestly rather cute tbh

I wish this was her handing me a love letter instead of asking me to play a death prediction game

P.S. "If you use these three words, for the time being you will be able to converse with high school girls!" Well, I gotta try it out for myself, eh? *laughs* I wish I had Kohaku has my advisor when I was in high school lol
P.P.S. "It's better you don't joke too much around me" Because you're a joke? *laughs* lol Yamai
[I chose number 1 btw on the death prediction thing but I can't see it production if you would be kind enough to give the answers... maybe I should go look at the manga... oh damn. "Falling to death" I dream of that a lot, honestly *shocked face* gg me]

音楽 This Week on Klassic Note

Well just like last week, I didn't make the effort (well last week I wasn't in good condition) to listen to more songs, but hey, one is enough. This week was CHiCO with HoneyWorks new single and... thank goodness the B-side wasn't good haha. I know, just scared of reviewing stuff already. Then again, maybe because I heard of the cover by (guess what) Hatsune Miku and MAN is it terrible haha. CHiCO-chan your voice is SO much better. The topic song itself was good though, and kudos to HoneyWorks for not screwing it up. Definitely on top of the list for Anime theme songs this year. Next week brings us Aimer's new single which no doubt I will need to try to find a way to listen to it on release date because she doesn't like Apple Music lol I blame on the music label

News this week: I taught you guys how to recognise Tweets I liked so to rejoice (mostly) with me on the latest news, SCANDAL released a new song which isn't all bad, and they did a YouTube Live promoting that new song. Yeah, not much this week to be honest Comiket this weekend is way more active than my Twitter feed which doesn't say much tbh




Hmm... I feel empty now. Don't know why, maybe it's me spending too much time typing all weekend, or maybe it's me mesmerised by the recent purchase that is the Google Daydream View VR headset. Well, I waited a week to play with it since it came in literally the next day I went to see the doctor and I swear looking into the headset I'll be sure to get a worse headache lol. Anyways, maybe it's more because of me having to go back to that dreaded place by the time I post the next issue of this, and that makes me sad. I hate countdowns. Cya guys next time then, and hopefully by then... Futon-chan you want to let me buy your photobook already? My wallet is ready. Yep, that international shipping wallet too haha stay tuned next week to see if I get to buy it then

The Collecting Of Stuff: Past, Present And Future

Yes, this is just an opportunity to show off the new photo album I bought on a novelty store. Haha forgive me please I'm a nerd I can't even please send help

If you think this isn't the pinnacle of me making myself happy as I'm typing this... please leave before I beat you into a pulp haha welcome welcome!! *laughs*

Eh basically this is just a post to talk about something I have done incessantly over the years as a kid and towards today albeit rather inconsistently... it's collecting items. They need not be free, they need not be relevant today or tomorrow, but I'd like to talk about them. About what it means to collect and what I have done in the past, now and possibly what I might do in the future. I mean, especially the past stuff, right? Okay maybe not I'm worried now haha




COLLECTING STICKERS

• What and How They Came To Be

Well it wasn't a hobby of mine until I noticed this was the cheapest stuff my mom could buy for me and make me happy lol okay this was nearly 2 decades ago already, please. Stickers were dirt cheap back then, and they are really nice especially some of them which are made of good quality, but other than that since I know of no tastes anything will be appealing as a kid, isn't it? Nonetheless, some of them are real nice, and I have them all kept nicely inside a sticker album that I have kept all these years.

• How Much They Costed

Most of them are SGD1 in a bundle so I swear they aren't as expensive as the ones below haha we'll get to those don't you worry

Some of the nicer ones though I know are a tad bit more expensive, but those are also (I'm sure) the ones with way better quality and I'll still like them today. (That was a lie haha)

• How It Usually Happened

Well usually it's me and my mom (thanks mom) going out and then we pass by a sticker shop or those places where there'll be a bunch of these in like, street shops and stuff (it was the '90s) and at some point it became my mom asking me if I would want something and that smile on my face must be the only thing that kept me collecting all these stuff.

Eventually I stopped mostly because I've moved on to higher stakes (lol) but also because they don't sell them anymore at these prices either they got expensive or those stalls or shops get closed down because they got "cleaned up" by local authority since they weren't recognised establishments. Oh well, there goes my childhood.

• Evidence

Since I still have the sticker album... here it is in all its glory haha >w<

With the most suitable cover ever haha no really it could be worse
(You don't get to see Page 1 it has my name in it but OMFG)

Stock-taking as a kid haha yeah no joke

How to show patriotism to your country
(Also, the stickers as the flag pole were beautiful)

Haha yep this too love you Mac

If you could use some imagination the cars form the road
(haha yeah)

Oh God

If you need evidence for the next thing we will discuss then this is it

I loved country flags as a kid so these were a natural collection
(Note the page number btw)

Recommended YouTube video (by me) about country and state flags, by the way (No I didn't watch this as a kid)

If you need explanations this is a street map in bird's eye view, noted by arrows on the ground with traffic signs forming the road.
It was quite a bit of imagination but you get what I mean.

Just here to add up in numbers lmao
(Page number haha)

These are some of the better stickers in the album, I promise. The ones on top were pretty thick in material and can (wait for it) glow in the dark!!! Hell yeah! (Just take my word for it I'm not going to lay this under a light source for an hour)

COLLECTING TRADING CARDS

• What and How They Came To Be

Man, if you thought this was like Duel Masters or like, Pokemon cards then you are horribly wrong. As a kid I don't know any of those (not until I watch the TV series especially Duel Masters) but yeah, before these two I was actually interested in something way more relevant to me as a Chinese... and as a kid: Jackie Chan Adventures. If you don't know of this series don't look it up, but suffice it to say that's when they released like, talisman sets and trading card sets to collect and if I'm not wrong there was a game there I just have no one to play with lmao

• How Much They Costed

The whole set should be about SGD60 if I'm not wrong (yep) and then the subsequent card packs from each monthly magazine release was around SGD12 if I remember correctly. Yeah, the stakes were up real quick.

• How It Usually Happened

So, in exchange of my grades, my mom would promise me to buy the latest monthly release of the magazine when I was like 12 as long as I maintain my grades. Yeah, no joke. Those weren't cheap already, so of course my mom would take no chances to exploit of my diligence in exchange for my desires for things such as this. It sort of worked for a couple of years though, and it was until I graduated that I noticed collecting these lacked meaning and I did not put in more effort to maintain my grades (RIP Higher Chinese lol), and I think I did tell my mom that too. She probably had a smile on that face or I hooked myself with something else at some point that she still had to pay for haha (it was probably a female lmao) (nope this is not going to be a post of my crushes as a kid)

• Evidence?

If you need evidence refer to the previous part about stickers since I literally kept the sticker which houses all the stickers to paste on your collection box as shown below. But otherwise...

[Below are not my images btw because I probably threw them away already haha yeah]

The Cards were kept in a metal box shown above which rusted real quick tbh.
The magazines below had content but who cares when there's the card pack/talisman

I know I didn't collect all of them (not even the main 12) because sometimes I would not meet expectations and my mom will not buy them for me. And I cried, legit. *laughs* The 5 below weren't actual zodiacs so I didn't bother with them.

COLLECTING BEFORE COLLECTING SKILL IN THE SIMS 3

• What and How They Came To Be

Today, if you are able to play The Sims 3 (yes, that game) and play the game with the latest update or with all expansion packs, there should be a collection journal dictating everything you need to do to collect all the stuff lying around the world(s) in the game itself. But when I started (illegally) (okay can't mention that liao I'll only say this once) (so yeah don't ask about price I don't even pay for the PC and electric bills lol) in pace with the game's release they don't have all these. Collecting wasn't even a skill, and all the items aren't fully identified and dictated completely. But even then, I was OBSESSED with collecting everything. That, and mastering all the skills in the game but that is for another story.

• How It Usually Happened

In terms of collecting stuff, because I made my old man (yep) rich (well he was after mastering all those skills) (never cheated in this save btw besides aging which technically isn't considered cheating haha), he was also able to maintain a basement which houses all the treasures from the journeys in various expansion packs and all the ores and ingots and gems and so on that were collected over time. Due to me still being in school, I had a lot of time on my hands to play this game, so...

• Evidence

Screenshots are a great way to show off (it's still on Facebook when I started playing this though) so here they are:

How they looked like on the map, with the Collection Helper, a Lifetime Point Reward (40k I think)

As a reminder you collect one of those ores, smelt them (via the mailbox lol) (40 simoleons) and it's one small ingot. Put 10 of them in a display rack and it'll become one of those seen here. Yeah, I have a LOT of time in my hands.

A LOT OF TIME in my hands....

A LOT.

In case I couldn't see my large ingot collection clearly behind the window haha

COLLECTING BROMIDES

• What and How They Came To Be

This one is easy. They come with the CDs for review. You need more? Because of a certain phenomenon called pre-ordering, one is able to get a free gift, a photo, a bromide as Japan calls it, and they are as rare as you can think because limited stock for so called First Press release. So, they eventually appear on auction sites like this today and you should consider if those I've collected are worth anything. But to me, they are worth my effort to go through all lengths to get the CDs from places where I shouldn't go, because normally you would need to forward that shipment which allows one to receive from an online shop to a local (Japan) address and many other complications which will increase the risk of them being delivered to here instead of an international shop like this or this. (Well HMV wasn't until 2 years later since CDJapan in 2012 so...) So around end of 2013 I took my first effort to buy 2 singles on pre-order from Animate Online Shop, and got them shipped to here. It was my happiest day ever since buying my first batch of CDs haha

But it was only recently that I had that desperation to get more than I can get my hands on without buying the original products, and that's where those auction sites come in. The rest should be history because I talked about them twice, in "The Auction House Journey" and "The Auction House Journey Part Deux". Feel free to read those in detail yourself. In summary, it was a huge waste of money just to make me happy haha

• How Much They Cost

You don't want to know. You really don't want to know... They are free. As I mentioned before- Oh. You want to know how many more other ones I bought through that auction site above? You've come to the right place.

So since those ones I got for free couldn't be measured financially, I'll talk about the various times I went to the auction site and precisely calculate for all of you guys (outside of those posts) how much they costed.

THE AUCTION HOUSE JOURNEY

(*All calculations below include two A4 clear folders)

9 Bids + Service Fee: 450 yen (SGD 5.99) + 450 yen (SGD 5.99) + 400 yen (SGD 5.33) + 400 yen (SGD 5.33) + 400 yen (SGD 5.33) + 400 yen (SGD 5.33) + 400 yen (SGD 5.33) + 360 yen (SGD 4.80) + 450 yen (SGD 6.02) = 3710 yen (SGD 43.46)

Package Consolidation + Shipping Fee: 6,230 yen (SGD 85.77) [Including M/elody single]

Total: 9940 yen (SGD 129.23)

That is... a lot of money burnt. But don't worry: the worst has yet to come.

THE AUCTION HOUSE JOURNEY PART DEUX
(*All calculations below include one A4 clear folder)

12 Bids + Service Fee: 750 yen (SGD 9.93) + 750 yen (SGD 9.93) + 1,150 yen (SGD 15.29) + 750 yen (SGD 9.98) + 850 yen (SGD 11.30) + 2,850 yen (SGD 37.86) + 2,350 yen (SGD 31.22) + 750 yen (SGD 9.98) + 500 yen (SGD 6.66) + 2,350 yen (SGD 31.22) + 850 yen (SGD 11.30) + 850 yen (SGD 11.30) = 12750yen (SGD 195.97)

Package Consolidation + Shipping Fee: 4,791 yen (SGD 63.34)

Total: 17541 yen (SGD 259.31)

Jesus. I can buy my first three photobooks with those. (More on that later)

Overall: 27481 yen (SGD 388.54)

• How It Usually Happens

For the free ones since it was always due to a pre-order I had to buy the product in advance, knowing full well that I might hate the songs inside because maybe I didn't get to hear the songs in full (refer to the Twitter reading post two days ago for details) so suffice it to say I'm taking a gamble. And I did a lot of that with Toyosaki Aki and her singles, to be honest. It was only on two specific occasions (which I still do today) that I specifically bought bromides to keep them, and they are (1) Komatsu Mikako because she's the only one who will still sell her live performance goods online becuase she has her own online store and (2) Tachibana Haru aka Futon-chan because she also has an online store in which she sells her stuff sold on comiket (ok now I wished I did that other post first so I don't have to explain who she is, so Twitter profile for reference)

For the auction house ones I just felt like giving them a shitload of money so the reasons behind going on a spending spree are on the posts themselves haha

• Evidence

Before this, the photos were kept in a detachable photo album which soon I noticed will damage the products so I switched to a photo album recently, way better. Here's how they look like below. (If you want more most of them are available in those two posts I've been mentioning to do help yourself to those)

From left to right: Fujita Akane, Amamiya Sora, Amamiya Sora haha

Two from Futon-chan, two from amatsuuni which I reviewed recently, Touyama Nao and my imouto lmao

WORTHY MENTION: COLLECTING CD
This technically doesn't fall in this category, since I wouldn't call collecting songs a thing, but hey, it's sort of like it. You like the songs, you buy them and they stack up. *laughs* Not going to do pricing on this one because... I spent a lot. Over the past decade alone, I've spent a lot. A good portion of my salary when I was in the Army went to those, and those were the first things I bought with my own money. So yeah, I'll update if I can count them all haha maybe I can do this

COLLECTING PHOTOBOOKS

• What and How They Came To Be

It has been going on for some time already (should've done this before all of them I guess) but yes, the stakes are going up to yet another level. Though technically I'll be spending less money because the ratio of shipping fees to the items themselves will be smaller so I don't feel so bad of burning money just to ship to where I am, but hey. I gotta spend money on something lol. This time, it's on women. (It's always on women haha) But not just that, because this time it's a book. Full of photos. Of the one woman I've boiled many years of feelings on. That, is called a photobook. I have withheld myself from buying any of these because they aren't cheap, and the online community has been kind to provide previews on these, but other than that... I guess it just happened. Happy birthday again, me. *laughs*

• How Much They Cost

(Title: Base Price + Extras + Shipping = Total)
Amamiya Sora "10 looks":
3,240 yen (SGD 42.03) + 510 yen (SGD 6.62) + 2740 yen (SGD 35.35) = 6490 yen (SGD 84.00)
Asakura Momo "pleasant":
3,240 yen (SGD 42.03) + 750 yen (SGD 9.74) + 2740 yen (SGD 35.35) = 6730 yen (SGD 87.12)
(Title: Base Price + Shipping = Total)
Natsukawa Shiina "Nukegara":
3240 yen (SGD 39.95) + 5640 yen (SGD 71.83) = 8880yen (SGD 111.78)
Kouno Marika "Marinka": SGD 74.60 (6150 yen)
Kido Ibuki "breath": 3860 yen (SGD 48.78) + 2700 yen (SGD 34.56) = 6560 yen (SGD 84.34)

Overall: 28660 yen (SGD 441.84)

The books themselves average about 3000yen give or take and with the help of international shipping makes each book average about SGD 80 depending on how I got them. The first two listed here have to be obtained from an auction site so I have to order gifts to bring up their value ie. they don't have special gifts so I have to get one so prices may be slightly off along with the reduced price of the book over time. So far? Yep already exceeded the bromides mentioned above, just so you know.

• How It Usually Happens

Well it was first supposedly used as an excuse for a birthday present early this year, but now it has just turned to me going "who's the next person who will come out with a photobook in which I know" because I hardly even know Toyota Moe but I want her new photobook SO BAD haha. So yeah, considering the women I knew of today (goddamn now I really wish I did that post yesterday) I set a list of requirements on who and how then I could get new photobooks to do a review on. "She must be younger than me" and "I must have known her for years" are probably the current standing ones so I haven't violated any of them just yet, but who knows? If in the future I want to get Moeshi's photobook in which she is half-naked who is to stop this pedophile? *laughs*

• Evidence

Here, here and here. Period. *laughs* They will be easy to identify in the future too becuase the titles in this blog will contain the phrase "Worth Of Photos" so you know that's me enjoying myself again hehe

This shall be it. Didn't expect this post to be this long to be honest. Finances can't lead to this long of a post, or so I thought. I'll try to update this place for consistency (especially pricing I just copy pasted from the relevant sites) but don't expect more images this is all you are getting haha. Cya guys next time then, and until then... I think I'll be continuing the legacy of collecting stuff after all, as much as they aren't collecting now since I am paying for them haha bye

P.S. Well technically collecting calendars is a thing lol but I've done that already (it's here) and they aren't collecting because if I were to "collect" I'll be buying Sumipe's calendar for every year since she ever released one haha NO WAY lol