Sunday 10 September 2023

The Entertainment News '23 Issue #37

Wow, this week was great. It was a wise choice to ship the package early as in two days early because I got it real quick since it was a huge package and thus it cannot be delivered by the post office (thanks FedEx!) and so I got to do up that post for THE WHOLE WEEKDAY no seriously don't take my word for it this has got to be MY BIGGEST EFFORT in making a blog post so far. Yeah, big as in breasts-

Anyhow haha, welcome to the weekend again! As if celebrating Waki Azumi *sob* and Aizawa Saya (hehe) and Takao Kanon(?) birthdays aren't enough, I enjoyed a good amount of *ahem* 2D artwork this week because I basically spent all my free time reading TWELVE books and didn't even realize 3 of them are super thicc (lol) I had to spend even more time, so I had to pace it out instead of clearing all of them in one day. Yes, including doing up some research of all of them on Monday. Well, I should be able to clear them if they were all less than 20 pages long but NOPE. *laughs*

Well you can see the marvel for yourself but please remember to come back and find out what new stuff has happened in my world of Anime and music! Now that was a sleek transition hehe




アニメ Suki na Ko ga Megane wo Wasureta
"I think it was when I took (the glasses) off because they got fogged from my cocoa" EXCUSES lol
I think we are at the stage where Mie-san is very intentionally appealing to the guy, that's good, that's good- If we can keep the "Takagi-san" lore going that'll be dope *laughs* in this new episode where we are at the final stretch (#SukiMega10), well Komura we'll take whatever you are thinking as a yes. *giggles* Okay, this episode is actually easy to talk about actually, because now we know, I think we know, that someone has taken a liking to Komura. Oh, not the other girls in the class though haha that'll be asking for death, because you know, Mie-san's getting jealous with her boi hanging out with Someya-san of all people. *giggles* But not really that since Someya took it upon herself to think that some middle schoolers are smooching in class lmao, but more of that though, Mie-san is getting desperate? Hmm, maybe not that. Serious? We're taking about Komura's feelings here. Yeah, and not like a confession is incoming so Mie-san is CLEARLY enjoying herself and making sure she can CLEARLY see her boi even without her glasses. *dabs* Unlike what Komura thinks that her gal can't see her friends because damn even if I'm blind I can also hear my friends, Mie-san wants to see Komura up close just because. She even ended up setting rules for this so that Komura would think this way, like, gotta see my boi's face once a day in school if I didn't bring glasses. *giggles* Yeah it's like "RikeKoi" with the hugging for a minute rule from Himuro. *laughs* (Oh boy if you have seen Yukimura's reaction to this lmao basically looking like Komura) So you see, this is how you stay in love, guys. I know everything; I'm a virgin. *laughs* Even throughout the episode and/or preparing for the school festival, we can clearly see that Mie-san is taking every chance to talk to her boi in the nurse's office, and even just wanting to help him out without her glasses, or even walking to the art storage room to get more glue... together, it's at every corner we see Mie-san trying to spend her alone time with her boi. Seriously though, how can no one know what that means? Yeah Azuma, how the heck do you not link the black marks on Komura's face to Mie-san's hands?? *laughs* Thank goodness Someya didn't figure that out or else someone's going to die with embarrassment. I guess this is how we get compensated for not having that sports storage room landing on top of one another "accident" most high school romance series tend to have. *giggles* All in all... f**king normies. *laughs* I would have lesser to talk about at this point I'm actually enjoying what Mie-san is doing to Komura that he doesn't seem to understand. We are ending with the school festival it seems, and it looks like Mie-san is only getting bolder in her advances to Komura so... bro, I wish you all the best, dude. You got a girl you like, she might already be on her way to liking you back... We need to tell him the good news or it'll be too late- It won't. *laughs* See you then.
[TL:DR; "She gets anxious on days she forgets her glasses because she can't see her friends. But she feels better someone's face up close... That's why she wants to see my face" Nope, not that bro haha he doesn't know]
Not gonna lie this is also what happens in schools IRL haha
That's the "you know what to do, bro" stance right there lol
P.S. "Is that how people see us?" Yes, Komura. *laughs* "Kissing Mie-san!" Hey just a thought, but can we kiss Someya-san though? She kinda wants it lmao
P.P.S. "I've never seen dating type stuff in real life" Oh Someya-san so you're a virgin like me? *laughs*
This is when girls are feeling cute haha you don't see this often so you're welcome
That "chu" from Someya is so good I almost fell in love with her- Ah.
*laughs*

アニメ Shinigami Bocchan to Kuro Maid
"I wish (Alice) your room was warmer" OOF haha
Then again, don't think I've lived any time of my life sitting by firewood so I will never understand what it feels anyways. In this new episode where Cuff is learning English and can't go past "F" lol definitely not her cup size haha it's higher than that lmao (#ShinigamiBocchan21), well I'm glad we can still make jokes while still pursue the lore in this, and that's what keeps this going I suppose. Firstly, Daleth seems to be making the trip of apologies on Walter's behalf?? Haha heck, this second son (lmao) is taking care of everything it seems, and as much as Daleth likes to be the bad guy, she is going around apologizing to everyone what she has done and also revealed the truth behind her sister's actions to Bocchan and the others. Especially the reminder from the first season, where she told Zain who stole some book containing Sharon's notes? I forgot already to be honest, which will explain more of the lore behind what happened. What we do now know though, is some of the history of the household according to Rob as he explains to Alice, some time ago Bocchan's grandfather picked him up on the streets to work in the mansion (the one they are in, not the one with the rest), and he witnessed some guests different from the usual bunch as the elder makes connections as a noble family. It would seem like old Bocchan (lol) has dealt with practitioners of magic before, saying that feels scary already, and maybe in revenge Sade chose to put a curse on some of the people living in it, including his descendants and Sharon, who is still unable to wake up from her eternal slumber. Man, didn't know the lore is this deep, but seeing as what happened it kind of makes sense. Daleth is obviously trying to avoid this awkwardness again, even encouraging witches to be friends with humans well at least be friends with the human who can kill them by touching them lmao, as Teto even went to their place to fix Alice's small abode into something fancy, something that would otherwise never have been approved through autocratic procedures of the rich. *laughs* Anyways, maybe the fixing of the house is also rather appropriate for such an occasion, as it has also been 2 years (I'm sorry Walter) since Alice worked in this mansion, thank goodness, and all of the above happened so fast as Bocchan tries to reach for the truth, and no matter how far that might still be right now, they are getting close. And just as we get closer to Hugo's bunch of pickpocket "friends" and see them get owned by a couple of weird people, looks like we may have more things coming all of their way, and I don't mean just Zain and Cuff anymore. All in all... who are those guys, really?? Haha not talking about Hugo's old gang, but those... let's just say they are witches from another place, the place where Daleth doesn't rule. Hmm... hey, what did I say about progression in the story? Now that we really found footing compared to the start of the season, I hope they see this through. We are so close to the truth, but heck, maybe a couple more episodes won't hurt. *giggles* We shall see where this goes then, please no season three please no season three haha you can keep the jokes coming but remember to finish the story I beg of you
Bocchan just confused at seeing rack lmao I thought you got Alice-
Viola just sad I can't even
*laughs*
P.S. "Rob taught me" WOAH Cuff someone is going CRAZY right now lol Viola relax
P.P.S. "It's hard to imagine my mother (smiling and talking a lot and having fun)" Haha Walter I know right your mom being positive and a great mom in general? *cringe*

アニメ Bungou Stray Dogs
"All that exists in the battlefield is the act of taking life" May I add, Fukuzawa, "without remorse". Thanks.
Uh Akutagawa? You can't kill Bram bro, if you kill him you will reverse everything actually. *laughs* In this new episode where friends don't matter lol (#BungouStrayDogs59), as usual we have a lot more story to go through, so let's talk about what happened. Well, the Agency is screwed. *laughs* I mean, they put Atsushi in the bed, what do you want me to do? Well, I guess I wanted Teruko to release him, but more than that, she knew to convince Atsushi to not do anything on his side after releasing him, unlike the many other members who have been taken hostage by Fukuchi and are in the same position as him just a while ago. Uh, we will not dabble on the truth just yet because honestly saying we have no idea what that is, and let's just say even if it's justice, Atsushi chose to leave so that he can do something about it, or well, at least try to talk to someone about it. Problem is, the fates of many of his comrades are pretty much sealed. I guess we don't need to talk about Kunikida and Tanizaki, Ranpo was taken out immediately by Fukuchi for he already knows beforehand this will be an issue and Ranpo will be better off just hiding himself into the book Poe gave him honestly, and Fukuzawa... let's just say he's done for. *silence* Becuase even in the long flashback we were provided, we see that Fukuchi and Fukuzawa were meant to take different paths even though they have the same ambitions as kids to hone their sword. I mean, times change and the war did happen outside of Japan which was way more exciting and... uh, deadly? I don't know what Fukuchi saw in that, but even Fukuzawa wasn't right in thinking Fukuchi is doing all of this right now for revenge. At least I will deduce that all his buddy did is definitely in spite of Fukuzawa not being by his side after knowing him for so long. And the lack thereof which is likely bringing upon his own downfall, for Fukuzawa. But I think we can all agree Fukuzawa made the right choice, unlike Fukuchi. That's why he's the nice guy haha he can't be 2way nice guy but still, one way will do. *giggles* (Sorry for song title joke) Even in ending the war, Fukuzawa made the right(er) choice compared to that bloodbath of a killer who just cheats his way into taking over the world or something, even the United Nations leader is under his orders at this point, believing he can save the world. I mean, there will be no humans to save no more so yeah sir you might as well let him rule the world of vampires. *laughs* Easier to control, right? And we don't even need to resort to Communism- Moving on haha, the prison lore got even deeper (literally) where history repeats himself? And Dazai and Sigma found themselves in the exact situation he set up for Fyodor and Chuuya. Well, not really, just a reminder that the footage we saw last week was probably not real I don't know if Fyodor can even do that (choice of illusion, they did this with the cave music too some seasons ago), but apparently they escaped unscathed, don't know how that works. But yeah, considering every corner can be a vampire and we just need to have not Sigma to tell it off to our new god Fyodor (lmao), then I guess it shouldn't be very hard to fight against the actual brains of the Agency, isn't it? Heck, I really thought we are going to get Sigma as the new guy in the terrorist group, but oh well, we're all dead now, great. *laughs* All in all, exciting development which kind of makes no sense at this point apparently since we don't know the truth just yet and it really feels like they are picking up the pace with Fukuchi's meeting with Fukuzawa, and Aya-chan is still in pieces hopefully just one piece and the rest is just hair that she can grow back lol we believe in cute girls living forever *wink*, but yeah, considering we haven't even talked about that many people around the world that hopefully aren't vampire yet I sure hope Ango is still human and Natsume Souseki is still cat haha, we might still have a way out. Logic reasoning in this series? Not if this is the final episode haha see you then
[TL:DR; "I'm going to master the sword alongside you" Damn Fukuchi? The moment you pulled out a sword that can travel time and space, I don't think you honoured that no more lol what a bloody loser, literally]
They were friends...
... until they weren't. *sob*
P.S. "I hate organizations. I'm suited neither for command nor for taking orders" Wow Fukuzawa SAME- But you did have an Agency under you and I'm a Team Lead so... *laughs* Welp
P.P.S. "For the infantrymen forced to fight to their deaths by healer Ability users?" OOF that is real bad deja vu right there haha Fukuchi was referring to Mori Ougai and Yosano FYI
Some people when I tell a joke haha god-like evasion
When everyone else my age is married and I'm still single lol

アニメ Kanojo, Okarishimasu
"There is nothing to say. Who knows if she can hear me?"
If you don't want to talk to your grandma, then maybe Chizuru, let your stage person talk to her then. Nice, Kazuya. In this new episode where I'm glad this isn't going to be the last thing I watch this week (#KanoKari33), but for Sayuri here, the movie from Chizuru might be her last. *sob* Alright, let's be serious for a bit now, and let's talk about why Chizuru till date still chose to be the liar that Sayuri also did all these years. To be real though, not that I don't think Sayuri's belief are right in that we live in the 99% lies because damn am I not a good enough liar, but also, that we would like to think that at least Sayuri did fall in love and have a husband, for Christ's sake, and Chizuru is still struggling to lie more than 99% of the time just so she can get people like Kazuya off her back. But see, even if it doesn't make your old lady sad, won't it make you sad? See, Chizuru. Just tell her the truth, but then actually do the deed. Then it won't be a lie, won't it? *taps brain* 200 IQ plays here might I recommend, but heck, she's not going to do it. Nonetheless, Kazuya dropped in with the sudden last-minute screening in the hospital room *sob* and gave her the last wish just in case we are dealing with Chizuru grandfather's case where we won't even have time to watch it at all, still I don't think this is fair even to Sayuri, but you know, Chizuru has always been like this all the while, and will continue to not flail outside of her family and that means she will never from here on... I don't think this will be good for her mental health too but what do I know. Moving on, Kazuya and her grandmother did visit the wake some days later, and even then Kazuya was thinking of how to even approach Chizuru at this point. Seriously thinking for a bit though? If I'm Kazuya I might start asking my grandma about Chizuru. Hey, we can't take Mini-chan's advice so uh... maybe third-party opinions count? Gramps can't carry the secret long anyways- All in all... I really need to stop making jokes, this is above all a serious episode. I don't think I want to elaborate more since this is such a heavy episode in itself, but you get the idea. Chizuru is sad and alone without any family right now, she is putting on such a brave front only Mini-chan can see that is not the case but who is going to break it to her? Kazuya likely, of all people. So looks like, he will do this the way he knows best: by hiring has as a rental girlfriend again. Damn, well not like Chizuru needs compassionate leave, she isn't compassionate even to herself. So let's see next episode around to conclude this arc, if Kazuya can do anything, and I mean anything, to get her to spill it all out. Literally. Heck, at this point even I know it's bottling in her. I wonder what happened on the grandfather's death, if she has been this strong. Maybe not, she was still a student back then. Now though? It'll take some knocking on which will probably knock us some tears again I'm glad I'm only using my shirt so far lol note to self bring in the tissues next week, but yeah, for once I will cheer on for Kazuya. You got it, bro. It's all in now no one can stop you- Okay maybe Mini-chan but don't tell her about your plans, just never haha
[TL:DR; I would say, above all else, the conclusion to this end, is very adequate. Please, there are dramas that will show you the hand drop on the bed (which I was totally expecting) and that will probably make it worse. *sob* Thanks, Anime, even if the lack of budget made that an excuse, or the author, thanks for not making this sadder, I won't be able to take it. I'm not that strong lol]
Basically me the whole episode
Basically me the whole episode
(Okay not this cute but)
P.S. I'm like Sayuri woke up already? TURN OFF THE MOVIE SCREENING she cannot be spoiled with the drama we need to start over lol
P.P.S. "Hm? Did she just compare (Sayuri's death) to a pet?" Yeah Kazuya hey Mini-chan you menace you need to stop
Well, not gonna show you sad stuff so this will do
*sob*
See?
(Even in tears Chizuru is the best- Ah)

アニメ Horimiya -piece-
"... I can't wrap the present unless I know what ribbon to use!" Man, I wished Mocho had that much care to me as Honoka did to Hori-san lol
Hey asking everyone including myself, if you have the power to give chocolates (yes to all gentlemen, yours is in White Day but same same) to anyone without restrictions on budget or how thick your skin is lol, who would you give? Maybe I'll send one to each of the female voice actresses I know. *laughs* We're talking about in school, by the way, so that doesn't count. In this new episode though where people are pondering about Valentine's Day gifts (#HorimiyaPiece11), I gotta say this is the one episode that might have covered the most grounds and heck, even introduced us to new characters even at this time?? Okay, Anime, you do you. *giggles* Of course, most of the focus is on Honoka here, where even just in wrapping she is worried about how it looked, unlike Hori-san who just wrapped hers in shrink-wrap. *laughs* Anyways, problem isn't about her or how Miyamura is going to give her a Love Day gift, apparently it's more on that classmate of Honoka's? Yeah, she wanted to give a gift to someone among the third-years which Honoka knows a lot of, but ironically, it's not any of those she mentioned that will likely be the target. Alright alright let me pause the video and take a guess... that joker, right? *laughs* I mean *laughs* If I know how *laughs* this series' comedy works *laughs* it has gotta be *laughs* Alright I may have laughed too much here. *pft* Yes, I am of course talking about Iura because how do you think this series gets its comedy relief? *laughs* You brave girl, giving chocolates to this slob. *laughs* But yeah, since Iura is desperate like I do every Valentine's Day in school (lol not true I just give up on all hope) unlike the others, you can give him anything, just as Honoka asked Iura about and gave him the middle finger. *laughs* No really, Honoka only likes Hori-san, bro, you have no chance. *giggles* Moving on haha, Hori-san is just so troubled about actually doing the logical thing on Love Day instead of making White Day happen first haha. Well, Miyamura owns a bakery he will whip up anything good anyways, so as Remi-chan said, it's kind of up to her if she wants to do something for her boi. So she tried, she asked Sakura about it so she only has one person to kill if this leaks out early (lmao), and Sakura told her about her dark history of learning to make desserts, starting with a book in the library they were in. The Hori family immediately rushed to see how the one Hori Kyouko is going to make chocolates in the kitchen considering how bad she is at cooking lol, but it turned out quite well. Apart from the roasting from Souta-kun which for once makes me want to roast this brat on a fire pit lmao, it doesn't seem too bad, not even when it was given to Sakura to try too. I mean, as Sakura-chan (hehe) said, this is probably good enough. Also, added bonus for Miyamura to talk about it too. If it's too good then what else is there to talk about? And then you can drama this out and make him mad just like you wanted, Hori-san. *laughs* See? It's not that bad. Well, it's not that bad at all, Miyamura ended up liking it actually, and thank goodness it's small so you can continue to serve your poison slower- And we don't talk about the rest of how Valentine's Day went. *silence* Like, you want me to talk about how there were two boxes in Sakura's gift to Yoshikawa and her boi Ishikawa- OMFG I THOUGHT WE WILL NOT BE TALKING ABOUT SAKURA PROBLEMS THIS SEASON- Well thanks Anime, I hate you now. *sob* All in all... do you think Hori's chocolate tastes better or Yoshikawa's? Wrong answers only. *laughs* Whatever Honoka's classmate did not give to Iura probably tasted better. *giggles* But hey, all is in a day of life in Anime school, isn't it? I recall having a hard time not giving chocolates to someone I like, we've all been there. It's just a matter of whether you can give the gift indirectly haha yeah watch Honoka give it to Iura and make him think what he assumed was true lol f**k off dude haha
[TL:DR; "When I started making desserts, I borrowed this book a lot" NO SAKURA NOT FOR HIM lol]
What girls want men to look like
(Haha with tattoos?)
In case you still need help understanding how girls think, we can thank Honoka for that haha
Because boy, did Iura not understand women lol
(Also, lightest image in Anime history)
P.S. "I mean, the chocolates I make will pale in comparison to Miyamura's..." Well Hori-san that is not an excuse it's Valentine's Day you gotta try "Well, that's the wrong way to think about it" See RemiRemi knows haha good luck though *laughs*
P.P.S. "Could this be..." NO. *laughs* "...preparation or Valentine's Day?" Iura please don't make me repeat myself lol
[OKAY ALRIGHT I CLIPPED MOCHO SAYING "Why do I have to give Iura chocolates?" LET'S GO I WILL REPLAY THIS EVERY YEAR FEB 14 lol okay me relax it's got Iura on it too]
My girl when I forgot to buy snacks for her on the way back
Gotta say, she's got a beautiful set of white teeth lol
Kawaii~
(Hehe)

アニメ Bleach: Sennen Kessen-hen
"If you want, I can lend you a hand to beat (Ishida) up!" Yes, thanks Bazz-B you are not on our side (yet) don't you even try lol
Yeah, WE are the ones beating Ishida up haha uh... they not gonna talk about Inoue's rack, huh. Understandable. *laughs* In this new episode where we found out Ishida doesn't like us no more (#BLEACHTYBW22), yeah we gotta do the 20-year-old plot thing by sitting here and thinking about how Ishida just sh*tfaced us, longer than any of their ages and this series too, ladies and gentlemen. And those flashbacks, dude. Too many of them is bad though, not good for airtime. *giggles* Let's talk about what happened in the battlefield instead, eh? More interesting than Inoue apparently. *laughs* Let's talk about Gizelle, and finally it's her time to shine. I know we still have Renji and Rukia and Byakuya but heck, since Urahara-sensei made mention of Mayuri we shall talk about his initial involvement in the war. Because for Gizelle, her powers are kinda gross, and not like I would rely Ikkaku and Yumichika to fight Bambi-chan but the latter is already smarter than what, Shinji? *laughs* So yeah, at least they have some fight in them if they used their brains. *giggles* Also, hell yeah as a Kido user I shall celebrate the first Hado used in this arc, a rare sight not seen in years lol. Thanks Yumichika, I really needed that. *sniff* Now that I got the fuel to talk about the rest haha, lucky for these two, their brains won't be used by Gizelle to power zombies since they aren't dead yet, but for Bambi-chan though, this might give them an issue. Cue Mayuri and his assistant Nemu dropping down like Buddha reincarnated lol (this is not true, Buddhist believers, your God isn't Mayuri FYI) (or maybe...?) (haha) and learning about the lore of Gizelle's powers, quickly devised a way to deal with Bambi-chan. Delays aren't anything special it's just a fuse according to him, but heck, it works and blew her into pieces, so that works. What didn't work though is Gizelle trying to power her back up, so I don't think Bambi-chan will get her reward that soon which I have NO idea what that is so *silence* I'm not exactly sadisfied satisfied by this scene either so we're good. *laughs* Married woman, by the way. *laughs* The husband will understand. *laughs* Moving on, it is still problematic to be outnumbered on Mayuri with shinigami soldiers now under Gizelle's control, but ironically, and I think we can talk more about this now that Yumichika and Ikkaku are still around, Mayuri has a solution to that, since we now know the secret that is hiding in Szayelaporro's lab. It's the fallen Espadas if you would recall they are elite(?) Arrancar who lost their posts (and to Szayel lol) that upon Szayel's loss to Mayuri, did end up finding them and giving them new life which is ironic to say compared to what Gizelle did with just her their blood lmao, but hey, real happy to even just see these guys back in action once in a while and hear Cullhorne fire their super long-winded named Cero. *laughs* Brings back memories, but not like we have too much time for that, because remember Hitsugaya who is half dead after stopping one of the Sternritters? HE IS BACK but as a zombie? Uh oh. You want to take your own life by betraying the Gotei? *giggles* All in all, this has been great so far. We have made crazy progress as usual, and for me? I just like to see more variety. *laughs* You know, Mayuri, the Arrancar, and even Hitsugaya into the mix? Damn, this is going to be fun, it gets me excited not exactly aroused, per se. *giggles* No, I'm not Gizelle, I'm not that homo. *laughs* Moving on with the many jokes you might have missed and some they have cut down to fit into this adaptation, in case you don't know Mayuri is going to win this fight with Gigi and he will deal with another enemy which will be way worse than this. Since in this case, he was clearly prepared for this, so let's see where Ichigo and the others end up next. Not going to be good news from here on though, just so you are aware. I'll enjoy the fights for now though! LET'S GO MORE KIDO haha what
[TL:DR; Never thought I would want sadist Naobou and masochist Ayachi but we got this Anime. *giggles* Like seriously though, someone just give one to Bambi-chan dude *laughs*]
Ah, so bright, so bright... TURN IT OFF!!
(lol)
So bright, we didn't even notice Inoue's rack takes up most of the camera lol
(Yeah compared to Sado)
And this.
*laughs*
P.S. "You're not thinking of cutting down an unarmed girl, are you?" Yeah Ikkaku if you dare touch Naobou even a bit I will strike you down lol also aren't they not female- "That face on Bambi-chan got me aroused" HELL YEAH haha imagine Naobou getting high over Ayachi *thinks in 4K resolution* Nice haha
P.P.S. "That guy is pretty amazing, I always thought he was a nut case" Damn Ichigo you can't burn Mayuri like this also why is the author burning himself lol "Captain Kurotsuchi is a genius" Well Urahara-sensei if you say so "Second only to me of course" Ah dammit I admit my defeat hehe
[Oh wow didn't realize they let Cullhorne say the full name of the Cero lol thanks Kubo-sensei we needed that? Haha more of them I guess I am trying to recall their names- Thunderb*tch right? *laughs*]
I saw this and I already laughed haha I knew this was coming already, sorry
(Up next, a recap of them Arrancars)
Cirucci, in case you forgot, fought against Ishida with her heavy wing blades
Dordoni, the ONLY Italian in this series lmao
Luppi, Grimmjow's temp replacement haha
And best girl this episode is... *laughs*
(I'm sorry Yumichika and Gizelle) (And Inoue)

音楽 This Week on Klassic Note
This week in Klassic Note is great we started September strong which will make the other weeks in the month pale in comparison, and so are the songs too. Maybe Ryokuoushoku Shakai's new single can join those weeks also since it really isn't that great imo but I'll still give the title song just because, I'll ignore the B-side. w.o.d.'s new single is already a given I've already bought the CD already so stay tuned for my once in a blue moon review of an alternative rock band haha. MVP this week definitely will be Omoinotake's new album because I feel like a deja vu to Suda Keina but with a different vocalist and slightly weirder songs as this band gives me more than I can handle, so I just ended up giving 2 more songs other than the one Anime opening theme song I was here for. 

Okay I didn't change this I just copy links but if you noticed something different, I'm sorry. *laughs* But still, we can still talk about music news. Hitsujibungaku's new music video is kinda emo and kinda cool, it's for Anime which their single will release end of the month so I'll take a listen then. (I hear that Cwondo will be doing a remix on the physical release which is nice; I'll likely listen to the digital release though) Ryokuoushoku Shakai's new music video is for the B-side of their new single which I did not give so don't ask if the video is good. Kroi's new single is confirmed to be out end October yes it's their first Anime tie-in and I might just watch the show just because, but don't quote me on that yet. And if you can't wait that long you can hear it in a month when the digital single is out. Minase Inori's new song is out for pre-listening already (lol) and as I've heard from the radio show I'm not going to be too hyped for this despite its hype melody, I'm just not into this Inorin I guess. Her music video will be out upcoming Tuesday though so be sure to at least see her sing this song. Polkadot Stingray's new song will be out on digital and music video too two weeks from now for Pokemon Anime series apparently, can't imagine what that would sound so here's hoping it's good. Ryokuoushoku Shakai did a studio live for their new single this week if you missed it, it's always a good time to catch up on familiar tunes. Sambomaster's new song will be another credit for the same drama in a new season, and looks like for their music video they are creating fan involvement whatever that means, and from the likes of it of them singing in the studio so far I think it's not bad. This might be a great start to their new album in November if you would recall. fuzzy knot's new digital single will be out in two weeks and I can't emphasize how much I've waited for this so let's hope it's good. Hanazawa Kana's new live video is a song I've been brainwashed for months in her radio show but still not in my library so... you tell me if it's good. It is good though, I just have high requirements. *giggles* Porno Graffitti is once again on THE FIRST TAKE and I should not need to intro you this YouTube channel (backed by Sony Music Japan btw) this time singing a song I know of, so that's a good start, don't mind the orchestra behind though. Ikimonogakari's new music video will air the same day as their new single next week specifically that night so if you like the songs be sure to check those out. TrySail's live digest for their upcoming live Blu-Ray release is as great as I thought it would be despite not knowing half the songs on the list haha someday I will know and love all their songs just like their fans do. I'm not a true fan. *laughs* Uesaka Sumire's new song preview is uh, well it's written by Ooishi Masayoshi so at least we are not getting the dark themes she likes, so maybe we start with that. Music video will be out end of the month though, do take note. Last but not least haha this is the last I promise, SIX LOUNGE's new album will feature a whopping 14 tracks including the digital singles released this year alone, and maybe I'll take a good listen when it's out in two weeks. 

So for next week, I think we have Ikimonogakari's new single which if all goes well from the previews I have heard some time ago this will likely join the others on the shelf with the recent batch, and Aida Rikako's new mini-album which is so freaking overdue, you won't even know which Anime this one popped out from. "Skip and Loafer", yes, the Anime last season's ending theme song. And if I get bored of the latter I might find some songs to listen to, who knows. Even just reviewing doujin illustration books has given me some songs to take a peek into somehow. 




Well, somehow I'm ending this week while watching the bunch of new Hololive members as if I'm not bored of them but yeah, not watching the streams though, totally relying on clippers as I have been since the start. Not particularly keen on any of them but Ichijou "bouncy bouncy lady" Ririka is character designed by Nakamura-sensei whose illustration book we totally did not miss in my Melonbooks review this week so uh... you can tell me which new girl won. *giggles* I guess I will continue to find out more by watching more clips to see if they are any different from the current bunch of jokers (lmao) and since they are a music-based group, maybe we will listen to their original songs in a couple of years time after what seems to be a trend in me picking up VTuber songs inconsistently. *laughs* See you guys next time then, and maybe until then I will be spending more time preparing for more important blog posts I want done in due time, not forgetting that KN15YEARS is still a thing. *silence* Wish me luck lol
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Friday 8 September 2023

The Welfare Package September 2023: What Otakus Actually Buy In Japan Part 5 feat. Melonbooks

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This is probably this blog's biggest post yet, I had to prepare for this from Monday and lasted the whole week just because, and I conceptualized this almost a month ago to give credit to Japan's indie artists. And after following some of them for more than a year, I think I can confidently do this now.

*takes a deep breath*

🍈📚🍈📚🍈📚🍈📚🍈📚🍈📚
✨WELCOME TO MY ONE AND ONLY COMIKET 102 SPECIAL!!!!!!!!!!!✨
🍈📚🍈📚🍈📚🍈📚🍈📚🍈📚

*laughs*

This is the closest I can make it to a Comiket without actually being there. This is what people do if they had a lot of money (and didn't have to pay for international shipping) and actually went to every single booth out of the hundreds of them at Tokyo Big Sight to check them out.

This, is MY PENULTINATE REVIEW, of Japan's 102th Comic Market!!

Shall we begin?
(*This is a long post you have been warned)




THE ORIGIN
If you have no idea of the world of not Manga and Anime, let me fill you in. We are specifically talking about doujinshi, fan-made artwork which are initially derived from you guessed it, original comics and animations which are popular to the masses, but as I found out it's more indie in nature, from the world of anthology works and fanfics to even creation of originals that will stand out in the crowd. Comic Market ie. Comiket, is the biggest representation of all this and cosplay which is also another branch of Japanese culture where people dress up as their favourite Anime characters, is historically held in the Tokyo Big Sight exhibition hall for the past couple of decades. If not for the world being on fire for the past couple of years, which is why this one marks the first in-person event back on location instead of utilizing the Internet to promote them, spanning throughout the weekend of 12-13 August 2023.

Today, many of them artists take it up to the Internet to display their work on social media albeit for free, and they try to sell their artwork in physical form from time to time to keep up with their own passions. And that's why I started thinking of paying them my respects like I owe them all of this greatness, to save artists from being internationally abused or more commonly exploited on the Internet due to lack of consumer knowledge, putting their careers at risk. And I'm not even talking about the recent trend in AI and how these artwork drawn by humans will be used to fuel tomorrow's machine learning models.(I don't have to find examples authors just repost these fan observations of people stealing works without paying or crediting them)

So as you can see, there is plenty of motivation to do this despite the logistical hurdles which we will cover later. I've been into the doujin art platform Pixiv so much over the past year, so much so I actually put them up as phone wallpapers on days I don't want to see voice actresses lol why are you lying to your Ajuju *giggles* As to what made me end up with this and how I got what I have though, this will be a longer story to tell.

See, some of these artwork aren't exactly of age lol I'm not buying those, but still, among the websites to buy these, Melonbooks is easily the largest online store for such works, and here comes the first hurdle not mentioned in the 10 volumes of "Douki-chan" I've bought from not them: Users require Japanese identification in order to sign up. Yup, that sucks for me during end June when I was deciding on how to get this going, so my alternative will be to rely on proxy services which are aplenty nowadays because you just have to pay them more money. *silence* I chose to settle with Buyee instead of Zenmarket due to the latter's choppy ordering arrangements (I had to chat with them to align the local shipping fees and availability, they banned some of the items) (hehe), even though I was initially only motivated to buy Chigusa Minori-sensei's artwork in the form of postcards which are exclusively sold on Melonbooks (exclusivity is one of their tactics by the way). But over the course of the month of July, more new publications were announced on Melonbooks in dawn of a major event, I realized I could not miss out on just ordering some cards and NOT pad the order. *giggles* 

I only got around to order them using Buyee when August just started but this is where my issues actually began: Pre-order and everything else were ordered separately by Buyee. In regret, I now recall that Zenmarket will be able to compile and order them together, making me save on shipping fees and/or be able to align the timings for these orders considering that, and this is what got me anxiety for the past week, the initial list of items not on pre-order had to wait almost a month for the pre-order items to appear. *cringe* Almost had to pay for more money just to add additional days to keep the former batch on their warehouse. I even went on to inquire their staff on the latter batch via email because tracking wasn't even showing properly on their website which is probably more infuriating than I have thought. (So yeah, Zenmarket always from now on, me) 


THE PLAN
Remember when I mentioned I wanted to pad an order of just postcards from this Minori-sensei? Yep, that was the initial plan. I scoured the site to find more of the same type of product so I can showcase some sets of postcards out and not need to buy books since they were bulky and take up space in my room which is already chalked full of them (hehe). Eventually though, as Comiket closed in and more books were announced for the event itself, I could not help but consider why not support the artists the best I can by giving their books worth of photos- (ah hey, it's) illustrations a go?

As such, the plan now was to forsake any postcard orders and other types of merch (they have posters and body pillows if you want lol) and focus on illustration books (commonly known as "irasutoshuu") which:
  • They can only feature originals so no anthology books which also means screw you "Otonari no Tenshi-sama" and your postcards haha I do not Anime here; Also no to fanart of mobile games specifiable "Blue Archive" fanart with their distinctive character halos, they have only been ruining my social media feeds lately
  • They cannot be mature rated and Zenmarket can actually help me check that since they have to list it on their site first and will warn if it is not allowed (I didn't buy via them though *cringe*)
  • They have to be sold in Melonbooks haha that's the whole point of the title
  • The artists of these works can be found in Pixiv and/or Twitter/X and that's an assumption I make to all of them just for profiling purposes
  • They must make art I like - Realistic character design, proportionate body figures, cannot have too much detail - and we will elaborate more on that later (Sorry for asking for perfection but what did you even expect out of this? Welcome to the world of 2D haha)
  • They cannot be sold exclusively on location since I won't be able to buy them and promoting them on social won't matter in my case
  • All the items total are to stay within 20k JPY (~200 SGD) in budget
We will from here on cover 11 other artists apart from Yomu-sensei which - because we did that recently but instead - will be replaced by the Comiket 102 catalogue made by Melonbooks themselves, we will talk about the purpose of that later.


THE ARTISTS
I feel like putting a summary here before we proceed, so here are all the artists in review based on various criteria which I think are relevant to our topic of conversation moving on. I will not, however, talk about their relevance in the industry because there will be no end to this but you may find some of them familiar here if you know of them, specifically in their involvement on character design of specific virtual YouTubers that I suppose are the thing these days in Japan's streaming scene.

In case you wondered, and I've bought their manga series 10 times already, Yomu-sensei was supposed to be in this package but I bought it separately as you have seen weeks ago, to maintain the trend of buying from Toranoana and getting their special gift (inconsistently). So yeah, they are in a different level. *giggles* Oh, and also why we don't talk about them because they have twice the followers on Twitter/X compared to Minori-sensei below. *silence* Haha that's how the world works dude

*Data accurate as of 4th Sep 2023
Artist Info Relevance/Known Period Quality/Preference Popularity (Twitter/X) Decency/H Level
Chigusa Minori
Pixiv Twitter 		When I Started Pixiv
⏳⏳⏳⏳⏳		 Perfect
🎨👍🙂😲🥰		 728.9k
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐		 Average
🌸👙
92M
Pixiv Twitter 		When I Started Pixiv
⏳⏳⏳⏳⏳		 Average
🎨👍🙂		 574.5k
⭐⭐⭐⭐		 Dangerous
🌸👙🔞
Hiten
Pixiv Twitter 		Immersed Into Pixiv
⏳⏳⏳⏳		 Perfect
🎨👍🙂😲🥰		 512.1k
⭐⭐⭐⭐		 Pure
🌸
Miwano Rag
Pixiv Twitter 		Everyday Discovery
⏳⏳⏳		 Amazing
🎨👍🙂😲		 372.9k
⭐⭐⭐⭐		 Average
🌸👙
Fuumi
Pixiv Twitter 		Everyday Discovery
⏳⏳⏳		 Average
🎨👍🙂		 470.9k
⭐⭐⭐⭐		 Average
🌸👙
Rangu
Pixiv Twitter 		Everyday Discovery
⏳⏳⏳		 Average
🎨👍🙂		 502.3k
⭐⭐⭐⭐		 Average
🌸👙
Sano Hiyori
Pixiv Twitter 		Found on Melonbooks
⏳		 Amazing
🎨👍🙂😲		 56.3k
⭐⭐		 Average
🌸👙
Komizuki
Pixiv Twitter 		Just Seen on Pixiv
⏳⏳		 OK
🎨👍		 69.0k
⭐⭐		 Pure
🌸
Nakamura
Pixiv Twitter 		Just Seen on Pixiv
⏳⏳		 Amazing
🎨👍🙂😲		 194.0k
⭐⭐⭐		 Average
🌸👙
Omulettomato
Pixiv Twitter 		Found on Melonbooks
⏳		 Average
🎨👍🙂		 14.1k
⭐		 Average
🌸👙
Kureha
Pixiv Twitter 		Everyday Discovery
⏳⏳⏳		 OK
🎨👍		 187.6k
⭐⭐⭐		 Dangerous
🌸👙🔞

This post will feature as much review talk as possible by (1) not showing any "rated content" as there will be quite a lot I promise you lmao, (2) not showing too much content and as much as I like to show these off these are still copyrighted material and they are not heavily circulated online (yet), and (3) sharing their respective social media posts if I can find them, and leave the rest to your imagination.

😋

I will also refer to all of them from here on as "they", because gender is not a thing for these unknown heroes of our age (lol), and even though there are subtle hints here and there, I don't want to imply on their gender based on name and on style- There are female illustrators out there who love little girls with boobs too, just ask Shigure Ui-

So, before we proceed... *giggles*


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