The Fanfiction 20240420

ANOTHER STORY FEATURING TEN-CHAN AGAIN!?? Alright, we made a joke about this already. *giggles* This is also the last of them anyways, but not in plot because we are continuing the story from last week! Hell yeah I told you I can do sequels no one is going to stop me. *wink*

I also know today is weed day but we are not talking about that haha, because if dear Amamiya Sora is my weed, I will die from drug addiction. *laughs* Ah hey, what can I say, I want to- Why can't I say it? Yo, stop censoring me I want to sleep with- HUH?? *laughs* Yeah, imagine censoring myself- Wait. What if this is fictional me censoring real me? Oh damn, did I manifest something bad that will ensure my virginity? Well, at least this story will. *giggles*

Let us clear our mind of reality and step into the conclusion for this season's world of fiction!! LET'S GO OUT WITH A BANG-

Due to events which I shall not detail further, I ended up in a hotel room with Amamiya Sora. Things got real awkward since then, so I played it off by telling her that I want to use the toilet and she nodded in reply. During my time in the bathroom though, I was able to overhear Sora talking to someone on the phone, and she was giggling several times. After I was done in the bathroom, I walked out to see her lying down on the bed. I walked closer to ask her what happened. She grabbed a pillow and stared at me with a serious face.

"Want to do something lewd together?"

I reminded her to stop making such jokes in front of others. As I was tired from early in the morning up will now and want to take a quick nap, I stretched my back and sat down beside her. She ditched the pillow as if by instinct and jumped out. She blurted out that she will wash up in the bathroom before we get dinner, dashed to the door and closed it behind her.

Maybe I should have slept on the sofa instead.

Damn, I wish I have another part of this story prepared but nah, unless...? NOPE NOPE I ran out of images for this scene these were the only ones, I promise you. *giggles* Guess who's the kinky one here. It's Mocho, by the way, the one talking to her on the phone and telling her to do all this. *laughs* And we don't talk about how we slept that night HAHAHA- Nan-chan helped us find tickets all this time and we took an earlier train home. *silence* She is NOT going to let me stay overnight with her friend, no way. *laughs* I did have a great evening with Ten-chan though, I feel like I should apologize for something, to be frank. *wink*

Okay I shall stop here I have had enough of Ten-chan for now. *giggles* I'll take a break and watch some Ede-chan livestream with Naganawa Maria just because I was dumb enough to cancel the subscription which allowed me to watch that livestream in March just so I can spend more money to pay for access to this event later- Real life me is not a smart human. Not like fictional me was but *laughs* I'll update on what I saw on that in the weekly post tomorrow.

P.S. This is technically what will end this season but my plans are still in place, we will do a special week of stories on the first week of May!! I like taking these work breaks (and I pray that they won't be taken from me considering things now at work), and I do something every year (almost), so for this year it's this! I wonder who will be featured in it... Hehe and we shall see if I want to do a round-up of all this lore next week if I'm in the mood, no promises. *giggles*

P.P.S. Posted on 4.20pm!!! You're welcome haha *dabs*

The Entertainment News '24 Issue #15

I'm going to start this one early on a Saturday because we have A LOT to cover this week.

For this week is likely the decision checkpoint for all the new shows that are appearing for the new season specifically on Anime, and we are going to WATCH THEM ALL- Okay not all of them, I do have my plans on what I want and not want to watch this season, so it's just a matter of them living up to my expectations. I can't reject sequels anyways so they don't count. *laughs* Oh and order doesn't matter this week too because I am still figuring out what will make me want to do this every week first for or the next 3 months so *shrugs*

Music this week has also been great too, so we will talk about those after we deal with my weekend naps being burnt on watching animated girls and dudes...? Uh oh haha why are there so many of them though

アニメ One Room, Hiatari Futsuu, Tenshi Tsuki.

"Wow, look at all those lights!" Eh Towa-chan? That's called light pollution lol

Oh, so I guess we are looking through the beginning through Towa-chan's perspective now? Hey, Earth isn't that great, just so you know. *giggles* In this new episode of more angel goodness (#TenshiTsuki02), OBVIOUSLY we gotta descend upon the Heavens like mythology would require you to do. Or just a fantasy genre Anime, either will work. *laughs* And in case you forgot what happened in the first episode, she ended up with blending in with the humans instead, as assisted by Shintarou. And they finally settled down after what was quite a hassle to deal with thinking that some chick (hehe) just landed on your balcony one night. Hey, at least the guy is enjoying his life being spoiled pampered fed good food (lol) by the angel who learnt everything from the book and would you mind printing those recipe pages out so we can share it with the cooking community if it was that good? *giggles* Anyways, that's good and all, thanks for ALL the fanservice happening inside the one bathroom lol bro we have those here too but I don't suddenly drop by seeing someone naked- ANYHOW lol (bro, I live with my family, I better stop elaborating on this) the antics might go on for a while as Shintarou gets used to living his life not alone anymore and hopefully no one else finds out about this angel's presence quite soon, though I would argue as of when will she be able to do something for the larger community of humans though? Still, Shintarou has a life to live don't forget he was literally living alone just to attend school which I assume is nearer than his home, so yeah, can't just take leave off school just to flirt with you, dear angel. *dabs* And thus we are introduced to the school cast, consisting of whoever Shuuichi is who almost made him puke out his full-course breakfast and... Tsumugi here- Yo I don't know who you are, cute girl, but heck, why aren't you voiced by Kanno Mai? Haha ah hey. *laughs* Well, I guess this new(?) girl isn't bad too especially, ESPECIALLY when you throw in the tsundere personality on her so much so even the childhood friend noticed he was getting sh*t on lol, probably came around this plot too well considering that Shintarou probably helped out Tsumugi when she was a little girl. And she's here to repay the favour- I don't think that counts as stalker behaviour though? You guys didn't meet for 9 years; It's a matter of if he remembered you, to be honest. *silence* Oh well maybe he doesn't, but this doesn't stop Tsumugi here (I'm not going to make the Anime "K-ON!" reference, it has been 15 years) from, you know, slowly advancing herself into Shintarou's life, for example maybe make bento lunches for him- Oh he does have an angel taking care of his meals now and delivers them to him during lunchtime so... I guess you're not needed anymore?? *laughs* I hope Shintarou has a great excuse for this I would say Towa is like, the apartment manager or something. Yeah, like from Anime "Slow Start". They are all stacked, that's how you know. *laughs* All in all- Oh wow, it's over already? When's the last time I haven't been watching shows and looking at the timestamps? *laughs* This might be it for me, guys. I meant, watching this on the regular. If I wasn't into this last week I should be by now, not gonna lie here. Even if it means the female cast will carry me to Heaven, I wouldn't even mind. *giggles* Still, the story is simple yet real (or not) as of now, and I think that's a good thing, so let's enjoy the honeymoon period before like, Towa-chan's angel friends come for her. Meanwhile, looks like we can enjoy the company of the other girls in school hanging out with Towa-chan as seen from the ending theme animation, so let's go for more of this blessed series! Uh maybe not that blessed and I maaaay have to change the "tsun" in front of the "dere" for Tsuki into something else soon so uh... *laughs*

The food drawings in this series might be too good ngl

Someday I will be like Towa-chan and sink into my girl's-

Just a peek- Ah.
*giggles*

MFW I liked Shintarou's imaginations of Towa-chan naked lol

P.S. "How am I supposed to make contact with the humans?" SAME haha okay not same she is an angel and I will never be one "Do I even have a place here?" Wow Towa-chan with the existential questions lol I think we share some similarities here and there, dear angel

P.P.S. "I was totally being spoiled rotten" Hey hey hey watch out lawsuit Anime title copyright incoming lol "Goodbye, my life of eating convenience store meals and breads every day" I wouldn't go that far to say that yet but it is for now 

BEFORE
(They were acquaintances...!!)

AFTER
(What will be of them now? *wink*)

BEFORE
(SHAME!!! Nice, I'm sold.)

AFTER
(Uh oh haha not sold I want refunds)

アニメ Shinigami Bocchan to Kuro Maid

"Can you imagine a life where you can't even touch the person you love?" No I can't, I don't have someone who loves me. *sob*

Oh yeah Sharon "that was a great nap" alright- AND we are paying her royalties for being in this series?? Oh, that's Hollywood. *laughs* In this first episode of a final season of what is supposed to come to us as a conclusion arc to this curse at least (#ShinigamiBocchan25), wtf is that children's bible- Is that the school anthem?? *laughs* Yeah, also boobs. Haha HELL YEAH Mr. Zain would be pleased. *giggles* Also also, if you wonder why I can never grab a great thumbnail for that chick who needs subtitles... it's just because. *laughs* So, the story so far in general and we might as well recap too because why not. Story goes and I'm being very generic here because I guess we will touch on stuff here and there as we go on this rollercoaster ride of an episode, Bocchan has a curse and so is Nico and we are here in this magic school to eventually undo them. By killing Sade- Alright let me rephrase that again. By confronting Sade once again and if all negotiations fail THEN maybe we will erase her. *silence* I mean, what we really need at this point of the story is choice. From Daleth being on our side, to all the people who are learning magic that isn't part of the magical school and don't have to sing whatever that school anthem is LMAO, to Zain ensuring their success with the time travel magic, and how Sharon is awake right now... Wait, what? *laughs* Yes, as much as it's a point to know what Alice's mother has been doing all this while in a coffin protected by Daleth in the Underworld of all people, it's interesting to see Sharon just walking about and interacting with everyone- Her voice actress is TOTALLY getting underpaid at this point she talks too much. *laughs* Living up to her name, we see her initially confronting Rob (who is quietly rolling his joints lol in case you wonder how those work) and then seeing her daughter come back from magic school along with Bocchan who has promised to be her lover from here on... I mean, even I shed tears of joy when I saw Alice get reunited with Sharon even though I already knew this was coming. *sob* And yeah, even the mom got emotionally excited after hearing what Bocchan had to say. I mean, all this love talk is not new, but in the eyes of someone we have not seen before... for a while, yeah. She's 25, by the way. *oof* Haha anyways, in terms of lore though, we now know a lot more than we knew before, with a recollection of someone effectively coming in from the past. So, for starters, we know Bocchan's grandfather is Bocchan's life saviour. I mean, without Victor, the two women wouldn't have a chance to work at the mansion considering how ill Alice has been back then and Sharon trying to take care of her unable to get a steady income, and all of this would not have happened at all. Well, we might as well not have let all this happen since it still did not change the plot of Sade's arrival, but that's also all she could recall. Yeah, as to why Sade chose to make use(?) of Sharon, if even, we still have no idea. And Daleth is also right in thinking that them going back in time may have consequences on things in the present considering Sade may have manipulated everything even then including exactly when Sharon is to be awake so to get in the way of their confrontation to Sade? Hmm interesting... lest to say is that I still have NO IDEA what is going on so far, so I'm just in for the ride. I sure hope there's something interesting at the other end of the tunnel, whatever it is. All in all... it's rather content heavy as with all conclusive arcs (see Anime "Shakugan no Shana"), but heck, it's moving fast as heck! Yeah, maybe even faster than Free(?) is with his magical horse transformation, and I don't really mind it was just a lot to absorb. I wonder what is up next, and unless we are saying that Sharon in this state is already quickly becoming a liability, I don't know what's in store. Oh yeah, maybe Sharon going back to the main house and seeing Bocchan's mom and how much of an old hag she is, dude?? I know right, all the age jokes I can think of lol Nico-san you are not going to win me here haha

Haha those drawn on eyes from the lesson she was dozing off from I can't even

Yo Rob you ROLLING THOSE JOINTS, DUDE??
(Haha)

#NotMyBocchan lol
(Come on, let's get this trending on social)

I found my new profile picture hehe
(Viola-chan wished she saw this spectacle)

P.S. "Sarah can lick anything and restore it to its original state" Hey Sarah don't mind if you can saliva r*pe me right now? I feel like I'm super off perpendicular right about now- *dabs*

P.P.S. "I just grabbed her (Daleth's) hand without thinking. Was that rude of me?" Yo Walter I think she just came- "But if I (Sharon) am here, you (Alice) can't flirt around with Bocchan, isn't it?" That's true... *laughs*

[Trust me, the only time I actually laughed is when Nico suggested the say we confront Sade to be called "Sa-Day" LMAO alright more boobs pls]

Oh which one do you like out of the new characters?
Hmm...

This.
*laughs*

アニメ Bartender: Kami no Glass

"Awful." Haha and I don't mean anything by this I just want to reminisce on the OG Anime-

I like how they think getting Sasakura Ryuu here to work for the hotel IS a thing. Bro, it isn't, stop daydreaming, he has his own place to run. So yeah, cleanse that pallet here, sir, we aren't talking about the original Anime series anymore, wake up. *laughs* In this new episode where even the bartender has his own problems (#Bartender02), but before those come in, let's talk about others' first! I mean, his only problem is these two ladies just pestering him into joining their hotel bar. Count me in. *giggles* Anyways, we are presented still with more stories to cry about lol, and the first on the line is an old pal- Oops, spoiler alert. It's the Chairman from the hotel that he wanted to hire but he can't recall the girls who came to him recently so yeah that's what happens when you are an ikemen (lol) AND you have the power to make them drunk? BRUH. *laughs* Despite likely knowing of whatever new hotel that is coming after his job skills if you would even call that, Sasakura here still did a wonder even if it's dealing with an old man who just complains about every single drink he was presented. It's as if he doesn't like the drinks of today no more- Yup. I hope you got the hint, and also why they blurred out the photo in the old bar specifically his deceased master (RIP) who worked in here and Sasakura had to help out once in a while, because this man is reminiscing the times where Japan had bars like, what is now 70 years ago (OOF), where ice isn't a ready thing let alone say freezers haha yeah people had to carry ice on the streets and prevent them from melting still, and as he said it himself, anything cold would be considered a drink. And that's what essentially he has missed. And then we have a hypocrite. *laughs* Okay, calling her a bastard may be an understatement and I'm surprised Sasakura dealt with it so peacefully like a gentleman he is instead of kicking her out lmao, but let's just say we have another customer here who is tired from work, running away from the rain into this bar, and hopes to not drink alcohol to warm up. WHAT? *laughs* Ironically, and I think this was also in the original series, that Sasakura had to ask for some soup from the restaurant within his block to make what is Bull Shot, a soup-like drink (man, I wish I can recall which website I referenced when I watched the original series) which also had vodka in it, so yeah, win-win. You get the warmth and the crunk you have always wanted, a**hole. *laughs* And I think I will leave the lawyer's complaints in the show for you to realize how old you are too which unless if you are 12 and don't get these then why are you even watching this? *giggles* All in all... even with the remake taking its place, I still CANNOT BELIEVE I am touched by this new series. *sob* As I wipe my tears after I watched it and took a toilet break I'm not lying here I am an a-hole I promise you *wink*, the impact might not be the same anymore, but the emotions are. And I suppose watching this as an adult only makes it infinitely more relatable, from old tastes to dealing with work stuff... it all makes sense once you step into that one bar. Also, you think he will eventually work in the hotel? That Sasakura? Unlikely so I would believe, but hey, we got 10 more episodes at least to go, so keep it up, ladies. Even the Chairman is keen on this guy and wants to ruin his life by giving him more money and less life- You think people in a bar at a hotel won't be any worse than the Chairman? I highly doubt so HAHA come witness me cry again next week will ya

Guess what, THIS is the only way to warm up my poor, weak heart right now

Dude, this just looks like corn soup.
*laughs*

P.S. "Is it the benefits? The pay? Do tell us what you want" I want you to leave me alone, dude?? Haha they don't know "If the other option is to be called a hypocrite, then I rather be an bastard" SAME dude all these work jokes I can't even

P.P.S. "Awful." *points at self* You talking about me? Haha hey I got more jokes where this is from "People really are disgusting, aren't they?" YO WHAT IS WITH THIS ANIME lol what did I do I just took a break from work for a week

アニメ Seiyuu Radio no Uraomote

"Yep! Two voice actresses in the same class by pure coincidence!" Dude, you don't have to keep emphasizing on that lol it's like they intentionally made it happen

Wow, how should I start to talk about this even. *laughs* In this first episode of what should make me nerdier than that Watanabe talking about her mechs and robots (#SeiyuuRadioNoUraomote01), eh... it's an industry story, alright. Despite much of it being too real, this one has a twist: We don't see the same person in front and behind camera. Is that a problem though? For Yasumi-chan here who is more extroverted than her image, and for Yuuhi-chan who is way more introverted than her image, yeah totally. *laughs* But after just watching this so far... I don't think I will be giving more of this, to be frank. And no, my love for Japanese voice actresses since I was a middle schooler won't carry me through this. Let's talk about the reasons why. Firstly, the storytelling is... to be as real as possible, rather bland. I know that we are showing the contrast between characters in real life and in front of the camera, and there is somewhat impact as you have seen so far in the public recording, but the drama isn't as strong as I would have hoped. Say, for example, Yuuhi-chan she just spouted and left after someone spilled a mess on her where I guess because it's also what a quiet emo person would do, did not voice out to such an incident in front of her considering she is also rather crude in talk, and bro, I would've just lashed it out on the girl if I had to. Maybe I'm being too dramatic on this, but hey, at least Yasumi-chan is playing her part right since it's also easier to do so for her anyways. Yeah, and the mannerism to professionalism thing. As a Japanese student though? I highly doubt you need any. *dabs* Also, the idea of this talk about voice actresses and their private lives is not so much encompassed into the story as if passing talking, but this is more of like a case study. They definitely tried to squeeze everything possible and real about what being in the voice acting industry is like, and then talking about what's different for this series. It's the difference between watching science shows and reading research papers. The latter is more boring. *giggles* Next, the animation. BRUH. *laughs* I know I like to give chance to voice actresses here and there, but you can't make the characters look worse than their real life counterparts, that's at least a lowest assumption from me. Also that's why people like people in 2D more than in 3D anyways, just so you know. *wink* (I know right, amateurs) (Haha I sound like that dude in class now) So yeah, even the best moments of showing Yasumi and Yuuhi here are just... not that great, and I'm genuinely disappointed even from the start when I saw the covers for this. I know this would come to play in my rejection of this series, if I would even make those GIFs I thought of whilst watching it. Lastly, and sadly I will say that's why Miku is more popular than Moeshi lol, it's Toyota Moe's voicing of her character. To put this nicely, it's off-putting. *laughs* I know when I watched the trailer that this will be a deal breaker, and the storytelling ironically did help in making her emotions show as emotionless the character's real side is lacking thereof, still did not make me like... well any of her voicing on this. If this is a matter of preference, then I'm not taking it. As such, I will not write a conclusion to this because the above is as conclusive as I will give it. I sound like a critic on those Anime sites now so I'm sorry, but from the get-go I already am prepared to not give this much credit unless it can impress me, and not with my watchlist this season. I know I also watched Anime "Sore ga Seiyuu!" that many years ago, but that's more generic and didn't have storytelling done this way that will... make you think about how Minase Inori's Twitter/X account got hacked. *laughs* So yeah, we're cancelling this radio show, we ran out of budget. *dabs* The theme songs are great though, but that is not helping much already at this point.

ON THE SURFACE
(Heck, I'll have s*x with any of them haha)

UNDERSIDE
(I would much prefer gal to a brute emo loner which is also me IRL)
(Also the drawings here are OMG *pukes*)

P.S. "Because what people want from idol voice actresses is innocence and purity" That... that's true haha it's also for reps I wish we can get bada** people in the industry like Takahashi Chiaki but heck this is 2024 so no way *laughs* Then again have you seen Kanno Mai being a brat on her paid livestreams and/or even Koko-chan back then beating people up? Those were the days lol

P.P.S. "(Liking robots and mechs) is so stereotypical, it makes you more likable" Bro and your voice actress is into the Gundam series? Haha sorry for the Itou Miku references here but I gotta

[Thanks to even watching one episode of this too real Anime, I can NOW show you how much of a female voice actress otaku I am through images, you're welcome haha]

I literally look like this right now without going for a haircut for almost 2 months lmao

Never have I heard such a doofus be able to self host a radio show on Onsen Radio- Wait.
*laughs*

See, you gotta buy the voice actor magazine on the left in order to get the embedded special gift mini poster on the right-
(Yeah, also shout out to 2020 when I reviewed a Seigura magazine)

アニメ Kuroshitsuji -Kishuku Gakkou Hen-

"You see, I'm merely one hell of a House Master" HE SAID THE THING (Well he kinda did but he's not a butler now so)

Wow Crunchyroll sponsored this? Not too surprising as I chanced upon their Wikipedia page and learnt they are under Sony already so yeah, what else is new. *giggles* What is new though are the theme songs, because in the first episode in the returning series without Kalafina making us sad lol (#KuroshitsujiSchool01), I'm just glad this series so long-running gets its own new story arcs, despite not following the naming convention of the Anime series. Yeah, it's like telling me to touch some grass after being cooped up at home for so long- Oh you can't touch those grass, the prefects will be on you. So, before we break the illusion, let's talk about what all this is. Essentially, we are following the adventures of Ciel-chan on his colourful, awe-inspiring adventures in a private all-boys school where he lives his prestige life aiming to be the best he ever was- What the heck is this? *laughs* Like seriously, with all the tradition to follow, it's as if England has something wrong with them... in the 1900s. So yes, in a world where women's rights are as little as the dust after Sebastian cleaned up the dining hall in Blue House? Yeah, not too surprising, really. *giggles* From the prefects to Ciel's buddy in school, to Aizen being school principal again (lmao hey Hayami Show it's great to see you again since Anime "Assassination Classroom") and whatever Sebastian is head of the Blue House now... it certainly shows how much guise you would need to take on in order to blend in to this school's premises. And now that the pretence is over, let us talk about the case in hand. For what this mystery-based series is about, this time around, the guys were basically infiltrating the school on the orders of the Queen (Victoria) RIP (who really sounded weird did they change out the voice actress?) to investigate on the disappearance of students within. Yeah, one would wonder, how would students disappear and no one in the school not know anything about it? Even sent into the Purple House where they don't look suspicious and it doesn't look like the Headmaster will throw some dudes in as punishment just because they looked the grass the wrong way? *laughs* Well, we have no idea what is happening even on the surface as Ciel just waltz into the Purple House's premises which is asking for death, looks like this is a lot more harder to deal with compared to the many other things this Lord-demon duo has done in the past. For now though, we know that some dude is missing, he hasn't been writing back to his family, and likely the only people who Ciel can suck up to are the prefects, so he had to start from there. What entails in front of us though? Your guess is as good as mine. *giggles* Okay I know the story, just vaguely. So we are the same for now. So maybe exaggerating a good job well done on the dining hall isn't as ridiculous as Sebastian made it out to be yeah, Ciel? Gotta give him credit sometimes for saving your rear. *laughs* All in all... this is very impressive so far. For what we have known about the series and the Anime adaptation's kinda rough journey? It's so good it's no wonder it was on social media trending last night when it aired. *thumbs up* I mean, I have my grimes about this, like how Sebastian definitely didn't look as good in drawing as everyone else and he just took so long to reply the master at the end but I guess he did eventually say the thing so whatever *giggles*, but overall this is quite up to the standard that even the Weston College will be proud of. I have nothing much to say besides looking forward to the story as I recall almost 7 years ago already, and since I only remember "blood transfusion" as the end goal of this story arc haha yikes indeed, we shall look forward to that from here on. I can go on to say about the animation and how the opening theme song did dip on the disappointing side a bit with the chorus, but personally I'm just happy SID is singing the ending theme song. The only relevancy in the history of this series we can still hold on to, honestly. 

Which House would you be in? I'll be in Ravenclaw-
(Haha FIVE POINTS TO GRYFFINDOR-)

Dude, why is this strainer and water so beautiful?
It's as if this is generated by AI-

P.S. "I keep hearing P4 and Y, what do they mean?" Please Ciel, Y is the thing you show to guys if you were a horny b*tch, and P4 is when you get railed by-

P.P.S. "So playing butler, then." YO Sebastian is already frothing at the aspect that Ciel has to do what he does for so long lmao

[I actually just realized this is the first story arc I will be reviewing here since the circus arc back in 2014??? Oh shit I'm old haha I guess we have to start somewhere so MORE THUMBNAILS]

This is the cutest you will see Ciel Phantomhive EVER-
(Haha ah hey)

This is the coolest you will see Sebastian Michaelis EVER-
(I mean, I'm not wrong hehe)

アニメ Sasayaku You ni Koi wo Utau

"Next up, we have a performance from the light music club SSGIRLS!!" The WHAT?? Haha don't know of them. *dabs*

SSGIRLS, more like SSRGIRLS- Haha I don't want to lose to them. *dabs* Now that we got the wind instruments club out of the way, let's give a hand for the light music club!! On this new Anime series I thought of taking a listen just because I said it in the season preview (#SasaKoi01), if this has good songs I'll give it some chance, I say, even if it's about love... between girls. *silence* I mean, what else is new with a little girlish romance here and there. Healthy relationships I hope, but most of all it's about the music. Then again though, I really wonder how far this will take us, which will explain why I haven't really gotten into this that much even at this point. Still, doesn't change the fact that the story is quite a good premise to even talk about, as new high schooler Himari got mesmerized by the band performance in her new academic residence (lol), is making quite the waves even on her childhood friend, let alone Yori-senpai which she liked... her music of. Yes, in case you didn't get it from the trailer, this is love but not quite exactly. As the people outside of the picture has described, this is basically a fan idolizing... of what exactly? All we know so far is that Yori-senpai here is more of a shy person when it comes to singing, instead more of a singing person especially in front of a crowd. I can already imagine if we can get more fans in we will have to start charging for fees for access to the roof after school, but this is all speculation we might be reaching the endgame too fast. *giggles* Still, we are greeted with a fantastic voice cast till date I pretty much know everyone in this episode so far, from Koga Aoi voicing the childhood friend and I can tell you she is one of my love at first sight hehe (also not true fan I took too long to figure her voice out ngl), to the band members featuring Komatsu Mikako (not sounding like the usual her but heck this is great too) and Kohara Konomi (stop giving me Anime "ToniKawa" Chitose vibes, thanks) and many more who have yet to appear and seeing the opening theme song animation is an original (along with everything you heard so far) with potentially another (competing?) band in place... this is amalgamating into quite the series in itself. I would say though, and especially if this blows up into whatever franchise I will hate for it to be ruined by large corporations (lol it already looks like it), I will say it first, that at least if this is what it feels like to see how well things kick off from the start despite all the other romance antics and stuff going around Yori-senpai's mind until she realized it was just fandom... maybe, just maybe, this can be the dark horse this season. Damn, this Himari has so much Hirasawa Yui vibes I can't even. *laughs* Okay okay coming back to this, overall I think I might try to give this the three episode rule, if it's going in the direction I am thinking of. I mean, it doesn't have to be the next Anime" K-ON!" series, but it just has to be close. I was really expecting more than one chorus or like, song drops where emotionally appropriate, and so far it was alright it wasn't ground-breaking by any means, and that's why I've come to this conclusion, watching a couple more episodes to see how it unfolds. This will also be my first time listening to Seto Asami (hi again from Anime "Hyakkano") singing songs so that'll be interesting if I pick this up eventually, and the voice acting for the characters are kinda off place despite being super aware of the voices behind... Yeah, I'll give this a chance. Just like how Yori-senpai will give herself a chance to make Himari-chan here fall in love with her. Not just with the music. But heck, who are we lying to? *giggles* I do hope they continue to build up on the characters and not play too much on the songs especially if they really intend to slap us with the lyrics to compliment the story that'll be much harder to grasp and more of a disappointment if expectations of these songs fail to keep up considering I watched Anime a decade and a half already, so yeah, we shall see where this takes us. I know, gotta start decorating the school roof so we can insert more fan seating. *laughs*

[Oh are they really going to force me to go to music streaming services to listen to the opening theme song because they didn't post a preview on social? Alright it doesn't make a difference I- NO APPLE MUSIC??? Haha CANCELLED THIS SHOW IS TRASH]

This series in a nutshell, you're welcome.
*dabs*

I would wake up if I realized this girl is my childhood friend.
*giggles* *thumbs up*

P.S. "This means the two of us have ended up at the same school since elementary school" WHAT ELSE IS NEW lol I mean you don't have to spell it out it'll only be sadder when the girl leaves you for a senpai- *laughs* "Wanting to spend every day with Himari... This (Yori) senpai has got to be a weirdo" HAHA GOTTEM

P.P.S. "I should not have agreed to this. Singing on my own is great, but singing in front of people?" Ah hey I think I found my Anime "K-ON!" fix this is TOTALLY not moe moe kyun lmao "Wait, I can't write love songs!" Hey don't mind but can you write us a "Fuwa Fuwa Time" or "Pure Pure Heart", yes? HAHA I am SO SORRY I have to do this but the nostalgia wave is too much "Be honest, Asanagi Yori" And that's how you intro us the character's name- In which its number of syllables fit Akiyama Mio? HAHA ah hey

[Okay looks like I got confused on what this is, so the opening theme is actually sung not by the cast and is by Sasakura Kana who will be casting in the Anime too as I assume, a singer? She's only a singer-songwriter so I don't know how this makes sense (Edit: As representative singer for the Anime-named band) but hey sh*t like Liyuu gets to appear in Anime nowadays so what else is new (lol) GIF FEVER!!! Haha]

This is as adorable as it's fugly at the same time I love it haha

I like how they just use a loading spinner for this lol

音楽 This Week on Klassic Note

Look, I want to say this is the best week for the month for Klassic Note, but we are not too sure yet even if the rest of the month will be less than what the two album I've listened to have to offer. Let's start with Hanazawa Kana's new album which isn't too bad at all considering quite a step up from the previous album eliminating some of the single B-sides in order to create a better impression, did not manage to get me more than what are the title songs for the album so I guess I'll take those for now, sorry Okii Reiji for the first track song! *laughs* I did spend a lot more time listening to Niitsu Yui's 2nd album which released last year but is out on music streaming services, and it's... as artistic as I have imagined. It's definitely easier listening to her previous releases from being outstandingly unique, but not the album from 2014 under "Neat's" but more of like, I need a music degree to understand some of these songs and I don't know why. *laughs* I did give mention to all the songs I was keen on though, and Niitsu-san liked every single one of it. Yes, even if they were in English. Even if they were harsh. I'm pretty sure she didn't even hit the translate button to see if I scolded her mom. *laughs* 

Well, we have a lot to talk about on music this week on social media thanks to the influx of new Anime, so let's cover them all. I suppose I don't have to cover Hanazawa Kana's new song preview since the album is out but Hanazawa Kana's new music video should be worth a mention since the song also symbolizes her 20th anniversary as a voice actress *oof* but also, that I followed the illustrator who made the drawings in the video of all places, on Bluesky. (Haha yes I have an account there, same handle as Twitter/X FYI) Ogura Yui's new music video let it be known will be my idolism crack for the season (haha) just because if you haven't seen the angel that is Yui-chan you need to stop what you are doing right now and love this woman. *dabs* I was genuinely not impressed by Otoha's new music video for Anime "Kuroshitsuji" series even listening it in the show again, the verse transition to the chorus was not great, it really was a bummer considering it had a catchy chorus. Niitsu Yui's new music video sadly is of the title song of her new album released on music streaming services recently which isn't great but can't be as sad as her marriage announcement. *giggles* Don't worry, I wasn't sad, I wished her all happiness since she isn't idol to me in the first place. Tell me when like, miwa or Tsuji Shion is married. *laughs* Speaking of miwa-san, TV announcer Sakuma Minami sang a song written by miwa which should be the case it's for a TV program series and she doesn't sound like a music person I suppose which also isn't bad for what looked like a first attempt? I'm quite impressed, not gonna lie. Tomita Miyu's new music video is probably my best impression of her thus far since she sang for lots of Anime just because I may never get used to any of her current styles other than her journey till her first album, so I will give this a listen when the single is out next week. SID's new single is announced to release end of May, and if you are impatient the song is out on music streaming services and the music video is rather classic and even nostalgic, I'm so glad this is what I have asked for for years. Really, we just need the right Anime credit for it. *wink* I like how Sangatsu no Phantasia is recruiting ideas for the demo of their new song like they ran out of idea which I assume is for the melody because damn I don't know where Mia-san and her creativity work is going right now anyways. *shrugs* Interestingly in a livestream this week, Takagaki Ayahi and Toyosaki Aki announced a new song releasing next week, which is quite interesting as we might even see more of MusicRay'n first generation members get their own collaboration songs and such in the future? That'll be an interesting change in pace compared to their solo music careers. Polkadot Singray's new song is also releasing next week (how many of them for next week are there?) which is for an Anime series on YouTube? Alright, times have changed. If you want to catch up on music video premieres on YouTube, mol-74's new music video will air next week which will be our first listen into their new album next month so let's see if they can hold up to their name, and nasuo's new music video airing next week is already making me hate her for ruining the opening theme song series on Anime "Shinigami Bocchan" series. *giggles* Yeah don't worry my complaints are useless, her new single-track release will be on my shelf soon. *laughs* And we aren't even done yet, because in terms of new release announcements, Horie Yui's new album will be released on July is already making me hype and happy that signing up for her fanclub this year is a right choice *wink*, and considering this idol group didn't sound too bad in Anime "Tenshi Tsuki" ending theme song, I will give a listen to SoundOrion's new single which will be releasing in May. Phew, I think I'm done for the week- Oh happy 12th anniversary to Taketatsu Ayana's solo music career I guess, where are the new songs though? *giggles*

And FINALLY we can talk about the new stuff coming out next week in which if Natsukawa Shiina's new single competing with Tomita Miyu's new single is making me question my idol music tastes (lmao), maybe I can listen to Polkadot Stingray's new song or even that Sakuma Minami's new song written by miwa because they might be better. Or maybe the new song from members of idol group sphere  Takagaki Ayahi and Toyosaki Aki. Okay maybe not maybe I'll just give nothing because I am still stuck at giving last week's songs haha *sigh*

Wow, that was quite a write-up that no one will care. *laughs* Niitsu-san, I would appreciate if you would read and like these also? Haha she doesn't care, no one does. *silence* Anyways, I hardly slept in the weekend and so did my body so it just kept coughing so maybe I work for two more weeks before I go see the doctor again where my next work-leave-public-holiday combo will take place. Adios!!

P.S. I think this is really the first actual (no-loss) bet I did with anyone, because I did one with ma bro where we both signed up for a signing event to Toyota Moe's photobook which whoever got the pussy(cat) free gift bromide photo is to treat the other a drink unless both of us single men got pussy in which case we will call our other friend to open some champagne to celebrate- *laughs* And yeah if any of us get our book signed that'll be bonus. *wink* Haha I thought it was a good joke just seeing the photobook special gifts get revealed throughout the week ngl this is hopefully more worth than taking the Gamers Online Shop special gifts bait again with a higher price tag- Dude, I already did this TWICE just THIS YEAR ALONE a third time is not necessary. *giggles*

The Fanfiction 20240413

Wha~t!! Another story featuring Ten-chan again?? Yes, it has come back once again because as I said, this is just compensating for only mentioning her the one time, and I'm here to make it up to her. Not her personally, she has to be in my fiction in order to interact with fictional me.

*sigh*

Now that we let the cat out of the bag, maybe we just start with extrapolating my... invisible role in the eyes of my stepsister's career: Being the sort of a substitute manager or errand boy I guess at her beck and call? So yeah, basically when Nan-chan says go there, I go there. She says I go with Ten-chan, I go with Ten-chan...!? OKAY THEN LET'S GO TO SOMEWHERE FAR AWAY!! *giggles* Ah hey

As my stepsister Shiina knew that I took work leave to stay indoors, she ordered me to join Amamiya Sora for an assignment in another city. She told me we will be able to book train tickets back at the end of the day afterwards, but contrary to what we found out when we reached the location, we were told it would be done in half a day. This left us stranded when we also found out return tickets were only available for the next morning.

I booked the only hotel nearby the train station and told Sora after she was done with her work. But the series of events did not end even as we arrived at the hotel soon after. We were told that only single king-sized bedrooms were left, and we had no choice but to stay in for the night. When we entered the room, Sora sat down on the bed in front of me, took her shoes off and smiled back at me.

"The two of us are alone, are we?"

I wondered how she came to this conclusion and we jokingly laughed. We then looked away from each other in silence.

I imagine what's going through Ten-chan's brain was that she was glad someone was going along with her on this very normal thing we will go back by the evening until she realized how much of a predicament we were in, until so coincidentally to the extent that we will have to spend the night together, in the same hotel room, ON THE ONLY BED?? *laughs* Only someone who think kinky will come to this conclusion haha *wink*

Also, do you think, do you even think, that Ten-chan will be this level of cheeky to play around with me? You think she told Nan-chan to get someone to go with her which implicitly means me? Fictional me, yes, I know. *laughs* I wonder, dude. This sounds like too much of a good story not to fantasize on MUAHAHAHA and that's why we have this. How many years of idolism did you think surmounted into the making of this one? Haha come on she was still the OG first love, fictional me knew of her in high school. *giggles* I mean, real life is similar too I knew her than everyone else... after her haha I can't upset the older ones not even the married ones lol

P.S. I know we reached the character limit for the story already but I promise you, I SWEAR the imouto did NOT see this coming. *laughs* She might not be jealous, but she did call me to find out if we were okay, and I told her everything. Including being in the same hotel room together. Alone. Just not on the same bed though, this might break her heart. *giggles* She also called Ten-chan too behind my back just to make sure I wasn't lying and that I didn't do anything to her dear friend. *silence* I know right, she is very sus right here, dude. *dabs*

To work is for passion, but passion is not for work.

It's an irony isn't it? People keep saying out there that you should have passion on the work you do, but knowing that isn't enough especially when you have your livelihood ie. your salary on the line. And that is assuming most of us in the workforce, if you are a freelancer or even a business owner you would also have the passion, but the purpose of that would be different. And that just brings us back to why when we do anything with a passion often associated as a known hobby, we don't do it for the sake of earning money. They just can't simply coexist even in the ones that supposedly can, like illustrators. There will be that line, and I just hate that it exists.

The solution? I hope that you are passionate in more than one thing that can put money on the dining table.

The Twenty-Third Book Worth of Photos: My Idol Cannot Be This Cute

(Click here to skip to the interview)

I just made this title up haha I had no idea what to use to describe this adorable piece of- Shout out to Anime "OreImo" for the inspiration haha I guess mine is called "OreIdol" hehe nice.

And to this, I should apologize beforehand because SORRY TO KEEP YOU WAITING haha yes including you, me, for having to wait TWO DAMN WEEKS just to get more of MaiMai because I had to wait for the rest of the free fanclub stuff to arrive so I can save some money on international shipping- Hey MaiMai you coming up with a fanclub subscription soon with monthly wallpapers? *giggles* Well, I guess she is already making me pay monthly for her livestreams so...

Anyways I lose lol, and I formally welcome my birthday gift of the year screw you again Ogura Yui haha *dabs*, so let's! The best time to review a photobook HAS to be on a Friday afternoon when I took work leave already. You're welcome, me. *giggles*

"Kanno Mai no Mai Pace Mai World" Tabi Photobook ~MaiCatch~
[Available on Gamers]

HOW THIS CAME TO BE

Wow where should I even start... I guess as with all introductions, I think I liked her the moment I saw her from the introductory livestream from "IDOLY PRIDE" back in 2019 *oof* almost 5 years ago this love, and if you would want to argue with me I'll take you on haha, among the 10 new...ish voice actresses announced to be in the series split into two idol groups, she is definitely the cutest of them all. *wink* We will not talk about everyone else in that livestream since I did end up liking the bunch of them eventually *ahem* MusicRay'n 3rd gen *ahem* but this isn't about them, it's about Kanno Mai right here.

Initially I did not gain any interest in the Anime series which aired in 2020 or the mobile game that came out half a year later especially when the developers behind those ruined their previous game which I liked for this (and we shall not talk any more on that lol *sob*), but suffice it to say she did catch my attention some time later if I'm not wrong around 2021 from an online livestream series "Seiyuu to Yoasobi" (as a guest, for her mail role in "IDOLY PRIDE", no surprises) which is also when I saw she is rather active on Instagram, specifically doing acapella livestreams (not archived btw), where she sings her favourite songs to even taking in fan requests. I ended up following her for about 3 years now, getting into the flow of watching her social updates over time, getting into her singing even if it doesn't ring any bells, because damn, her appeal really set onto me if it hasn't onto you. One would even argue that "cute" is the ONLY thing I can describe her during this period.

Her next break came in not because of Anime because why would they these days girls just be cute and be popular lol she is one of those by the way, is with the introduction of her niconico channel (nicknamed "MaiMild", for full name see photobook title), where she hosts a weekly midnight-airing radio show which I listen every Monday making sure I get tired more than once a day for the work week *giggles*, and a monthly subscription which includes access to her once in a month video livestream where she eats stuff and tease us both (lol) and do cute stuff hehe... it was an offer hard to resist. Till then, she has been my first and only reason to (1) sign up for a niconico channel subscription of which its series is responsible for this photobook itself, (2) paid for her birthday livestream where she sings cover songs in a frilly pink outfit of which I watched live AND watched its archive every day until its removal, and (3) at this point so far paid the most amount of money into a photobook she announced a couple of months ago after teasing it during that very birthday live.

Man, I hope this is a good enough summary I assure you there will be many revisions of this *giggles*, but hey, I think this is adequate to describe the wonderful-genius-adorable perfection that is Kanno Mai for now. *dabs* (Yes that phrase has a meaning too lol)

...

We will talk about her flaws later hehe MEANWHILE THOUGH!!! Let's talk about the book itself.

The time has come.
All the 5 years of photobook reviews has led up to this.
*giggles*

The Gamers Online Shop package, in a nutshell.
*thumbs up*

This is just for the thumbnail and eternally preserved, for me.
*giggles*

写真集 "Kanno Mai no Mai Pace Mai World" Tabi Photobook ~MaiCatch~

Now that I noticed, isn't this border similar to a stamp on a postcard?
I see...

Perfection in a nutshell-
I'm going to say this a lot btw

Oh yeah, about the logo on the top...

Ah yes, maybe I haven't talked about how this photobook actually came about. As much as this is based on her trip to Okinawa, based on my many experiences unfortunately this is NOT the swimsuit or bikini photobook you have yearned for (Audience: BOOOO) (haha), but because this honours the image of the radio video livestream series she has been doing for more than a year now she started in January 2023, the series' purity(?) and adorable and sometimes quirky charms has been passed on into the book itself. So despite it not having any bare chest to ogle upon (though one would argue she has plenty of that for her size hehe), it will not be the embodiment of all the sexy scenes one would expect having spent quite a lot on this... Here's a gentle reminder at this point that, remember when we talked about what a "photobook" would mean, carrying a theme and showcasing of a certain form of art? If cuteness isn't the theme of this, I don't know what is. *wink*

CUTENESS OVERLOAD LET'S GO MAIMAI SHOW ME YOUR BEST!!

And we start of with denims!
KAWAII- *blessed*
(I'm going to say this a lot, I might need to use an emoji for this)

Kanno Mai standing taller than the cactuses behind her at 145 144.5cm
*giggles*

These are the quality jokes you get when you watch her measure her height at one of the livestreams and realized she is consistently 0.5cm shorter lol she did update us though she grew back to 146.1cm but I'm not sure if that's true-

*blessed*
I like.

The many adorable faces of Kanno Mai, I might as well just let you soak it in too because I'm just displacing the cuteness from me right now as I look at this
(Hehe)

Her dressed up in a China outfit and punching me will deal less damage than... anything, honestly.
*laughs*

KAWAII~
*speechless*
(Let me sink that in for a bit, thanks)

AAAAAHHHHHHHHH
(Dude I just LOVE these close-ups!!)

Call me master and I will teach you the ways of... how Anime aim their cameras MUAHAHAHAHA

Wherever this is in Okinawa, this Chinese background really makes her fit in beautifully ngl

Oh OOPS haha just a zoom in on her pores that I always say I adore from any number of them I follow
(It's a feature, stop using beauty apps)

Oh this is cute, with the translucent veil on top?
(Still no cleavage huh haha)

NICE ANGLE haha not that kind but still
(No really, it truly is, cuteness in a nutshell)

Yeah the teddy bears in exhibition, for scale.
*laughs*

OMIGOD~!!!
Is this is the almost without makeup bed scene I've been teased about??

MFW I saw this goodness goddess god-ppai haha *dabs*
(Those front curves, dude, just *shapes hourglass*)

*speechless*
(I want to wake up every morning on top of- Haha what)

Oh hey guest appearance with her pet(?) plushie cat Nyanko-chan!!
Do you know what is better than one adorable thing?
*giggles*

TWO ADORABLE THINGS- *nosebleeds*
Ah.
(H-How??)

This might be the "worst" best thing I've ever seen.
And if this is what the real her looks like...
I like.
*blessed*

Brat- uh, I mean, childish trendy MaiMai!!
(From the sign behind looks like we are at a place selling soba noodles)

*slurps* AHHHHHH
(Haha in Japan you eat noodles as loud as possible or else it doesn't count, I speak from Anime experience)

Shout out to this *small* village making all these *small* antics so wonderful in this *small* photobook- Alright, me.
*laughs*

This one's for me. For the rest of the month.
Maybe I be selfish and take this photo down MUAHAHA

Oh I just want to point out this is how short she is, that she needs to wear such shoes to lift up her life-
*dabs*
(No mercy, dude, even if she cute)

Oh, she is making some handicraft?
I don't hear any mention giving this out though...? Haha

Not an illusion she did indeed up she is just short-
(Yo me, we need to stop with these short jokes)

Matured MaiMai??
Show me more.
*blessed*

I don't know where she is but this is *chef's kiss*

My girl when I complimented her using words more than just "kawaii" hehe

I don't know if she's any Cinderella but I'll at least send her home.
*dabs*

Oh, another nice angle but damn, this is all, huh.
*laughs*
(The positive disappointment, dude...)

And if you think they didn't have another reason to make her cuter...
I don't know what is this outfit and I already died of cuteness overload haha

The many, many faces of Kanno Mai
(*Not representative of her overall image)
(Haha gottem)

Girls will drink down that much smoothie if maintaining their figure isn't a thing, I tell ya
(Also, nice ad placement?)

Only a "B", huh. I mean, looks like it. *laughs*
(Also the grade I wish Kanno Mai will give me if we ever meet)

Taking photos of your girl eating stuff is so surreal, I don't know why this is fun but I want to do this IRL
(Hehe)
(Someday dude, someday)

Please tell me I can get a digital edition of this thing because damn you HAVE to buy this yourself to see this marvel

Nice angle again but no *shapes hourglass* haha

Close enough.
*blessed*

*speechless*
(All fairies please step side, thank you)

What I think of our parasocial relationship, to be honest
(Hehe *kiss*)

*kiss* *kiss* *blessed* *kiss* *kiss* hehe
(Can't stop, won't stop)

Oh we saw her at the beach, she showed it off on social media.
Beautiful skies complimenting beautiful girl?
Actual genius, dude?

Normally this would be blowing my eyes away but for this one, just this one...
I'm blown away for a different reason.
*blessed*

As we walk down memory lane after all that we have seen so far...

Yes, I will grab your hand and then not wash my hand for eternity.
*giggles*

OH SH*T AN INTERVIEW!!!
(Well, I guess we are doing this then)

One more for the road!!
I assure you this is a different shot from the previous one hehe

Wait, ChuChu was listed as the assistant producer??
That f**king mascot who ran the production's social media account??
This has GOT to be a joke LMAO

Oh yeah, on the left is the mini photobook which costs money, and the right are the free bromide photos

Not going to show them all but they are somehow better than the ones I bought last year for her birthday event ngl
(I will show the comment on the signed one though, see below)

"For everyone who bought from Gamers ❤
Thank you very much!!
(This) photobook with a lot of firsts (for me)
How was it? Genius?? Thanks ♥
From here on, do continue to support "MaiMild"!!"

Thank YOU actually MaiMai, for this photobook because DAMN was that quite an awesome one!! Initially I was doubtful in them promising a photobook that will deliver since this is technically a spin-off from the actual money-making series (lol), but as the date crawls in and I see her talking about her 100-page photobook and how it's also A4-sized during her signing events and me getting this book on my two hands... I'm glad I held it with two hands because did you even find time to talk about anything else other than how adorable she looked? It might be wise to do this all this while just to garner attention through her activities without much Anime roles, it might be genius because I need to give the cameraman a pay raise hehe, but most importantly, I think a lot of that might be attribute to her just being cute and the best thing mankind has ever introduced to me. *smiles*

Which reminds me, I haven't listened to her radio show for the week lol the only times I miss them are when I'm not feeling well, pardon my broken a** body my dear~

Okay shameless praise over, let's move on!!

Damn, this sticky peel-off is real bad-
Oh yeah, just some cute MaiMai-ness for you guys. *wink*

This book is like, very thin.
MaiMai hasn't shown herself on camera with clothing thinner than this book-

Well at least it isn't in a binder- MORE MAIMAI~!!!
I can scan this into my PC *giggles*

Oh I actually quite like the right one more-
(You guys want to do a poll? Haha)

And more one to close this up!
This is perfection if I've not overused that word already.
*thumbs up*

THIS WAS PRICED AT A QUARTER OF THE PHOTOBOOK????
*ugh* haha

As for the store-specific free(?) gifts plus purchase, initially they were offering super limited editions in four slightly different flavours (in which they restocked three of them, by the way, which meant more events for her) and those included various events to meet her in person which isn't in line with my introverted self (lol) and I love far away from Japan FYI so I resisted in getting those despite them having a making DVD *screams*, waaaay better bromide photos and other goods but also mainly because they came with a super high price tag... that I will not make you go crazy about haha it's just 5-digit yen bro it's cheap *laughs*, but MaiMai did hint on releasing a Gamers limited edition and eventually a regular edition of the book from the same store, and I could not help myself but get the former just because there's a lot more. What is included are a mini photobook which damn for 1100yen is quite a scam haha you actually just saw it all so if you paid for the regular edition you're welcome lol, along with a set of 3 bromide photos AND one more signed bromide with comment.

I mean, this is quite a scam because even Koga Aoi's mini photobook from those years ago isn't this much of a trip (get it?) (because it was a travel guide book too) but heck, if setting records is a thing here then yeah, she did it to me, this brat-

THE INTERVIEW

Since this one had one and as with all of them (exceptions included lol), and this one only spanned two pages so I guess it's no harm for her to talk about definitely not her childhood and voice acting career LMAO, because this interview is mostly about how all this came to be, from her perspective.

Here is a brief summary of what she had to say, with my comments in brackets:

• Titled "Getting charged in Okinawa! Working hard from here on at my pace!!", by the way (I CAN HEAR HER SAY THAT ALREADY lol)
• She overall enjoyed the photo-taking trip to Okinawa. She got real surprised to visit the cactus farm for herself (haha ah hey), and was taught that these also grow in winter season. She was a 30-time victim to mosquitoes there though. (OOF)
• She said the denim outfit did give out a K-pop (fashion) feel with the white boots and with the help of genius makeup artist on the stylistic eyeliners, which made it even more impressionable.
• This visit of a cactus farm was inspired by fans loving the "cactus-like" poses of her (so far only) main role character in "IDOLY PRIDE" as Kawasaki Sakura, which gave her a reason to visit.
• With her China outfit greatly inspired by her favourite character in Anime "Pretty Cure" series "Cure Black" (yes, the initial series, I actually watched that a bit as a kid) with the black dress and cute frills, along with the cute bun hairstyle made her trip to Chinese-inspired "Fukushuuen Garden" with the patios and rivers, all the more perfect.
• On her trip to the "American Village" (this is a thing btw), since the shooting was close to Christmas season (we were hinted that she did the shooting end of the year so no wonder), all their photo shots were to showcase the lightings, she even learnt a lot of shooting techniques from the cameraman themselves, knowing which angle to take, where to take them, it even impressed the staff.
• She also went for a very casual feel for this part of the shoot, and a rather boyish outfit with short pants and sneakers and not what everyday her would be wearing, especially with the yellow colours kicking in a fresh feel with the lazy-like hairstyle. She ended up buying the white cap for herself.
• "Kanno Mai proven to be a woman who brings in good weather during the shooting!?" (lol)
• The bed was so comfortable, the sunlight was so nice and warm, she admitted she did almost fall asleep during the shooting *laughs*. For this part of the shoot though she relied a lot on the staff, which gave her many firsts including wearing pants cut off to show knees and not wearing makeup for the first time on camera! (I assume this is much shame for her since she only appears with makeup sometimes even too much) Paired with the pants, it was a style never seen before, and she felt it to be refreshing. And she wasn't lying when she said it's without makeup: She asked the staff if it was okay to just style her hair a bit and that's all. (Yes HAHA) (Well, there you go, she said it herself)
• On her trip to "Rukyu Village" specifically on the soba noodles house there, she wore a popular trendy "Big Silhouette" T-shirt (looks like a ZOZOTOWN sub-brand from a quick search online) with a different pleats hairstyle! The soba was delicious and it warmed her up. (I assume the weather at this time of shooting was cold despite the closer-to-Equator location)
• When inside the village, the theme was to treat the shooting as if it was "the granddaughter from Tokyo came to visit" type of feel, she just called the cameraman "obaa-san" (lmao) all the time. She did a lot of active stuff running and jumping, and they took photos of that too. She crafted some sheet magnets of the Okinawan dog, and since she chose a pink one and painted it with girlish green eyebrows, she named it "GalSa" (lol the animal was called "shisa").
• She also went to (aptly named) "Southeast Botanical Gardens" for the illumination and lighting over there, had totally different feels seeing a garden light up at night, and took photos of the Christmas tree and the Okinawan dog (statues) there. Thanks to the makeup artist's genius work, despite the same face (lol yeah no shit) we got to see a different feel of her in the makeup and the (matured) outfit.
• The second outfit where she revisited the "American Village" had cat ears for her winter cap and arm warmers which gave out such a cute feel, she ended up buying the cap as well.
• She enjoyed the fried chicken she had over there (in the village) especially eating it with onions, it was so delicious she bought a fried chicken keychain before she left.
• Shout out to the interviewer asking about the feeding pose because she felt ashamed about doing it, but felt like it was to portray the scene at the time, to show how well it tasted. (RARE EXHIBITION OF SHAME!!! Haha)
• The photo shoot on the beaches of "Senaga Island", along a nearby visit to "Toyosaki Seaside Park", was just perfect for the white dress and ponytail as they paint perfectly into the scenery, she felt like it was a dream come true. There was small rain when they got there but it was gone by the time she stepped into the sea. People kept disbelieving when she said she is a woman who brings in good weather, but this is something she thinks she can convince us of now. Thanks to that, we got beautiful shots of soft winds blowing her hair below the beautiful clouds.
• (Not going to make fun of her calling her "Moses" for controlling the weather since the interviewer did it lol kawaii)
• Overall, she enjoyed her time for the photo shoot. The food was great, and she had blue shaved ice a lot of times, even in the cold *laughs*. Also the chinsuko and baked purple potato... (not going to go through all)
• In a sentence, she thought the food was good and the scenery was beautiful! She thought Okinawa will be a place with varied seasons, but still enjoyed the winter season when she was there. Everyone was happy, time flows slowly, it felt like a happy place to be.
• She actually wanted to go to Okinawa and Hokkaido for work reasons (if possible), and even travel overseas as she did not have experience in the latter. She wants to see Aurora (lights) in the flesh, even going to see the Aurora belts will also be a nice thing to do when she retires.
• On to talking about the series "MaiMild", she said it has been about a year (as of photo shoot), and she gained a lot of experience from it. Things that she wanted to do eventually, it all got fulfilled. (I hope it's not all the shameful lines she had to say lmao) Doing a birthday event, singing in it too, wearing a princess outfit, an all pink outfit... because of the support from the staff, she felt more grateful than ever.
• When asked what she want to eat from here on considering she does that on every (video) livestream every month, she said instead of eating she would like to cook for once, and wondered if that is fine. (Yes but...) Maybe making dishes with coriander, or with fan votes on what to make (alright the former one is NOT one of them lol her obsession of that vegetable is absurd FYI). Or just making them without coriander would be great too.       *laughs*
• When asked about how the image (from the staff) of KBS symbolizing dropping of stuff, she... uh, thought the staff was saying bad things about someone else? (lol why) But later mentioned that she didn't spill anything during her time at Okinawa. She did screw up something that she bragged about in the radio show though, mentioning that she built a fence as tall as her by herself but she ended up taking 5 hours assembling it (lmao), did not realize the glue she used with the screws(?) was on her bed, still determined to finish it only to notice it was still in the bed when she slept that night!
• When asked what happened to the bag of butamen that was given to her (as a hoax from where she spilled one during the first livestream), she mentioned that she didn't touch on it much, and only went as far as buying a butamen keychain. She did get hungry right afterwards though so she had it with coriander, and it was alright. (Haha why) She preferred if there was seafood on it or curry (it was base flavoured too which I assure you is not the most popular one even to me), had 6 of them left over (as of the interview), and was welcome for anyone who wants it. (Hey, if you give this to a fan during an event? They will *scream* haha just a suggestion)
• When asked about the series' most popular segment "YES or NO" (basically a commited Q&A speedrun where she can't lie is the problem), she denied its popularity entirely indicating it as a "NO". (*laughs*) She does try her best in these segments because fans like it... BUT!! She didn't feel that everyone is enjoying it, and she felt that she was suffering, so it's a complicated feeling, but she did enjoy doing it so *fake laughs*
• She hesitated when told if she wants to measure her height once again this year since the time she did it in a livestream measuring at 144.5cm (shorter than her profile reported). She said that she will eat more and grow taller to prepare for this. (Sure dude, if that's how you think that works lol)
• She knows it takes a lot of effort to write handwritten mails to her, and she felt happy when she gets to read and talk about these stuff on the radio show. Also all the mail she got for her birthday event she brought all of them back home, and shed tears of happiness as she read through all of them. 
• She also did "MaiCatch" eyecatch segments during the livestream (for the livestream, they will play some of them back on stream once in a while) and she recalled especially during the live recording event back in June (2023) she understood the prompt wrongly which ended up being edited with the logo flying around to cover up for her staring up in the wrong direction while doing a handshake pose. (Wow I wasn't there did that really happen? lol)
• The new stuff she intends to try out in the series (I assume on the video livestream) are communicating with fans more (in different ways), and since fans wanted more singing events she wants to give them more opportunities to hear them, and maybe someday make an original song for the series, which will be a dream fulfilled to her.
• When asked about her ambitions of being a voice actress from here on, she admitted she has a lot she wants to do, it has been such a childhood goal for her, she wants to continue doing it still. She said though she is (indeed) more involved in musicals and recitals, she does not mind expressing herself wholly (I assume, as in full on acting) as that would be great. She liked overseas dramas and movies, and would like to continue voicing for them. (Did she even?) It has also been a big dream of being able to voice act a main role in an Anime she also sings the theme song for. (*looks at Kana-chan*) (again) (haha ikr)
• In her final message (in this book) to fans, she thanked them for the little things they do to support her, she felt her presence was heard. Even meeting them in person has been a miracle, she has only been blessed for the support so far. She did in times, for example in online talk events, get noticed by staff that she wasn't as energetic as she (her image) would've been as fans were worried from just feeling her (vibes), she appreciated such love that this (feeling of) "wonderful-genius-cuteness" has been conveyed to everyone. With such support, she felt closer than ever to her fans.
• She also had a message for her buddy Nyanko-chan, but worried that the alligator toy (which quickly became her toy for that one livestream lol) might take over her position as supportive/supported character for the series, and thanked them for (always) being there. Touching it and the face especially felt great (lmao TMI), and she was glad it had a space in the photobook.

Phew! That was quite a long one in just two pages, I tried to do like, 95% of the content translated just so you know. As you may have noticed above, MaiMai here isn't exactly honest in her character portrayal over the years as her idol-like image might have indicated, and her sub-constant state of denial and lovely yet sometimes real tones really brings out the overall image that is Kanno Mai, which is rather unseen in the industry considering not everyone gets the chance to do things with this much freedom and considering her relatively low popularity...? (lol)

Still, this was quite a photobook to say the least, and remember this is without swimsuit, without lingerie, without any sort of alluring poses (not even cleavage) and she still delivered such cuteness in the everything I've liked about her image, and a whole lot more about her that'll take too much to explain. She really is just a new generation of precious at this point, this MaiMai. *giggles*

And if you can read Japanese, here's the full interview if my phone camera would work properly haha I'm sure you can see this since I read from this too lol

Wow would you look at the time!! It's time for dinner (lol the sun has set btw) so I guess I will wrap up here, that interview translation was rough having to read and reference everything too hehe you're welcome. This has been quite a journey with technically my first idol seiyuu I've faithfully(?) followed up till date so screw you TrySail and sphere, MaiMai is the winner now. *giggles* I will leave my own comments inside the interview and/or revisions of these as and when I have time to do so, so don't worry I will make sure I list down all the dumb things this little girl has done. *laughs* Oh how about that time when she-

P.S. To share the dumb things that I did instead, I did end up using my phone to screen record (oops) and even make GIFs out of the first few video livestreams because I was so impressed by the eyecatch material she made during them, which was what became the title of this photobook. I had to pay a subscription for this, so if you guys would keep this within here that would be most jolly. *wink*

*catches kiss*
(Hehe)

Ah, the reluctance to just make a heart sign.
SHAME!!!
*laughs*