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Chapter 7.1: Arthur is a great man.
Murr: “Did your heart pound? Did you cry? Oh man, if you did, I really wish I coulda seen it!!”

Shylock: “Hehe…one day I’ll bestow the same pain to you and relish in your screams while enjoying a wonderfully aged bottle of wine. I do hope you’ll remember that.”
These two's relationship is so strange.

Chapter 7.2:
Riquet: “I’d like to do something about this strange mark that suddenly appeared on my forehead. Are you someone I could speak to about this?”

Nero: “Ah, I’m in the same boat as you. You should probably go complain to someone else.”

Riquet: “I understand. Thank you very much.”

Nero: “You’re welcome.”
Lmao such a straightforward but funny conversation.

Chapter 7.3:
Chloe: “Can someone explain how are you guys getting along like that while having two completely different conversations? And teach me how while you’re at it?”
Lmao Riquet talking about worshipping god, Rustica talking about worshipping his Bride.

I wonder if Riquet's creator knew how ill-received he would be by Americans? There's no global version but they had to know some people would know Japanese and play it. I see that some people like him but the only way I would is if he has character growth. He's way too sheltered and naive.

Chapter 7.4 - 7.6: Arthur started to tell Akira about his and Oz's situation. He was disappointed Oz wasn't there.

Cock Robin should be the minister. >.>

Lol at the misunderstanding on what a mixer is.
Arthur: “I hope to one day establish a “National Mixer Day” as a public holiday for all throughout the kingdom.”

Akira: “I-I’m sure we can think of a better name for a public holiday…”

Arthur: “Do you think so?”

Akira: “Yes. Believe me.”
Mar. 22nd, 2026 03:00 am

Enjoying Things

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Well, it's been a week. ^^;;

I've been playing Final Fantasy VII for the first time in ages and really enjoying it. I'm playing the Switch version, with most of the 'cheats' enabled, which has basically made it into Story Mode, which is fine. I know eventually I'm going to get to endgame chocobo stuff and no cheats will save my arse... (also chocobo breeding/racing my beloved - Sephi can wait lol)

((seriously, if S-E could just make a chocobo breeding mobile game...))

Went down for the local-enough 30 Minutes Label Day/Contest yesterday and there was a really good turn-out. (Seven contest entries!) Winners were store-level only, compared to like, the worldwide gunpla contest, and the judging seemed to favor creativity over craftsmanship. (Which makes sense for 30ML, tbh.)

The store itself has rearranged with a big section for gunpla/bandai kits at the front, unlike the little corner the last couple times we were there. While we were there, an old guy was wandering around complaining loudly about how few 'real' model kits there were and how terrible color-separated snapfit stuff is. I was very tempted to confront him but his absolutely mortified wife was already trying to get him out of there.

Let~ People~ Enjoy~ Things~

That said, color-separated snapfit stuff is great and lowers the barrier for entry and can lead to a person attempting different types of models requiring different skills! Or they may be happy sticking with color-separated snapfit stuff and that's also great! (And either way, hobby shops stay in business! Double-great!)

Need to finish up my Redacted entry next.

March Was Deadlines! )

When not working on my Redacted project, I'm trying to get my desk cleared off and get things ready for the next Hobby Market, which is the 4th. Also need to get this month's mail sent out, which is 90% ready. And some very minor car repairs (and maybe schedule some more major)... Got my eye exam scheduled too because my right eye seems impressively fuzzy again. Blrgh.
Mar. 21st, 2026 08:16 am

March Manga TBR 6

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Used my manga TBR boardgame.

I finished 11/12 on my last board. I didn't have a great time with BL but I still had a decent time overall. :)

Avatar:


Eroica

Skill:
Re-roll dice once


Roll #1:

A 3, prompt: Master/Servant relationship - Kuroshitsuji.

Roll #2:

A 3 again, prompt: otaku - Amattare wa Inu mo Kuwanai.

Roll #3:

A 4, prompt: highest rated on TBR. Oh, it's one I've been interested in for a while - Houseki no Kuni!

Roll #4:

A 1, costume on cover - Card Captor Sakura Clear Card. One of these days I need to make a list of these, I'm gonna run out of CSS eventually.

Roll #5:

A 2, prompt: generate from CR tile. #88 which is Tongari Boushi no Atelier!

Roll #6:

A 4, using skill, a 5 now. Prompt: historical - Brave 10 S.

Roll #7:

A 1, prompt: color in the title - Kishukusha no Kuroneko wa Yoru wo Shiranai.

Roll #8:

A 2, generate from TBR tile. #474. Well that was straightforward - Gin no Kaze Tooi Toki.

Roll #9:

A 5, prompt: oldest published. Pretty sure that's From Eroica with Love. Didn't like where I left off...

Roll #10:

A 6, prompt: reverse harem - Men of the Harem.

Roll #11:

A 5, generate from CR tile. #8 - Boku no Hero Academia.

Roll #12:

"I'll be done as long as I don't get a 1" ... *gets a 1* Prompt: lowest rated. I used MU for this because I could easily see the ratings on my list there - Chess Isle.

Roll #13:

A 3 and the end. I'm starting on series now in my physical BL TBR starting with Crimson Spell volume 1!

Most looking forward to: Witch Hat Atelier
Least looking forward to: From Eroica with Love

~Manga TBR List~


[Mystery/SPN] Kuroshitsuji ✔️
[BL/Romance] Amattare wa Inu mo Kuwanai ✔️
[Action/Fantasy] Houseki no Kuni ✔️
[Fantasy/Drama] Card Captor Sakura Clear Card Hen ✔️
[Fantasy] Tongari Boushi no Atelier ✔️
[Action/Historical] Brave 10 S ✔️
[BL/Romance] Kishukusha no Kuroneko wa Yoru wo Shiranai
[Fantasy/BL] Gin no Kaze Tooi Toki
[Mystery/Historical] From Eroica with Love
[Reverse Harem/Drama] Men of the Harem
[Superhero/School Life] Boku no Hero Academia
[Action/Mystery] Chess Isle
[BL/Fantasy] Crimson Spell

x4 shoujosei , x2 shounen, x3 seinen, x4 BL
Mar. 21st, 2026 04:56 am

:(

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Nicholas Brendon passed away.

This is honestly devastating. It's sad knowing how deeply troubled his life had become. I don't always pay that close attention to the personal lives of actors, however every time I heard about him over the years it was something revolving around his constant struggle with addiction which got him into various legal issues, and I kept on hoping that somehow he'd get himself better and back on the right track. I also recently learned about his health problems, too. It's just so sad and tragic.

Aside from his small roles on shows like Criminal Minds, I mostly only knew him from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and, while Xander Harris wasn't my favorite character, Nicholas did fantastically in the role, providing much needed comedic relief along with emotional moments with the rest of the Scoobies.

Rest in peace.
Mar. 21st, 2026 03:17 pm

Meh

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It's Eid right now, and I have exams after a week. I had picked up a Turkish translation of the Iliad earlier this month and managed to finish it yesterday, but it was very boring. I'm not someone who gets bored easily when I'm reading something "historical". This was not the case with this work.

I'll share here my review I've posted on Goodreads.

Review )
Mar. 21st, 2026 02:48 am

Yay, journaling sites.

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Taken from [community profile] thefridayfive:

LiveJournal and Dreamwidth )

Bonus Questions:

06. If you have a LiveJournal, are you currently able to access it?
Well, I obviously had one, but once transferring all my entries to DW I deleted my LJ account. This was thankfully before all the shit that recently went down over there.

07. Do you have any information about why one would be unable to access LiveJournal?
I talked about it some while ago along with links with further information, but to put it simply the current owners are trying to divide its userbase and gatekeep the site. Some might still have access to their journals while others not, I haven't seen anything more on what is going on since this came to light, regardless though it's been advised for anyone who still has access to their LJ accounts there to save/transfer their journals and communities as soon as possible.
Mar. 20th, 2026 10:59 pm

March Manga Wrap-Up 5

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 I DNF'ed 1/365 no Koibito. Not particularly likable characters. Hayate strung Takashi along because it felt good to be liked/see his reactions to Hayate touching him and Takashi is pathetic. 10 years and one 'date' a year. *smh* I could not see why these two like each other or why I should root for them. Even if I'd continued I'd have only gave it a 6 or 6.5.

 Read v16 ch. 71-73 of Blue Exoricst

 Read ch.185 of D.Gray-Man.

 Read ch. 6 of BASARA!

 Read ep. 7-8 of Wizardly Tower.

 Read the GL JK to Tomodachi no Okan and rated it 7.8/10! 
 
 Read the BL Aishichatta no, rated it 6.5/10.
 
 Read ep. 100-114 of 19 Days!
 
 Read ch. 948 of One Piece.
 
 Read the BL Ai ni Kizuke yo, rated it 6.8.
 
 Read the geikomi hide and seek and rated it 6.3/10.
 
 Read the BL You & Me, Etc., rated it 6/10.

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Hello. I'm Nanno. Nice to meet you. )

My Comments: My recent obsession has been Girl From Nowhere, specifically our delightfully unhinged main character Nanno. I've been looking at various fanvids being made, and these two stood out to me, with their respective song choices and editing. The first (which captions are to be turned on for dialogue) mostly is around the first season and just her various revenge plots, while the second just centers around Nanno at her best: being brilliantly deranged in the best way. No spoilers are given in either, just Nanno being Nanno, and just a glimpse as to why I enjoy the character so much.
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Mar. 20th, 2026 09:40 am

My Spring Anime PTW

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April 2: Dr. Stone: Science Future Part 3
April 4: Mairimashita! Iruma-kun 4th Season

Someday (reading the manga first):

Ganbare! Nakamura-kun!!
Tongari Boushi no Atelier
Hyakki Yakoushou
Marriagetoxin

There were a few 'it depends' ones too. Not much here, wish there were more original anime.
Mar. 19th, 2026 10:42 pm

March+ Book TBR

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Used my book boardgame.

I completed 5/6 from my last challenge. I didn't like the audiobook version I had of The Lies of Locke Lamora so I decided to try another, then I decided to just wait and read it another time since it's been since December since I did a new book board. I greatly enjoyed most everything I read this time!!!


Avatar:
 Cupid/Romance (cover two books with one prompt)

Roll #1

A 10, prompt: contemporary - Free Fall.

Roll #2

An 8, prompt: historical - All of Us Murderers.

Roll #3

A 10, prompt: verb in title. I'll go ahead and use my skill on Free Fall. Next roll was an 8 and that's the end. Reward: SOS Hotel #2.

The non-fiction book this time is Hello Sleep, I also started Brain Lock while I do the homework for the former.


Book TBR List:

[M/M Romance] Free Fall
[M/M Mystery] All of Us Murderers
[Sci-Fi/Mystery] Murder by Memory
[M/M Supernatural] SOS Hote #2l: Friendly Sanctuary for the Fiendishly Fabulous
[Non-Fiction] Hello Sleep & Brain Lock
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"JK to Tomodachi no Okan /
HS Girl and Her Friend's Mom"


Muromaki, 2020

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Summary: Nakashiima Yuka, 18 years old. From the day they met, she fell head over heels for Mihoko, the mother of a male classmate. But can she really win over a 36-year-old woman...?

My comments: I was a little iffy about Yuka's feelings for Mihoko at first because she falls in love with a type and not a person it seems, but it didn't feel linstalovey like stories I've disliked before. 

Nakashima and Takashi's friendship is too funny, he thinks she likes him but he's into tomboys, and she's sorta using him to get closer to Mihoko. Her other friend Tomoko is hilarious too. That was one of my favorite aspects.

I love that we got Mihoko's POV on her divorce and feelings for her mom-friend.

Overall a funny, cute and sweet read about a girl who likes older women and couldn't find love and a mom who realizes she likes women and finds love again.

Mangaka's pixiv where you can find their art and comics.

Story: ⭐️⭐️ | Characters: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ | Humor Level: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ | Humor Enjoyment: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ | Spice Level: 🌶 or more like half a pepper | Art: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ | Rereadable: 🇾

Content warnings: Age gap (18x36)
My rating: 7.8/10
Mar. 19th, 2026 07:31 pm

New K-9 fic: Vigil (Ren)

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300th fic posted on AO3 :D
(overall, I mean. Not just for K-9!!!!!!!!!! ;D Not yet 😌)

We've seen multiple times in canon now how Ren always waits for teenage girls to wake up after they get involved in Sin-related incidents usually way bigger than they are. Even if she has nothing to say, even if she knows her encouraging words won't be enough. She waits, says something kind, doesn't mind if she gets talked to rudely, then goes on her way, back to her work trying to fix all this.

Another thing I like to do when I'm tired of thinking about K-9 directly (haha as if) is trying to analyse the story structure, how information gets drip-fed to us, what kind of information. What questions are raised, which ones get answers, what new questions those bring up. I am enchanted. May I write such fascinating stories with fascinating casts when I grow up :D <3


Vigil | K-9 | Ren | 300 words | rated T

Summary: Ren always waits for the girls to wake up at the hospital afterwards, like no one did for her.

Read it on Dreamwidth or AO3.
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Summary:  In the valley of Fruitless mountain, a young girl named Minli lives in a ramshackle hut with her parents. In the evenings, her father regales her with old folktales of the Jade Dragon and the Old Man on the Moon, who knows the answers to all of life's questions. Inspired by these stories, Minli sets off on an extraordinary journey to find the Old Man on the Moon to ask him how she can change her family's fortune. She encounters an assorted cast of characters and magical creatures along the way, including a dragon who accompanies her on her quest for the ultimate answer.

My thoughts: Somehow this did not feel like just 4 hours, it takes you on a whole journey and they really didn't go that far I think. It follows Minli but you also get lots of other stories along the way told by others that are interconnected and I liked every single one. I was so impressed by this work and am excited to read more of this author's stuff. And to reread this someday!

The narration by Janet Song was fantastic too.

Story: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ | Characters: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ | Rereadable: 🇾
 
My rating: 5/5
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