New con & other hobbies

 Hi!

So, long time no see! lol

Earlier this year, I went to my first ever ALA. Anime Los Angeles in Long Beach.

It was a lot more fun than I thought. I think I might make it a yearly thing now. I just went one day, and honestly, that actually was enough to complete the whole thing. It's a tiny con compared to some of the others I've gone to. 

It was spacious in the sense that there wasn't a lot of people. NO walking side by side or gross BO wafting along the room. lol... It was a nice calm atmosphere. The thing I liked the most was seeing other vendors. Lately I feel like the same people get into AX over and over and they don't even bring new stuff. I mean, some do but not all of them and it's just kinda a waste?? sometimes because not many will buy because they already own what they have. Yanno?

I obviously get it, they need to get rid of their stock and also, newcomers (as there will always be new faces every year) get to buy, cuz it's not old to them, but yeah.. sometimes, when it's 3 years in a row without any new prints or keychains, I can't help but feel disappointed or like, almost annoyed, that they even came. I know that's... mean sounding, maybe it is, but It's also just an observation. I've seen the same sentiment on stagnant pool of vendors or artists and after thinking about it, I couldn't help but agree. But that's also why I go to LACC. To see new artists and such as each con brings their own type and in general, is easier for some creators to get into. Now, adding ALA to my con list. Lets see if I can keep it up. lol

And I see the last post I made was enamel pins. lol, Well, I've fallen off the deep end on it after all. I started collecting again, cuz I always did, but very casual cuz I only bought a few at cons. Now though, I'm fully in. Drops, commitment groups. All of it. lol... I may regret it sooner or later but here, a year later, I'm still rather enjoying it. (though, still was never able to get back into the original KH one that kicked me out. lol)

The only thing that changed was my Korean merch purchases because of it. Also... a scary.. almost scam? Coming into play. I had a proxy I met like, mid 2024 and it was going so well until the end of 2025 when she vanished. She just contacted me a day ago after a month of me sending messages and... IDK. My trust is broken. Cuz she also stated she stopped collecting and is for now, still doing proxy and such, and maybe she was just actually busy and RL stuff and all, but it was the almost two months of no contact that really shook me. If she hadn't contacted me I would have lost literally hundreds of dollars worth of merch that I pre-ordered. lol.. 

Anyway, looks like I need to find a new proxy or just... do it all myself. which is daunting but, it's either that or I give up buying stuff from Korea like I have been and just wait till I see it float on Mercari for triple the price. lol

In any case, that's about all that's going on and needed catching up. 

Hope you all had a great Valentine's Day if you celebrate. 

I spent it enjoying my games and anime. lol...

Pin Clubs

Hiya!

Been a while! lol

Nothing much going on. Just wanted to vent a bit about pin clubs today. haha

I sort of recently got into them. Well, I got into the Kingdom Hearts pin club space. I've been collecting for a while but it was like, official merch from Disney parks or like, game release exclusives and ones I found at Anime cons. There is one creator that I am a really big fan of and have been trying so damn hard to buy / get in. 

Well, See, I was a part of her exclusive discord pin club once, but at the same time I got in, My mom had a slew of health problems and she was in and out of the hospital for like 2 or 3 months until she was stabilized. Obviously I wasn't checking in on discord or anything as everything was work, hospital, home. By the time It was calm enough to go back to playing around, I realized I had been kicked out for not buying any of the month exclusives and such. So it was cool, I was gonna just try to buy from any of the public releases but omg... it's legit impossible. 

So I've just been in a wave of frustration of not being able to buy anything from her again and being sad that it's so hard to get into her club. 

She just had her discord opened for a few slots at 2 and at 2:30... and it was a failure. I SWEAR I clicked on those damn links within 15/20 seconds and STILL it was so fast I didn't make it. lolll...

UGHHHHHH I'm just so mad and sad. I want some of her pins so bad. sigh... 

But I think this is it. 

Instead of doing this and being mad about not being lucky enough to get in I'll just stop following her and all pin clubs. I'll stick to just collecting pins I like from Anime Conventions like how I started. It's seriously just so frustrating. sigh... anyways, That's pin clubs for you I guess. It's the exclusivity that makes them so popular. It's just my bad luck of not being fast enough to get into discord servers or whatever. But I still just can't help being frustrated and mad, yanno? 

Anyway, that's all. Time to throw in the towel and take the hint I shouldn't be a part of the pin club space. I'll find something else to invest time and money into collecting. lol

Long Time No See~!

Hi All~

It's been a while since I last posted. I'm back in my lurker phase. lol

Don't have much to say really. I'm having a lot of personal life issues. Family drama basically. lol, who doesn't love that good 'ol family issues. 😒

Anyways, Still hoarding Yaoi and other BL merch like crazy. haha

Though, I've been holding back a lot as of late. There's so much stuff I've been wanting to get on Mercari. ughh!! so much good stuff! I did give in and buy a Pearl Boy acrylic, lol, but that's the only thing recently. And that was like... 2  months ago. 

but yeah, Just have manga coming in. heh

Oh, actually... sigh, IDK why, but I've also been buying random shit off of TEMU. haha! UGH! I don't know why I just buy shit I don't need or... really want. Just like how it looks and I buy it. I got a MDZS umbrella though! I have been wanting an anime umbrella for SO long. ugh! I tried getting a TGCF one and either I sold my kidney for the shipping on that one thing or I gave up. lol

Glad I did give it up cuz I found that MDZS umbrella on TEMU and it's actually an official product! So, I was extremally happy to have found that, and once I got that, I got a bunch of other stuff.... for some reason. loll... 

Yeah... I guess I'm a bit of a shopping addict? Maybe at the moment? IDK, Or impulse buys is the way I'm coping with the stress I'm currently under due to the aforementioned family stuff...? idk, Gonna still be silent for a while longer. Though like I've said before, I'm lurking. Still constantly on goodreads, twitter (forever will be twitter) and tiktok and stuff... 

See ya around~ 

Ogres & other Dating Dilemmas by T.J. Nichols (Kickstarter) !!!

Hiya Everyone!!

If you have time, please check out T.J. Nichols Kickstarter for Ogres & other Dating Dilemmas!

It's a side story for their Mytho Investigations Series, that originally followed Jordan & Edra in their exciting journey. 

Goodreads ➤ Ogres and other Dating Dilemmas

KICKSTARTER Link → https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tjnichols/ogres-and-other-dating-dilemmas-mm-paranormal-romance-novel

I'm honestly so super excited to get this book. 

I love this world and I'm hoping we get to reach the stretch goal of 5k so we can get another extra novella! lol...  >w<

If you've read this series and also love Edra & Jordan please consider helping fund the kickstarter! 💖  

Anime: That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: Scarlet Bond (Movie)

Hi everyone!

Long time no see! lol

So today I went to watch the new and first movie to That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime. 

Be Warned!! :: THERE ARE SPOILERS AHEAD. 

IF YOU DON'T WANNA KNOW WHAT HAPPENS IN THE MOVIE, THEN DO NOT READ ON!

K, thanks! lol~

It centers around Benimaru's "brother" (basically not a blood brother but still an 'aniki' to everyone that lived there. Souei, Beni, Shion, etc...) who they thought died a long time ago when he left the village to work as a mercenary and likewise, their brother now named, Hiiro, thought they were all annihilated when the Orcs destroyed their village. 

Hiiro was saved by the Queen of a country not too far from Tempest and had vowed to kill all the Orcs one day. Time goes by and while out on what seems to be a scout to see if they can save his new country by going to the Jura forest, he sees the Orcs building a new road for Tempest, of course, not knowing they're this whole huge country now and that the Orcs are no longer the evil minions of Clayman, He thinks they're actually destroying and like, stealing from the Jura Forest. 

A fight ensues and when he's about to kill Geld, Benimaru steps in and so... as you can imagine a very cute reunion commences with a small celebration. Then formal meeting and a plea from Hiiro to help save his new country. 

Rimuru goes and does is OP thing, lol, and all seems well, when finally an evil plot is slowly uncovered by Rimuru's "meddling".

It's a very nice addition to the series. I don't think it changes anything or if it's even canon. like.. if it was ever mentioned in an extra somewhere, like... if it was in the web novel, in the official Light Novel, a small side story somewhere in the manga extra booklets or whatnot, It could have even been a radio special, OR.... haha, an actual original story to the universe. But in any case, It was suuper cute and I really enjoyed it. It was funny, although really predictable along with a little annoying with how fucking GULLIBLE Hiiro was at one point that really had me rolling my eyes way too hard. lmao

The ending is a cliche anime ending. They fight the big fight, win the big fight, looks tragic but it all ends in a happily ever after. loll... that's basically it.

But again, it's so fun overall and I still really enjoyed watching this little addition to the series. 

If you're a fan of the series I would definitely say to give it a go. It'll be entertaining. 

ANIME: Things about Jujutsu Kaisen...

I'm on my like 20th re-watch of my favorite episodes and of the series in general. lol, And there are more and more things that stand out. Like the fact that, The characters can't tell when Yuji has switched with Sukuna?!!! I thought they all saw the marks! But it appears that in the manga and in the anime, only Itadori and the 'viewers' can see Sukuna's marks!

That took me by surprise even though... it probably shouldn't have. lol

The second thing is, When Sukuna was offended by being in someone else's Domain Expansion. When he was pulled into Mahito's Domain he basically told the plebe to fuck off and never do it again. lol. Yet the first time Itadori is pulled into a Domain Expansion by Jogo **AKA** "Mt. Fuji head"/"Volcano Head"; when he's with Gojo and pulled into that Domain, there is silence? Why? Was it because Satoru was there? Why? It's probably a simple answer but it's a bit puzzling for sure. For me anyways.

Third, what did Yuji's granpa want to tell him before he died?

Somehow I feel... it actually explains a lot. or.. it WOULD explain a lot. Like why Itadori had such super human feats before he became a Jujutsu user. I'm starting to think he comes from a powerful family. If at least, only on one side.  Or... was it actually insignificant? 

Well, I don't know but for some reason I'm starting to feel it was a lot more important than we originally thought. Who are his parents? ... sigh.. I hope some of these answers come soon. 

Ahh~~ The best "puzzle" is why Sukuna is so obsessed with Fushiguro. Kufufu~ My inner Fujo is ecstatic and always adding a whole bunch of slash to it, I LOVE it, LOL~~ but... Because of Fushiguro's hidden power and that something "interesting" that is yet to be shown(?) Seems to be why Sukuna is obsessed. I eagerly await it's reveal. Along with what exactly that "pact" Sukuna made with Itadori, was about. What exactly does he need to do in one minute? Sigh.. I feel like the manga is hella dragging on right now. I wish it would progress faster but ~sigh~ it is what it is. 

Anyways, Just things I wanted to write down and put out there. Same things that are on discord or forums, I'm sure but I don't really frequent either so I'm just putting them out in the ether through this. lol... 

(Oh yes, sorry if I confused you. Itadori Yuji & Satoru Gojo are their full names. I went through calling them through both... lol)

ANIME: Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World

A force known as Astral power permeates throughout the world, wielded by astral mages. Fearing its destructive power, the "Empire" persecutes those who show their abilities. The tormented mages then founded the Nebulis Sovereignty to flee from their oppressors. Since then, the two nations have been in bitter conflict, the war still going strong for more than a century.

After committing the great crime of freeing an imprisoned witch, the talented knight Iska is sentenced to prison. A year later, the Empire leadership suddenly decides to set him free, with the condition that he hunts down a fearsome mage known as the "Ice Calamity Witch." Hoping to end the war, Iska agrees. Coincidentally, the Ice Calamity Witch herself, Aliceliese "Alice" Lou Nebulis XI, also wishes for peace and is willing to do everything she can to bring down the Empire.

As Iska and Alice both yearn for a crusade that will turn the world into one without struggle, woe, or pain, the strings of fate tie them ever closer together, creating a bond that goes beyond something fabricated by mere coincidence.

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I finally got around to watching this anime. It aired for the Fall season 2020. 

Cover of volume 2 LN

It's actually based off a Light Novel of the same name. 

It's so nice. I hesitated to watch it because after the initial PV, I was just sort of put off by the seemly hopeless story. It's basically a love story of star-crossed lovers. So, as per usual, I expected it to end as a tragedy. Which I was in no mood for. lol

Anyway, I just decided to put it on and Ah~ It's so sweet and has you rooting for the Main Characters, Iska and Alice. the animation is a little odd, but really amazing in the magic and fight scenes. 

Well, I've been watching it little, by little when I have time and am almost done with it now. I only have 4 episodes left but OMFG!! I am so frustrated with it right now because the "captain" is a fucking useless bitch. LOL 

She's so fucking useless I can't even stand it. 

She's always getting captured. Hasn't ever fought and is just in the fucking way. UGHAdlkfja;sdk! LMAO... GOD! I HATE characters like her. I really wish she would just die and let Iska get revenge later. loll... 

Anyways, overall I have been enjoying it. I hope it does end happily for Iska and Alice. I just want them together! ;A;/