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It's OK milady and I never knew Year of the Snake was going to full of chores, work, etc. I had lots of shopping to do, then more chores.

I prefer the OG FF7 because I prefer turn-based combat. Same reason I played Grandia, Valkyria Chronicles, Zoids Assault, Arc The Lad stuff and Alter Code f, the greater remake. I also prefer FF7's original script, more mature and the only FF7 where suicide occurs. I rather beat Ruby Weapon or do chocobo races over again than to do Rebirth's minigames. Alter Code f had better minigames as a remake (I still love those Puzzle Boxes).

I hope that a new Macross movie will come out this year, it's up to the anime industry to decide. Would definitely be great to see Vic Mignogna do Hikaru again. We'll just have to wait for creative sectors to recover from last year's slump. Can't wait to see how the animation of a new Macross movie will compare to SEED Freedom as of late. Some of my busy friends are still dying to watch that continuation of SEED (I love Houko Kuwashima and Maaya Sakamoto).

I have yet to play Arc The Lad: Twilight of the Spirits, but I would definitely enjoy it like the masterpiece that is Arc The Lad 2.

Nihongo-wise, I'm still on section one of Duolingo because of repetitive exercises, including that hiragana stuff I already know, but at least I was able to memorize common Japanese sentences than I ever did with subbed anime. Duolingo like Ragnarok Online is pay to win stuff and I don't have enough money to pay for dozens of those hearts (have to do repetitive exercises for making a slight mistake from being tired). I decided to do one section per language and then read more books. So yeah, I'll just read Genki II and other books after finishing section one Japanese on Duolingo. One section is too much to cover on a budget. Nobody told me I had to pay to get a lot of chances, but at least my pronunciation and Japanese verbal skills improved.

Too much play to win stuff in Duolingo like the international Ragnarok Online server. Telling me that I gotta pay to get those in-game niceties (like that soul-sucking hat for fast HP recovery). I forgot that Japanese Youtuber with the traditional Japanese getup had to pay for such Duolingo niceties so he could get through sections faster.

As for Lunar: Silver Story, it was better than a DQ or Dragon Warrior clone. More emotional storytelling than Dragon Quest games themselves. Emotionally on par with FF7, Digital Devil Saga, Star Ocean 2 (those innocent people that died in a calm port town from an engineered cataclysm) and Arc The Lad 2 (where I felt Elk's pain as a small child).

Anyway Kyoko! I hope that you're having a wonderful Year of the Snake.

I've been delving into Lunar, Arc The Lad 3 and Duolingo.

Speaking of video games, that's Motoko from the 1998 Ghost in the Shell game with Toshihiro Kawamoto's character designs. He's the reason why Major in that game looks like Faye Valentine. The closest thing to a Ghost in the Shell anime with Masamune Shirow's actual artstyle.

Having said that, I'm excited to move on to the next level in Duolingo. Trying to get past basic Japanese stuff.

この絵をあげる:

With that said, I wish you a hug after everything you've been through these last several years.

Happy Year of the Snake, by the way.

I'm still looking forward to reading Paper Girls, Saga and Black Science while waiting for a new Macross movie to come out.

I hope that Vic Mignogna will get a new role or reprise his role as Hikaru once again, the Macross main man.

Hikaru is too good for Minmay anyway and Lacus Clyne is basically the improved version of that anime space pop princess.

It's OK milady and Year of the Dragon has been more iffy than I thought. A real crazy year and I wanted to go shop at a certain plaza like I did last year. See if it has the Gelocity (I would totally buy that for you as a gift because of its quality ink; whether it's for Xmas, Valentine's Day, Back To School or a regular day) pens for sale along with sketchbooks and a half round file. I hope that I'll get a chance to revisit it next month or Year of the 🐍. Christmas as of late was OK.

Anyway Kyoko, Black Friday as of late was better than I thought. I was finally able to get my hands on the Uniball Jetstream, charcoal pencils, diamond sharpeners and even my new thumb drive.

Because of AAA things as of late flopping, I decided to replay the old FFVII. We both know that the soft reboot doesn't have Ruby Weapon yet and I prefer turn-based combat anyway (unable to beat it last time which was decades ago or around the release of Advent Children; now I can't wait to throw gil at the red monster while I paralyze it). I could just play some Korean mmorpgs if I want a more up to date action RPG.

FF7R should have had a revolutionary turn-based combat system. No wonder it flopped in Japan aside from being a PS5 exclusive and Japanese people prefer the Switch. Sony should have never given up on portable gaming. They should have made the PS5 a gaming tablet instead of another home console to hook the Japanese crowd or make a Vita 2. Now I have to emulate Dragon's Crown and Grand Knights History (Japanese only, but at least my Japanese is close to 7th grade level thanks to books that helped me get past Silent Möbius and its sequel).

Glad you like my drawing of Motoko and Tachikoma, by the way. Now I'm working on adapting Yuna to a charcoal-drawn environment.

I think that your birthday as of this season is a very special day. Hopefully, it'll be even better in Year of the Snake.

With that said, Merry Christmas milady! 🙂

Hello Kyoko-fujin! Other than that, I present you this as an early holiday present:

With that said milady, I've been wondering if you already had a birthday last season or summer. If your birthday is around winter, then I would throw a party for you if I could.

I hope that Armed Fantasia of Penny Blood will come out at around my 36th birthday. Hopefully, AAA studios will stop with their recent antics next year. Meeting customer satisfaction is supposed to be their responsibility or forté. They are supposed to be working for us and their high-budget games have severely flopped so far.

More neo-western stuff would be great to see. I remember watching those beautiful animations in the Wild Arms 3 intro and more anime with those flawless, natural movements would be great to see. Those animations were way ahead of their time. Anime studios should have taken notes by now.

Stand Alone Complex, the 1995 movie and manga have all those exact same themes, but yes, it's a franchise that aged well.

Other than that, Happy Halloween! 🙂

Now I'm excited for Black Friday, the holidays and Year of the Snake.

My jaw got better and I've been able to keep up with Fafner The Beyond, then I got great exercise climbing a steep road for cool stuff I bought in a thrift shop. That is, bright blue detergent, peanut butter and these smooth fine tip ballpoint pens (needs rubber grips so they can be transformed into a Pentel Dr. Grip; purple, sky blue and magenta write so smoothly, light green is okay but better for drawing). So yes Kyoko, I'm all better now.

Regarding indie comics, I only got a few more issues of Copperhead left to read before I move on to Transmetropolitan and so on. Copperhead has been pretty interesting so far and I thank certain websites for those recommendations, especially Screenrant. Not that I'm expecting Lumberjanes to be intense, but it's good to know that there a indie comic potentially similar to underrated manga like Hyper Police (I sometimes watch the Pierrot anime in my sleep). Lumberjanes could be one of the most easygoing comics I'll ever read and I'm still surprised that it didn't get a movie adaptation. I've also been wanting to read Wanted for years and I think that one will put me at the edge of my seat as Screenrant may have suggested. A story about wandering outlaws would be great to delve into.

My supertomboyish millennial friend would gladly appreciate the birthday wishes, by the way. Mobile Suit Gundam:The Origin by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko is still a great improvement in narrative and art compared to that 1979 anime it was somewhat based on. I knew about that manga before said North Carolina semitomboy mentioned it to me. That old guy's character designs are beautiful and I'm one of the few people that appreciate his original manga called Venus Wars which has more beautiful characters (especially the women) than most 80s manga. That, Dominion Tank Police and Ghost in the Shell (is as old as I am) are some 80s manga at the top of my head. Yes, Dragon Ball and Hokuto no Ken as well.

Ah yes! I forgot that I still got more Flame of Recca volumes left to read, but it can wait. Definitely not as linear as some conventional manga so still enjoyable in battle shounen standards.

More importantly, I hope you've had a wonderful September. Mexican Independence Day is tomorrow and neighbor kids are going to be popping up all over the place.

Yes milady, I'll be expecting a lot of loud noise.

My supertomboyish friend turned 39 on Thursday. She's a huge fan of sci-fi and psychological stuff.

I would give her every volume of Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin on her birthday if I could.

Anyway Kyoko, I need to rest after taking ibuprofen.

With that said, I found some indie comics that are potentially similar to Hyper Police, Solty Rei or Twilight Venom.

The only indie comic book that I've been reading so far is Copperhead which is as space western as Outlaw Star or Trigun.

As you can see milady, space western is one of my absolute favorite genres.

I also look forward to reading Transmetropolitan and Scalped some time. After I finish my Devilman manga kick.

I agree that going from the original Devilman to Shin to Lady to Devilman Saga (think Batman Beyond but Devilman) to Violence Jack is the way to go.

Omega Boost has been pretty epic and it was really that underrated PS1 gem that I've been looking for all this time.

Gantz was also some very interesting battle royale stuff. Imagine if your only chance to come back to life is participating in a dangerous game.

No rush at all milady.

Fortunately for you I'm very patient and in good spirits overall. A response at an expected time wouldn't be a surprise at all.

I started playing Omega Boost for the first time after having that difficult Valkyrie Profile speedrun.

As a matter of fact, I can't wait to read Hakuryuu Legend after I'm done with Gantz and Ghost in the Shell. I also hope to read indie action comics by Year of the Snake which I expect to be our luckiest year.

Let's be real, Year of the Dragon so far isn't spectacular.