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   the last lost continent

   A blog by PKPICO in General

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   • Today’s Short Manga Review
   • Been a while :)
   • stuff im thinking about right now
   • stuff i thought about tonight
   • the return to school

   

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   Today’s Short Manga Review

   The day is ending and my ACTs are all done. I actually didn’t read that much manga when I finished, but it’s fine.

   I don’t know why I suddenly wanted to come back to the forums, I posted on tumblr for a bit in my time gone to try and makes gifs for anime I felt was under-appreciated and have a space to discuss anime, but got burnt out fast since I was doin it daily and the reach is poor.

   I picked up art again though. Gonna start postin on twitter when i have enough courage.

   As for the manga review, I finished volume 1 of Dance in the Vampire Bund, got further into Kuroyuri apt, and started Saekano.

   Oh, where do I even begin with Vampire Bund. I’m in love with Nozomu’s style, it’s so sick and gothic and cool. The portion of the first volume where Akira walks through the streets with all the partying vampires, it fascinated me to see a lot of the crowd were designed with piercings and a lot of western rave, emo, and punk style of the time in mind (2005 to be exact). It makes sense, I think most of the vampires are sposed to be from europe and the americas.

   

   Mina is an adorable heroine, but beyond her cuteness and elegance is a highly intelligent and calculating character. As I read on, I realized that nowadays this series would be considered lame, it’s very of its time. It kind of envokes the feeling I get feom Shadow the Hedgehog, and ir did not surprise me that there were plenty of AMVs to stereotypically emo music of the 2010s and lady gaga.

   I was born a little late to that stuff, but I desire a return of AMVs. I made one almost two years ago for CubexCursedxCurious. I couldn’t watch any of the Vamp Bund ones since I didn’t want to be spoiled on the anime.

   All that aside, it’s so far a 8/10 at least. I’m waiting to get more volumes before I make more judgement on the story.

    

   As for Kuroyuri Apartment, well.

   It’s nice, very cute and clean style. I could tell immediately it was released around the same time as Himouto Umaru (2016-2018 was definitely a good time for slice of life)

   However, outside of being cute with an interesting enough premise— it’s kind of bad. I was expecting a cute daddy-daughter dynamic story, but kind of got an almost-harem-somehow-not-ecchi comedy.

   It’s fine, but not good by any means. Yuzuki Gao seems to make a lot of mediocre work, but has a nice art style.

   Last, Saekano. Which, I’m actually only a couple of pages into. I was really interested in Eriri which is why I grabbed it when I saw it at the bookstore. She reminds me a lot of Kanzaki H. Aria? Twintailed tsundere, half english and half japanese.

   All I could gather in the little I read was a bit generic, but I’m sure once I get further I might like it. The girls are very cute, Utaha is gorgeous and Megumi looks quite cute. I’m excited to see if the whole game plot is realized.

   For today, that’s all I have. Tomorrow will be an anime day because I’m watchin a lot right now, so perhaps a review of whatever I watch. Goodnight folks -w-

   

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   My Journey to Japan >:)

   A blog by froggy in General

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   • I've been re-thinking my plans (again)
   • How life has been recently....
   • How Taking Japanese and Art in School has Changed me
   • Hosting a Japanese Exchange Student
   • Future Plans

   

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   I've been re-thinking my plans (again)

   Since graduating high school, I've mostly been working fast food, studying japanese, and drawing repeat repeat repeat... That was until I took the JLPT n4 test in december. I failed it. But ya, I did. I learned a lot about how the test works and how to study for it. I'm still studying as much as I can, but now I have a new goal! I'm drawing a manga for Silent Manga Audition! I'm still studying japanese for N3.... which is the next hardest test. the thing is I almost passed the test, and I just don't want to take it again! I have a lot of goals now, and I'm making progress in them so its ok! 

   On top of that, I'm starting a phelubotomy course starting in April so I don't have to keep working in fast food. My job is chill, but sometimes its brain numbing. yknow? So now I have so many things on my plate, the manga contest (may 10th is the deadline), JLPT n3 (next december), and work. Its kind a lot but it keeps me busy! In January I was feeling pretty down bc I was just waiting for my test results, but now I have things to do which is nice! I've only completed one page of my manga, so I kinda need to lock in and work on that. I'm gonna do that right now, but just to give u guys an idea of what its about, the title is "I had a Dream where I Learned how to Skateboard, so I turned it into a Reality!"

   But ya, lots of things going on. But I'm locked in!!!!!!!!! RAHHHHHHHHH☆*:.｡.o(≧▽≦)o.｡.:*☆

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