Alucard (悪魔城下町)

An exciting experience might be waiting for him at Yurakucho station.

Go to platform 3/4, north end. A couple of times a day both, the Yamanote and the Keihin-Tohoku line trains arrive at exactly the same second at pretty high speed about two meters left and right of you. 🚇🧒🏼🚇

Business names used to curb customer harassment as social media poses risks in Japan - The Mainichi OSAKA -- In June, a 28-year-old woman working at the Osaka-based funeral company

"In June, a (...) woman working at [a funeral company] began going by the name 'Minori Horiuchi.' This is her 'business name.' Moves to introduce such pseudonyms are increasing across industries in Japan from the perspective of protecting workers' privacy and countering harassment from customers."

Japanese business groups concerned over ruling coalition split - The Mainichi TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Major Japanese business groups on Friday expressed concern over the possible political instability arising from the Komeito party's w

"Major Japanese business groups on Friday expressed concern over the possible political instability arising from the Komeito party's withdrawal from its coalition with the ruling Liberal Democratic Party."

my son Wyatt (@chimaera_sight on Instagram) is an environmental mapper and data analyst who organizes information into beautiful, graspable images…please reach out if this interests you, it’s truly amazing stuff

So much of people resorting to using generative AI comes from a place of feeling insecure about one's own abilities to write, draw, create, think, etcetera.

And by using the AI for those purposes, those skills and abilities will only end up stunted, as you refrain from honing them.

Solar Striker clean artwork used on the cover of the Japanese Game Boy release. Image depicts space scene, where a small spacecraft shooting at a spherical enemy which in return is shooting back. There are explosions near the spacecraft.

The artwork of Solar Striker used on the cover of the Japanese #GameBoy release. Unfortunately sources weren't good so the result isn't up to my standards. Removed logo, taking a few liberties, applying the usual upscale/clean/retouch. No clue on the artist, any info let me know.

Purple Mexican sage brush crossing the screen diagonally like crashing waves against green leaves. A hummingbird hawk moth extends a grotesquely long tongue to collect the nectar. No one can tell her she is not beautiful.

Purple waves and a moth that thinks she’s a hummingbird.

Yes there are!

Great thread on Komeito.

Merry Christmas!

Yup.

Great Awokening

I have friends (of christ) everywhere

Legend of Valkyrie.

Kōmeitō quits the coalition A guide for the perplexed

Japanese politics was rocked on Friday as the Kōmeitō announced it would leave its coalition with the LDP after twenty-six years. To understand why this happened and what it means, I wrote a guide for the perplexed.

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Life as a Japanese politics watcher now

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Yeah, I always get a strange sense of deja vu about this topic, which seems to have the exact same things said about it every couple of years.

Sorcerian: The Dark Warrior Mage Comic Serialization clean artwork featured as a poster on Monthly Comptiq, September 1988 issue. Image depicts a scantily clad blonde girl on the right, a warrior holding an assault rifle in the middle, and a small elf like blonde girl on the left. There's also a huge warrior with a horned helmet behind the small girl. Some dragon serpent creatures can be seen further back on the left.

My attempt to restore the artwork of #Sorcerian: The Dark Warrior Mage Comic Serialization featured as a poster on Monthly Comptiq, September 1988 issue. Removed logos/text, applying the usual upscale/clean/retouch combo. No clue on the artist, any info let me know!

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

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When you're generally from the American Catholic right I think it can sometimes make them even angrier, since it's seen as a betrayal.

I'm looking forward to reading and maybe seeing people I personally know mentioned. 😂🤭🤫

Yeah, that seems like an issue.

One of the best things about comparative literature/history/religion/etc... departments is that they keep scholars honest, by putting them in dialogue with peers in very different fields.

When you're a specialist it's easy to get a bit too wrapped up in your field.

Komeito had two negotiation redlines: Commit to reforms on party finances/political donations and no pandering to Sanseito on immigration.

Seems important.
It now appears the Nov 2025 USCCB election may be a bellwether for the direction of the U.S. Catholic Church during the papacy of Pope Leo. Will we live the Gospel by following Jesus? cc: @catholickungfu.bsky.social @decentfilms.bsky.social @jvl.bsky.social

Nothing super special about it but always gotta get エビチリ while in Japan because it’s the one type of Chinese food you can’t really find in the US. (At far as I know at least)

It's a definition that makes a lot of sense.

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize