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@zigzagwolf.bsky.social

Aspiring artist, former Touhou and Shmup game player (I still play at times.), currently learning Japanese. Goals: draw better, learn to play piano eventually, getting better at Japanese.

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Ah, we're pretty alike in that regard! Trying is already a very good first step, nice to meet you!

That's very cool! Shmups are very fun c:

Thank you! I wish you good luck with your Japanese learning journey as well!

17.11.2025 20:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you! I'll do my best!
I see, sounds like a difficult situation, I hope her health improves. It's nice to have someone you can rely on so I'm certain she really appreciates your help.

Glad work is going well! You and me both, it's good to be able to meet people and do stuff together too

16.11.2025 23:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I've been alright, started going back to school for a few subjects and been focusing a bunch of time into that. Other than that I feel like I need to get some rest in soon enough to catch up with other stuff. ๐Ÿ˜…

And you?

16.11.2025 21:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

every rabi has its ribi

16.11.2025 20:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So true

16.11.2025 21:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hi!

16.11.2025 21:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm not good at social networking so I don't really know how to reach out to people.

15.11.2025 22:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks Pan! c:

15.11.2025 14:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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ใ€ŒJLPTN4ใ€ๆ—ฅๆœฌ่ชž่ƒฝๅŠ›่ชๅฎšๆ›ธใ‚’ใคใ„ใซ่ฒฐใ„ใพใ—ใŸ๏ผๅ—ใ‘ใ‚‹ใฎใŒใจใฆใ‚‚ๅฌ‰ใ—ใ„ใงใ™ใ€‚

ๅƒ•ใฎไฝๆ‰€ใซ่ชๅฎšๆ›ธใ‚’้€ใ‚‹ใจใใซไฝๆ‰€ใ‚’้–“้•ใฃใŸใฎใง่ฉฆ้จ“ไผšๅ ดใฏ้€ใ‚Š็›ดใ—ใŸใฎใซใ€ๆœ€่ฟ‘ใ‚‚ใ†ๅฑŠใใพใ—ใŸใ€‚

I received my N4 JLPT certificate, I'm glad to receive it!

The exam venue made a mistake sending out my certificate, so they resent it at a later date. But I received it recently.

15.11.2025 14:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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้ขจ่ฆ‹ๅนฝ้ฆ™ใ‚’ๆใใฎใŒๅฎŒๆˆใ—ใพใ—ใŸใ€‚I drew Yuuka Kazami

#ๆฑๆ–น #ๆฑๆ–นProject #ๆฑๆ–นๆ—งไฝœ

15.11.2025 14:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Touhou 13: Ten Desires - Extra "Perfect" NMNBNT (No Miss No Bombs No Trance) - Marisa - 363,760,990
YouTube video by Zigzagwolf Touhou 13: Ten Desires - Extra "Perfect" NMNBNT (No Miss No Bombs No Trance) - Marisa - 363,760,990

youtu.be/JPwb6mIr9H8?si=eGbmO0Yj0ImwyhBo Sometimes I take a look at my old Touhou runs and I'm like "How did I do that, I genuinely spent so much time learning all of that and so much in it can go wrong" and I'm reminded that I just really enjoy watching them back at a later date

14.09.2025 21:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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ใ‚ตใ‚ญใƒฅใƒใ‚น่กฃ่ฃ…ไฟ‚ใ‚’็€ใฆใ„ใ‚‹ใใ‚‹ใฟใกใ‚ƒใ‚“ใ‚’ๆใใพใ—ใŸใ€‚

ๅ››ใค็›ฎใฎไฝœๅ“ใงใ™ใ€‚

#ๆฑๆ–นๆ—งไฝœใ€€#ใใ‚‹ใฟใ€€#ๆฑๆ–นใ€€#ๆฑๆ–นproject

31.08.2025 23:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I passed the JLPT N4!
ๅˆๆ ผ่€…ใŒ็™บ่กจใ•ใ‚ŒใŸใฎใงใƒใ‚งใƒƒใ‚ฏใ—ใŸใ—ใ€ๆ—ฅๆœฌ่ชž่ƒฝๅŠ›่ฉฆ้จ“ใฎN4ใƒฌใƒ™ใƒซใซๅˆๆ ผใ—ใพใ—ใŸ๏ผ

25.08.2025 04:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I passed the JLPT N4!
ๅˆๆ ผ่€…ใŒ็™บ่กจใ•ใ‚ŒใŸใฎใงใƒใ‚งใƒƒใ‚ฏใ—ใŸใ—ใ€ๆ—ฅๆœฌ่ชž่ƒฝๅŠ›่ฉฆ้จ“ใฎN4ใƒฌใƒ™ใƒซใซๅˆๆ ผใ—ใพใ—ใŸ๏ผ

25.08.2025 04:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Pretty much already installed and created a VPN connection, might still need to alter it just in case anything messes up while connected.

28.07.2025 00:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Planning to set up OpenVPN so I can circumvent most of the recent online censorship, had planned this prior already to play the Uma Musume game but I honestly forgot to do it.

Now is as good a time as any. Unfortunately I doubt this trajectory we're on online will stop. But any effort is worth it.

27.07.2025 21:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#ๆฑๆ–นProject ๅนปๆœˆใกใ‚ƒใ‚“ - Zigใฎใ‚คใƒฉใ‚นใƒˆ - pixiv ไบŒใค็›ฎใƒ‡ใ‚ธใ‚ฟใƒซไฝœๅ“ใ‚’ไฝœใ‚Šใพใ—ใŸใ€‚ๅนปๆœˆใกใ‚ƒใ‚“ใฏๆœฌๅฝ“ใซใ‹ใ‚ใ„ใ„ใงใ™ใญ๏ผ

#ๆฑๆ–นๆ—งไฝœ #ๅนปๆœˆ #ๆฑๆ–นproject #ๆฑๆ–นๅนปๆƒณ้ƒท

www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/... ๅนปๆœˆใกใ‚ƒใ‚“ใ‚’ๆใใพใ—ใŸใ€‚I drew Gengetsu-chan.

15.07.2025 21:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Mostly content with my recreation. It doesn't feel out of place or too off, it acthally feels quite alike overall. although some mistakes have certainly been made.

22.04.2025 08:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Recreated this anime frame of Kurumi Tokisaki from Date a Live for fun. Took quite a while. There is no background yet and I could still push for more.

First picture is the original frame, the second one is my recreation. Third one is the line-art and the fourth has the colours.

Did this for fun.

22.04.2025 00:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Nintendo has been pretty anti-consumer for a while but their announced price listings are utterly outrageous. It's crazy they didn't even bother to properly convert the dollar value to the euro value, just being extra overcharged.

Also apparently the console costs like 630 dollars in Canada too. ๐Ÿคฏ

03.04.2025 17:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Also I'll think of how I want to approach my next artwork too--

31.03.2025 22:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yeah my homework was all correct after I changed the last question to third before returning it lol. Also had n4 listening practice, deliberately spoken way quicker. Seemed to answer most correctly but it's very difficult at that speed I felt. I feel like I can probably pass the N4 at this rate.

31.03.2025 22:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Well, "eating/having a meal" the latter is technically correct and that distinction has gotten drilled in for me. Anyway it seems many people go to do a prayer on new year's day would be the most plausible answer.

30.03.2025 21:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Question 2 *could* be true as according to nakayama there's now also people eating on restaurants on the first new year day.

Yet 3 is more plausible-- there's many people visiting the shrine on new year's day in Japan. Not all pull a fortune slip and receiving them is not necessarily good fortune.

30.03.2025 21:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Mainly, the answer itself talks about creating dishes which is done *until, not on the new month* and the question asks specifically what's done on the new month, which would be eating them constantly until the third day.

30.03.2025 21:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I still often feel like I don't get "ใ‚ˆใ†ใซ" vocab points well. That often is a bit like "if/in order" but stuff like "ใชใ‚‹ใ‚ˆใ†ใซ" I've always understood as "to become/becomes/for it to become" or something like that.

Still uh, I think the final answer I wrote should be 3 instead.

30.03.2025 21:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Also it feels silly reading so much stuff I know in their kanji readings in hiragana. But it's nice knowing I follow it in either. I crammed so much on that so early on that I feel I can read quite a lot of stuff decently now. Still do find new grammar & words regularly too, which is nice & normal.

30.03.2025 20:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Last sheets of homework done for tomorrow's Japanese course. Decent chance I made some mistakes but I *think* I got them all correct? The last one feels like it could genuinely be multiple choice-- however I go by where ็ฟ’ๆ…ฃ is mentioned and presume only 1 answer is possible.

30.03.2025 20:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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ๅˆใ‚ใฆใฎใƒ‡ใ‚ธใ‚ฟใƒซ็ตตใงใ™ใ€‚ใ“ใฎ็ตตใ‚’ไฝœใฃใŸใ€ๅ…ฅใฃใฆใ„ใ‚‹ๆ™‚้–“ใŒๅคšใ„ใ‘ใฉใ‹ใ‚ใ„ใใชใฃใŸใจๆ€ใ„ใพใ™๏ผ
ใใ‚‹ใฟใกใ‚ƒใ‚“ใฏไธ–็•Œๆœ€ๅคง่ถ…ๅฏๆ„›ใ„ใงใ™ใญ๏ผ

My first digital drawing, I worked on this for quite a while.
#ๆฑๆ–นProject ๏ผƒๆฑๆ–นๆ—งไฝœใ€€#ๆฑๆ–นใ€€#ใใ‚‹ใฟใ€€๏ผƒใƒ‡ใ‚ธใ‚ฟใƒซ็ตตใ€€#ๆ—งไฝœใ€€๏ผƒๆฑๆ–นๅนปๆƒณ้ƒท

28.03.2025 05:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I will book piano lessons soon, I wanted to make sure the JLPT was booked prior to ensure I couldn't suddenly experience having too little money to book it (extremely unlikely but stuff tends to find a way to go wrong for me.)

Tomorrow I want to resume studying Japanese.

30.03.2025 01:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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