In my Sunday era

Thank you ;;

I haven't worn a proper shirt in so many years! First day of a new job while half asleep zzz

Vox in this headline just makes it funnier imo 😨

She has such a great expression! I love her ❤️

Thanks Kiri 💕

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Apologies for the melancholy on main. She was so good though! www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKOk...

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I still think of the singer Sayuri (さユり) when one of her songs comes up on random play. We saw her live at SME MUSIC THEATER 2017 and she was so powerful on stage; I hate that she passed away so young. We should always make memories while we have the chance.

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It's funny how you can be traumatised by something without being consciously aware of it. The urge to stick with the familiar is strong, even in me, but sometimes the familiar can be unhealthy and it's ok to move away and find a new normal. I wonder whether I'll have stability this time next year.

It still feels weird whenever I remember I don't have to log in to some work thing or go back to where my old job was, ever again. I might never do accounting or tech work again. I think it would feel less weird if my future was more solid but I'm just going with the flow right now!

A phone wallpaper set of Reze from Chainsaw Man

had an idea (wallpapers are below!)

The new login screen for Honkai: Star Rail, with pink petals flurrying through space to evoke the image of Cyrene.

The gacha success screen showing that the player just received the character Castorice for the first time. She is stepping through a beautiful green garden with butterflies everywhere and her purple dragon in the background. There is purple-black energy under her foot.

The success screen showing that the player just received the character Topaz & Numby for the first time. Topaz is seated with a bunch of coins, scales and other imagery of wealth. The black porcine warp trotter Numby is capering by her side.

Update day in the world of Honkai: Star Rail. Everything's so pink! Wasted a lot of passes on Castorice, who I don't plan on using. Then I treated myself to Numby & Topaz with the free token.

Confusingly, the button mappings on PS5 changed. Kept trying to attack and running into enemies instead.

Chainsaw Man: Reze Arc was really good - glad I saw it in the cinema! Beam is a cutie.

We're going to see Chainsaw Man The Movie: Reze Arc tomorrow because I'm apparently in the mood for some mindless well-animated nonsense. Hurrah!

A red plate upon which Japanese okonomiyaki has been served. The okonomiyaki includes sweetcorn and has a fried egg on top of it, drizzled with okonomiyaki sauce. Also on top (and below) the okonomiyaki are king oyster mushrooms dressed in spicy miso paste and some cress. Truffle mayonnaise is smeared over the rest of the plate to add extra flavour (there was also a yuzu soy ponzu dip, not pictured). The meal was served at the Okan restaurant in London's South Bank area (County Hall).

We also finally got to actually visit Okan (Japanese restaurant) at the South Bank. Really tasty, highly recommended, and the retro decor is gorgeous. Here's a picture of my extremely hearty 'truffle king mushroom' okonomiyaki.

A table of mochi doughnuts at Japan Centre, with most of them being ordinary-looking aside from the column of garishly bright blue Dragon Quest 'slime' doughnuts covered in pretty sprinkles and lurid blue icing. Naturally, the user bought one of those.

We also went to Japan Centre while we were in London to check out their expanded new ground floor space. It's strange to get used to it having an extra area and most of the important stuff is still downstairs. The Dragon Quest tie-in was underway so we enjoyed looking at blue donuts and decorations.

A photograph showing a clear file (and free matching postcard) of the Angel Devil from Chainsaw Man, an acrylic keychain of 9S from NieR: Automata, a glittery badge of Blade from Honkai: Star Rail, a blind-packed badge of Sua from Alien Stage, then four blind-boxed Alien Stage magnets: Sua, Ivan, Ivan/Till and Hyuna/Luka. Overall I was happy with my blind-packed items though I would have preferred to get something different for one of the two identical Sua illustrations.

Here's everything I bought at the Animate pop-up today. I was quite restrained! I feel like a bit of a jerk putting the Ivan magnet on my fridge but I'm going to do it anyway.

A table of sealed paper bags with multiple wall scrolls (tapestries) poking out of each, all for the series Blue Lock. The bags cost £30 each which is honestly pretty good!

They had some good blind bags too and because it's Animate, they're guaranteed to be filled with decent items instead of a bunch of bargain bin Funko Pops like all of the blind bags at MCM. Please don't @ me for disliking Funko Pops, my opinion on this cannot be changed.

The view from close to the front of the queue for the pop-up Animate store in London Waterloo. The shop is compact and there was a steady flow of excited customers being guided through the queue before being allowed inside (visit took place the Saturday after it launched, shortly after it opened for the day). The glass window display has an Animate banner and small posters for the various promotional campaigns (e.g. buy two Evangelion items, receive a free Animate shopping bag) that were being offered. There were also larger posters below which were hidden by the queue.

The bulk of the merchandise on sale was blind boxed: acrylic stands, magnets, badges and trading cards. That which wasn't was mostly stationery with the occasional t-shirt or character outfit (and the ubiquitous Witch Watch tea towels we saw at Hyper Japan too). Many popular series were represented (especially gacha games and shounen anime titles) and there was a decent selection of CLAMP merchandise too, as well as a few less modern/mainstream titles in between the big headliners. The photograph shows a selection of CLAMP manga goodies like clear files.

A photograph of around 1/3 of the Honkai: Star Rail items on sale at the London Animate pop-up store. Strangely, it was all quite 'old' merchandise for characters from the first couple of arcs in the game. There was a lot of it though so fans of Seele, Luocha, Blade etc. were all well served.

A photograph showing more of the full Honkai: Star Rail range on sale at the London Animate pop-up store, together with the edge of the Genshin Impact section. There are three dedicated sets of shelves with rows of character badges and acrylic stands.

Finally home and rested (not) and unpacked after my visit to the Animate London pop-up store. It was pretty good! Didn't buy too much but that's not a bad thing, and the prices were generally better than MCM (and the regular London shops) - not that beating regular London pricing is difficult.

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The rubbish Harry Potter shop next door is empty 😈

A photograph of the exterior of the pop-up branch of Animate in London in November 2025. Many excited locals and travellers are lined up on both sides of the shopping arcade while the staff keep people flowing safely. Looks as though the shop is a success already!

Waiting in the extended queue at the new Animate pop-up store (London Waterloo, UK)! Can't wait to get inside 🥳

BRO!!!! ❤️
CONGRATS EVERYONE!! The hard work pays off 😭

Already broken our lifetime best score for number of trick-or-treaters visiting us! I hope we don't run out of sweets 🫠

i think moros is a service top

The anti-otome game “Club Suicide” is out in English on DLsite! 👀

💀 Twisted storylines
💔 Morally gray love interests
🩸 Psychological, disturbing, and emotional
🎭 For those who like to suffer through a story

(Please check TW before playing!!)

Started playing Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 at last the other day. It's as good as people say, which is unfortunate for my free time! So much better than blockbusters which don't respect the player's time (or intelligence) at all. I'm rubbish at the action elements, though. Need to get good.

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The Under Garden comic and Emet-Selch (FFXIV) bookmark by @velnna.bsky.social

Original mermaid print by @moemai.bsky.social

Toby Fox print/stickers by CarrieMeBags (of @Bags_and_Blep on Instagram, not found on Bluesky).

Acrylic photocard holders and by @pippintruman.bsky.social

Sunday/Jing Yuan and 'Mikunaxa' Anaxa prints, Yanqing/Dan Heng/Luocha photocards, IPC character acrylic stand (all Honkai: Star Rail) by @e7lilyy.bsky.social

Ivan (Alien Stage) charm by @elemoli.bsky.social

Acrylic clip of Sussie the magpie (Kpop Demon Hunters) by @yokaiihime.bsky.social