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[theguardianace]

Twin Idols Len and Rin want to battle!

[ID: A digital drawing of the Kagamine twins as Pokemon trainers. Len's partner is Plusle and Rin's is Minun. Their outfits are slightly altered to match the color scheme of their Pokemon. /end ID]

[2500ji]

alright, that’s it.

i’m sick of seeing hate against people who don’t read the project sekai stories. this fandom has a lot of problems and this collective hatred of anyone who doesn’t dedicate hours upon hours to read the stories is one of them.

first of all, the event stories are fucking long.

each episode can be anywhere from 15-30 minutes if read as the game intends (with auto on). multiply this by 8, and you’re talking possibly 2-4 hours PER EVENT. this doesn’t even account for mixed events, which have 2 extra episodes.

not to mention, there are 137 events on the japanese server (and 101 on the english server) at the time i am writing this. 3 hours average times 137 events equals a total of 411 hours. that is 2 and a half weeks of solid content. to say that’s daunting for people who started playing the game any sizable amount of time since its release is a massive understatement.

not to mention, the events, if viewed in-game, take a massive amount of storage space. not everyone’s device can handle the insane amount of space needed for this game’s events (even moreso if you plan to listen to the voices)

not everyone plays the game for the events, and they’re NOT needed to enjoy the characters.

i get it. if someone who hasn’t read the events is trying to have in-depth analyses of the characters or the groups, they’re bound to mischaracterize. the thing is, nobody’s really doing that.

not everyone downloaded the game because they wanted to read 400 hours of stories. yes, they are a fundamental part of the game. i’m not trying to deny that. however, so is the rhythm game. i don’t see any hate towards people who hardly touch the shows. because they’re not for everyone.

you should be able to talk about, write fics for, and roleplay as the characters without needing to read the stories. yes, people may mischaracterize. but reading the stories doesn’t make you exempt to that either. i’ve read fics from people who read every story for the group the fics were about that still managed to get so much wrong.

the events can be serious triggers.

i’m a HUGE niigo fan. i buy nightcord merchandise, i’ve played almost all their songs, and i love the characters. i have not read a single solely-niigo event. you know why? because they are extremely triggering for me — the most blatant example being the most recent event on ensekai; “farewell, my mask.”

project sekai’s stories are beautiful. but if one’s writing is always light-hearted, it will not touch people as dearly. (i mean, for christ’s sake, No Seek No Find revolves around this exact statement.)

and project sekai is no exception — their stories unapologetically dive into extremely heavy topics, including but not limited to emotional abuse, grief/loss, and being hospitalized. reading the nightcord stories as people have tried to genuinely harass me into doing would result in some extremely bad feelings.

and i’m not the only one — many people i know, some who have even reblogged and expressed agreement with posts hating on those who don’t read the stories, have shared my sentiment. you cannot insist people read the stories like i’ve seen many people do, because you have no clue what might trigger someone.

what should we do, then?

first of all, build up some tolerance. not everyone is going to read the stories, and some people may mischaracterize the characters. did someone make a character analysis that ignored a big aspect of a character? scroll past the post. did someone write a fic making a character say and do things they usually wouldn’t? hit the backspace button.

second of all, try to be open-minded to the opinions of people who haven’t read the stories. maybe they get their content through the commission song lyrics, or maybe they diligently read the area conversations. or maybe they don’t! maybe they just want to talk about their fave.

if someone’s misinterpretation is genuinely harmful or bigoted, call out the harm and bigotry. that person who called ena an abusive sister despite akito acting similarly? call out the misogyny. this goes for any harmful interpretation of a character or group.

and finally, try to have some fun. this is a game. we’re all fans. if you do nothing but perpetuate hatred, nobody’s gonna wanna play toys with you.

[water-lemon-alex]

⭐️💡

more of needlestar because i have been clinically insane for them for four years or smth + personal designs

+ hcs i have stuck on my notes app from a year ago (there is a lot i am not sane for them)

they’re both fans of hatsune miku ; upbeat was a fan because of her music, play-yan on the other hand… he may blast miku music from the sky.

follow up ; they have both dressed as miku at least once (in play’s case, people drew him as miku back in the day, and for upbeat is that one ievan polkka custom remix) and probably took a picture with a miku standee together (your interpretation)

they would sometimes watch smash tournaments together, but once they watch a tournament where their favorites/mains are up against each other, that’s a different story.

their first meeting was a chance encounter. upbeat was trying to find a place to calm down at night, which was in an unknown area in a forest, then play found him during a night walk. but little did they know they would be seeing each other way more often since that night

they never skip leg day.

a more obvious one, but once fused together, they could possibly resemble a stepswitcher because of their similarities ; play-yan as the light half and upbeat as the dark half. this also happens if they have a child together

play-yan would sometimes stop by the workplace where the other endless game / rhythm toy characters are. he gets along really well with love-san.

marshal has looked up to the both of them so much that he asked them for advice. he didn’t really mean to steal play-yan’s spotlight , but more on being inspired by him. play thinks otherwise, though.

play does NOT know how things in earth world works (other than basic things like doors and of course, balloons). he once went to the store without any money. upbeat notices this and buys him a snack and some soda out of spite

despite this, play-yan is a tech nerd. why else is he a media player /silly

transmasc upbeat and he/they nonbinary play-yan i don’t make the rules /silly

being miku fans, they also played project sekai before. play’s favorite unit is leo/need while upbeat’s is nightcord

play-yan is definitely a kirby fan. also mr. upbeat is canonically a fan of mr. game and watch

they had a chance encounter at a miku concert before. probably miku expo

upbeat has an apartment on the 4th floor with a balcony that has a good view of the night sky. play-yan makes sure to visit him every night (and when i mean night i mean 3 in the morning. upbeat doesn’t mind this at all.)

whenever play-yan doesn’t visit however, he just leaves those little heart flowers instead. maybe a yellow umbrella on a rainy day

they both have pets! play-yan has a cat (from the old promotional art for the play-yan media player) and upbeat has a bird (from the unused cuckoo clock rhythm test that became a base for the mr. upbeat endless game)

whenever mr. upbeat’s monkey watch is under maintenance, he talks to play-yan instead.

it was play-yan’s idea to give upbeat some pins on his head

little did they know they are gonna be the founders of the stepswitcher species /silly

[rin-spotted]

rin spotted!

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hi! this is a blog where i reblog fanart of rin every day :3

the idea was taken from @miku-spotted! go follow that blog to see daily fanart of miku!

i'll answer asks and post submissions if you have rin content to share or if you just want to chat! i'll also reblog fanart if you tag me in it! (tagged posts will be bumped to the front of the queue for priority)

for more visibility, i will reblog fanart of rin with other vocaloids too! all fanart including rin is acceptable on this blog! <3

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icon source: (x)

header source: (x)

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tagging system:

#rin spotted! - daily fanart of rin!

#pokérin spotted! - fanart of rin that is based on project voltage!

#rin (and friends) spotted! - rin fanart that also includes rin’s friends!

#not rin spotted! - other posts that do not include daily fanart of rin!

#rin meme! - memes or meme art pertaining to rin!

#rin ask! - asks about rin or rin fanart! (please keep in mind that i have limited knowledge of vocaloid, i just really love rin ;w;)

#rin submission! - rin fanart submissions, tagged separately for an easy search!

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thank you for reading! you may now scroll to your heart's content! ⸜(｡˃ ᵕ ˂ )⸝♡

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addition: to spot other characters from vocaloid/project sekai, follow the blogs listed under the cut! ^^

@miku-spotted

@rin-spotted <- that's me! :3

@len-spotted

@luka-spotted

@meiko-spotted

@kaito-spottedd

@gakupo-spotted

@teto-spotted

@vflower-spotted

@fukase-spotted

@iroha-spotted

@tonerion-spotted

@oliver-spotted

@kasa-spotted

@an-spotted

@emu-spotted

@nene-kusanagi-spotted

@ena-spotted

@shiho-spotted

@emunene-spotted

@rui-kamishiro-spotted

@minori-spotted

@rana-spotted

@mizuki-spotted

@mafuyu-spotted

@saki-tenma-spotted

@nene-spotted

@kanade-spotted

@kohane-spotted

@lapis-spotted

@sakura-miku-spotted

@akito-spotted

if you are starting a new character-spotted blog, please feel free to tag me or send me an ask for promotion! i will add your url to the list as soon as i am free to do so! ^-^

other -spotted blogs unrelated to vocaloid (check these out as well if you are fans of these characters!):

@akutagawa-spotted

@etho-spotted

[shiraishi--kanade]

✦ New pinned post ✦

The old one got quite outdated, so it's about time I made a new one.

♪ I'm Jay! I also go by Ollie and Lu.

♪ any pronouns!

♪ My main is @jeiseny! I follow and like from there, but I prefer to interact on this blog.

♪ My back-up blog is @shiraishi-kanade. It was originally my only side-blog before being accidentally terminated by Tumbrl. Now it's just staying there, mostly inactive; however, I still intend to use it for long-form character analysis.

♪ I'm physically disabled. I'm also open to talk about it and my experience with it, specifically rheumatic heart disease and juvenile arthritis, but I am not obligated to prove my diagnosis to anyone.

♪ I'm dyslexic! If I suddenly don't make sense, that's why.

♪ This is a project sekai fan blog, on which I mostly write character analysis, especially focusing on Vivid Bad Squad in general and An Shiraishi specifically.

♪ I am also an occasional fanfic writer. My AO3 username is also Jeiseny!

♪ I'm currently working on two unit shuffle aus (on an indefinite hiatus, but by no means abandoned) and my mini-series Count To Five that is An Shiraishi-centric and takes place after Light Up the Fire. Feel free to check it out!

♪ I also have a side-blog for my pjsk fan unit Kawaakari Orchestra! They're a long standing passion project of mine. You can find them at @kawaakari-orchestra.

♪ I will sometimes post about other media I'm a fan of.

Additional info:

♪ Any interactions (e.g replies, reblogs, asks, dms) are fine and encouraged regardless of mutual status.

♪ I'm fine with tags and tag games (except picrew chains! I don't do those); however, please refrain from publically asking me to reblog anything pertaining to fan-content and especially character analysis. It makes me really uncomfortable (never thought I'd have to set a boundary like this but here we are).

♪ I visit the tags often and will usually reblog the takes I agree with naturally; being pushy about it because of me being a relatively big character analysis blog will only get you blocked.

♪ I love receiving asks about my opinion on pjsk characters and storylines! By all means, please send them to me. I take a while to answer sometimes because I take my sweet time to think about it.

♪ I am an VBS oshi & main, and I'm caught up with their stories at the moment of writing this. I also follow N25 closely and keep an eye out on WxS. All the favourites & fandom information from the old pinned post is still relevant!

♪ I'm open to discussion and correction on my posts, especially if it's about the characters I don't know well!

♪ On another hand, I'm not open to unsolicited criticism on my fanfiction. I do it for fun only.

♪ I'm touch-averse and neurodivergent. Please keep that in mind.

♪ I complain and vent a lot, especially about my disability and chronic pain. Block #jay rambles about life.txt tag if you're uncomfortable with that.

Tags:

#jay rambles.txt - general tag. Mostly about pjsk though

#jay rambles about life.txt - general tag for everything that is not about my interests. Doubles as a vent tag (because there's nothing to smile about in my life /ref)

#jay rambles about ocs.txt - me rambling about pjsk ocs, both my own and other's

#jay's archive.txt - old-ish character analysis posts or otherwise important things from a previously terminated blog; can also be found by similar tags on @shiraishi-kanade.

#jay gets asks - ask answered tag!

#jay's character analysis - self-explanatory

#jay's memes.png - I like to make funny images sometimes!

#jay's ocs & #jay's headcanons - self-explanatory

#rb - general rb tag.

#self rb - adding onto my own posts, mostly for my own self-organisation.

#other's character analysis - pjsk takes I love and agree with

#orher's art <3 - art rbs!

That is all! Nice to meet you!

[dividers by saradika-graphics]

[pink-tk-a-latte]

hello hello hello!

𓇼 Call me Py! (or anything from the Cleffa line: Py -> Pippi -> Pixy) Any C name is accepted too

𓇼 If the content on this blog is not your vibe, no worries!! I implore you to visit @comfied-chriterature instead <33

𓇼 I write, scream, and am generally incoherent and occasionally poetic! And I may draw... sometimes...

𓇼 My interest in tickling is solely innocent (not a k!nk). I love the fun and intimacy and bonding and kicking feet giggling of it all. // //

𓇼 Anyone is welcome! Engagement is always appreciated; just don't be creepy or hateful (no teases or anything like that). Apologies if I struggle to communicate, I may have social anxiety. I tend to lurk and am always late to the party, but I really wanted to partake in this community bc it seems wholesome!

𓇼 Open for asks, requests, and tag games!! Check if your asks/requests have been replied to at this tag ➸ (farmboy wesley voice) as you wish 💌

𓇼 Look here for a few of my favorite things~ /ref and details for requesting and conversing, and here is my masterlist!!

Requests in progress: 3

𓇼 I enjoy musicals, vocaloid (hmu if you wanna talk about HarumakiGohan), cartoons/anime and manga/manhwa, pixel art games, rpg horror, books, emoticons, indie everything!!

𓇼 PINK PINK PINK 💞

𓇼 I also love hamsters and cookies and snow and oceans and hearts <3

𓇼 Multishipping fanatic! I’m mostly open-minded but there are some ships (and characters) I dislike passionately and irrationally LOL

𓇼 Big fan of infp characters bc I am an infp and they're always such disasters lol!! ...What does that say about me

𓇼 Like it, love it, gotta have it 🍪

bocchi the rock, lycoris recoil, skip and loafer, toilet-bound hanako-kun, shy, nana, bungo stray dogs, buddy daddies, genshin impact, project sekai, six of crows, the disastrous life of saiki k

others: kimetsu no yaiba, pokémon, alien stage, tgcf and svsss, avatar the last airbender, the owl house, she-ra princesses of power, honkai star rail, yorukura, painoko, spy x family, magirevo, horror rpgs, spider-man + mcu, ducktales, miitopia, literary tk

Feel free to ask about any other interests!!

𓇼 My tags જ⁀♡➴

py is turning pink 𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 my writing tag

py plates shortcakes 𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 my hcs, future ideas, and wips tag

py’s snack stash 𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 my tk reblogs tag

a+ for art I liek :)) 𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 my non-tk art/other reblog tag

[ace-and-the-rpg-horrors]

intro post!!

hiya, my name is Ace!! you can call me by any pronouns and gendered terms, i really don't mind. this is my main blog and it's quite unorganised, i just put whatever i feel like here. my silly blog for my silly thoughts <3

info undercut!!

tagging system?

most of my original posts have the tag "ace's random thoughts :)"

my art tag is "art by ace :)" though you're probably better off looking at my art blog

my replies are tagged "asks answered by ace :)"

where else can you find me?

on here, my art blog is ace-art-archive and i also run daily-pjsk-npcs

my AO3 is aceandtherpghorrors

my Project Sekai friend ID (EN server) is 389898010173124615

now, a list of my main interests!! please feel free to tag me in posts related to them <3 (the ones i am currently most fixated on are in blue)

games:

Witch's Heart (current blog theme)

Your Turn to Die

A3!

Project Sekai

Pocket Mirror (not yet caught up)

books:

Lockwood & Co

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

The 13 Treasures

Murder Most Unladylike

Malory Towers

manhwa:

Lout of the Count's Family

Villains Are Destined to Die

animated series:

Ever After High

Paradox Live

Death Note

Lego Elves

Lego Friends

Barbie movies

live action series:

Dead Boy Detectives

Derry Girls

Ghosts

animals:

orcas

frogs

jellyfish

snakes

cats

miscellaneous:

fae (and other mythological creatures, especially in urban legends)

classic fairytales

Lego

playing cards

sculpture

embroidery (especially cross-stitch)

miniature dollhouses

constellations

gemstones

forests

on a bit more of a serious note, here are my boundaries:

anyone can send me asks or DMs!! i will mention that i typically respond quicker to DMs than asks, so if it's particularly urgent, i would recommend DMing

i don't mind being tagged!! i might not always see it, though. i especially love Picrew chains <3

DNI - i don't want you here if you're bigoted in any way, an explicitly sexual blog, or a proshipper (for fellow YTTD fans, that does include people who romanticise S//sh/n)

i am also uncomfortable with those under thirteen interacting with my blog because many of my interests are not suitable for children

i will block if i feel the need to

other info you may want to keep in mind:

UK timezone

i trigger tag with the format "tw [the subject]" this includes when i reblog suggestive jokes ("tw suggestive")

i swear frequently

i have severe coulrophobia, it applies to real and realistically drawn clowns with heavy face paint. if i'm following you, i'd really appreciate if you tag that with "tw clowns" or "tw coulrophobia"

or, with the above, you can also use the tag "ace don't look" instead. i'd also appreciate it a lot if photos of slugs and snails were tagged with that as well, since i have a phobia of them as well

pictures of some of my favourite characters <3

[marycom15]

HI IM MARY/MARK!!! I use both and they/them but dont care too much. Im a fandom kid and that's the only label i identify with. I post silly stuff all the time except for when i disappear for weeks on end. If i ever ignore you its probably an accident and im sorry the worms just eat my brain a lot.

ARE YOU A PARKOUR CIVILIZATION FAN?? CHECK OUT THE DISCORD !!!

I draw and write sometimes when im in the mood but its mostly simple silly stuff.

Here are all my silly little posts

Here are my asks

And here's all my art

And here's a non-comprehensive list of all the different stuff i like. If you enjoy 3 or more of these things our souls are tied together by fate itself and i love yo u.

Genshin impact

Honkai star rail

Parkour civilization

Baldur's Gate 3

Ninjago

Project Sekai

JRWI Riptide

JRWI Wonderlust

Slimecicle. Just him in general.

Hermitcraft

Palia

Putting DSMP on this list to make my roots clear. That fandom was my home and it made me who i am. I hate it with my whole heart /pos

Probably forgor a few but thats okay idc <3 im cringe to the core and proud and i love girlfailures and boyfailures a normal amount. Personfailures too i guess.

[bundracky]

Summer Recap: July 2024 ♡

Hello my dear Vampunnies!

Here is the next part of my summer recap blogs. This time I'll be covering my visit to Los Angeles for Anime Expo 2024!

This post includes my experience with working at AX for the first time, my favorite parts of the con this year, visiting WeHo and Little Tokyo, & more!

Read all about it under the cut, and maybe grab a snack or a beverage because this one's a long one...

July 2024

AX 2024 - Day 0 (July 3)

I decided to attend AX totally last minute, so on Day 0 I had to pick up my badge from the venue-- the Los Angeles Convention Center. It was actually a pretty quick and easy process, and I liked being able to snap a couple pics of the outside of the venue before all the crowds arrived the next day. As a huge Dragon Ball fan, I personally loved seeing Sparking! ZERO having a giant ad this year! Zenless Zone Zero ads were also present around the area, and really fit the LA vibe.

Since I wanted to make the most of the day, I decided to visit WeHo with a friend! We went to Bottega Louie for lunch, which is honestly one of my favorite restaurants in LA. Their Italian cream soda is so good, especially when dealing with the summer heat! This time I got the vanilla one~

Lunch for the day was the carbonara with chicken, and I shared a pepperoni pizza and a side of portobello fries with my friend! It was so delicious! (I'm getting hungry while reminiscing about this...) For dessert we shared a Celebration cake, which is a vanilla cake with cotton candy mousse, strawberry marmalade, and topped with vanilla macarons! I also purchased a box of macarons to eat at home later, because of course I did. Truly a decadent meal, but I really wanted to treat myself since I was in the area for AX and knew I'd be busy with other things soon!

Before heading back for the day, I also visited the Glossier store which is always a must when I'm in the area. If you haven't been to a Glossier store before, it's a very cute and aesthetic experience, because well, it's Glossier. I ended up getting a Lavender Balm Dot Com, since I haven't bought one in so long. (Thank god they finally reverted back to the OG formula... if you know, you know.) Unfortunately we got there a little too late to get a drink at Alfred's, but there's always next time~

AX 2024 - Day 1 (July 4)

This year, I was hired by Sekai Project to work at their booth in the Exhibit Hall! Sekai Project works on the English localization for a lot of visual novels, such as Nekopara and Amairo Chocolate! They were selling a lot of cute goods this year, including the Chocola and Vanilla Hangers, and Amairo Chocolate tapestries and acrylic stands!

I arrived at the venue around 6:30 am to help set up their booth, and seeing exhibition hall quiet and chill before the crowds was pretty neat! My boss was really nice and let me roam around after for a bit to check out some of the booths I wanted freebies from before the crowds rolled in ^^ Also, as my "tutorial" sale on the POS, I was able to buy a Chocola hanger ahead of time as I knew those would be a hot commodity~

It was honestly a really fun experience, I really enjoyed interacting with customers and talking about the games! Actually, the first customer of the entire con was a father who ran to our booth and had a long shopping list from their daughter! It was really sweet and I'm glad I was able to make sure he got everything for her~ Another customer that made an impression on me was someone who bought one of each Amairo Chocolate acrylic stand, and while I was ringing them up, we also chatted about Shiratama's art and Jewelry Hearts Academia, which was pretty awesome.

After my shift was over, I visited the ATLUS booth because I wanted to get the giant Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance totebag! The booth activity was taking a picture with their Qaditsu cosplayers, who looked absolutely amazing! I've attached a photo of the cosplayers from the official Twitter since I don't want to post my personal one, but it was a really great experience!! I also picked up a Jack Frost mobile accessory set from the ATLUS shop as it was part of their Japan imports for the ATLUS 35th anniversary~

Before going home, I passed by Philz Coffee and got a Mint Mojito iced coffee which was a great pick me up after a long day!

AX 2024 - Day 2 (July 5)

One of the highly sought after freebies this year was definitely this Firefly/SAM giant totebag. Of course, Honkai: Star Rail being the hit game that it is, plus Firefly being a fan favorite, a lot of people wanted it. I really wanted to get one for my friend, who is a Firefly oshi, and wanted to do the stamp rally for the other freebies for myself. So, I lined up super, super early just to be in front of the line into the Entertainment Hall where the Hoyoverse booth was located.

Now, for reference, the hall opened at 9 AM. The line for the Hoyoverse booth capped at 9:03 AM. Unfortunately, the staff did not respect the line, and gave away all their bags to the blob of a crowd that was pooling around their booth that were absolutely feral over this thing. Despite not being able to get the bag, I figured I might as well stick around for the booth activities anyway since I was practically at the front of the line.

The first activity was writing a sticky note of your "dream" related to Penacony or something, and I think I just wrote E6 Acheron LOL. The next activity was taking pictures with the March 7th and Stelle cosplayers who were super cute! And the next one was voting in some sort of character popularity contest with the "Stellar Jade" they would give you. Acheron had the most Stellar Jades in her jar. (slay)

After the booth activities, I wanted to purchase some Honkai Impact 3rd goods after, but I guess this year it was also being sold with the Star Rail stuff... which the line for merch also capped.... soooo I was like, okay, I'm just going to go around for a bit instead and try my luck around noon.

One of my other friends requested I buy them a few things from the Cygames booth, so I got that shopping done, and stuck around to play the Granblue Fantasy: Relink demo (Lancelot my beloved <3) as well as the Uma Musume: Pretty Derby - Party Dash demo with one of my friends who found me! Cygames had a lot of cute freebies, and I swear to god, I know nothing of the horse girls, but the freebies are so dang cute it actually makes me want to get into it LOL.

Some other highlights for me was seeing the NIS America booth and saw a very early build of the new Phantom Brave game and Reynatis! I also loved the Kotobukiya Bishoujo exhibit with all their different figures throughout the years. (Which by the way, I have the new Sadako one preordered~) I think I also visited the Blue Archive and Arknights booths to pick up things for friends around this time too.

Around noon, I was back at the merch line for Hoyoverse, and thankfully, I was able to get in! Now this is where I feel rather lucky. I ended up getting an adorable badge set of the Herrscher trio, which I feel like was dead stock in some Mihoyo warehouse. I also got the very last set of Mei's Stigmata badges, which may be out of print? I'm not sure.

As I was in line to check out, the person in front of me asked the cashier for a Firefly/SAM bag. And he was able to get one?! So I also asked when I was up front and she was super nice and also gave me one. So, it all worked out! I'm glad I decided to spend money that day lmao.

With a skip in my step, I spent the rest of the day pretty leisurely with my bestie who I met up with after. We did the Persona 3, Project Sekai, and some other random booth activities to pass the time for an exciting panel I was looking forward to~ Oh yeah, I also came across Nerissa Ravencroft's acrylic stand at a Hololive booth, and decided to pick it up since it has been on my wish list for some time, and it was there, so might as well.

So, what was the panel that I was looking forward to? Well, seeing Aniplex's Twisted Wonderland talk show with Silver's seiyuu, AKA MY FAVE TWST CHARACTER AND MY #1 FAVORITE MALE SEIYUU, Nobunaga Shimazaki!! He was so cute and sweet in person, I'm really glad I was able to make it!! ^w^

After that, I briefly went on a mission to Artist Alley to pick up something for another friend, as well as visit one of my favorite artists, BOMHAT, to purchase some stickers for myself! I have a few of their goods from a previous AX, and really liked them so I had to buy more! And with that, Day 2 complete!

... Or so I thought. I had plans with my bestie to cry about how stressful AX was over dinner. We were both exhausted after Day 2 and were really looking forward to getting food together. One of my other friends who was driving my car for the day went to Little Tokyo early, and was going to pick us up when we were ready to go meet up for dinner. Well, come to find out, my car battery died in the Little Tokyo parking garage... thankfully, my bestie's mom is super nice and picked us both up and dropped me off in Little Tokyo to figure out the situation.

I am so very lucky to have such sweet friends, as a different friend of mine offered to swing by after work to help jump start my car. While waiting for them to arrive, I got dinner to soothe my weary soul after such a crazy day.

While my friends were jump starting my car, a kind stranger also came by to help make sure they were doing it correctly, and all was well afterwards! I was able to drive home safe and sound!

AX 2024 - Day 4 (July 7)

For the final day of AX, there was only one more thing I really wanted to do: visit the NIKKE booth! I haven't mentioned it yet for a reason-- it was also a very crowded booth. It was managed a little better by having a virtual queue... However, to get into that virtual queue, you had to be there at the very beginning of the day to check in. It was pretty hectic with everyone shoving each other, trying to scan the QR code from one of the staff's clipboards, but I successfully got in!

While waiting for my turn, I went back to the Project Sekai booth because I really wanted to do more freebie card pulls trying to get Ena and Toya. I ended up being super lucky and getting both of them!! Afterwards, I also played the demo for Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO, which is a game I am so hyped for!

I returned shortly after to finally do the NIKKE booth activities. The booth was themed after the in-game summer event Beauty Full Shot! The first activity was of course, making sure you followed the game on social media. Next was a bean bag toss themed around fighting against the Raptures, which was pretty cute. Then you could take a photo with the cosplayers, which I opted to have this really cute Viper cosplayer (LoveHimeKing) pose with my little Alice acrylic block I had with me.

Sadly, since I got there Day 4, they sold out of the bigger freebie prizes. But, I still got the commemorative giant gift bag featuring Crown and Modernia! I love those two, so I'm not mad at all~ I also got a little blind bag magnet with Dorothy, which is super cute, and I actually have her displayed on my magnet board on my desk right now!

And as my personal tradition, I got celebratory In-N-Out for surviving another anime convention. This is like the most unaesthetic photo I'll ever post, but it's the proof of my victory!!

Post-AX Shenanigans

Later in July, once all the tourists have gone home, and I was rested from the hectic Anime Expo season, I went back to LA to properly visit Little Tokyo!

Before my activities for the day, I passed by one of my favorite bakeries, Okayama Kobo, for brunch~ I got a yakisoba-pan and my favorite drink from them, the banana creme matcha latte!

After brunch, I visited Sora Gumi's Little Tokyo store, as they had a NIKKE pop-up with a summer themed photo booth. You got to shoot a photo with your summer event Nikke of choice, so I picked my favorite of them, Sakura! I also brought my silly Alice plushie with me to take photos with. It was a really cute experience!

And lastly, I had a reservation with a friend for the Akiba Maid War pop-up Maid Cafe! I remember watching the anime when it first came out, and really enjoyed it with how ridiculous it was (in a good way). I totally had to come to this pop-up!

The Oinky Doink Cafe theme was well implemented-- instead of the usual 'moe moe kyun' fare we did some incantations with the syllables of 'tontokoton' to remove the poison that rival maid cafes put in our sodas or something. Just another day at the Oinky Doink Cafe, really.

We also got ice cream topped with a cookie with Ranko on it. I couldn't bear to eat her face so I tried to just eat around her! >.< Overall I had a great experience (shoutout to Maid Aki) and am happy we're getting more fun pop-ups out here.

And that was my Anime Expo experience in July! If you've never been to an Anime Expo before, I hope my war story gave you a glimpse of some of the craziness of that anime convention. When it comes to AX, you just learn to love to hate it, and hate to love it.

Anyway, thank you for reading if you got this far! Next post will be the last part of my summer recap series! Until next time~

[starry-sky-orchestra]

Let's make smiles bloom, anytime, everywhere! (WONDERHOY~!★)

welcome to my blog! (or welcome back if you knew me before i went by this user)

name: christy or papu either is fine

pronouns: she/her

sexuality: pansexual omniromantic

i am certified the prettiest princess in the entire world. bow down to me or else you get the guillotine grrr

-pls use tone tags when ur talking to me it makes a big big difference!!!!!

-possibly neurodivergent

-uh i apologize a lot and im really sensitive so. uh. jus like reassure me a lot ig

-if you call me a dry texter i will literally block you. /j but srsly not every1 is the best at talking..

-i have an agere blog which is basically my alt so follow that one if u want too. or not.

DNI: proshippers, anti antis(?? idk what this means but i see this in a lot of profiles), freakstarries, whatever weird pjsk fans call themselves, basic dni criteria ykyk, if u think age regression is a kink. it isn't. go fuck yoursel- if you support Sara_mjrb/lord_sara_gaming or mizumi-kagaho

social time whoohoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

discord: ask in dms

youtube: pan_pan_papu

tumblr: ur here already.

wattpad: coming soon?? maybe????????

fandoms!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

project sekai

danganronpa (well. barely.)

anime in general but most of the subreddits on reddit fucking suck. theyre all either weirdos or homophobic (as in, i like yuri but yaoi is EWWWWW guys cant like guys!! i wld fuck alstolfo tho)

bubble guppies

rugrats

mewkledreamy

sanrio in general

im joining a lot of fandoms every day. too many to remember

parappa the rapper

cardcaptor sakura

mario

nintendo

animal crossing

shima shima tora no shimajiro

ojamajo doremi

little witch academia

idolmaster

ummmm im hypersexual so like im more. weirder. than other people

fanfic writer. kind of. i have 200 million fankids and i will write about them ALL

i am probably the only shima shima tora no shimajiro fan ever. like im being serious its not that well known out of japan

i like karaoke!!!!!! kind of! its fun <3

also. i am being serious about potty training being my special intrest. pls dont think im weird.

if u ever wonder why all my fankids are so young/why i usually draw pjsk characters younger than they acc are then. ur reason is here.

-my art is fucking ass. like seriously its so terrible its the worst thing you have ever see

-i love emukasa (pjsk ship) like so much. LIKE SO MUCH. THEY ARE THE BEST M/F PJSK SHIP RIGHT NEXT TO RUINENE AND TOUKOHA

-speaking of, if u dont like wxs m/f or vbs m/f dni. like imagine being pressed over two teenagers kissing. that is so silly. anyways most of my ships are m/f i dont know why i have a lot of m/m and f/f ships tho. there is no way you can convince me haruka kiritani is straight she is a girl kisser. same w airi.

-mahou shoujo has my heart and soul <33

-i love ken shiraishi. whoever made an's dad design i love you so much he is such a dilf bro

-professional shitposter

-this is rlly cringe to admit. but. im one of those fictional other people ig? my f/o is arisa mochida from the hit game idolmaster cinderella girls starlight stage

anyways my tags are

fanfics - fanfics. obvi.

ok thats it idk what else to write

oh damn i made this too long. anyways. heres my carrd. it looks better on phone.

ok goodbye

[going-outside-enjoyer]

this reblog was ages ago and not for just asking random questions BUT IM BORED SO IM GONNA RAID YOUR ASK BOX

whats your favourite colour

whos your favourite cryptonloid

whos your favourite vocaloid

whos your favourite character in project sekai (yes im making you chose mwahaha) (assuming shiho but i wanted to ask anyway)

which is the best unit in pjsk

best game on nintendo

favourite food

have you watched winnie the pooh AND WHICH IS YOUR FAVOURITE (i love eeyore and tiger :])

uhh YOU SAID YOU KNOW THE MOVIE THE LITTLE PRINCE NOT A QUESTION BUT OMG FAVOURITE MOVIE AHDKFJDKFJFL

best icecream flavour (important judge of character)

hardest song you can play on piano (testing to see if i can make you learn the duet from the end of omori)

HARDEST CHART YOU CAN FC IN PJSK

do you know any vocaloid fans irl?

do u play genshin and if you do, do you reccomend it? i want to play but my ipad storage 💔 i need encouragement if im gonna play

FAVOURITE EMOJI?? you dont seem like the type to use emojis but you never know 🫃🫃🫃

uhh yep thats it (feel free to not answer or skip half the questions or whatever you like 😭)

THAT IS A LONG ASK (I'm gonna have fun hehe >:) )

My fav color is anything from green to purple on the color wheel

My fav cryptonloid and vocaloid is len (flower and the MEIKAs are close seconds tho)

My fav pjsk character is indeed shiho she has my whole heart I even have a daily account for her in insta and 1000+ pins of her on pinterest

Other than shiho I love haruka and toya as well with 300+ pins on pinterest

Best unit in pjsk is leo/need (no surprises)

Best games on nintendo are miitopia and splatoon (I love 2 and 3 equally)

My fav food are instant noodles (kanade kinnie moment /j) and fried shrimp

I watched winnie the pooh when I was a kid and my fav at the time was piglet but now it's kanga or roo idk

The little prince is originally french so it's pretty famous where I live that's why I know it

My fav film is the dnd film (help I don't watch films) (also I'm extremely biaised towards fantasy)

Best ice cream flavor is lemon idc what everyone says (mint choco too it does NOT taste like toothpaste)

Uhm uuh I'm still learning it but meteor by john? I've been playing the piano for just 2 years and a half I can't play that much songs however you don't need to make me learn duet I'm already doing it rn hehe

Hardest chart I can fc on index is remote control master and that one chocolate pinochio p song expert but I can't play on index anymore so that's worthless

On thumbs it's sage expert (I didn't fc it yet but I know I can)

The closest I am from knowing a vocaloid fan irl is my dad because tiktok and myself kinda converted him to vocaloid music (crazy ik) other than that no :(

Yes I play genshin (cyno main) but I'm a lazy player and I play once every full moon (I'm still in the fandom tho) I do recommend you install it because I think hoyo released an update to lighten the storage genshin takes on mobile by a lot, also if you ever start playing hmu so we can play together :)

My fav emoji is 😔 and 😧 because I use them all the time (and yes I use emojis but not much in posts)

I hope I didn't skip a question on accident lol

Also do you want me to raid your ask box because I want to return the favor

[junoheartstwice]

» “hey boy! look, im gonna make this simple for you!! you got two choices~ yes orrr yes!!” -YES or YES (TWICE)

☆ hi there , my names cassy or juno ^^ I use she / he / kit pronouns and im neptunic ! ive been taken for 4 years by my love, winnie :3 (for 4 years!! i heart yiu silly <3)

☆ I am professionally diagnosed as autistic and schizophrenic. we’re an undiagnosed osdd system and if we become mutuals, please always try and ask who ur speaking 2 :3

☆ my hyperfixactions are - bungo stray dogs (anime + age fifteen manga) , danganronpa (v3) , K-pop (TWICE + NewJeans fan) , project sekai (mainly WxS) , Ghost and Pals , Regretavator , omori , Law of Talos , TWF , Roblox myths

☆ my hobbies are - I like to write , read , draw , learn kpop dances , and I do quadrobics :)

☆ my favorite music artist are - TWICE , NewJeans , Lemon Demon , Ado , Teenage Disaster , Alex G , and any vocaloid !

☆ i have plenty of other platforms you can add me on ~ likeeee

ao3 - hug_all_your_friends

discord - juno.loves.twice

pintrest - heartz4kokichi

TikTok - juno.heartz.twice

i think that’s all I have to say !! i love mutuals so if we have sim interests , please lmk ^_^

thank you for reading!!

[haus-mom]

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hello and welcome to guidingThulite's blog for reblogs!

my name is alma (i also go by amaya!) and i'm 18+. not the blog, even though tumblr flagged it as mature?????? i rarely post nsfw and if i do it's mostly jokes, but whatevs. someday i'll go rogue and post female presenting nipples so they flag me for a reason

oh also here's my strawpage!!! send me something fun!

about my frequent tags and some more info below!

you want to commission me? here!

you just want to give me money? very much appreciated! here, too!

generally, for miscellaneous memes and stuff that i don't post about as often so i feel there's no need for a tag, i use #misc!

if i like a post a lot, i'll tag it as #fav!

if i go off in the tags, i usually add #alma rambles. it's also the tag i use for asks! though sometimes i forget and i use #alma answers instead. and sometimes i forget to use #alma rambles altogether

though me rambling on the tags is the norm but still

i also have a tag for those cheesy and often badly photoshopped valentine cards. just because.

my fandom tags!

right now i'm hyperfixating on project sekai, so that's what you'll see the most of in the blog. the tag is #proseka. i mostly post about tsukasa, but kanade and minori are my other two favs!!! mmj is my fav group! i am also a big defender of rarepairs so you'll see like. a lot lmao.

i wrote an akks fanfic that i treat like my child. updates VERY sporadically but i talk about it often. because it's my child

it's probably because i've been a vocaloid fan ever since the dawn of time (2011). the tag is #vocaloid! i'd talk about my fav producers but it's honestly a p big list hehe

i also really like kagerou project. the tag is #kagepro! i'm a big harutaka enthusiast. yuukei yesterday makes me cry. also a shintaka truther. poly yuukei quartet in general.

if there's something you should know about me is that i have a very-not-healthy-very-not-normal obsession with anything created by game dev #parun. i played re:kinder when i was like 13 and it genuinely changed me as a person. the tag's not organized like at all but someday it will. maybe. click for me rambling about how much me playing re:kinder changed the timeline or whatever. i've also played heisei pistol show and gone through gote to handa and if! gote to handa made me experience shrimp emotions. BIG DISCLAIMER OR WARNING OR SOMETHING. EITHER WAY, PLEASE READ: this has happened to me before, so if you want to play re:kinder because i don't stop talking about it or anything like that, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE look up the trigger warnings or ask me, i don't mind providing them. it's a VERY HEAVY game and i don't recommend you play it if you aren't feeling well mentally. let's ignore that's what i did when i was 13 but hey! i was 13!

i'm a big nintendo as in the franchises fan, so i post a lot about it! i usually use the tag #nintendo for smash bros-related content and some misc nintendo franchises that i reblog less often

i have been posting a lot about super mario lately.the tag is #mario. mostly misc stuff but sometimes i'll get into A Mood and it'll be either super paper mario or the mario & luigi rpgs (esp superstarsaga, peasley my beloved)

the mother trilogy is my most beloved and mother 3 is my favorite game ever so yeah. the tag is #earthbound!

there's also kirby! who doesn't love kirby? i love that li'l guy. the tag is #kirby. i pretend i understand the lore but every day i grow more confused.

now, as for regrettable decissions: the pokemon tag is just #pokemon even though i post about mainline, mystery dungeon and other spin offs often. everything is mixed. oh god. explorers is my beloved and, as you can see, hau is my son. sinnoh has my heart.

speaking of confusing storylines! i am, regrettably, a homestuck fan. the #homestuck tag could be completely replaced with a johnkat tag though. it's either johnkat or classpecting with next to no inbetween. i complain about canon a lot too lol

i'm a big ace attorney fan, i've played all the games! though i left the crossover midway and never played again. someday, i guess. the tag is #ace attorney! i also have a separate tag for dai gyakuten saiban, or the great ace attorney, #dgs spoilers are tagged for the latter two as "dgs spoilers" and "dgs2 spoilers"

i am also a jojo's bizarre adventure fan! i've seen parts 1-6 and i mostly post about narancia. i love that funky little dude. the tag is #jjba!

speaking about mafia-related animes, i also enjoy bungou stray dogs! when i say i enjoy bsd i mean i post ranpo and only ranpo. ok that's not true. i post ranpoe and ada found family too :> the tag is #bsd!

now, for something completely different, osomatsu-san! i can't say i have something i post more than anything but i really, really like beni and i'm always talking about how they're my brother and i frfr. i don't post blm-tsu. the tag is #ososan!

i post about the disastrous life of saiki k. the tag is #tdlosk and i am very normal about akechi. i promise.

speaking of akechis! #persona is also a thing. 4 is my favorite but anything with hamuko on it is an instant reblog from me. i lied though. my fav persona game is q2. but only 3 people including me played it in the west. it's okay. that means i'm hikari's number 1 fan!

i used to be the biggest inazuma eleven nut back in 2018 and sometimes i miss it so i reblog spree until i'm normal again. the tag is #inaele! the fandom was really small so i just reblogged whatever i liked, but i have a really soft spot for hamano, hayami and kurama, aka inago's second year trio!

i also like yokai watch a lot! the tag is #yokai watch. i would die for hailey and USApyon. my fav game is 3! you might see this red-haired catboy fucker around too. he's my son. regrettably.

things i don't really post about that often but they have a tag so might as well put it here:

#kingdom hearts

#twewy

#sonic

#warioware

#danganronpa

#parappa the rapper

#sam and max (slowly BUT SURELY getting into it)

#disney (doubles as an epic mickey tag ig)

#phineas and ferb and #milo murphy's law

#steven universe

#captain underpants

#hxh

#dragon ball

#rhythm heaven

#genshin impact

#puyopuyo

#haikyuu

#keroro gunso. or sgt frog. idk. frog alien man :)

#your turn to die

#rpg maker games

#wander over yonder

#undertale (doubles as a deltarune tag)

#owari no seraph

#lisa trilogy (the first, the painful, the joyful, you know the works)

#ffix (like a couple of posts or so)

#dungeon meshi

#bugsnax

#ocposting (self-explanatory. i'm open to questions about my oc's if you have any!)

#miraculous ladybug

there's probably more i'm forgetting but i'll add them as i remember!

[thrilling-oneway]

34 for the ask game?

i've wanted mafuhona mixed event for ages but now shit's hit the fan i really really want a mafuhona event soon. it's about the Narrative Parallels. gimme something like Mafuyu accidentally leaving something out when she goes to SEKAI when Honami arrives and then Kanade and Mafuyu having to explain things to her. Honestly this could actually be good for Mafuyu to have someone outside her unit find out, especially since Honami will be able to relate and sympathise with her.

gardening club event! i want them to do more with the fact that rui is in gardening club bc i literally cannot remember it being brought up outside his initial card story. ichika isn't in gardening club but she likes flowers and i wanna see more of that. add on saki because she's the link between ichika and her knowledge of flowers and because i want rui and saki to interact more. throw in An too ig because she grows mint and then you have 3/5 of passion heart class and passion heart class is great <3. tbh this is just me coping because i really want a costume set with wellies and stupid shirts and dungarees. basically like the paint what you like set. but with flowers and boots.

also another rooftop duo event because i am Normal about them. i know they've kinda had two already. but yknow. the flashbacks in kamikou fes weren't enough i wanna see more of their time in middle school (maybe you could connect it to Rui's 1st year at high school because there's a hole there and we know what Mizuki was doing then because of Now I Wear This Ribbon). also in an ideal world ena and tsukasa are on this banner but maybe that's just me being slightly too enthusiastic about narrative parallels again.

yeah i think those are the 3 i want most

[theguardianace]

16 20 34 for the pjsk ask game :3

16. Favorite alt vocal?

Ok. I am a Rui fan at heart so I do have to go with Rui Fixer as the number one... but Rui Odore Orchestra, Shizuku Shoujo Rei, and Kanade Saisei are huge honorable mentions

20. Favorite 4* you have?

Rui fes...

Easily one of my favorite card stories. And that's saying something. He's lived his whole life dreaming for the stars, the stage, and his friends, and now he's truly found them all. The fact his fragment sekai is the only one to feature other characters in it... he loves his friends so much he created an entire world... i love him so much look at how far he's come

34. Mixed event lineup you want?

Oooooo.... the possibilities are endless..

Back when Carnation Recollection came to EN, I offhand mentioned having a Kanade Emu focused event where Emu teaches K how to grieve (not that Emu's the best at that either, but she's doing her best). K deserves some love and light in her life, and Emu would benefit from not bottling her negative emotions.

Toya Mafuyu event where they bond over music providing an escape from a hard home life. That would be interesting. Throw a Tenma, Shinonome, and a VS in there for emotional support.

yeah mixed events are awesome! love them so much. so much potential in every lineup

[bmpmp3]

Happy mothers day! STOP spending time with your loved ones and READ my posts about music instead <3

So for this week's Cover-Remix Weekend, I'm gonna talk about another oldie: -ERROR by niki!

(I couldn't really do this for the first one super easily, but for these posts I am going to try to point to places to buy these songs (MP3 or CD) if applicable. You're own your own with streaming unless there's a KARENT link or something that compiles everything though: I'm an MP3 freak (as you may have assumed by my username...) and outside of YT and NND videos, streaming means nothing to me. For fellow MP3 freaks, I do recommend OTOTOY specifically: lots of vocal synth music is put on there and its easy to use as an overseas buyer!)

-ERROR! A song that is difficult to google ("-" is a boolean thing that removes excludes terms from results HKJDSHldgkdgfd) but a wonderful tune nonetheless!

The original 2010 version above, and the later Youtube upload below that appears to have different mixing, and maybe tuning too:

You know, it seems this song wasn't super huge when it first came out (we'll talk a bit about its rise later) and its original versions are kind of overshadowed but listening to it again - the original NND upload is quite strong. Obviously the instrumentation and melody is great, I love a good big huge emotional rock ballad. The bit of digital theming (errors and such) is also a classic, you don't see it as often anymore but I'm a sucker for vocal synth music that plays a bit into the virtual aspects of the software. I also quite like niki's use of drums, the sort of marching band sound. But going back to the vocals, even though the NND original is a bit muffled, it kind of works for me! Lily's singing her heart out even as she's being drowned out... AND of course the remade Youtube upload sounds perfect.

My familiarity with niki is moreso through his heavier electronic works, such as WAVE:

and on the same album, GLIDE:

Which are absolute classics for my vocal synth journey, especially the latter! He uses these like, velvety deep synth sounds and really.. heheh.... GLIDES across the track with them and I'm a big fan!

The game can't run on my phone so I don't really know much about Project Sekai, but I do check out the music: earlier this week a commissioned (?) song was released for the game by niki and its really good! 烈火 (Rekka):

Those signature fading-in deep synths make an appearance again! I also like the black-haired girl's vocals, especially in the bridge with her vocalizations combined with the bass synth line underneath. I also am a fan of the lil orange guy's vocals at the beginning of the second verse, a sort of campy articulation that sounds quite nice. Luka sounds very interesting here, I will say: as in... she doesn't sound very much like Luka... BUT um. she still sounds great and um. that might. be because I'm not really a huge Luka fan (is immediately dragged away and shot out back)

JK JK Luka's fine I love her character and design, I love that she is pink and there is. octopus. but unfortunately I tend to find her vocals a bit weak in most songs using her: she might just be hard to mix, because she tends to blend into instrumentals too well for me. BUT I do like her here, she sounds a bit brighter and doesn't get fully eaten by the music which is nice~

TANGENT ABOUT OTHER SONGS and also Luka DONE, BACK TO -ERROR. Speaking of mixing, I think -ERROR might be a really hard song to mix. Most of the covers I'm going to highlight are vocal synths, and I'm realizing that it's probably in part because a human being singing this song is already a challenge (intense high ranged and powerful chorus) but also, I think the mixing will really sneak up on you! The instrumental with the emotional drum work and unrelenting guitars is gorgeous but also it's REALLY hard to keep a voice above instrumentation like this without it either falling under or separating entirely. I wonder if maybe the extra digital edge of a vocal synth voice helps it stand out from the more naturalistic rock backing track...

Anyway, now it's time to talk about this songs rise to fame! While I can't verify it's pre-2012 popularity, it seems what really bumped this song into particularly the English-speaking vocal synth canon was a cover featuring the UTAU voicebank Namine Ritsu by kyaami:

At over 2 million views, getting popular enough to be released on KARENT an entire decade ago, this cover is. well. pretty big! Kyaami also released a remake in 2018 using a different Namine Ritsu voicebank that's nearing 3 million views now:

I think both covers are really, REALLY good obviously, there's this sharpness in the 2012 one using Ritsu's old "kire" style bank (a style of voicebank where lower pitches are recorded softer and higher pitches get gradually more powerful, also called "powerscale") that I really enjoy, and the 2018 has a wonderful clarity in the mix. Both covers have a great emotionality in their vocals, which may be why they nearly have a combined 5 million views!

One of my absolute favourite covers is this piano arrange with MEIKO V3 by Earthy X6:

I'm a big Meiko defender, she's hard to use for those expecting a Miku or a Rin, but I adore her character and design and I think she can sound really beautiful and expressive such as here! Using her V3 expressions for softer parts and powerful sections sounds so so good, I really love it.

And here's a KAITO V1 cover by someone named ミズキ (Mizuki) on NND:

I'm a Meiko defender in general, but I'm especially a Meiko and Kaito V1 defender: honestly I prefer Kaito's V1 sound over his V3 most of the time! A really nice richness and depth that's missing in his later iterations, and for this song specifically the robotic aspects of the engine work in its favour! Very nice cover.

And on a slight detour: for years my absolute favourite cover of this song was, interestingly, this rock arrange English cover as the demo for the UTAU KYE's ARPAsing voicebank by his creator, WinterdrivE:

Now I'm not so sure which I would consider my absolute favourite, I'm almost 26 and I like too many things to choose one!! But it still really is an absolute highlight for me: this is the first time I'd ever heard an arpasing voicebank, and as someone who's still a bit too scared to figure out how English voicebanks work in UTAU I barely understand what's going on BUT man what a first example to hear! At the time this was honestly the best English vocal synth I'd ever heard in general, he sounds fantastic.

The mix is also great, the well placed breaths emphasized and his rich and slight nasal vocals sit nicely within the instrumental without getting drowned out. I also think his vocals just sound really nice singing these lyrics despite some lisping here and there, I dunno, I think it makes him sound like a dude making maybe slightly imperfect but very passionate garage rock, which I feel fits the character well! And in general I tend to like expression and character over perfection in music, as you might be noticing in these posts so far LOL

Speaking of lyrics, the English lyrics by AkiGlancy are really REALLY good. Translating any song from one language to be sung into another is genuinely one of the most difficult things in the world in my opinion, because you really have to mess with cadence and melody if you want it to sound natural: languages just got different things going on! I'm pretty picking with English translyrics, I tend to prefer that people try to get the emphasis sounding natural and the general meaning the same rather than trying to get too literal - localization is an art! But these lyrics are interesting in that they seem quite close to a lot of literal translations floating around, yet they still sound so natural with the emphasis on all the right parts. Really awesome translyrics.

And one more before I go, a human cover! The cover by the utaite Alfakyun!

I was talking about this earlier but I really think this song is like, deceptively hard to sing AND hard to mix. It gets high in those choruses! It's really hard to not get lost in the instrumentation! But Alfakyun does absolutely unreal here: sometimes with this song people either have to forego expressiveness to get more power, or forego power to allow more expressiveness, but she manages to kep both in the chorus. I'm an expressiveness girlie so I tend to value that more but I can appreciate some power here and there and this song really shines with both. A very very good cover.

That's all the covers of -ERROR I wanted to talk about today, thank you and you may go back to your beloved family members again. (bluescreens and all my internal mechanisms overheat and explode)