#starrynight-sunnyday

[tiashe]

Daphnee thanks for always updating us about 07-Ghost! I know is not even popular anymore so I’m credibly thankful to you for doing the lord’s work here lol

(Such a shame the giveaway is for Japan-only, I’d die for an Ameichi autograph 😭)

Hi dearest!! Thank you so so much for sending me such a cute message as always 🥺 It's my absolute pleasure!

Amemiya and Ichihara have done an overseas-only giveaway before actually! We can only hope that will happen again 🙏

It's always mind-blowing for me to see new 07-Ghost content an entire decade after the manga's conclusion. I'll explode if I don't share my excitement here with everyone else!!

[soracities]

Hi! First of all I want to say that I love your blog so, so much you have no idea. When I’m sad, when I feel nostalgic of my home, when I want to think about love, when I had a great night out with friends, I come here and start reading. Thank you for sharing this blog with us, thank you for real.

Now, I wanted to ask you if you would happen to know this quote/ask that I read somewhere here on tumblr that went something like: I asked my mom what would she do if the world were to end right now and she told me ‘I would simply hug you’ or something like that. Thank you in advance!

oh this is so heartwarming and so so kind of you, thank you, my dove💗 and yes, i do! it's a tag someone added on my post here x

[frankie-bell]

Hello! Sorry to bother but I saw your post here:

tumblr . com/ frankie-bell/729032266410491904/psycho-pass-original-character-designs-by-akira

And I just wanted to ask if you wouldn’t mind sharing where you got these from. I love PP and Amano’s art so seeing this is golden and I’d love to download them in HQ if there is that option. Thank you!!! ☺️❤️

It’s no bother at all! I found the images here and on the official Psycho-Pass wiki, although they’re not exactly HQ (I don’t know if there are true HQ versions of Amano’s concept sketches anywhere online). After that, it was a lot of Photoshop — blowing up the size, cleaning, recoloring, adding a paper texture and grain effect, etc. — to get them where they are. But you’re more than welcome to save the versions I posted. All I ask is that you don’t repost them anywhere, as they’re my personal edits and took a lot of time and effort.

[dogcircle-scans]

The last chapter was fantastic!!! Thank you so much, guys!!! ❤️

You're welcome. I'm glad you enjoyed it! It's a really fun chapter, so I'm happy that people can finally read it :'D

[amiablesummer]

thanks for the tag @stingrayextraordinaire <3

Nickname: Kate

Sign: Libra

Height: 5”1

Last thing I googled: Willow Tv Series

Song stuck in my head: Everything I Own by Bread

Sleep: 8-9 hours

Lucky number: 1, 56

Dream Job: Writer/author

Wearing: skirt & tshirt cos it’s summer here!

Movies/books that summarise me: movies: Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Interstellar (2014), Pixar’s Cars, Disney’s Winnie the Pooh movies. Books: The Hobbit, Harry Potter, King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo, Tom’s Midnight Garden by Philippa Pearce, Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

Favourite song: Take on Me by a-ha or Loveology by Regina Spektor

Favourite instrument: Piano

Aesthetic: some kind of light academia with cottagecore i guess - pretty things and poetry!

Favourite authors: JRR Tolkien, Jane Austen, Ursula K Le Guin, Sylvia Plath, TS Eliot, Leigh Bardugo, Jessica Townsend

Favourite animal noise: probably cats purring

Random: Everyone in my family is very musical but my talent is in writing instead lol

tagging if you want to do it, no pressure; @starrynight-sunnyday @silly-goof @i-was-made-for-another-planet @darknighttbrightdays @fourtysi-x @planetlovesick @musestxt

[yazzydream]

Hi there! I'm currently rereading KHR and I just wanted to talk about it to someone because my feelings are as strong as they were the first time I read the series seven years ago lol. May I ask, in your opinion, what themes do you think could have been expanded more in the manga? (Other than the Cervello that if I remember correctly, were never fully explained). Thanks! :)

Oh, I feel that. ❤️

Themes? Hrmm... KHR is honestly such a mess because it changed from gag manga to shonen, so it's like, I do and do not want more exploration of Tsuna not wanting to run vongola?

Like, the ending was... something. I wanted Tsuna to accept Vongola considering all the shit he did to inherit it? The Sky Battle, the inheritance test with past vongola bosses, irrevocably changing the rings to suit tsuna+co customized to fit them specifically. Among... many other things. So, his continued denial frustrated me until the very end. And I was unhappy that the MC was unhappy. Didn't like it. Ahaha...

Also, the previous bosses.... and OH! The dead Vongola brothers. Wtf, man. Considering these were Tsuna's fellow heirs and they all were brutally murdered? Some info would've been nice. Lol.

I also LOVE the Arcobaleno and the concept of them? Would've wanted more on how these seven are specifically the Seven Strongest in the World. And how the world is running basically on their fucking Flames alone???

Kawahira treats the other two-thirds of the trinisette as negligible after all. Which is. Wow. These poor babies.

Actually, I love the Flames as concepts in general. Fandom took the idea and RAN with it and it's great. Canonically the Flames are just superpowers? Like the planeteers in Captain Planet or benders in ATLA. They don't actually have much to do with personalities, etc. At least, it's never said as such. They don't matter much in the overall scheme of things, really... Like, Harmonization is pure fanon... but it's such a good addition. So, Flame Lore: 💯

Also, I was overall indifferent to Earth Flames + Simon, so that could've been explored better. The link between that and Kawahira's people/trinisette would've been interesting. Why are they so rare? Did Earth Flames also come from his people or perhaps... Earth Flames are human beings' response to Sky Flames? Hm... that's an idea...

[nakasomethingkun]

Hello! Sorry to bother but every once in a while I revisit this post of yours: post/184574975088/i-visited-the-quaint-town-of-hitoyoshi-in-kumamoto since it fills me with joy but now I may be going to Japan in the summer so I wanted to ask (if you don’t mind and if have the time to answer): did you go to Hitoyoshi from Tokyo? Do you have any kind of guide/coordinates to find all those Natsuyuu locations? Do you have to speak japanese to visit them? (my japanese level is super basic so I’m kind of worried about that), do you have any other tips for the trip? Sorry for making so many questions 🙈 and thank you so much for posting about that trip! I love reading about other people’s adventures! 🥰

Hi!

No worries! I'm happy to help and I'll try to answer your questions as best as I can :)

I went to Hitoyoshi from Fukuoka. After arriving at Hakata Fukuoka Station, I rented a car and drove to Kumamoto, where Hitoyoshi is located. I would've gotten a train, but since Hitoyoshi is a small town out in the boonies, it was better to get a car so I could get around more easily. In general, Japan has very good infrastructure and you can get around easily with the public transportation, but going out into smaller towns can get a little trickier without your own car, so plan accordingly. Cars aren’t too expensive to rent, but the toll fees can rack up pretty quickly. 

I had a list of the NatsuYuu locations already made before the trip, but I was lucky enough to stay at Morino Hall. I didn't know it before the booking - and I didn't find out until after I checked in - but the owners of the inn were a really nice couple and the husband offered to drive me around to the NatsuYuu locations, so I didn't really need my list in the end, haha. Still, there were a couple of places that he didn't take me to that I still wanted to see because they were a bit further (like Okoba Station and Kasamatsu Bridge), so having the list was handy. Most of the locations you can find on Google Maps or a navigation system by typing in the names. Here they are:

1) Haruyama Bus Stop

2) Amemiya Shrine

3) Tengu Bridge (and Bishamondo, which is within walking distance from the bridge)

4) Tamachi Sugawara Tenmangu Shrine

5) Hitoyoshi Station

6) Okoba Station (this one is a bit further away from the town)

7) Kasamatsu Bridge in Yatsushiro (this one is the furthest away. It's basically outside of Hitoyoshi. The coordinates are GP8X+6W)

Locations 1 to 5 are quite close to each other, so you can get to them within one morning if you want to.

As for speaking Japanese -- I can speak conversational Japanese, but my listening and comprehension skills are much better than my speaking abilities, lol (there was one time where a restaurant owner wanted to talk to me during a meal, and he spoke in Japanese while I answered in English and Japanese, but we made it work!). You can definitely get around without knowing a lot of Japanese because the locals are really nice and friendly, and they're willing to help you out if you get lost or something. They also don't seem to mind if you don't know much Japanese (which isn't always the case in other countries) - a lot of them are willing to help you out even with the language barriers :) You mentioned that you know basic Japanese, which I think is enough to get you around!

If you're spending a lot of time in the bigger cities, then definitely get a Passmo or Suica card (you can get one at a train station). It will work on all the local trains and buses. All you need to do is top it up once in a while. If you are crossing over to different places multiple times using the bullet train, then a JR rail pass might be needed. Depending on how much time you have, you might want to consider taking overnight buses - they're cheaper, but they do take longer.

When you arrive at the airport, rent out a pocket wifi. It'll come in handy if you need to look stuff up in places where there is no Internet. It's also good to withdraw some money when you arrive. You can find an ATM at virtually any convenience store (and you can find a convenience virtually anywhere), so you don't have to do it immediately at the airport if you don't need the cash just yet.

If you plan on using taxis a lot, it would be good to print out some addresses on a few copies of paper. For example, you’d want to print out the address of your hotel or AirBnB so that you can show it to the driver.

I can’t think of anything else right now, but feel free to send me more questions if you have any! I’ll try my best to help :D

[10th-vongola]

Hi there! First of all, thanks for hosting the giveaway, that's really kind of you 💕, other than that thanks for translating the KHR novels, I haven't read all the available chapters yet but I really enjoyed the ones I read. Have a lovely day!

Yayy thank you for enjoying them 🥺 if there's anyway I could improve them please let me know too!

[iyashikeisource]

I didn’t know this blog existed but it’s exactly what I need!! Thank you so much for running it! 💖💖💖

ahh we're super glad to hear that!! thank you so much for enjoying what we reblog and create here <3

[fixyourwritinghabits]

Just wanted to say thank you for keeping up this amazing blog and that I hope you are having a lovely day! 💕

Thank you! It’s been a bit harder to maintain because, well /vague gestures at everything.

But I’m glad people are still finding it useful!

[beekugou]

Hi!! Just wanted to say that your OHSHC gifs are way too pretty!!! I love them! 🥰

hello!!! ahhhh thanks a lot i’m so happy you like them <333 thanks for letting me know 🥺🥺💕

[tiashe]

Daphne! I hadn’t see your last posts so I’m taking the change to say hi and thanks for your work with LGBMH! 🥰 I hope someone picks it up one day but in the mean time thank you so club for the translations and summaries ❤️

Ahh hello dear! Thank you so so much for taking the time to send me such a sweet message yet again 😭💗

The scanlation process is sadly too time-consuming for me to keep doing fully on my own but I'll try to find people to work with! I could also just post the full translations I have in text form if anyone is interested in that? Either way, thank you for reading LGBMH!

[kurawastaken]

Hi Kenza! I always see people making you requests so if you have the time and the will, would you draw Terry McGinnis? I’d love to see him in your style, I think he’d look wonderful! But just if you want to tho, have a lovely day!

Ay thank you!!

[ladyloveandjustice]

I loved you article about Natsume and mental illness, thank you so so so much for it, it was wonderful and it made me feel better. I’ve already reblogged it to my sideblog so I can have it always there and read it again when I need it, thank you again.

Thank you <3. That’s still one of my favorite articles I’ve ever written, so it means so much when I hear other people liked it.

[dogcircle-scans]

Thank you so, so, so much for the new release!!! I hope you guys are doing okay! 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

You’re welcome and thank you 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

- Llama

[otakween]

Thank you for your 07 ghost CD drama’s summaries ! I’ve been a fan of the series for a long time so I’m super happy to find these, thanks!

Hey no problem! I try to be as thorough as possible with every series I go through. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to track down all of the CDs (I think some were DVD extras in Japan) but I did my best. 

I wish drama CDs were more popular, there isn’t really one big drama CD site out there like there is for anime/manga (at least, as far as I know).