Now that Yomi and Tama had their first win, it’s time to focus on the summer tournament. Of course, only Yoshino, Ms. Fuji and Tama went to the ceremony. I wonder, what will their placement will be?
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Sansha Sanyou – Final Review
Now that the spring season is now mostly a barren wasteland thanks to COVID-19, I decided to tackle my backlog. Of course, there are a good number of shows I still have to watch, including some Manga Time Kirara adaptations. While I watched and cover a good number of them each season, there are some that I miss due to lack of time covering them.
Like with GA Geijutsuka Art Design Class, Sansha Sanyou is another one of those shows I wanted to watch after playing one of the events from Kirara Fantasia. Yes, besides Nishikawa Youko’s rich young lady personality and cute appearance gracing me, I used her a lot in quests besides Koyume, Sharo, Naru, Archive, and Swimsuit Kaoruko. I kind of like her character design and personality. While she is not rich anymore and can only afford eating bread crusts, she still has a lot of charm.
Of course, the only reason I didn’t watch it until now since it’s a Funimation exclusive. I didn’t start subscribing to it until the start of this year.
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Tamayomi – Episode 6 – The 4th Game Is the Charm
As they say, is the fourth try the charm after losing three games in a row? Maybe.
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Sansha Sanyou – Episodes 7-9 – A New Potential Pairing, The Rival Date and the Scary Cultural Festival
Finally, the unthinkable has finally happened. Yes, Serina and Teru finally goes on a “date.” I wonder how it turned out.
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Anime Blogging and Hosting – Why You Should Start One On a Virtual Private Server Instead on WordPress.com
Since we are stuck at home due to COVID-19 and have nothing to do, you are probably watching or reading a lot of anime. Yes, it’s probably a great time to start a blog about anime, but you don’t know where to begin. Should I just start my anime blog on Wordpress.com?
While Wordpress.com is an easy and free way to start, you are probably limiting your potential to grow your audience. You won’t get very far without getting a domain name. Even with that, the free version is every limited in customization and you need to pay $8, which is expensive when you can do it yourself.
Of course, this guide of some sort is the hard mode in any video game. Yes, Crow from Crow’s World of Anime did several useful guides, but I think using shared hosting is a bad idea due to my past bad experiences. Also, there is a big benefit of doing it of doing it on a virtual private server. Not only your site will run faster, and you will gain some new skills of setting the server yourself, especially if you are trying to get a job in Computer Science, Information Systems, or Information Technology.
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Tamayomi – Episode 5 – Baseball Training Camp From Hell
Since Yomi and her friends lost a practice game, Ms. Fuji wants them to actually be ready for the tournament. You know what this means, right? Yep, a training camp.
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Sansha Sanyou – Episode 4-6 – Cat Photo Taking Rivalries, Maid Bakeries and Fun at the Beach
With that, we delve deeper as Teru and Futaba helps out at Shino’s bakery. Also, that beach episode finally arrives.
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Sansha Sanyou – Episodes 1-3 – The Poor Princess and the Awesome Maid
As expected, it seems that for the most part, most spring season shows are now being pushed back due to covid-19. Instead of letting the blog go without any content, we are going to start covering some shows from the backlog. As you would expect, there is still a good number of shows that I haven’t got the chance to watch.
With how this works is that I will cover three episodes each week for a given series until I complete it and review it. Unlike regular episodic impressions where I cover the episodes overall, I will only touch on the aspects I find interesting and enjoyable. With the first series I will cover in the backlog is the first three episodes of Sansha Sanyou.
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Tamayomi – Episode 4 – Yomi’s and Tama’s First Baseball Game Together
At last, Yomi’s team finally get a taste of how a real baseball game is like. However, the team they are facing, Yanaukawagoe competed in nationals. Yep, this is going to be a hard game to win, but they are determined.
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Houkago Teibou Nisshi – Episode 3 – Hina’s First Big Catch
At last, Hina finally receives her own fishing rod. Now, the Breakwater Club are going on a fishing trip to fish for some flathead fish. Hina decides to find out what it actually looks like.
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State of the Blog – Part III – More Frustrations, Possible Burnout, and Anxieties, But Still Hopeful
Since I last shared my frustrations, I felt that things were getting a bit better. Sadly, while things got better in terms of comments and such, it didn’t last. Things took a turn for the worst since the start of this year.
With Coronavirus outbreaks in Japan delaying some anime productions with more on the day, this does give me a lot of anxieties of the future of this blog. Not only that, the lack of comments on my recent posts, including my editorials from last month, which are hurting my motivation to blog. In addition, the lack of followers are becoming a sticking point too. What troubles me are the few who I follow are unfollowing me, which is a huge betrayal. I don’t know exactly what I am doing wrong since I do not post anything controversial.
Instead of keeping my frustrations in, I want to share them. Also I want to receive feedback from the readers on what areas to improve the engagement on this blog before I completely burn myself out. Hear me out.
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Tamayomi – Episode 3 – Tama’s and Yomi’s New Promise
Now that Yomi’s team now has 7 members on her team, with a new advisor, they start training. However, she might have two more members possibly joining.
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Houkago Teibou Nisshi – Episode 2 – Hina’s First Time Casting
Now that Hina reluctantly joins the Breakwater Club, she continues her life in high school
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Bang Dream Third Season – Episode 12 and 13 (END) – The Big Day at the Budoukan
Now that the results of the preliminaries are finally out, Poppin Party and RAISE A SUILEN are tied. I wonder how things will play out as Roselia and RAISE A SUILEN agrees to do a song with Poppin Party together.
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Tamayomi – Episode 2 – Dark Pasts and The Second Chance
With Tama and Yomi finally united, they started creating their own tea. However, it seems that the baseball club has a dark past.
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Houkago Teibou Nisshi – Episode 1 – Hina’s Dream Club Aspirations Ruined
A girl named Tsurugi Hina just moved to a seaside town. After attempting to fix a stuffed animal, she tries to find a craft store. However, she finds a girl at a pier that think that fainted. Sadly, it’s not necessarily the case.
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Tamayomi – Episode 1 – Yomi’s and Tama’s Reunion
Yomi finally starts her first day of high school. However, she finds someone from her childhood going to the same school. You know what this means, right?
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Bang Dream Third Season – Episode 11 – The Origins Behind Paero’s Identity
Now that Chiyu finally came back to her senses, is she able to bring back Paero? Also, who is actually Paero anyway?
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Magia Record – Episode 13 – Iroha’s Vow
Yachiyo finally decides to visit the memory museum to save Iroha. However, it’s not for the reasons that you think it is.
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Koisuru Asteroid – Episode 12 (END) – The Dream Lives On
Now that the sky cleared up, will Ao and Mira be able to find an asteroid this time around?
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Bang Dream Third Season – Episode 10 – Turmoil and Bringing Back RAISE A SUILEN
After ChuChu became upset at everyone since RAISE A SUILEN dropped to second place. Masuki walked off as a result. When Paero try to comfort ChuChu, she lashed out of her. Now, Paero seems to have given up on the band.
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Spring 2020 Anime Season Preview and Addressing the Blogging Motivation Issues
While things have been chaotic this month with the whole coronavirus scare. As expected, things haven’t been going well with my blog. In fact, losing motivation again. I will share my concerns along with my preliminary picks for the spring season.
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The SARS-CoV-2 Outbreak – The Impacts on the Anime Industry and Everyone’s Lives
As expected, it seems that the Novel Coronavirus has started to affect everyone’s lives. For an anime fan, it definitely had an impact. Not only anime productions are getting delayed, but also events and even anime conventions. Even the Tokyo Olympics that is happening later this year is in jeopardy and will most likely see a delay.
Not only that, various anime productions faced delays as a result. Some are very noticeable with Koisuru Asteroid, Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T, A3, and others. It doesn’t end there. Some spring anime, most notably Re Zero Second Season along with a bunch of films pushed back until the summer. Moreover, Amazon is prioritizing shipping of certain goods to deal with the virus. This causes things like anime DVD/Blu-rays, merchandise, video games, etc to face shipping delays. With that, we are living with a new reality and life as we know it is changed forever.
You might be wondering, what is the Novel Coronavirus (aka Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2/SARS-CoV-2/nCov-19/Covid-19) and what affect it is happening on the anime industry. Most of you should have heard about this virus on the news and social media. As expected, it’s having a huge effect on people’s everyday lives. I will share some of my thoughts on how this situation is affecting me personally.
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Magia Record – Episode 12 – The Cold Truth of Magical Girls
Iroha and her friends finally arrives at the Memory Museum for a lecture. Iroha sees one of Ui’s friends, Satomi Touka. Does she still remember Ui?
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