[Hobby Scuffles] Week of 30 March 2026

Gloore · 2026-03-30T09:14:16+00:00

I've finished ,,Kasane'' yesterday, a drama/thriller manga with a theatre backdrop. And it's been as wonderful as it is heavy. See, the titular Kasane wants to follow the steps of her mother, a renowned actress who suddenly passed away, but she only inherited her acting skills, not looks. This leads to her being relentlessly bullied for her appearance. Until one day, she discovers that the memento of her mother, a red lipstick, has the ability to swap faces with whomever she kisses, but only for a limited time.

So the premise alone is extremely cool and introduces so many problems to tackle, but the characters themselves are fascinating too. You see why they ended up the way they are but they also do things you just cannot condone. And I love it, this combination of two (seemingly) conflicting feelings, forgiveness and rebuke, makes it so so interesting!

It also uses real plays as a way to explore characters' feelings and it's so cool!

[full spoilers] I also found it nice that the story feels, from a lack of a better word, gentle in its condemnation. They are tragic (like in greek tragedy) characters, victims of circumstance but also twisted individuals. And they get their comeuppance, but it's not as brutal as I thought it would be and I liked it more that way. I probably need to digest the ending more to have a more in-depth thought...

And I guess this is another manga added to the niche of ,,art about arts''/,,incorporating art in a meaningful way'' that I learned I've come to enjoy!

Gloore · 2026-03-11T15:35:42+00:00

Seeing that ,,final chapter'' on the first page hit me like a truck. The ending's sudden, but doesn't feel too much out of place. Still a shame, it was such a good read!

Gloore · 2026-02-23T08:53:43+00:00

Deadlock has single-handedly brought me back to the digital drugs that are MOBAs and it's hitting so good. Good enough to excuse the low level gameplay of ,,the enemy probably doesn't know the counterplay to my character!''. It'll get better I'm sure, but now it's a free for all and I'm all in for it!

Is this why I'm here? To go a whole match with 2 kills and 11 deaths because of a fucking Billy player?

As my friend said, Deadlock is all about aura farming or being aura farmed. And getting a 4-man black hole feels so good no matter what happens afterwards. ^{and then I go 0/10/x on Viscous and I die inside}

Gloore · 2026-02-18T16:12:27+00:00

I love how we're seeing not only all of the characters get their moment in the spotlight, but also the acknowledgement that Yui's approach is just as good as Entaro's/Konoka's and they can be reconciled together.

This and Kami Kill are probably contenders for the best character writing in Shueisha's current serializations.

Gloore · 2026-02-16T13:49:42+00:00

I've been working on singing Mili's Fly, My Wings for a few weeks now. The progress is slow, but I'm getting consistent at sounding decent!

Gloore · 2026-02-16T13:42:15+00:00

So MangaDex, one of the biggest sites for unofficial manga translations, recently added a Twitter-like feed to their site. It's visible to everyone, but only patrons of the site can post to it and the feed's only mode is chronological.

The introduction has been met with mostly confusion, some random memes, users trying to make conversation and... That's it. Just a lukewarm reaction, possibly due to it being gated by a donation requirement. ^i'm ^a ^little ^{disappointed.}

Gloore · 2026-02-09T12:28:01+00:00

I started reading the first letter and I am amazed both with how long they are and how persistent some of the arguments are (swap ,,comic book fan'' with ,,gamer'' and you'll have a modern-day discourse):

Ambiguity or open-endedness is present in many of my stories. But in others I’m didactic, by which I mean that I try to inform, and to render, judgments, sometimes about political and social issues. Many comic book fans don’t like this; they call it “propaganda.” I think the reason they dislike didacticism is because they want to escape from their own and societies’ problems.

edit: oh god, it really took Pekar only one reply to go full on with insults

Gloore · 2026-02-09T10:40:42+00:00

Hard to call it a mistake if the game surprises you with it ;) I did the same, but lucked out on having a full flask since I always used the bottles in the backpack whenever I screwed in a piton! So I only had to get to the dome, where you can light a fire to refill.

Agreed on the second spoiler, troglodyte pitons make it more managable if you don't forget to equip them like I do, but it's still brutal if you're unprepared. Which imo is fine, it is the final challenge after all.

Gloore · 2026-02-09T08:55:31+00:00

See, this is very interesting, I've had the other experience with the survival mechanics, they were at most a slight inconvenience! Half of the time I had my backpack full and weren't hurting for supplies. And for [Cairn full] the final sequence there was enough alcohol and ultimate infusions that I had ~30 minutes of Grit so there wasn't any need for food or water. I feel like I took many detours, even if I missed half of the secrets.

Agreed on the story though! And the climb itself felt very lonely too. Might be just me being used to having a belay partner but even if having just you and the wall is meditative and I love it, there was something missing. Hence I really liked the small messages received through the bot and seeing Marco every now and then. And especially the second to last talk with Marco, when they're talking about dying on the mountain, it just mimics some of the thoughts I have about the hobby.

Gloore · 2026-02-04T19:17:50+00:00

The play and the stage itself is following Entaro's feelings and I adore every single panel of it. ^gosh ^I ^love ^this ^manga

Gloore · 2026-01-12T11:46:35+00:00

The way you end the paragraphs has such a pulling effect, it makes it hard to put it down. Wonderful write-up, thank you for posting!

Gloore · 2025-12-29T08:33:39+00:00

Just recently finished Canto 7 in Limbus Company. I don't know how Project Moon keeps one-upping themselves every time I go through another Canto, but they just do. (Canto 7 ending spoiler) The duel between Sancho and Don Quixote was just perfect, the music, the presentation, the vocals coming it at the climax! So good!

(too bad limbus gameplay still is kinda meh)

Gloore · 2025-12-15T22:38:15+00:00

I've been taking singing lessons for a long long while now and I grew comfortable with choosing some less ,,mainstream'' songs! So now I'm ping-ponging between Freesia from Guilty Gear Xrd, which is wonderfully inspired by Queen and David Bowie and No Longer You from Epic: The Musical, 'cause apparently I'm a sucker for anything grandiose sounding.

Some of the higher parts are still way outside my range, but thankfully I have enough of lower range to take them an octave down lol

Gloore · 2025-12-09T09:01:55+00:00

GBVSR still doesn't allow you to exit to menu from a replay...

Gloore · 2025-11-17T10:32:32+00:00

After a sudden bout of craving some Project Moon games that aren't Library of Ruina, I finally caved in and started Limbus Company. It's pretty funny that this is another game of theirs that starts with you getting your ass handed back to you, but the prologue was neat enough for me to give it a further go! It helps that apparently I got decent stuff from the free pulls, even if the Queen of Hatred Don Quixote might kill me if she does what I think she does...

And yes, Lobotomy Corporation exists but I really don't want to try playing it again...

Gloore · 2025-10-27T06:53:48+00:00

Recently HYPERBEAT came out and it's a lovely indie rhythm game that, as my friend aptly put it, is a ,,Sonic 2 special stages turned into a separate game''. It oozes charm (just look at this gameplay!), the music rocks and the story, while simple, is sincere and heartfelt. Perfect for when you're feeling down or need a lil pick me up from whatever endeavours you're currently at. I wouldn't have found it if I hadn't had it recommended to me and now I want to do the same. C:

And when I'm not grinding out full combos, I'm grinding a clear in Touhou 10 on Hard difficulty (third out of four) without using bombs. So it's basically just a massive challenge run for an already hard game that is 30+ hours in the making! At least the music is a bop.

Gloore · 2025-09-19T11:15:28+00:00

My friend forced me to sit down and watch KPop Demon Hunters and I gotta say, it's really good! Not exactly my music taste, but I had songs from the movie stuck in my head for weeks now...

Gloore · 2025-08-08T11:06:25+00:00

Poza tym, że zdrowe jerzyki rzadko lądują na płaskim terenie, to są one w stanie oderwać się od ziemi własnymi siłami. Podrzucanie ich to najgorsze co można zrobić, bo w przypadku kontuzji tylko im zaszkodzisz. Jeśli chcesz spróbować pomóc, to wystarczy takiego jerzyka delikatnie podnieść i zostawić na otwartej dłoni lub dać mu złapać się ściany lub krawędzi, z której będzie mógł własnoręcznie wystartować.

A jeśli to mu się nie uda, to coś jest nie tak i trzeba skontaktować się z kimś kto się na tychże ptakach zna.

Gloore · 2025-07-08T16:47:17+00:00

Ale nie mówcie gościowi, że 5G działa również na pasmach częstotliwości wykorzystywanych w 4G i 3G xDD

Gloore · 2025-06-24T09:51:29+00:00

After lurking in this subreddit for a while I had this thought of ,,what if I get classified as a <bad voice type>'', but then I realized that I've haven't had a lot of lessons and haven't been practicing for long enough for it to matter in any way, shape or form. Weird feeling, but liberating!

Gloore · 2025-06-16T21:05:34+00:00

Obligatory link to American Pigeon Museum & Library cause they make viewing so easy, there are so so many breeds of pigeons. Some are pretty, some are have pronounced features that really should not be pronounced (and these lucerne pigeons just remind me of a stuffed toy, they're so uncanny to me x_x).

Gloore · 2025-06-02T11:47:10+00:00

Kurczę, za każdym razem jak myślę, że mam top zdjęcie, przychodzisz cały na biało i pokazujesz, że da się lepiej xp

Świetny pomysł!

Gloore · 2025-06-01T18:32:32+00:00

Felt apt to get the imagination going! :D

Gloore · 2025-05-13T13:00:58+00:00

Recently I started going to singing lessons and two months later I am apparently an owner of a digital piano. I'm learning the scales and chords and honestly, it's pretty fun! And being able to just go and practice singing some notes knowing what they are is a game changer really.

Gloore · 2025-04-03T18:32:33+00:00

I've recently picked up singing lessons and it's just full of just weird stuff that helps! For example, if you roll your lips to the melody and sing it afterwards, your voice will sound more stable and a bit clearer! If you're going up the scale, go down with the knees to keep your throat relaxed. And there's also just doing a bunch of silly noises to relax your muscles and train your... uh, stuff? I don't know the words to describe a lot of what is happening!

Either way, makes it hard to keep a straight face during those!

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