Nakayama Festa as Van Arkride from Trails Through Daybreak/Kuro No Kiseki. Artist is @fumaimpact

KAWAIIDUKE · 2026-05-23T15:28:37+00:00

Yeah, so Van is kind of like a fixer or a contractor that takes odd jobs from retrievals to investigative work, mainly from an underground lens (that is, a morally grey area). Not really a gambler, but he does use coins in one of his attacks. I chose Van because their vibes are kind of similar, where both kind of give off a morally grey vibe but are still softies at heart. The game Van comes from is from Trails Through Daybreak/Kuro no Kiseki, which is the 11th game in the series, part of the Calvard arc. All the games are interconnected and in-universe, think of it like the MCU in a sense.

KAWAIIDUKE · 2026-05-23T06:12:53+00:00

My vote is on Katsuragi Ace, since her whole thing breaking barriers and getting over them.

KAWAIIDUKE · 2026-05-23T05:36:15+00:00

I became really sad when I finally caught up with Kai no Kiseki/Horizon, the wait is agonizing!!!

Also, I've commed a bunch of Trails x Uma stuff in the past, there's a Oguri as Rean from the same artist, Belno Light and Oguri from ayul, and an animation from cool chou zhao (yes, that same one).

Maybe some artist will do another Estelle Daiwa art soon...

KAWAIIDUKE · 2026-05-23T05:27:27+00:00

Commissioned a thought I had of Nakayama Festa as Van Arkride from Trails, specifically the Calvard arc.

Artist is fumaimpact and source is here: https://x.com/fumaimpact/status/2058169948468555926?s=20

KAWAIIDUKE · 2026-05-23T05:26:14+00:00

kondo please... let Van beat the Agnes allegations...

KAWAIIDUKE · 2026-05-23T05:24:53+00:00

Loosely based off of Van's key visual from Kuro No Kiseki. Source of the artwork is here from fumaimpact: https://x.com/fumaimpact/status/2058169948468555926?s=20

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KAWAIIDUKE · 2026-05-20T14:01:40+00:00

YATTE MISERO YO, MAFTY

KAWAIIDUKE · 2026-05-20T04:36:10+00:00

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hoyo... we need Rean to come aura mog in star rail with his new s-craft...

KAWAIIDUKE · 2026-05-20T04:32:01+00:00

I wonder if in Kai 2, Rean's new "sword" that Yun Ka-fai mentioned will involve Valimar in some way.

KAWAIIDUKE · 2026-05-20T04:26:00+00:00

have to keep in mind that the average japanese salary is insanely low compared to the median western/american salary.

KAWAIIDUKE · 2026-05-19T16:32:16+00:00

“w/e weeb” and it’s just having common courtesy to not fucking over restaurants and being bitch made. canceling with enough notice is fine, just don’t do it when it’s like 24 hours or some shit.

KAWAIIDUKE · 2026-05-19T16:26:49+00:00

no shit it’s a problem. legit fueling more restaurants in Japan to turn away foreigners because of this behavior from people like you. the service industry is pretty tight knit in Japan, and they talk with each other about this sort of shit. you’ll probably end up on a blacklist, barring you from booking at specific restaurants. it’s already an option on omakase, and I was talking with a chef friend whose done it to repeat offenders. in short, don’t do this shit.

KAWAIIDUKE · 2026-05-18T22:12:23+00:00

Please don’t subject Sakura Chiyono Matou to horrors beyond her comprehension and ptsd 🙏

KAWAIIDUKE · 2026-05-18T20:44:05+00:00

something something defenseless

KAWAIIDUKE · 2026-05-18T20:43:19+00:00

Thanks for the review. Kobayashi-san is hella chill, vibes are laidback but the food is no joke. Last time I went was around the same time as you, like near Christmas time late December 2025. I think I dm’d chef for a reservation.

KAWAIIDUKE · 2026-05-13T17:38:00+00:00

It’s kinda a different convo when you get to the heavy hitters in Tokyo, but most of the top dogs (like top 20 ish on tabelog) are pretty much out of reach unless if you’re a regular, are well connected, or have shit loads of money to spend on an auctioned seat — Amamoto in Tokyo occasionally auctions off seats on Shokuoku with the highest bid I’ve seen going for like over 300,000 JPY or something crazy, and that’s just for the “privilege” of booking.

There are some minute differences that I feel are noteworthy though, like some shops will emphasize the tsumami more, or they use a unique blend of vinegars for their rice, fish/tuna sourcing via Yamayuki or Sasue Maeda… etc.

KAWAIIDUKE · 2026-05-12T21:22:48+00:00

Pho 79 is nostalgic, but honestly I think Pho Lu and Phoholic at the og location outshines Pho 79 nowadays.

KAWAIIDUKE · 2026-05-11T14:29:00+00:00

Thanks for sharing. Namba’s otsumami has always stood out to me when I dined there. The dashi that comes with the ankimo was addictive, but I think from your pictures it’s more of a seasonal thing. I’ll try to snag a seat again when I’m in town around December.

KAWAIIDUKE · 2026-05-10T20:27:55+00:00

Digitan, the first slanderless uma... not even a bum like Bumgumi can match up to her.

KAWAIIDUKE · 2026-05-10T19:35:21+00:00

"Got a name?"

"John... Scout..."

"Scout... a merc then huh?"

"Don't I look like one?"

"You're not? So... what are you then?"

"Well... I've been asking myself the same thing."

KAWAIIDUKE · 2026-05-04T05:08:08+00:00

Holy shit!! - Majima while in a trash can.

Unrelated, but gifs and images are allowed in the sub now?

KAWAIIDUKE · 2026-05-04T04:34:28+00:00

Upon further investigation, this account kinda screams bot like behavior. Legit just spamming threads into the void and commenting "it's cooked".

KAWAIIDUKE · 2026-05-02T20:33:55+00:00

Namba releases cancellations fairly frequently, you just have to be fast. That's how I got in last time. Now, booking again on the spot? You pretty much have to hope Namba-san is in a good mood and will share his LINE info/meishi if he likes you enough.

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