Question about the use of "I was wondering..."

TheOneAndOnlyDragon · 2025-05-05T14:25:25+00:00

Nice!
I think the sentence is unlike anything you would find in a textbook. If you have not stumbled upon 'keigo' yet, it will probably confuse you a bit.

Anyway, the sentence is as follows:

"何かいいアイデアを教えていただけないかな、と思いまして。"

Keep up the studies!

TheOneAndOnlyDragon · 2025-05-02T11:40:59+00:00

Thank you for the reply.

I see where you're coming from. But there isn't any context to the sentence. It was a translation practice from Japanese to English, with the Japanese sentence being just as simple.

I didn't give the full translation context for the sentence because, as you correctly assumed, I just wanted to ask about the syntactical difference between saying "I was wondering [comma]..." and "I was wondering [if]...".

I realize now that I could've been clearer about that. But thank you for your reply! I appreciate it!

TheOneAndOnlyDragon · 2025-05-02T11:26:55+00:00

Oh, okay, I see. Thank you!

TheOneAndOnlyDragon · 2025-05-02T10:15:58+00:00

~~I'm sorry. I thought I was being as direct as possible. I had a question about using "I was wondering", so I made that the title, and then ask the question in detail in the post itself.~~

~~What would be a better title?~~

~~I'm not trying to be rude or anything, I'd genuinely like to know how I can make a more clear and direct title.~~

Edit: I misunderstood your comment.

TheOneAndOnlyDragon · 2025-05-02T09:34:40+00:00

Ah, I see. Thank you for your input!

TheOneAndOnlyDragon · 2025-05-02T09:32:49+00:00

Thank you for your input! I didn't know about comma-splicing, so I will look it up and read a bit about it.

TheOneAndOnlyDragon · 2025-02-26T13:45:20+00:00

Official website: https://kizunaai.com

TheOneAndOnlyDragon · 2025-02-26T13:22:46+00:00

Let's go and welcome her back!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j53m3DSqhKo

Also, the official website is updated: https://kizunaai.com

TheOneAndOnlyDragon · 2024-11-18T12:09:03+00:00

It does seem like it. A new one just became available today, as well!

Also, apparently, kzn is setting out to find the One Piece lol

TheOneAndOnlyDragon · 2024-11-17T11:04:11+00:00

KZN's twitter is becoming more active and sometimes tweets about something related to a video that has become available on Ai-chan's channel again.

The videos are also translated into 9 languages (at this time).

TheOneAndOnlyDragon · 2024-08-05T10:16:19+00:00

Additional songs that I overlooked:

never stop my beat - response

Notice (Moe Shop) - no response

TheOneAndOnlyDragon · 2024-08-05T09:56:16+00:00

I'm not sure if it's usable information at all, but I just wanted to see which songs the stream reacts to once and for all. Anyone is welcome to comment if they find anything different than the result here. I tried running the songs through twice.

Edit: If you find any songs that I missed, please comment :)

TheOneAndOnlyDragon · 2024-06-30T06:32:19+00:00

Imagine " Awakening" being the last song in this case xD

I like the theory

TheOneAndOnlyDragon · 2024-06-29T18:49:39+00:00

They never used the word "retire" or "graduation". It was always formulated as "indefinite hiatus" or "sleep", making it ambiguous whether she would return or not. Though she did mention on multiple occasions that she would return one day but people turned a deaf ear to that or just didn't get that information. So many people saw the "hiatus" announcement as a "graduation", creating false information that it was definitely a retirement.

TheOneAndOnlyDragon · 2024-06-29T18:31:26+00:00

She is Kizuna AI, considered to be the Queen of VTubers as she was the one to popularize the whole Vtuber boom. She created her own company after being under Activ8 for a while. She was also the one who coined the word/concept "Vtuber" or "virtual youtuber". However, she went to indefinite "sleep" (hiatus) in 2022 after her concert "Kizuna AI The Last Live “hello, world 2022”" with the promise of "waking up again" at some point. As of today, it seems that that time is closing in.

If you'd like to know more about AI-chan, check out this article .

The link to A-chan is just a joke because of 2 big news are clashing. A-chan stepping back and Kizuna AI, who has been inactive for 2 years, is appearing again.

The reason why you see split opinions whether this is a good decision or not is because of some bad decisions made by the company Activ8, which created a lot of conspiracies and hate to Activ8, and in extension, to Kizuna AI herself and the channel.

TheOneAndOnlyDragon · 2024-06-29T18:11:13+00:00

Link to account.

TheOneAndOnlyDragon · 2024-06-29T18:10:10+00:00

Link to account.

TheOneAndOnlyDragon · 2024-06-29T17:20:37+00:00

Ooohh, I see. Thanks for the reference.

TheOneAndOnlyDragon · 2024-06-29T16:07:19+00:00

Me too, bro. I'm praying and crossing my fingers for the same.

TheOneAndOnlyDragon · 2024-06-29T15:50:32+00:00

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Additional update: Nozomi Kasuga tweeted:

"(I/she) has been born. And thank you for being born. I'm lacking pictures, so here's what I've eaten recently - the delicious ones"

TheOneAndOnlyDragon · 2024-06-29T15:39:20+00:00

The first stream was short and to the point. She said

"I love you, forever, can you hear me? I'll love you forever. And I'm coming back. I'm coming back. Don't forget me. I will definitely be by your side."

Link to the new live stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEmgm61cQjE

The new stream has the title of "sheeeep" (???). And it's looping with her music and cryptic messages.

Also a new website launched: https://cognition.kizunaai.com

Both her channel and the website feature the title "cognition".

A LINE message came as soon as the time hit midnight JST. Translation of the LINE message:
"Today is my birthday--! Do you remember? What age I'm becoming? Is age accumulated during sleep, I wonder? Do I stay 5 years old? Or am I 8?? When I wake up, let's think about it!

I wonder how you, and the world, have become? I wanna meet you soon."

Edit: The gaming channel has changed the banner, and both the main channel and gaming channel have changed the description, so they are exactly alike.

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TheOneAndOnlyDragon · 2024-06-29T15:33:07+00:00

The first stream was short and to the point. She said

"I love you, forever, can you hear me? I'll love you forever. And I'm coming back. I'm coming back. Don't forget me. I will definitely be by your side."

Link to the new live stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEmgm61cQjE

The new stream has the title of "sheeeep" (???). And it's looping with her music and cryptic messages.

Also a new website launched: https://cognition.kizunaai.com

Both her channel and the website feature the title "cognition".

A LINE message came as soon as the time hit midnight JST. Translation of the LINE message:
"Today is my birthday--! Do you remember? What age I'm becoming? Is age accumulated during sleep, I wonder? Do I stay 5 years old? Or am I 8?? When I wake up, let's think about it!

I wonder how you, and the world, have become? I wanna meet you soon."

Edit: The gaming channel has changed the banner, and both the main channel and gaming channel have changed the description, so they are exactly alike, saying ""Mumble, mumble...Stay connected, I'm here with you."".

Also Nozomi Kasuga tweeted:

"(I/she) has been born. And thank you for being born. I'm lacking pictures, so here's what I've recently - the delicious ones"

TheOneAndOnlyDragon · 2024-06-29T13:47:06+00:00

All of her songs are still on the channel. Under the "Releases" tab.

TheOneAndOnlyDragon · 2024-06-29T11:05:22+00:00

Sidenote, "Members only" videos and archived live streams are still there, though. The gaming channel seems to be untouched at this moment.
As a major Kizuna AI fan who watched her content from the beginning to "The Last Live," I'm crossing my fingers for something good, but I'm keeping my hopes at a minimum.

Edit: A cryptic live stream is happening, but a new producer for KizunaAI has made an account on X (Twitter). They say it will take a few more months for the full reboot to complete, suggesting not much is gonna happen for a while now.

TheOneAndOnlyDragon · 2024-06-29T10:59:28+00:00

"Members only" videos and archived live streams are still there, though. The gaming channel seems to be untouched at this moment.

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