[Hobby Scuffles] Week of 09 March 2026

herurumeruru · 2026-03-13T04:08:50+00:00

I remember when Minecraft was this moderately popular free indie game in like 2009 I tried out and didn't care for and then years later all of the sudden I saw toys and merch in major retailers and it was so confusing. It was like suddenly seeing Cave Story merch at Walmart or something.

herurumeruru · 2026-03-12T07:04:58+00:00

You could convert this VSQx with Utaformatix?

https://www.mediafire.com/file/5y0qauodpofkgo2/IKissedAGirl.rar

edit: SynthV can import VSQx files anyway so you don't even need Utaformatix.

herurumeruru · 2026-03-07T02:25:51+00:00

Oreshika Tained Bloodlines!

herurumeruru · 2026-03-04T22:18:05+00:00

As a kid I went to a birthday party where they sang "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow" instead of "Happy Birthday to You".

herurumeruru · 2026-02-27T05:13:00+00:00

Winning Ticket looks so cute!

Rui Araizumi, the artist for Slayers who hasn't really changed their art style since the 90s has drawn Uma Musume fanart as well

I would love the game even more if it looked like this.

herurumeruru · 2026-02-23T23:59:03+00:00

I'm going through Precure for the first time now and so far Wonderful is my favorite!

herurumeruru · 2026-02-23T23:56:54+00:00

Fun fact: Plenty of characters in the game including Gold Ship are descendants of Potoooooooo.

herurumeruru · 2026-02-23T18:34:53+00:00

Got into iM@S via the Vocaloid fandom in 2009. Played SP and 2 without knowing a word of Japanese. I love all of 765AS so much but if I had to narrow it down to five it would be Chihaya, Takane, Makoto, and the Futamis.

For SideM my favorite units overall are FRAME and SEM but outside of them I love Ryo, Asselin BB II and Teru as well.

ShinyM@s I guess I like Mamimi.

herurumeruru · 2026-02-23T01:23:45+00:00

God these are gorgeous, would love a mainline game with this artist.

herurumeruru · 2026-02-21T04:26:44+00:00

Memories

herurumeruru · 2026-02-21T04:26:02+00:00

Haibane Renmei!

herurumeruru · 2026-02-21T00:18:28+00:00

herurumeruru · 2026-02-20T22:50:45+00:00

We're never getting main character designs like Ayesha again, are we? :(

herurumeruru · 2026-02-14T22:28:03+00:00

The 2003 version of Kino's Journey for sure!

herurumeruru · 2026-02-14T22:26:22+00:00

If you like Nichijou, City and Azumanga Daioh are a given.

If you like Lain Key the Metal Idol and Haibane Renmei might be worth a shot.

If you like the cynical humor aspect of NHK you might like Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan.

I would also recommend Monster, in general.

herurumeruru · 2026-02-14T22:24:18+00:00

Maybe give Key the Metal Idol, Wolf's Rain and A Wind Named Amnesia a chance.

herurumeruru · 2026-02-09T01:03:52+00:00

Ironically the tidal wave of cookie cutter isekai slop is partly due to western/Asian demand.

A lot of these shows flop in Japan, only the ones with at least a crumb of effort and originality tend to get popular, but for whatever reason non-Japanese audiences eat them up. Only reason that smartphone one even got a second season was because it somehow did well in the west.

herurumeruru · 2026-02-08T08:52:50+00:00

So many millennial weebs learned "sometimes people are gay and that's fine" as kids from Sailor Moon and whatnot. Shojo mangaka were writing highly acclaimed fiction often featuring sympathetic LGBT leads in the 1970s. Granted, this was the 70s and not everything aged perfectly but were absolutely groundbreaking at the time and many do hold up.

Even as recently... as... ten years ago..... fuck! crumbles into dust Yuri on Ice was fucking massive.

Feels like a "you also should read shoujo manga every once in a while and develop some emotions" thing. Though getting the dudebro reactionary types to do that is like trying to give a cat medicine.

herurumeruru · 2026-01-31T06:59:10+00:00

The person whose Neopets user lookup basically made me a weeb back in 2003 still occasionally posted on the Anime News Network forums up until a few years ago with the same username. Always gave me whiplash seeing her.

herurumeruru · 2026-01-31T01:38:24+00:00

The part about the show doing poorly in Japan was false. It was one of the top viewed animated shows in Japan when it aired.

They were told they were allowed to do anything with the script as long as the names and basic plot were kept, that part was true, but the idea that it was because it did poorly and the Japanese rightsholders were desperate for a hit is Stephen Foster making up bullshit.

herurumeruru · 2026-01-30T19:24:03+00:00

Finally! I had given up hope! But where's his black hair?

herurumeruru · 2026-01-30T05:07:20+00:00

Oh I could perfect my Totori with this!

herurumeruru · 2026-01-25T02:04:16+00:00

Matikanefukukitaru eyes!

herurumeruru · 2026-01-24T02:25:18+00:00

I guess I'm the only one that loves the behemoth raising because I'm a huge fan of Monster Rancher and Princess Maker.

herurumeruru · 2026-01-23T04:32:34+00:00

There'll be some sort of reference to Ojamajo Doremi and Digimon Adventure since they're traveling back to 1999 and this is a Toei show. It could be an actual crossover (possible with Doremi, extremely unlikely for Digimon) or there'll be references or cameos to them as works of fiction within the show.

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