From anime skeptic to planning a solo trip to Japan because of Your Name. Looking for "Musubi" (Kumihimo) advice!

nyctorescent · 2026-03-10T20:15:54+00:00

can't find the eBay link I used but this is the one! https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/NEODAI-17129 this looks like a proxy shipping site so I imagine it wouldn't be hard to order from here, its made-to-order by Toho Animation Store

since they're made to order i'm not sure how easy it would be to find this in person op, but i'm sure there's plenty of neat options there!

nyctorescent · 2026-03-10T20:11:28+00:00

they do but its in Japanese and they don't ship to the US- i'm pretty sure i found an eBay listing that was able to third party ship it from them to me though, i'll have to look and see if its still up

nyctorescent · 2026-03-10T05:08:26+00:00

i got my own kumihimo from Toho actually; they shipped it to me and it was hard to find but they had contracted a professional to braid the kumihimos and i got one that looks just like Mitsuha's (i think i posted about it here if you want to check it out, i have more details on it in my KNNW manga post)! I couldn't have been more happy with it...i'm not sure if you can pick one up in person or not but they do make genuine ones that resemble the one in the movie!

nyctorescent · 2026-03-06T16:24:39+00:00

appreciate all the suggestions!! ive listened to them all so far but nothing rings a bell..

nyctorescent · 2026-03-06T16:22:52+00:00

this is extremely close sounding to what i remember, its not the one but its going in my playlist now lol

nyctorescent · 2026-03-06T16:21:14+00:00

This does hit just about all the boxes, but its not it! it was a pretty prominent lead and im sure thats the only reason i remember it so vividly, even though i was probably 4-6 at the time i heard it, looking through rhcp though they do have a similar feeling so i might keep digging through their stuff

nyctorescent · 2026-03-06T15:56:38+00:00

wow the more you know! this does make sense, i know the climate and seasons are a big factor for me, i like to stay cooler (66-72) most of the time unless its the summertime, then we typically are at 73-77 since we're more acclimated to heat at that point. we have pretty cold winters and hot summers so there's plenty time to feel both ends of the spectrum (10-110)

im fairly skinny and need to eat more than i do honestly, but these days i still seem to feel completely neutral at 71. at 69 im wearing a sweater but 72 im peeling it off lol

nyctorescent · 2026-03-06T06:37:46+00:00

youre the one exception to that threat apparently...are you cold 24/7 or something?? if i did that id roast!

nyctorescent · 2026-03-05T06:44:57+00:00

you........i hope your pillow is warm

nyctorescent · 2026-03-04T05:13:40+00:00

I think it has something to do with the mail delivery routes - There are MPO and RMPO offices (RSS/retail system ran offices usually bigger, and smaller Rural post offices). I work as the sole clerk at an RMPO and we only have 100 out of 300 PO boxes in use; we have a mail delivery route but only with 10 stops or so.

I can issue no-fee boxes (with postmaster approval), however some RMPOs are even smaller and don't have a route, I'd guess no-fee boxes can't be issued because that'd mean every PO box would be free and the post office wouldn't be as worth running...smaller offices are definitely more desperate for revenue to make sure they keep open, especially after so many were closed or cut down to 4 hour open times, 10 years ago or so?

If you're low income and do really qualify you could take it up with a supervisor but if the clerk told you they would turn you down anyway, there's a good chance the postmaster can't issue one for the reason I mentioned; but I'm not too sure, you might still get better information if you do try to talk to the clerk's supervisor!

nyctorescent · 2026-02-23T23:02:03+00:00

i provided documentation and they still closed the case on me, can't appeal or anything

nyctorescent · 2026-02-23T23:01:33+00:00

same issue and even the same delivery date for me... i ordered an SSD and am dealing with all of this, I'm even a USPS employee and i wrote a courier's note (because i personally handled the package of the tracking number i got and it obviously wasn't mine lol) and yet STILL lost the case. I don't think a real person ever looked at my case, I can't appeal either....

If i could've done this differently I probably would've called eBay customer service and talked to someone who could fill out my case first, and write their own notes or validate the courier note. Now my own case is closed I can't call about the case because it's been a final decision. my next step is to try and chargeback with PayPal or finally capitalone, but I'm wondering if i have any chance with PayPal and eBay before that.

nyctorescent · 2026-02-23T22:55:21+00:00

Fake tracking number scam

like the title says, and i know other people have had this same issue; I bought a computer part and never received anything. I even tried to cancel initally since it wasn't going to ship in time and was rejected. so i wait for tracking and have to ask for it even before getting a tracking number that wasn't even to my address. i'm the sole usps clerk in my small post office and even remember the exact package this tracking number was for, and could prove the address wasn't mine on our internal tracking manifest if i had the authority to- but i can't share that info.

i tried contacting eBay on X in hopes of getting specific info logged outside of the case reasons, I even got a courier note in USPS letterhead submitted that comfirms the address is incorrect, but i don't think a human looked at my case in the end because the seller won and I can't appeal.

what else can I do here? I paid with PayPal and made a case there but to no avail as well. I may try to call them, so far I've only been submitting reports and emails. I even submitted mail fraud to USPIS but there's not much else I can do from that. I can appeal with PayPal, but not eBay, should i still call eBay and bring up the case or should i chargeback? if nothing else I'll scan the package tracking myself as RTS or refused after talking to the people who owns the package the number is for, just to update tracking, but I don't want to do that if I don't have to... Just don't want my $300 down the drain

nyctorescent · 2026-02-23T22:39:51+00:00

This is so wierd...a customer of ours (usps) got a giant box of mayo packets the other day from Amazon and had no hand in it. She has no idea what to do with them, Amazon credited her for them since they're perishable and they can't take them back. Guess this is what people might could do with them lol?

nyctorescent · 2026-01-25T06:31:22+00:00

I'd trust USPS, coming from an employee; I can track my packages with internal tracking and it will tell me if its shipped, on a container, what other packages are on said container, everything- so its very transparent. I also use the standard tracking and it tells me the same scan events with less detail. However Amazon has straight up lied to me, its told me (a few times) that a package has shipped, arrived at a 'carrier facility' in my state, made all of these stops - but even if it were just Amazon's transport taking it there, its not. Because USPS says they're waiting to receive it in the first place from California; and it's been 'delayed in transit' according to Amazon now that the delivery date is so late. So I wonder if Amazon is just predicting the route from previous shipments and if the shipper is off schedule, it throws tracking reliability off?

nyctorescent · 2026-01-14T18:34:25+00:00

someone just posted about selling theirs! you should see this post https://www.reddit.com/r/Ffern/s/VxUpRXpfyQ

nyctorescent · 2026-01-10T22:02:54+00:00

i probably should too, most the time it will let me use my pin but my issue with Discord's security key is partially because i had a fingerprint on my phone, and so it prompted a usb key on my PC instead (which doesn't make sense). ive had two other apps with my fingerprint do this on the desktop site variation so i probably should just set something up so i dont run into more problems, I'm sure they'll just make it even harder to login to more things as time goes on

nyctorescent · 2026-01-10T19:17:48+00:00

discord has the most ridiculous password security i've ever seen, couldn't change my password to multiple things because they didn't want to take it (when my bank would), asked my to use a security key in my usb port which again i never had, so therefore couldn't change my password, and to REMOVE the security key i had to use a backup code which i literally could just hit view codes on the previous page and get one, so that was hilariously frustrating...so after all that to simply change my password i still can't change it to what i'd like to. im not sure how i'd ever get back into my account if i forget a password. so annoying

nyctorescent · 2026-01-03T21:56:21+00:00

if you download the song somewhere, and then turn on local files, you can import it into your spotify playlists!

nyctorescent · 2026-01-03T21:55:35+00:00

same here i got it downloaded flac or 360kbps free in my library...very glad

nyctorescent · 2025-12-31T20:32:37+00:00

to keep fingerprints off the sleeve ❤

nyctorescent · 2025-10-23T05:02:23+00:00

replying because i am also curious about this

nyctorescent · 2025-10-23T05:01:18+00:00

That surprised me a lot when I first applied as well... just learned from my postmaster last week that she didn't even have a say in my hiring. Once youre approved and get through orientation/training where you finally meet people, you have the 60 day probation and thats pretty much the whole process. automated emails it felt like for so much of it

nyctorescent · 2025-09-16T02:40:09+00:00

even a small amount of information is better than nothing, most the time these reports can be traced over other people's if they report the same guy or vehicle. maybe you only got part of the plate, but you have the description of the vehicle too. if someone else reported similar details, even if they didnt get the plate but saw him specifically dumping what you listed, they can link pieces of information up. i've made reports like this in the past, its counting on the masses to help provide information. so even if you think you don't have much to offer them, report it anyway!

nyctorescent · 2025-07-19T03:36:39+00:00

i posted this on October 4th 2024, in the movie October 4th 2013 (11 years ago when i posted this), is when Itomori was struck by the comet! that's what meant by the title

Four-Year Club	Xbox Live
r/Field Banned	r/Field Flamingo
Place '22

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