The new Genshin event has been exhausting, I’ve had no love for the exploration side of it.
Which is insane given how much I loved exploring in this game.
The event just makes the exploration part a real chore.

The island swapping mechanic makes it too hard to keep track of everything you’ve done and may have missed.
Mona’s island especially sapped all my remaining enthusiasm.
I just skipped over the rest of the content in a rapid fashion and did some basic exploring of the oceans then decided to quit.

I’ll go back to completing Tsurumi island, then on to the other two smaller regions that were released before the dendro nation eventually launches.

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» Chapter 23 «

We have some new cover art!
Custom commissioned by @𝔄𝔪𝔞𝔯𝔶𝔩𝔩𝔦𝔰 over on our discord. Trust me, it took a lot of debating over whether to copy the discord name directly font and all or make it more readable.

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You can go visit the artists twitter HERE, and you should comm them while you can because their prices are an insane steal.
Literally, please increase your charge rates artist-san! You’re really underselling yourself! But do it after I comm you okay?

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» Chapter 22 «

The UK has a “red” severe weather warning for the next few days.
This is the first time in history that a severe weather warning has been issued for high temperatures.
A red level means that it’s a national emergency and that services should prepare for potential shut downs and major health issues.

In fact some of our trains have already been stopped because the railways are warping under the temperature expansion.

The place I work gets really hot too so I’m a little anxious about having to go in on the two worst days of the week.

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» Chapter 21 Part 2 «

My Arpeggio of Bluesteel manga is still nowhere to be seen, not a single unit in stock anywhere.
It’s like a vapor book.
It just never came into being.

Anyway, mystery of that aside, I’m not too fussed if I never get them, it just means that my many many many years of reading Arpeggio has reached its end due to stock issues.
Luckily I have since taken on many more light novels and manga to enjoy.
And if I really wanted I could just find where my paperbacks left off to read online.

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» Chapter 21 Part 1 «

So Hololive Gen 1 girls got updates to their Live2D models again.
And I’m so very very glad that Aki got to keep her patta patta sensors.
They were my favourite part of her outfit and all of her other outfits swap them out for other things, similar but different.
I was worried they’d be replaced in this one too.

Anyway, the reveal stream was great fun, Fubuki made it great.
Happy it went well.

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» Chapter 20 «

Had I known that I was going to be dragged to comicon this week I would have kept my paperback copies of Magical Explorer and Otome Mob unread in reserve for the train trip.
Well I have about a dozen unread volumes of light novels on my kindle I can read too I suppose, plenty to catch up on.
It’s also possible that J-Novel will put out a couple of prepubs for the day too. Which reminds me, Should bring my charging cable for the train trip.

Luckily the High Speed trains here have sockets on their seats for this purpose. Should keep my phone alive for the trip there and back even if I play some games on the way the whole time.
Other than that it should be fine.

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» Chapter 19 «

Lots of new licenses from J-Novel club this weekend.
Quite a few isekais, couple of romances.
There’s also this edgy revenge version of Gacha Girl Corps?

Not sure what to expect from that one but I plan on reading it all the same.
Revenge stories are bit hit or miss for me, but this might be a hit so I have to take the chance.
Let’s hope it works out.

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» Chapter 18 «