I have new artwork underway!
Basically I spoke to an artist last year about maybe doing a commission one time if they ever wanted to accept one.
They messaged me a few days back saying they’d be willing if I was still interesting.
Of course I said yes.

Look forward to this one, it’ll be very unique. None of you will guess the content.
I’m looking forward to it.

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» Vol. 5: Chapter 151 «

I wish that I could read manga on my kindle without it looking low quality.
I’d buy so many, and not have to worry about the huge delays in shipping.
My Arpeggio is still way behind schedule with no delivery at all in sight. Alas, nothing I can do to fix that.

Oh give me strength lord of manga.

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» Vol. 5: Chapter 151 «

We’re getting a lot of fanart recently.
Not only did I commission the one for this novel.
But we also got two for Automata Maid and one for Swordsman’s ReStart.
That’s like four this month alone!

Wow, talk about crazy.
Guess we’re entering a new era of fan content now.
Always liked fanart though.

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» Vol. 5: Chapter 150 «

So the hololive boys, holostars, group got revealed.
Honestly I am… underwhelmed.
The character concepts are all great, don’t get me wrong. Like, if I wanted to be a vtuber I 100% would have wanted to be in this lineup.

…but the designs feel really cluttered.
It’s similar to the Irys problem.

I think they botched the models, my apologies to the artists who created them.
But they’re really overdone and all of them are generic pretty boys.

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» Vol. 5: Chapter 149 «

Killer heatwave made work interesting today, barely survived but it was an interesting event.
There wasn’t much to do that didn’t involve ridiculous temperatures.
We actually had to close the top floor because the metal roof was just causing everything to bake inside.

But yeah the things to do for that day were uh… unideal for the heat.
They were either involving being outside, or being in the hottest rooms of the top floor.
Had to give up on those.

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» Vol. 5: Chapter 148 «

In the previous pre-chapter ramble I was too busy complaining about my inevitable demise at the hands of weather conditions that I forgot to say that the fanart is completed, and has been available for viewing in the patreon channel of the discord!
You too can get early access to it buy following this link to the patreon and signing up.
It’ll automatically direct you towards the discord server and you can access the patreon content there!

It’s some good artwork I must say.

I’ll upload it for free eventually soon, once I have finished the short story I am writing to go with it (Sorry the new Genshin event is my priority because Fischl).

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» Vol. 5: Chapter 147 «

If you are reading this, then I have probably died by now.
News has reached me that temperatures are expected to exceed 30 degrees today.
That’s a full ten degrees above my personal temperature tolerance.

Yes, I am destined to die.
Of course, even with those numbers I don’t have the worst of it. My condolences to those who live in the heat island known as London.

Ah, the UK is doomed.
As I write this preparing for the heatwave, you will read this roughly about the time I have to walk home from work. When the sun is at its peak.
Please, send your thoughts and prayers for this humble editor.

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» Vol. 5: Chapter 146 «

It’s really funny I started watching Isekai Drugstore yesterday, then today Isekai Pharmacy started airing and it was just like.
“Wow that is seriously a coincidence.”

Also Pharmacy is miles better. To an impossible degree.
Drugstore is just so… cookie cutter.
Well maybe it’ll pick up? Ghost girl is cute.

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» Vol. 5: Chapter 145 «

My youngest brother has decided to start playing Genshin.
Just when I thought I escaped some months ago…
He threatens to pull me back in.

Gosh last time I played was like… when they released that underwater zone?
It was definitely before chasm.
Wow. It’s been so long.

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» Vol. 5: Chapter 144 «

I am exhausted and in pain and cutting corners.
Look I have work tomorrow and I feel like a zombie right now.
Cut me some slack.
Hopefully I get covid or something and can claim time off haha.

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» Vol. 5: Chapter 142 «

I am exhausted from comiccon.
Don’t expect much in commentary today.

Oh right.
The fanart is almost done, I’ll share the commission soon.
It might be next week because I want to write a little story to go with.

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» Vol. 5: Chapter 141 «

I didn’t think it possible but Slime Sage’s anime somehow managed to make the guy more boring than ever imaginable.
It really goes to show that generic protagonists only work because 70% of their character is internal monologue.
When you put them in anime it just… becomes dull.

Well they managed to make him even more dull in the anime because he barely speaks at all.
Even Princess Connects protagonist had more personality.

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» Vol. 5: Chapter 140 «

I actually read ahead a lot for this section the novel which is something I rarely do so I can give my first time impressions on chapters as I edit them for posting.
That’s just how much I’ve been enjoying this arc.
Yep you heard that right, despite me having complete access to every translated chapter ever done I rarely go faster than you guys.

That means even the patreon people are ahead of me usually.
They could literally spoil it for me.
Imagine that.

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» Vol. 5: Chapter 139 «

I totally forgot this was the season for the new other Strike Witches spin off.
This time it’s about idols!
I guess they got bored of multiple seasons, an ova and a movie all about the fighting.

I do wonder why they went with idols though.
I guess it’s a good excused? Propaganda and trauma soothing and all?
Well, the first episode was… okay I guess?

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» Vol. 5: Chapter 138 «

Dear fellow readers,
not sure why I stole that intro from a decently interesting youtube channel there but I did.

You’ll all be happy to know that the artwork is now officially underway as per popular vote on concept sketches on the discord.
And no, not just the general discord, but the patreon only channel on the discord.
Yes, good for you patreons, you got to vote.

Anyway, the artwork is underway, no ETA because it’s literally only been concepted so far.
And to keep stealing from that youtube channel.
What a time to be alive.

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» Vol. 5: Chapter 137 «