Long story short (as short as I can make it), because this Chinese physician is only available on weekends on Sunday (unless you want me to take work leave to see the doctor on weekdays but we'll get to that in a bit), and there is a real queue to an extent that you have to wake up as early as 7am to queue for a number which may not be applicable for the morning consultation session so you come back in the afternoon, but I'm starting to feel the effects. I may not go this long because other than the disruption it causes to me on Sundays specifically, it's also going to take a toll on my mom who is so willing to queue early morning so I can sleep a little more (thanks mom), and also, spend hours on end cooking the medicine (yes, they just give you the not processed ingredients) just so I can drink this once a day. Imagine if it's twice a day. I tell you, if it doesn't work on me which also means now I have to effectively control what I eat every day ie. saying goodbye to my colleagues on Friday which I did (*sigh*), I might as well just stop this torture and go to another sinseh who will probably get the same meds but without having to let my mom suffer. Like really, it's not going to be worth it we have been doing this ever since I have the money to pay for this from working.

Let's just hope this pays off because I'm paying something now and it's not just using money and I'm not happy about it. Okay, Anime time!! Let's knock that sadness into the abyss!! And yes, KanoKari first because Sumi-chan is finally here, like, for the last two episodes of the series you sure this is not two cour? Haha

アニメ GREAT PRETENDER

"To an European, Asia is Asia. They might not appreciate Eastern cultures that much" Laurent is not wrong btw I'm here appreciating Western cultures as an Easterner lol

Okay who dubbed the Chinese and French this week? Hetakuso da haha okay I'm not going to show off my Japanese here I only know Chinese please spare me the agony. Also, it's not that it's bad but it doesn't blend in with those Japanese haha trust me on that. So, in this new arc of a new episode (#GREATPRETENDER11) where everyone doesn't blend in especially Makoto lol, this might be their biggest episode budget in hiring foreign talent to do the dubs haha it paid off though because there's that language gap. So firstly, the situation now. It's winter now, in France, and don't expect snow in Singapore by the way lol. Laurent is hanging out in France drawing Cynthia, who hate people who draw, and we'll get to that later because Makoto is crapping out in a sushi shop that can't even sushi haha, you know, trying to live an honest life, as he always wanted. Obviously, not really going his way, but as you can see, he's living it through. Working at a place who doesn't recognise him for his efforts (I mean, China people in a Japanese restaurant in France?? lol), living in a boarding house sipping off coffee... that's kind of a life, I guess. Hey, trust me, things could be worse. But as some dude walked in to insult his boss on his food, forcing him to close shop, and the France owner of the boarding house he lives in sudden debt and having to close the place so effectively Makoto has no place to work AND stay now... this is going to be quite the pinch. So, he devises a plan, surprisingly, without Laurent, to save the owner from selling the place, and to teach that dude a lesson. So, pros and cons with a heist without Laurent 101. *laughs*

Pros: (1) Things get done quicker. Makoto's plan is just to sell the painting on the boarding house's wall for 20k euros so the house family can pay the debt, so he asks Cynthia for help, without Laurent, to complete the task and you know, get the dude to pay for it. Easy. Quick. It's not that tough as Makoto gets what he wants real easy. (2) No Laurent. You don't know how advantageous it is without seeing his face around lol, but hey, it's just a small heist of duping a dude into buying a painting which he intends to gift someone else, so why not? And now we can talk about why Laurent is important to the series haha. Cons: (1) Intelligence checks. As Cynthia would have hinted already as they pretend to be the masters of a random art gallery and put up that painting, that dude is famous art appraise and auctioneer James Coleman, and with her face like this we'll talk about what it has to do with her for later. But yes, that means Laurent would have researched on the guy to ensure they get up to 20 million euros of that cut, even if it will take some time for the painting to be authenticated. Even if not, Laurent will find a way to sell it at that price anyways lol so yeah Makoto you already lost. (2) It's Laurent. *laughs* Okay, jokes aside, let's get back to story, and how this will lead us to the current arc's fate. So in case you haven't noticed till this far, Cynthia has something with this James guy. Besides seeing him in a flashback of hers, obviously we know that she knows of the dude's real identity, so yeah she decides to run away in fear of the painting not being able to deceive an art appraiser such as him, but thank goodness that was a real painting hidden in the shadows, so I guess all of them got the run for it. Sadly, at... let me check 20 million divided by 20 thousand... 1/1000th the price of its appraised value haha, but oh well, at least someone is safe from debt and Kudo-san did get the biggest cut out of this lmao. Then, it's Cynthia's drunk talk about the dude. So yes, it's a previous lover or something or else why would she hate people who like art like Laurent (although I would argue that they might be a couple of some level I don't know, these two), and then she talks things like stealing the painting back so it can be sold at its actual value?? Haha if this is going to be all of it and they are moving to England for this this will be exciting to watch, for starters. And please spare me the foreign language stuff I can just listen to toutoi Japanese voice acting thanks. *laughs* Let's hope this swindler of a James Coleman can live up to his name so we can really see him freak out when Cynthia kicks him in the butt with her heel haha cya guys next week

[TL:DR; GREAT PRETENDER in a nutshell (pun not intended but) is basically the two buying chestnuts and not understanding anything, sit down in such a heart-warming scene eating together and Makoto says his ass is cold lmao]

P.S. "I'm hitting on you" "Oh, so you're bored" Wow this rapport I can't even

P.P.S. "You (Makoto) should go back to Korea" lmao yeah I'm literally puking my drink just like what Makoto did lol

[So they hired THREE dudes to voice in French and English but ONE dude for Chinese ie. the owner and staff are the same person?? Haha Anime you never fail to surprise me (also implicit racist reference here to assume all China guys sound the same- this Anime is racist not me)]

アニメ Uzaki-chan wa Asobitai!

"My butt hurts? Are you (Sakurai) fine with that?" If it's not directly cause by him I suppose it's okay haha (not BDSM reference btw)

I swear I never thought I'll like a scene with Hayamin and Naomi-chan panting in 2020 but here we are. *laughs* In this new episode (#UzakiChan11) where Uzaki Hana is trying to pimp out her mom to his... boyfriend?? *laughs* Okay you guys give me a while while I get the rice cooker going. *laughs* So, not that I have a lot of... whatever to accompany with the rice I'm cooking now lol, but yeah, this is quite an episode, and for once, a lot about Sakurai being outdoors. You know, because if by now you still don't think he is a gamer and stays indoors and can't go for solo karaoke- Okay I'm not the one sh*tting on him okay? *laughs* So, about the story. Firstly, about Uzaki-chan taking Sakurai's place like a museum of sorts. You know, taking whatever she found (and then bought?) on the streets and showing him AND THEN not needing it anymore because she showed her senpai?? Are you that rich, girl? Or are those things so cheap you can spare that instead of just like, taking photos of them and sharing it with the guy. I can understand with the frog cushion or beanbag but man, did everything else go into the trash real quick. Well, at least his room's cleaner now. Just... don't throw away the stuff she leaves at the fridge Sakurai that's to feed you. *laughs* Talking about cooking, the cafe owner thought it would be nice to ask Sakurai to help out in the back ie. cooking, but turns out... he can't cook. You know, it's that bad Uzaki can laugh until she got a stroke. *laughs* So, he asks the mother for help. Since the cafe owner's wife is... we don't know who she is anyways, Uzaki's mother decide to teach this guy, just, you know, don't look him in the face then all is well. But you know, these two gotta tell her about petting the cats someday haha she keeps getting the wrong idea that it's not her. *laughs* Next up, rock climbing. Sounds a little sudden, but hey, it's kind of thanking Uzaki for helping him learn to cook from her mom, just that this one is going to be a showdown Uzaki is meant to lose too, considering Sakurai's well-trained physique he can climb the walls so many times, Uzaki can only look at him show off. And then, probably the highlight of the episode especially when they are drunk we'll get to that later, is Sakurai in karaoke. Dammit we were so close to hearing him sing the opening theme so too bad this would not be on the soundtrack (Remember Anime "Kannagi" where all the songs they sang were in the soundtrack in the karaoke episode?? Those were the days haha thanks Aniplex) (Also Aniplex thanks for Anime "Kaguya-sama" character songs you guys just write new songs for a radio show segment that's impressive), but guess who wil be on the soundtrack. Nobody. *laughs* Because besides singing, Uzaki and Ami-chan found him singing alone which it's regarded as a societal sin doing that alone (even for rehearsal purposes you should be shaming yourself at the first outing to the karaoke with your friends dude), but yeah, it's a literal party crashing, if you equate it to watching movies alone and suddenly you're not alone. Life sucks, isn't it? Not if you order a couple of beers and they decide to dress up in cosplay though!! Yes, my heart is with Ami-chan Sakura might be aroused by bunny girl but I'll take that bullet (twice) from the cop anytime. *laughs* (Premium rubber bullets haha) (That is a Yakuza 4 reference lol) Also, does it really pay off to be ripped? I gotta start training. *laughs* And, to end the episode and as a prelude to the end of the series, Uzaki suddenly showed up at her senpai's place all drenched and said with tears down her face that she cannot play with him anymore. She must be pregnant haha okay we'll see how this ends next week

[TL:DR; You think the husband knows about Ayachi touching up on ripped dudes? lol]

P.S. "I'm sorry. Go ahead and laugh if you want" And yep as expected Uzaki-chan's the one laughing haha okay count me in too lmao

P.P.S. "...I'll leave the rest to you two *giggles*" Now THAT is what I call an Anime mother haha

アニメ Kanojo, Okarishimasu

"My mornings start at 4AM" Wow girl could you please wake me up if you're my girlfriend? lol not to do calligraphy though but I'll walk the dog

Yeah, Rieri must use her cute voice for this role again, huh. Kind of guessed it from her but still, I'd like her to use this voice less but oh well I got my fair share in JoshiMuda already because IN THIS NEW EPISODE OF SUMI-CHAN (#KanoKari11) lol which no one should leave her out just because it took 10 episodes for her to even be mentioned in the Anime, like really, we can have another series where it only stars Sumi-chan and get those other b*tches out of the way lol no really the author wrote a novel based on her instead, first volume out this month. Anyways, let's talk about Anime. Well, after watching this week's episode I must say, I miss Ruka-chan A LOT haha okay I have my fair share of high pitched girls anyways so back at you, me. So, story. Story starts strong with the Sumi-chan date so far, so that's good, straight to the point. Just that, you know, the ex is watching. *laughs* Okay not about her first, let's talk about the new girl. The episode starts with a description about the life of this introvert and has some level of komyusho, studying hard at college and waking up early like her grandparents used to teach her (probably but I'm just guessing or else who would do this) (I meant waking up early you should study hard in college haha), but more importantly, she is a... woman? She is a woman with little words. Like seriously, in her call with Chizuru they gotta cut her talking about- You can be a light novel-based video game main character haha they also don't talk. Anyways, Kazuya has to think of ideas for the date since you know, she doesn't plan all the stuff unlike the #1 Rookie in the company lol, so yeah, getting rental girlfriends such as her would be rough. So yeah, I hope you have a plan when renting this one at random haha. Anyways, they go bowling, and there's where you see Mami-chan the title card from the Anime on their official site (Mami-chan not yet, please), but since she hardly ever leaves the house unless it's for school, Sumi-chan... can't play many things even at this location. From bowling to baseball to ice skating... she always finds a chance to show off her panties lack of skills as a rental girlfriend. Well, not that you must have those skills; I'll take a girlfriend who knows nothing so I can psycho her into believing my lies lmao. But yeah, Kazuya did to some extent, do his job as a boyfriend, and guide her along this "date", but yeah as he said, this is going to be rough. Sumi-chan is already hitting the ground running and she can barely catch up with the competition. Well, if the competition means Chizuru of course haha. Anyways, they bumped into Mami-chan which is of course bad news since as much as Sumi-chan doesn't know of what is happening right now for this dude, (Oh and this is the time where Sumi-chan braves up to say she's his girlfriend?? Haha man, I know this date is technically confidence training but this is not a great time lmao) but also, it'll be hard to explain to Mami-chan on anything about this "date" unlike how he dealt with those dudes who want to pick up on Sumi-chan earlier. But yeah Mami-chan, as much as I would like to believe that you'll (not) keep a secret, even if you tell on Chizuru, Kazuya also won't have to worry because there's nothing going on between all of them. Like, nothing as in no relationship at all they are all just client and employee relationships haha. So now that we are here, about Mami-chan. We know she's a virgin. *laughs* I mean, look at her. *laughs* She can't even teach her ex a lesson, for goodness sake haha only lashing it on social media haha. Ignoring that, she seems kind of jealous with all these girls around his life right now (Spoiler alert, but they are all not his girlfriend lol), and as much as his (younger) brother is itching on her lol hey bro, she... might really want him back for all we know. But now, especially from the end of the episode, I think she wants to break havoc. So, let's see how far this takes her. All in all, in a production standpoint, I can't understand why they bring in Sumi-chan (even though she's cute I'll give you that) just so they can end this with Chizuru saying she's going to stop the rental girlfriend business. And of course, whatever you saw at the end of this episode. Sorry for comparing this to "Toradora!", but this confrontation thing should've happened in like, last week's episode haha I guess there's Ruka-chan too then. Hmm, I don't know. It sure is great with many episodes of Chizuru though, but I have a feeling that may be too well to talk about just so we can put in these other characters to talk about in case this series isn't hyped enough with just Ten-chan or something haha. But hey, the initial story is literally getting a rental because the ex fell through with the guy, so yeah, hopefully this is the end to everything. Well, for this adaptation anyway. With 17 volumes and counting, the author is sure to make this exciting with new characters (AFAIK there is one new one looking from the covers) just so you don't get bored of Chizuru- I won't though, author, trust me haha cya guys next week

[TL:DR; As Kazuya has mentioned in this episode "Damn I want a girlfriend so bad!!!" haha]

P.S. "...I wake up 5 minutes before the alarm rings" Hey it's totally true because that's what they call your biological clock, where you will wake up before the alarm goes off because you are used to wake up at that time period already. That's literally me every weekday haha which also happens on weekends too actually but I just go back to sleep haha FREEDOM!! lol

P.P.S. "I'm used to walking around with super pretty girls" Okay Kazuya that's not something you put on your resume lol

[More Sumi-chan because since she doesn't speak her image is her best point so why not (and then you realised she spoke the most in the intro and that's not even socialising lol)]

音楽 This Week on Klassic Note

This week... well there aren't any new songs, so it's literally me trying to find releases if I have the time. Clearly, I didn't have the time so whatever haha I should really browse through Apple Music Japan's new releases more often so find more to listen. So that, we'll touch on next week since it's also pretty much empty too oh yeah that nano.RIPE album. So this week, since a Scenarioart song from their latest album appeared in my head somehow I can't get rid of it (unlike a headache) so I think it's here to stay. Must be the recent live I watched some time ago but man did it outstay its welcome. Other than that, I listened to Mishima Souhei's debut mini-album which - if cinema staff's vocalist is more adequate of an introduction to this now also solo artist - really made weird shit in that album, I must say, so it's real hard to give anything I must say. So yeah, I'm kinda weird too so, maybe one song. Maybe.

On news concerning music on Twitter and hardly beyond because I'm not that bothered to go that far normally (I probably should though), VELTPUNCH's live livestream yesterday slaps a** so much I gotta tell them after the livestream on Twitter (instead of donating on the spot because I only have money for women lmao) (Audience: Aiko-chan the bassist is woman) (ah about that) so yay me (translations included in case you can't Japanese like me *dabs*), marble might be back (it's a band name not a noun) for more new songs after what, at least 10 years under cover? Well, at least they are active again, for remember that streaming thing for Lantis called MixBos? Yeah, that. But also more will be revealed on their upcoming livestream I assume, so I'm seeing how that goes I think next weekend. Natsukawa Shiina's new topic song got another music video but it's animated so no her but it's probably a good time to intro more indie composers and animators behind it I guess (I don't care I count that as an official music video lol), Happy Birthday Kotobuki Minako I enjoyed my playlist of your songs at work that day so much, and whatever whatever Earphones' latest music video now has English subtitles if you can stand the... music?? lol I can't even it's rather cool though once you reach the chorus. "If" you can reach to the chorus haha

So, for next week, it's nano.RIPE's best album time, but from the looks of two topic songs and music video collaborations with other Anime solo artist ie. female voice actors (lol), it is not looking great so let's see if I can give some oldies if I'm into it or not. Since I said I saw some stuff on Apple Music on their new releases (which is never new because there's that one week lag), I'll be listening to DENIMS' new mini-album and Cocoro Auction's new album, both released this month. And also because releasing a full album isn't very profitable now lol. And yeah, from zero impression, why not. I just had to check if they are legitimate new releases or just some re-upload of their old library lol




The stars have aligned, my friends. Yes, the "September Otaku Package" which will be no doubt, quickly renamed to "October Otaku Package" mainly because when the last of them appear in that warehouse next week and shipping gets delayed again... I could use another package haha I'm energised again for next month haha so yeah, maybe let it come next month, I guess. Cya guya next time then, and until then... the physician suggested that I sleep early so good night haha I'll make a half-hour extension for that Yasobi show on Wednesdays of course who can resist Mikakoshi and Sumipe hehe bye

P.S.  Every year, at this day, I remember her birthday. It has been so long, I don't even know how to face her after seeing all the comments and wishes for her on her day, I feel sad and lonely to ever approach her again, since we are so far away, and my... advances on her have never worked because I hardly try. Horie Yui, Happy Birthday, my girl. *laughs* (Audience: I'm pretty sure you're talking about someone you had a crush on at middle school-) (SHUT UP haha)