Okay first, you buy a cake. Then, ask the counter if they have birthday candles. Buy 3 of them. Bring the cake back home. See if you have a lighter around- Haha you think I'm going to describe this process 30 years in? Get a life dude lmao

What I will do though, is talk about my step-by-step process for change from here on specifically on novelties, actually. So welcome back to another non-descript post where I talk about what I have made changes in my already stay home life and actually contribute to the world out there while still pursuing the stuff I want to do moving forward. It has been so long, after all. I will not deliberate further, let's get to it!

[You have been warned about this text-heavy long post; Leave if you do not want to know more]

THE IDEA

So far in my pathetic life lol okay I will stop that we are trying to be positive here, I've only been living a life of coming back home from work and just binging on YouTube or even re-watching YouTube clips and/or watching Twitch archives every night because I just want to take breaks and not think too much after work. Sadly, that has not made my nights any more interesting as I constantly miss the world out there in Japan, and it's also not helping me on my Japanese since I'm choosing not to listen them on a regular basis. Also, recently in the past couple of years, due to the rise of purchasing physical goods from Japan and the now necessity of paying taxes of stuff I bought, it would be wiser to focus more on digital purchases which would otherwise remove that footprint and not accumulate stock at home which is of course, taking up much space. Therefore, the objective of this list of plans is to achieve all of not any the following:

We will talk about how to achieve most of these in a bit, and how my progress on these have been so far, but suffice it to say that overall I really just want to ignore all the boring stuff and/or stuff I really am too nonchalant of and focus on the things I want to support. Not everyone will keep to that, but I want to stay true to the things I like. That's entertainment, after all, whether you subconsciously know about it or not. The idea is also about paying: I've spent enough years NOT paying for content, and either I shall or I will be around them as much as I am able to afford time to. That's what I think is support today.

THE PLAN

From here on, I stay more than committed to the following things I would do on a regular basis, at this point let's say with weekly progress. Let's talk about them individually. Boy, is this going to be a long one.

I'll split each of them into two sections: The ideal/planned state which is where I want to achieve, and the current state which is where I am now. And if I've not started on it then current will just be empty, just so you know. "Did not start" doesn't mean "have not achieved", thanks.

(Not in specific order to the objectives above)

[1] Revive APoL

If you have not known, I have a personal novel project I have been working on since... halfway through my middle/secondary school? Yeah, so around 2008, I came up with the idea of writing about life but through the choice of power. It's not the next Harry Potter, and obviously my English writing is not great as you can see from just up till here to be honest *laughs*, but I am committed to writing stories my way. In recent years though, ever since I started work almost 5 years ago, I've not touched this story much. But now that I am bent on getting this going, I will talk about what I will do moving forward.

And I can tell you, the publishing part is going to be rough. I still have not garnered any courage to list my story online for the world to see, as much of it is still in private sites I host. We shall see though, if I can refine my writing and storytelling enough to achieve that. But first, I gotta start writing on what happened in Chapter 16 with the introduction of a new character pivotal to the story arc. *giggles* No more spoilers, I gotta get to writing. And then if I really don't want to do this I can sketch out an overview for anyone who will want to continue my so-called legacy. I already know what I want based on (spoilers) Anime I've been exposed to around that time.

[2] Play New Video Games

Yeah, not bullsh*t talk with just buying games to support indie developers which is what I did for the past few years, dude, we gotta play them. I think I've gotten enough of just watching people play video games, and especially popular games because who gives a f**k about Hogwarts Legacy haha so instead since I've always loved to play simulation games and am keen to support indie developers on their work, since I've enlisted GOG.com to do this task for me, and as their library grows and more new games appear there, I'll be playing more games more often.

So far I've already played a handful of games but not yet completed them, because this is still subject to the other new rule I've slapped on myself: switching games every month. Even if I do not complete them, I can move on to another. Or more like, if I want to move on, then I HAVE to finish these games in a month. They are normally not very long in story, and they are achievable if it isn't role-playing, for example, simulation games can get dry real quick, so ending those and moving on isn't that hard. It's more like if I can achieve the balance on those or not. By the way, this month's game which I barely started over the weekend was "Indoorlands", a miniature theme park game which isn't doing well on reviews, but I had a ton of fun in it. It's good ol' theme park simulation, dude. What else can I ask? Yeah something better than Rollercoaster Tycoon 3, I know. *giggles* Next up will likely be "Spiritfarer" as I've forgotten the story long enough for me to want to play it and cry I guess. *silence* I don't cry on people dying lmao don't cancel me pls

[3] Listen To More Japanese Voice Actresses' Podcasts

Ah okay NOW we are at the bulk of the conversation here. *laughs* If you are still unaware just walking into this blog I call my personal haven haha, you might have noticed I am super intrigued by the idea of the voices behind Anime, specifically if they are female. Call me a dirty hetero male lmao, but yeah, over the past decade and a half I've learnt to appreciate them more, and with the idolism sub-genre growing on this industry, it's natural to see more of them having some dedicated slot to read fan mail and talk about the stuff they do. Fans naturally gather to witness more inside stories and/or screw-ups, so I truly am missing out. So, for now, I'll focus on listening to their solo podcasts, because this is a good way to test if I can get used to listening to them talk for half an hour minimum, AND the content they talk about lol I tell you some people only like to talk about work and not themselves so I am very wary of how dull those can be in the long run.

Okay, the limitations in this are aplenty, so let's see if I can cover them all. Firstly, listening format. Not ALL of them will be ready to listen on Day 1. For example, Minase Inori's podcast airs on Sunday nights... but on Japan's AM/FM radio "Bunka Housou" which is not available for the Internet. Another one I know of is "radiko" which is also a radio station in certain parts of Japan, of course including capital Tokyo. Fortunately, there are archives of these so we might still be able to catch them, but as you can see this will be a challenge I've yet to find a solution to listen in live. In addition, most of the ones I will mention in a bit will be either on YouTube as Japan finally acknowledges the reach of the platform, Niconico Live which is Japan's YouTube which concept of floating comments across the viewing screen has been stolen by China's Bilibili platform, and less known is Bunka Housou's Internet bretherin "Cho A&G+" which allows me to catch a lot of the podcasts there. (Trust me, these are all very daunting a decade ago for me) Many of them have schedules and/or subscription lists I can follow so it isn't too bad so far. Moving on, there is also the irregular programs will also pop up from time to time, and worst off, they do not have a fixed timing and will announce their next simulcast and/or live (typically the latter) whenever, and not like I will have the time after work sometimes literally at dinner time due to the time zone differences (here is 1 hour behind Tokyo), so I may just miss out on these if my schedule got caught up with others, especially if in conflict. Maintaining all these is actually harder than you think, because you will need a lot of collated knowledge to know when and what is happening online, and boy, is Twitter not the best place for all of them. Which is why I had to spend some time to collect all the information I know, and list them here! Don't worry, the ones here are just for the purpose of this post, where I will also explain for a bit the terms and the podcasts themselves and what they are.

We will need some definitions right here, so I'll try to explain them all, keyword being try:

With these out of the way, let's see if you can figure the table below out! *laughs*

[All schedules below are subject to change, time in HHMM format, in Tokyo time ie. GMT+9; Anything after 2400 is considered after midnight, and is known to extend to 2700 ie. 2am next day]

["Current" defined as viewed on time at least twice this year]

Regular Programs

Irregular Programs

(*Paid video livestream, and yes, I paid as the little simp I am to Mai-chan hehe)

There are many, many more which I've missed even on the Japan gaming channel Famitsu so I'm going to stop here for now this post is way too long for me and I AM NOT EVEN DONE YET!! *laughs*

[4] Increase Digital Purchases

This I think I've mentioned earlier in the post and I guess this is essentially what I'm achieving here, if I can choose not to buy a physical version of anything if it's available in digital, I will now go for digital editions if possible, giving money to the idea of renting items through Internet services (in case you don't know what capitalism scheme you signed up for lol) instead of physically possessing them, potentially taking up space.

The best example I can give you is photobooks. If any photobook is available through say, Amazon Kindle (Japan) because that's my best friend since 2 years ago lol, I can just buy those to support them which I recently did with marupi's photobook she did for a gravure magazine Shupure. *silence* Maybe I shouldn't have said that but you have seen the bikini shots on her social media accounts so what else is new. *laughs* Others like the taking photos for each other photobook series "Seiyuu Tomosha!" with Suguta Hina's released recently and upcoming Kido Ibuki's (hehe) I'm just glad I don't have to buy more books in hopes that a digital version of it will appear some time later.

For mobile and/or video games it's the same principle, but that for now is still based on my years with the game, and I will NEVER give a game money straight off just to progress, namely for aesthetic purposes mostly. I don't believe in pay to win, by the way. My only success case now is with "Dead of Alive: Venus Vacation" also known as DOAXVV. I've only paid money for pay-only birthday gacha which ignoring the results of the roll, are guaranteed extra items to be included in the game itself, not affecting gameplay. (Yes, I don't want any of us to be reminded of "Alternative Girls", thanks. *sob*)

And moving on, I hope I can keep this up but damn did I ruin that for the year already lol, apart from CDs and bromide photos, anything physical I buy will so far be limited to photobooks, the first of any single person reviewed, so if say Kitou Akari released another photobook recently I am obliged to not buy it again since I bought her 1st back in 2020. And I also know it will be released in digital thanks to their publishing firm Seigura, which will ensure this to appear in the future. That is if the Internet doesn't spoil everything for me first. *wink*

[5] Devote to Fanclub Subscriptions

Of course, in addition to buying digital content, I've made a declaration to follow voice actresses and of course subscribe to as many fanclubs as possible as the most direct way to support the ones I like. Trust me, if you buy anything from them they don't get the full amount. I won't say much for fanclubs but at least I don't have to buy stuff or get anything physical back which will stay true to my vision for supporting more digital content as mentioned earlier. There is an exception to this though, because Inorin's fanclub "Inori Machi" is the only one which ships newsletters and even greeting cards physically on a regular basis, so there goes my wallet for shipping fees every time they send me stuff. *laughs* Oh, and this also extends to now Niconico channels which require a paid subscription more often a times, to watch the full livestream and/or podcast. My only example is Kanno Mai for now. *giggles* Regardless, let's talk briefly about what I've seen so far. The recent streak comes from getting all the married ones in this year haha yeah their fanclubs are still running by the way. People like married women and it's not me *dabs*

Well we don't need the usual table because this is pretty straightforward. So, we're doing the same thing for podcasts but for it's for fanclubs now. Here are my current, recent within the year and (unlikely) future plans for joining voice actress fan bases:

Well, as you can see for this part it's just giving the money especially even on a yearly basis, and we'll enjoy the benefits immediately. The registration fee is only one-time unless you decide to bail and then join again like what I did with Inorin's fanlub lol. Of course this isn't as straightforward because did you remember how I got into Rieri's fanclub? Haha if I have to do it again then I'll have to ship the physical item releasing in April just to register for a new year of content, by the way. *ugh* That's the life I'm into now, I guess.

...

Yeah okay please stop counting how much I'm paying a month haha I know a lot of people, that's all. Also the yearly ones doesn't count anyways they have been paid for. As for the future ones I maaaaay pay for them but unlikely and I'll state why above as a note for now. No really, stop counting I'm buying like, two photobooks a month, okay? Just... stop. *laughs*

This shall be it for now; These might be too much even for me to dedicate to. Because damn, I'm still not over with how I think I will be able to achieve all this AND avoid a life of watching YouTube. *silence* We will try, the change for support for the causes I believe are real. It's hard to convince anyone these days about this, but seeing as I am such a simp for these so-called "idols", I can't help but do my part and not see these fade off. *giggles* See you guys maybe in a year or so then to see if I have honoured what I've listed here haha I will try my best I've already burnt my 20s I can't even, and then maybe, maybe, I will get my personal life together.

Thanks for the read if you have read this far anyways, this is the most I've talked about the stuff I'm doing in front of the computer lol I'm going to prepare for sleep now and wait for Kanno Mai's radio show if you don't mind lol I think I missed Moeshi Tours haha have a good night people

[Note: All information accurate as of 20 Feb 2023]