Oh hey, I have good news and bad news, should I- Oh, I did that last week. *laughs*

Bad news is the package is not coming in anytime soon, I vetoed the decision mainly because Rieri fanclub's gacha (lol) items haven't arrived at the warehouse, and considering I got Moeshi's birthday goods... through a proxy service, this won't fall with that so that I can ship this first. *silence* So yeah, so much for taking work leave next week; I think it will be used appropriately when I inevitably have to take sick leave tomorrow. *giggles*

ANYWAYS haha I better get this done and over with, because if you aren't disappointed by music this week like I do, then at least the Anime this week will be a show! I, uh, am not that keen on Shoushimin Series but the others though!!

Wait, no, Sebastian isn't a snake- I mean, he might as well be. *dabs* In this new episode where the lore deepens down in a secret basement lol how deep is that actually (#KuroshitsujiWitch05), okay I'm not actually convinced the werewolf is just someone doing cosplay who also bought those makeshift claws and attacking people, thinking Wolverine is cool. *laughs* Maybe I am right though, because as seen from the story so far, it seems like Sullivan is more than just friends with the werewolves, more like, to an extent that she can calm them down- No, she can control them. Yep, this is hardly any surprising at this stage as we can see, because apart from letting Oscar the snake who barely has any memory to store in their tiny brain apart from "oh that woman has a great rack" HAHA okay not that he hasn't seen her yet just then, but also just remember that Sullivan is up to no good. Well, I assume without the gang here she is also up to no good, but considering there isn't gender equality in this village and we do kill everyone else who enters, it's still surprising that we took this long to get to this stage. Wolfram isn't going to stop them to find out more about the underground chamber below and I don't mean Sullivan's rear LMAO hey she isn't making the jokes so I gotta. *dabs* Anyways, blah blah Ciel got attacked by a werewolf right in his bedroom on the witch's castle too though?? Yeah, that ought to give it away at this point. It's like those closed room mysteries, you know? The culprit can only be one of us. And if you think it's any of the servants where Finnian just got slashed hard by a werewolf in broad... moonlight? Yeah, then you got another screw loose. But more interestingly, is what Sebastian did to send the sample to Buckingham Palace considering he's in the middle of Germany so he probably just took a leap across a couple dozen EU border patrols to deliver this so that them scientists can figure something out first. *giggles* Which is probably what will explain to us scientifically what the damn lore is behind the curse of the village and probably how it's keeping the people safely inside. Well, assuming they are people. *dabs* All in all... okay this is getting rather exciting, and I don't mean that rack. *laughs* Still, how is this 13 episodes though? *shrugs* Hey, what do I know, I already forgot what this series is about. *giggles* Then again, this is still quite the development which I recall, so that's good to know. And yeah, everything else fell in nicely especially with how dark they intend to make Ciel wake up from his depression or whatever. Either way, we will figure out what the Queen and/or the snakes figured out and of course Sebastian, so maybe we will get a result as soon as next week! Or not, I don't know, I just know we have some action ahead whatever is happening. Stacked werewolf though, I wonder if we can still bang them- Or I guess they are going to bang us first leaving us in pieces lol what are my chances amirite fellas

P.S. "I don't wanna be here anymore! I wanna go home!" Hey Ciel I share your desires too but back in London the air is stuffy and we have to deal with bureaucracy and the Queen I would add is really annoying haha so yeah, I rather stay here for a bit- Oh, she sent us here. *laughs*

P.P.S. "Isn't the kid (Ciel) in Germany right now? How did he deliver (the plant sample) here?" I mean, he just has the one butler who is super capable of doing stuff I must add *giggles* "No idea, but he has the criminal underworld essentially under his thumb." Oh you mean like, the whole of Hell or what...? *laughs* 

Get it? Because cooler as in they don't set up fires- What do I even know about that universe anyways? I only know of like, The Hulk. *laughs* Anyways coming back to this universe instead because finally we have a release date for the opening theme song lol (#Shoushimin15), oh I did not see its double meaning, Urino, you gotta explain the name you gave this criminal here. *giggles* And since he didn't I will not also because damn is this intro already lame, so let's talk about how ANY of them can be the actual criminal. Yes, all the people you know so far. That's what they want you to believe now, so you better absorb all of this like a sponge. *giggles* Firstly, Hiya-san. *laughs* Yes, I just said ANY of them can be the criminal. So why him though? He has an alibi for doing cram classes at night, so he can't be the one setting fire, but he did incite Urino to do a lot of this, if you can recall, even telling to write a backup article to NOT reveal the secret behind his analysis, which led to the newspaper club's fame today. But yeah unlikely it's him, he did join the others on the run the one time. Speaking of newspaper club, we have Itatsuchi Itsukaichi. *laughs* (I'm sorry, your name is hard to remember if not for Kengo mentioning it) It seems like he was there to help on something Kengo and Kobato have been plotting for a while to draw out the criminal, maybe even suggesting Urino go on the aggressive just to draw the actual criminal out even on bad days where they can't do it on time, they just had to do it within the month and they did do it eventually the next month, so a promise is a promise, right? *laughs* I don't know who is getting hyped right now but I am. *giggles* Speaking of vibes, the one Osanai Yuki's vibes is getting creepy at this point to be frank. Saying there's 3 things to tell Urino at this club even though the doors are closed is weird though, but then removing one of them and do you even believe she forgot the last tone? *laughs* So yeah, super sus already, I tell ya, she just dropped one of them after seeing her boi. But really, you think THIS guy is boring? Wait till you are Tokiko. *laughs* Because looks like Tokiko did tell someone to drop the rumours on him that Tokiko is going out with multiple dudes (and as if she isn't *dabs*) ended up was testing their boi of their dedication or surprise to this but uh, the girl did make it sound like you are easier than Ayame from "Ao no Hako" so I agree Kobato, not being surprised is alright. AND DON'T YOU DARE RAISE UP MY EX I DID NOT DATE A CRIMINAL MASTERMIND! *laughs* Who else we haven't talked about? Oh, maybe Kobato himself. I mean, he can't be the one setting off fires of course, but ironically, he has been taking a while to get the criminal. I mean, think of like the coffee episode in season 1 where he figured out how Kengo just reheated the coffee with the milk carton right out of the fridge (lmao) (also spoiler alert) he definitely took his time (months, actually) to get all of this in. Was that intentional? Or did he just do this out of courtesy to not offend the actual criminal he might be protecting? Hey, we have seen him defend Osanai before previously or otherwise Kengo will make a scene out of it, so maybe again this time, since he thinks he knows who is behind all of this. All in all... Tokiko's the criminal, right? I don't know. I don't want to know now, we're done. *giggles* I know, it's unbelievable, but in this series where everyone can be an arsonist, it can literally be anyone if you see what I mentioned above. I guess Urino is the only one who can't be, or otherwise he would've just said it was me and all of this was a prank. *laughs* Okay that's one off the list, but the others though? *silence* Your guess is as good as mine, so no idea, right? Hate crime alert? *laughs* Yeah, we will see if I'm right. With any luck, it would be someone we know, that much I know. *wink*

P.S. "You've become the club president, and are the talk of the school. Meanwhile, I'm barely surviving with six days of cram school a week." Wow should I praise Urino for being cool or Hiya-san for being lame? Either way they aren't getting laid by the way- We know Urino's girlfriend isn't serious. *dabs*

P.P.S. "I don't know what Osanai-san's involvement is in this, but I want this silly situation to end." Same. *silence* Wow I didn't realize for a moment I have so much in common with Kobato- I just don't have a girlfriend. Not even one that is dating two other dudes. *sob*

I don't mean to be mean but uh, yeah so far, gyaru in 2D has always been a turn-on for me, even with Tama-chan I would argue. Real life though? Meh, black hair girls for the win. *giggles* In this new episode where fashion is not a violation of school rules if there is any in Anime anyways (#AharenSanS204) so we might as well dress up as an idol instead! Haha what? *laughs* Well, there's more to this I promise you, but hey, I was promised a special ending animation with the Aharen "Sisters" by the way , so there's that. Still, who's going to tell Ren-kun though...? *giggles* ANYWAYS welcome back to another episode of being cute, because damn is Raidou transforming into a dude trying to be as cool as Aharen-san is NOT going to work. Don't, don't even try your intuition anymore, dude, it just doesn't work. I'm glad he is able to switch around that fast though, I would assume he didn't dye his hair and dress up in this whatever style just so he can make Tobaru-sensei run away while nose bleeding I can't even. *laughs* What else... oh, the idol game thing? I mean, who does ALL OF THIS in an arcade? *laughs* WITH TRADING CARDS TOO?? WHAT YEAR IS THIS??? *laughs* So yeah, just think of whatever idol game you know of that almost closed recently online, but better. *giggles* No really, it has character creation, costume cards which probably cost a bomb which is also why they didn't tell you to buy apart from showing Raidou's empty wallet because they don't want to be responsible for ruining children's lives unlike actual game companies who don't give a f- And then live dancing as a rhythm game? Show me a more typical idol game than "Shiny Colors", I'll wait. *giggles* AND THERE IS A SEQUEL BUT YOU CAN GET THE SAME CHICK?? Bruh. *laughs* Yeah, idolism ruining a high school boy's life, what else is new. *silence* I would say I'm SUPER glad I didn't have that when I was a student, but yeah, talking about getting ruined even as an adult? I mean, I rather just grind the game if I can afford to buy a separate device to do so than pay to do automated grinding in game with a 30-day pass so you tell me who's smarter and will cry more once that service ends. *sob* Too real dude, so let's move on to something less real. Raidou's imouto dancing on stage. Damn. Now I rather see that but welp, this is all we are getting here I guess. Also, Aharen Sisters(?) performing on stage? I like how they hinted at the end with the character song they wrote for the first season- AH HEY I was expecting a new song here to be frank, Reina-chan did write the lyrics and all. But I guess not. *shrugs* Haha all in all... Raidou should learn to ask people questions more. *laughs* But seriously if he doesn't then I will, what was with the hint that we get a clip of the Aharen Sisters(?) dancing on social media then? Is it really just that and no proper full song we can put on the soundtrack? But they did the whole idol live performance on that arcade game?? Bruh, I was deceived as hard as I was with all the damn free-to-play Japanese games I've played over the past decade- Hey, at least they didn't show me ads with every tap on the phone AND force me to pay for stuff, okay? It was all to support their eventual downfall. *laughs* So FUCK YOU IDOLY PRIDE YOU TOOK DOWN ALTERNATIVE GIRLS- *sob* I'm sadder than Raidou already so let's move on. Hey, at least we can move on with IRL idols when they announce their marriage so *cringe* (haha)

P.S. "Aharen-san wants to be an idol! And idols need songs. That's why she's writing them down on her notebook." I don't know how much weed you smoke every day, Raidou, but I don't think that's it. *laughs* Like, DO IDOLS EVEN WRITE SONG LYRICS- Oh, Nan-chan. *giggles*

P.P.S. "No. Hang on. I need to calm down and seriously consider this. Getting ahead of myself generally hasn't led me to the right answer..." Damn, I wish this wasn't in this series. *laughs* "I should have more confidence in my intuition, too." ALRIGHT PLEASE DON'T (Like, who's going to tell him?)

Oh f**k is this going to be an episode about alcohol? I'm out. Sorry I gave the series using the 3-episode rule, I was wrong. *laughs* In this new episode where I am starting to find ways to hate this series which might go on for every weekend from here on lol please don't (#mono04), oh they are going for a spicy food rally next? I'm out. *laughs* But thank goodness we don't do that because even these underlings know not to mess around with WeTubers Akiyama Haruno Kodama Kako, let's not get ahead of ourselves here. *giggles* Because we are talking about winery and wine apparently, just a little bit, because the main 3 girls can't drink alcohol just yet so there really isn't much of a point to all of this (yes thanks for telling me this blog also and I hate you lol) but we did get some drunk Ueshama voicing so I guess we win. *laughs* And I also wondered who is going to drive them downhill considering she did uphill so I guess we still have Kako-san if she got enough content out of her own friend talking about wine so she can be featured on her next video- Man, I wish they did this with an IRL channel. *giggles* With drunk Ueshama? SIGN ME UP *laughs* And then we have the local photo rally as asked by Akiyama Haruno. I'm sure the kids didn't read the terms and conditions and yes this is all her fault, the trio had to go to all the locations and take photos... and also clear a jumbo plate of their speciality, by the way. So yeah, not cool. Not especially when eating makes you hot because your body is working to digest stuff, and then on a hot summer day because remember we are at the summer school holidays now and we still DO NOT have swimsuit or bikini which is already disappointing to me and I wish the authors knows how to fix this from whatever camping slice-of-life series they wrote last time. *laughs* We also found out a lot more about these girls I guess, from Shikishima who just is comparable to a professional eater but they get a read handicap for clearing one of them themselves so I guess she is cheating here she brought 2 more people, and the winner isn't them and a family of 3 so I guess they cheated even more, what else is new. *giggles* All in all... heck, I don't know what this Amamiya is made of but I'm liking her more. (No, not Sora, I don't have more images to tag here she doesn't post in her blog often lol) A reliable friend in times of need she did try to clear the food when Shikishima could not and screw you Kiriyama for sprinting despite not eating for sh*t, just being so on with Kiriyama and I guess that's how they got together because I was wondering how she matched her vibe lol, and just being cute for some reason. The voice actress I mean. *giggles* Hey, if this show is anything to go by, it's just growing on me, one jumbo dish of an episode a time. And that is honestly good enough reason to watch. I don't know what else the author played on their previous work, but if this is what will stick with me then I'm in all the way. Not with the corkscrews though, you can just punch me inwards instead. *laughs*

P.S. "Apparently, there's a winery that has all-you-can-drink for 2000 yen." Someone is foaming at the mouth and I don't know who haha definitely not me though maybe also Sumipe? "It's just a wine tasting." Yeah but it's free flow dude that's all that matters, says an alcoholic. *laughs*

P.P.S. "I could go on a nap with these wines too (in the cellar). Especially on Mondays." Garfield, is that you? Oh, cats can't drink. *laughs*

[monolog #8 monologue: Of course Shikishima's VA Touno Hikaru would be keen on alcohol buffet- Excuse me, wine tasting trip at the winery lol she had a whole photobook last year inspired by it and I didn't buy it lmao, and damn is Amamiya's VA growing on me, she reminds me of MusiRay'n 3rd generation (they will have a group name soon) member Aikawa Kanata. *giggles* Also yeah 3 people can't ring a bell because I'm supposed to ring with one of them *dabs*]

Oh, Mako-chan knows some German? The "guten tag" stuff? I don't know sh*t dude, I only know their English has a lot of "v" accents in them. *laughs* Also, why you be so mean to Mako-chan, Saya-chan? *laughs* In this new episode where hey we got new girl and I don't care if she is mad or a social hermit lol that's what people are calling me now btw (#HibiMeshi04), welcome Aizawa Saya I have waited for quite a while. *giggles* AS IF THIS ORIGINAL SERIES HASN'T GOTTEN BETTER and I can confirm that after reading a couple chapters of its manga adaptation (yup), Nana-chan here which I would refer to here I suppose, is PEAK INTROVERT AND I LOVE HER VOICE ACTRESS ALREADY- Ah. *laughs* Yes, disclaimer or whatever go read my MyAnimeList profile of me explaining how I prefer 3D over 2D so suck it "3D Kanojo" lol not that one, but yeah, even without Saya-chan in this series I've already given. *giggles* So let's talk about what this new girl is and what dynamic she brings into the club. Is the new girl interested in this club? And they are more serious than ever and then they found out all we do is just slacking and burning the school budget? What else is new but thanks for this plot that I will never get enough of. *giggles* Oh, this is not it? Meh. *laughs* Still, as you can expect, Nana-chan here is basically me if I was a girl but since I wasn't, let's talk about how she changed her appearance to attract people only to run away and stare into a wall instead of who she is talking to. Because same. *giggles* Okay, not the change appearance part, I don't want to stun the world and be the next ikemen or something and leaving my current bunch of bros in the dust. *laughs* (Trust me, I was more *cringe* than Nana-chan when I decided to write that in) Even with a weird face and a very shy personality, Nana decided to start her university life by NOT hanging out with her usual bunch of friends and starting a new one from scratch even with a new club she was interested in having (which really makes me wonder how handcuffs are into play here in future episodes) (but if Saya-chan wants to handcuff me my hands are already behind my back with my keyboard so go ahead dude) (lol) but sadly, it did not pan out well. She did attract people and that's more than I would even doing dumb things in life *sob* but she can't talk to people she doesn't know so that's a problem I guess. But come on, if she is a girl who can't speak to strangers we know girls who can't speak to ANYONE- Just be like Shizuka-chan from "Hyakkano" and get a voice translator installed on your phone, dude. Then we can't hear your adorable voice- I'm taking this back. *laughs* And I like how they made sure the normal one (Kurea) and the hyper extrovert (Shinon) are not around so we can make the encounter as awkward as humanely possible, they might be doing illegal club activities if I have seen them. *giggles* I mean Mako-chan, do what you do best, right? Cook her some food and we can be friends? Yes? No? Why? *cringe* So of course not surprisingly, cooking was what brought the new girl to the group once again so I guess all's well is well. I'm not well though, Aizawa Saya just voicing a cute girl and potentially hyper like Shinon as you know here is not good for my weak heart. *giggles* All in all... oh boy, this is the sh*t we're going to deal with for another 8 more episodes, huh. I'll take it. *giggles* I'll take just Nana-chan only if you guys don't mind. I'll even take her voice actress Aizawa Saya if you don't- *laughs* This series is already selling in many ways, I'm liking this so far, to be frank with you guys. Yes, more than "mono" and even the sequels, this is great, I'm glad I watched this. But can we stop with the social awkwardness even for a bit? It's getting too real I think I'm going to fall ill if I continue watching this mirror reflection lol

P.S. "I could barely string two words together! Kawai-san totally thinks of me as the weird corner-peeking girl!" Hey to be fair, Nana-chan? She's the same so be good friends at the corner, yes? *giggles* "If I made myself more eye-catching, could I attract more people this way?" Teenage girls when they start their Instagram TikTok channel haha prove me wrong 

P.P.S. "But why? Doesn't everyone love puzzles?" You mean like "Candy Crush" or what...? *laughs* If not then no, kids play mobile games these days they don't care about puzzles, not even like, the Rubik's Cube. "Do you solve Rubik's Cubes and stuff?" WHAT DID I TELL YOU HAHA

[Latest episode of their YouTube series "Moeno Azuki no Meshi Umashi": They made their own sandwiches! Considering only Kakuma Ai (voice of Kurea) is the only one who knows how to cut a tomato and she still screwed it up and none of them can assemble a sandwich as well as the example video... Uh, I'll gladly eat Saya-chan's handmade one AND make my own because she told me to. *laughs* She is born sadist haha go watch the video for the real deal but not her character though so more of Nana-chan I guess]

(*Links to Apple Music Japan, in English where applicable, of current year unless specified)

Wow, what do I even say? *laughs*

Okay fuzzy knot definitely has the best tunes so far but not like I'm giving their new title song so welp for that, but on the other side I am picking up Ikimono's album for a chance on their older releases and also taking a listen to their new collaboration songs because they need a way to replace their retired member *cringe* lol but otherwise, you would be pleased to hear that none of the others listen lived up to expectations. Yep, not even wacci-san. Okay maybe Chilli Beans but even even I'm not keen even after watching the music video so I don't know tbh. 

And I'm not even done listening to Ikimono! So yeah, will continue on that next week actually.

(*From Twitter/X; Information accurate as of writing)

I know right, an eating video? How original and not in every Anime special video series ever. *laughs*

Also, I probably shouldn't post outdated news for the week even if I want to give Asai Kenichi's best  selection album and Cider Girl's new album a chance. And ZuttoMayo's new song if I don't think it's disappointing already. *giggles* Still, not much news this week apart from the hype that is VELTPUNCH which kinda toned down once I realized they are just being a normal rock band now. Why *sob*

Okay NOW maybe we can take a trip down to the VTuber road... if they haven't all "graduated" already. *silence* I will find what is left of Hololive as they are credited by artist I follow here and there lol, and we'll take it from there. Maybe. We shall see, I'm slowly not in the mood to listen to new stuff so I might just take a break instead. That's called falling ill. *laughs*

Oh yeah, I thought I should say this now, for not the next but following Monday, I will probably do up the latest "Aharen-san" which we will see if I can align the schedule watching it at the night of a public holiday (lol so maybe not) and then watch the "Lycoris Recoil" shorts. They are short, so hopefully they won't get in the way on the usual Sunday schedule. I think I'll go see the doctor just so I can enjoy as long of a Golden Week as Japan (haha they end at Tuesday because they have in-lieu public holiday from today's "Green Day") just like I wanted. *dabs* Hey, when I realized it, it was too late, okay? You bet I spent WAY too much money before this just to keep my nose from going out of control. *sniff* See you guys then, and until next time... maybe I should take a break after the chaos at work which settled down as last month ended. Heck, no one will tell me I deserved it. Not even me. *shrugs*