Okay this did NOT go according to plan, but heck, I might as well talk about this first then. *dabs*

SO WELCOME BACK AS PROMISED (hehe) to ONE of the remaining TWO packages I've yet to talk about planned for this month, and this is interesting in many ways than other (apart from the title lol) because this will officially be the first package bought and shipped *wink* by my new accomplice service Buy&Ship!! I think they are not familiar to people who read this post so not me lol, but we have done this on and off since last year and then went full force just this month alone, giving me a good time to make use of its proxy shipping abilities combined with the usual shipping address method forwarding of packages along with its cheaper international shipping due to them routing to another country... This is just better what else can I say? *dabs*

I can cover so much more, but I think I'll let the package do the talking to show what I can do now, with a service that can charge me less while delivering more!! *laughs* (I mean, that's the whole point, right?)

I know this isn't the first package from Buy&Ship now since we have been teased last week with the BOOTH doujinshi run so maybe we skip the- UNBOXING!!!!! *laughs*

(Also this might be long and I'm not sorry for that; I can ship more than just stuff from Japan now as you will see it here *wink*)

So yeah let's talk about the OTHER reason why I decided to kick start this package and even though Animate wasn't being good sport joining everyone else in the banning-international-cards movement in Japan (not actual name) so thank goodness Buy&Ship ALSO has proxy buying services ALONG WITH forwarding services so Tenso do wise up and combine with your own buying service Buyee someday if you want me to come back, but meanwhile I shall enjoy the new edition of Ani=PASS Plus which finally arrived at my doorstep!!! *dabs* Yup, I CANNOT BELIEVE we are SO BACK in terms of reviewing magazines at this time of year we just did it last year with Inorin *blessed* (I like how they are showing the magazine the same way I am doing it lol I'm just doing it illegally-) and this is already THE 3RD TIME within a year to be honest with ya and if not for Mikakoshi and Ten-chan appearing in the same voice actress-focused magazine series but NOT together instead it was back-to-back issues (thanks Scene0 but also f**k you haha) I would've gone for more but uh, unlike those and if you need a recall this is a music-based magazine so everyone here... okay not really with the one Anime but I guess that counts, are involved in music one way or another. And this time around still staying true to my own rules, the front and back cover girls are Hanazawa Kana (obvious) and GODDAMMIT Ishihara Kaori managed to slip in at the back so yeah whatever, she counts. *giggles*

TL:DR; The process of me giving this magazine is basically, in order, seeing Kyari-san on social media firstly as one of the cover girls, and then Kana-chan's on the front cover and I'm like HYPE and as I took a look on where to get the special gifts and Animate just SHOVED it in my face Kana-chan with glasses and I melted into a "Buy Now" button. *laughs* You're welcome, ladies. *dabs* (Summarized in this meme image if you prefer those I just love to make these to prove my point don't mind me hehe)

Let's get the padding order out of the way and I'm sorry I lied last time I said no more trading cards already but they only produce these and you can guess where this is from. *cringe* Yep, this is the remains of my last order of PONY CANYON's official store Canime (in Japan) where I clear up what little else I can buy... that isn't bromide photos AND fanclub exclusives so I really don't know what I am thinking just wasting money on- And wasting money I did. Because as much as I was trying to clear the cards from Kitou Akari's overseas fan meeting last year I don't even care when which featured her fanclub's summer theme images from last year (again, Billboard live ones were like this too, deja vu?) and considering I bought SIX (6) for the 6 types present in the listing I would consider this an even dumber decision than what I did for Marinka-chan's Christmas event and this isn't even bromide photos and I just made it happen only half a year later because I also did not learn my lesson. *laughs* Hey, summer Akarin is just more *fap* okay you cannot blame me. *laughs* And don't ask why I bought Kana-chan's fanclub event photo cards from last year to go along with it as if I didn't spend enough money which are just images of her as a ninja and that came with descriptions of battle techniques as if this is NARUTO I can't even- If there's a disappearing skill I'm just going to mock her for disappearing on her husband if you guys don't mind-

THIS IS THE LAST TIME PONY CANYON YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED FOR SELLING PHOTO CARDS AND I CANNOT EVEN BUY FANCLUB EXCLUSIVES NOW EVEN WITH A SUBSCRIPTION- I am certainly NOT going to give my fanclub login to the proxy service, no f**king way, dude. *silence*

Maybe I will have to if I want to keep this going. *sigh* WHAT A HUGE WASTE OF F**KING MONEY!! *laughs*

(I also intended to talk about them separately but I think I have raged enough to keep them separate- Which will make NO SENSE why I delayed that other item which will arrive on time but heck, what's done is done I guess, no regrets what else is there to regret lol)

I like how I get to buy goods from her so we can like, commemorate on her departure from the series lol hey if it is time for change this might be it considering Hasegawa Kasumi's bromide photos from "Oretachi no Azasu!" series is quite literally the first and final sale of such items from the Instagram reel series (lol I just only showed her) which was also how I knew of Kasumi-san here and started her fandom last year, if you would recall. A lot has happened since then though the series even collaborated with Anime "KanaChoroi" starring Koga-chan I can't even, but she has since left the series this month and was replaced by a new girl... what's her name? *laughs* (I did not watch regularly anyways so) Also, she did start a fanclub which if it isn't obvious enough is going in that direction which I guess is good because that means her fan base is growing...? So yeah, this is just a way to remember her with glasses which got me so good, I just doom scroll Instagram reels for these now, thanks. *giggles* That aside though, these are just a set of 3 photos (okay the previews showed as much as I did- *laughs*) which just look great as I add more of her to the collection since last year, and seeing she just announced her very first photobook? We definitely got more to look forward to of her, and that's just a win to me. *dabs*

Will report on the next time she will be featured here, likely a full photobook review unlike the half-sized one from last year. *giggles*

This was also good opportunity to test out how I could actually use Buy&Ship's proxy order service to also get yet another Suruga-ya run going!!! *dabs* Yep, they are back with a vengeance and it's basically me getting revenge on them blocking international cards- Read the above once again I HATE to talk about that already *ugh* but suffice it to say... Okay this one might be complicated on how I managed to do this, so hear me out. *giggles*

Initially the idea was to make use of their buying site which similar to Buyee (recall that was how I did those auction runs back in the day, where they point you to online stores for convenience) and with purchase vouchers running as they have just opened it recently, this was an immediate no-brain move to start something like this as part of this package. Problem is that the proxy orders can only be done ONE ITEM PER STORE which I'm like smh so the alternative is to ignore the minuscule discount on the vouchers (lol) and instead order them directly (by putting in Suruga-ya.jp links) so this way, I can bundle up to 10 items in total which was what I did, and in addition I do not have to worry about how only A FRACTION OF ITEMS were listed on the Mercari proxy site. *cringe* Yeah too many limitations, so I just slapped 10 photos into an order before the weekend such that when the purchase was done, it was on the weekly free shipping weekend and I don't have to pay for local shipping. *dabs* You know, just with a small Buy&Ship tax now. And the waiting for them to buy it in fear of the photos going out of stock in the meantime. *ugh*

The 10 items here thus more deliberately selected since I wasn't bounded by availability but by... time... *cringe* Yup so me, say goodbye to the other Naganawa Maria photos from her appearance in Seiyuu Grand Prix thanks to her debut EP... which even with the one *blessed* hehe we will talk more about that at length next time *wink* and the many Kitou Akari ones which I missed so I tried to grab what's left that were newer and maaaaaybe they will be featured in the upcoming season of fanfics *wink* and half of them is from Kanno Mai's 2nd photobook released last year because she doesn't sell individual bromide sets (that aren't random) anyways its typically in sets with a physical event and I don't want to rob the chances of others getting it (ugh) (haha) and I am also bounded by the rules of one photobook per person... forever so there's that. *giggles* (What Kasumi-san?? LMAO) (Yeah, what Naobou? *laughs*)

So yeah, this might be the way going forward, if I want to continue this dirty hobby of buying back second-hand photos in the future so we can avoid auction trips from past years. *dabs*

Last but not least even though this should've been for the Surugaya-run but oh what the heck I want to be happy and that's why I help to clear the stock from Voice Garage's official store and you're welcome I hope I'm not too late, this is Aizawa Saya's livestream series bromide photo sets from past years!! *dabs* Specifically a whopping TWO SETS of photos from the year 2021(?) where she started (and I have already featured these in the fanfics FYI) and one set of photos with a download card from the following year 2022 where she travelled to Ishigaki and why did I not learn of that lol... but of course I had no reason to buy the former since I didn't start following her until at least 2 years later, and for the latter the download card of course would not work now it had an expiry date for viewing of its contents and not like it's a photobook *looks at Futon-chan* haha so let's be honest the only reason why I would buy all of these now... is because I want more of her. *blessed*

Yeah Saya-chan I am compensating for the years I haven't loved you so just release more of them photos or just come back with a fan club or something so I can simp on you pretty please I miss you already I am so sorry I didn't give you a lot of money fast enough to make you happy- Alright me, that's enough. *giggles*

Unrelated, these photos will be appropriately utilized so I can continue to fantasize our times together... in fiction. Stay tuned for more of our wholesome stories. *wink*

Anyone figure out from the title I was doing a Goosebumps book title reference? No? Okay never mind, I didn't read those books anyways, porno was better- Wait, what? *laughs* Oh, as in Karin-chan starring in a new microdrama series which made me feel like a f**king cuck? Got it. *cringe*

Well, I (think I) did warn you guys some of these stuff might be outdated lol the magazine was the only one that wasn't *laughs* and it sure makes the Suruga-ya run look newer in comparison I gotta say, but yeah, as you can see, they ship ANYTHING I throw at them, so this shall be the way forward. *wink* Problem is I also need to direct the fanclub stuff over here too, so I would need to remind myself afterwards when I see the next email reminder telling me to change my address or whatever. *giggles* See you guys next week for the FINAL package of the month which hopefully will appear on time before the month ends with a public holiday lol please appear before that *prays* where we WILL talk about something newer than most of this package. Promise. *smiles*

P.S. Wow posted at midnight, huh- I GUESS THIS COUNTS AS A SATURDAY POST!! You're welcome and enjoy your weekend. *dabs*