See, this is the best kind of day off: You go meet your finance manager, go to your neighbouring branch of MUJI and buy stuff you thought only existed in Japan (lol), and then take a nap- Oh what did you say, there is a package coming?? No naps then. *giggles*

THANK GOODNESS this is here to end the month with MY FINAL TENSO PACKAGE- Hey f**k you, you used to be accurate in shipping so how is the Buy&Ship package which I intend to review with this one arrive faster than you- Never mind, they don't get to talk now. *dabs* What I DO get to talk about though, is how much variety we have in this box... I don't even know if half of them here is even legal. *giggles* I'm breaking the rules and setting new one in this new era of buying stuff from Japan, so let's talk about them!!

This... might take a while depending on how much I want to share, to be honest. *laughs*

Before we start though, for the last time...!!! Yeah, it's not the last but trust me, you might miss this UNBOXING!!! *dabs*

Okay this was as usual months in the making even though it need not have, this is the new batch of Dead of Alive Venus Vacation character mini acrylic stands!!! Well, I did not mention it as new character(s) mainly because they haven't been introducing many new characters unlike their pace for the first 5 years the roster is kinda a lot even with new girl of this year Nozomi and total is 33 now which is concerning it's catching to my REAL age lol, so nowadays they have the-special-story-line-where-they-confess-to-me paid romance and special outfit "True Colors" series to show a different side of them, which of course I am proud of Monica-chan getting into the spotlight for once which made her even cuter than I expected I can't even *blessed* hehe, and Sayuri was probably the one day I could not forget because her voice actress Waki Azumi "accidentally" showed herself on camera on her own livestream AFTER showing her face in the game's livestream which introduced the new content of her character. *giggles* (I'm not going to explain here; DM me on social if you want to know)

Apart from covering for shipping fees for purchasing it as soon as it was announced, with this also released during the holiday season last year, if you purchase these mini acrylic stands within 24 hours after the livestream came with a Christmas card which hey it is 3 months late when this shipped actually almost 4 months late already by the time I saw this lol... And it's Sayuri (which I wished was any random character) but who cares we got booba everywhere on this island, I wish I could take off my owner's sunglasses and look at walls for once. *laughs*

Ah I like this story for myself haha please you only read this because of the origin story and this one is always a joy to talk about especially given the circumstances, this is Tomita Miyu's fanclub gacha for her recent fanclub event held at an aquarium!! I mean, the aquarium part doesn't mean she is IN the performances involving dolphins or whatever she is the host and sitting with the audience which were her fanclub members anyways, but the after sales from the event which appeared in the form of a gacha which, in case you wondered, included bromide photo sets so THERE IS NO WAY I actually did not cancel my fanclub subscription in time during February for my birthday this year ONLY to be able to purchase this in March just because. *dabs* Unrelated, I also subbed last November for her birthday but we know that was for a different reason. *dabs* So yeah, these cancel-anytime monthly subscriptions are the best, and please, PLEASE Miyu-chan I need more bromide photos so we can continue our fanfic lore of- You can go read that yourself, but also yes, a sequel is now in place if you saw what the photos look like. *blessed*

I know I call this variety but we must not forget our roots ie. buying bromide photos of Japanese voice actresses *dabs* it is in my bones and you cannot tell me otherwise, so maaaaybe you should NOT be surprised with Hanazawa Kana's bromide photos in collaboration with rock band Polkadot Stingray and I actually do not mean the collaboration in song production OR their two-man live together held earlier this month.

That is good enough of a summary of the event I don't think I want to talk about that more, but apart from being so based of Polkadot Stingray's vocalist Shizuku-san to self-cover the song she wrote for Kana-chan... okay I should talk about the goods and this is the one time PONY CANYON was based for (1) allowing me to still pay via international cards so this was before April 1st FYI, and (2) doing this until they showed me sets of trading cards I want to *pukes* lol, is to introduce random bromide photo sets for EACH ARTIST so I can actually simp more on a divorced voice actress instead of a rock band in Japan who miiiiight be struggling under a major label and has only seen success since their recent revival. *giggles* So yeah, the Kana-chan journey hasn't ended, the photos are mainly based on her new song's music video so I'll be sure to put the link here go watch it first before I show you WHY I WOULD BUY FIFTEEN (15) PHOTOS JUST TO GET A FREE GROUP PHOTO!!! *laughs* AND IT IS STILL RANDOM!! *laughs*

This is no longer a duplicate check; I'm just glad I didn't get back-to-back duplicates of a duplicate. *laughs* (There were more if you hit 30 and 45 if you buy the band ones too but NOPE)

This might be overkill or this might be respect because if it's the latter then my excuse should then be since they won't appear in Comiket anyways I don't think they make thin books nor are they exactly indie, but this is famous illustrator Nakamura Yuusuke's newest art book featuring their works for animation and print, so, you know, just a super popular guy you wish you were this cool. *dabs* 

Stemming out of the scene 20 years ago and you might have seen them before for their distinct art style and detailed artwork, he they the Sensei was known for drawing for way too many stuff, including but not limited to (1) rock band ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION's cover art which are exclusively from him right from the start (apart from 2015 lol) and even today their music releases for the year are still drawn by yours truly, (2) Anime "Yojouhan Shinwa Taikei" and "Yoru wa Mijikashi, Arukeyo Otome" as illustrator of their source novels and animation director and character designer of their animated adaptations so much so their style is basically one-to-one lively produced to a tee, and (3) even guest draws for Anime like "Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de" and the "Adventure Time" series- Wait, what? *laughs*

So this is basically where I started a couple of months ago, fascinated by their artwork and this was not the first time, and as they share them freely online which is based in a world of AI-generated artwork, I worry for their future too to be honest. I did decided how I can pay them back for the years of *chef's kiss* hehe and their calendar for the year was sold out so that was a pity but also you will know why I didn't buy them later in this post *giggles* but suffice it to say I can talk... enough about them already and how their art style has changed my life (of course thanks to the authors of those works above too) because I think I need to ensure that YOU know for a fact especially for Ajikan I would add:

Let's show how their art went from simplicity to the beautiful complication of lines and layers of magic, and the influence they have reached in Japanese art culture today!! *salutes* I WILL though keep my comments short because if I describe everything this will never end hehe

It has been some time and if all goes well (and it did since that package came in first) then next time you see this it'll be through Buy&Ship and not like you will care, because the journey to simp on my very first subscribed fanclub will continue and the new issue of Minase Inori's fanclub newsletter will be here to prove it!! *sighs* Haha they are still one of many fanclubs I am willing to allow a quarterly physical newsletter to ship and I would pay for the shipping (lol) because if you have been here long enough you will know I have gotten (and cancelled) many fanclub newsletters, and I still think Inorin's her still holds up, with regular segments and short Q&As apart from the obvious music event coverage as she is still active in leading to her 10th anniversary late last year.

Pleased to continue to make acquaintance with you this year, Inorin. *wink* Oh, remind me to watch her fanclub livestream again tonight and forget about that Instagram live of DayRe: with TrySail as their special guest. *dabs* (Edit: I did *dabs*)

OKAY we are finally at the last stretch haha the art book definitely made this a lot longer than I expected and I already cut that down a lot, but that isn't as much of a mistake (lol) as getting TrySail's wall calendar for the new school year!! *laughs* I refer you back to when we started all of this buying calendars BS where I specifically mentioned I will only buy ONE calendar per year starting from January... but that is not how things have looked just for this new year, it looks like. So apart from having Yukimura Eri's calendar starting in January on my desk *blessed* which is still great you can scan the calendar every month for her to say sweet nothings about flower meanings to you *giggles* I WILL NOW ALSO (hehe) slowly transition into the "school year" calendars starting in April just so I don't have to wait for the last 3 months of each year for this which is fine but more importantly, be able to talk about other voice actress calendars. *dabs*

And the reason to start with TrySail was purely just because I finally started subscribing to their fanclub since last year so you're welcome, girls. I just needed a reason to justify looking at those behind-the-scene videos of the calendar. *dabs* Oh unrelated, I will likely explore other calendars which are likely Kanno Mai since she did hint on doing one next year (but not this year?) and then maybe Ookubo Rumi just because, and in that order. *laughs* (Yeah, note to self 2 years from now)

I think I'll stop here for now I'm hungry for dinner this came in quite late into the afternoon and I LITERALLY FORGOT there is not thin book worth of art in there. *giggles* Which won't matter much to you because I'll probably be distracted by the many MANY livestreams happening on the first day of Golden Week (yup, in case you wonder when my work leave started) (and will end lol) so this will be out tonight at the earliest, promise. *laughs* Otherwise, I am still looking forward... *prays* for a digital version of "inKONBINI" for the Nintendo Switch which I am keen on playing even if over the next week, but uh... this is the problem. *cringe* So yeah, maybe I just end up playing one GOG game a week next week instead, even better. *dabs* All the dumb things I'm going to do and even maybe a Klassic Note week-long blog post special is on the table to be fair, so look forward to whenever I will be able to talk about... any of those!! See ya! I still cannot believe I just slapped "otaku" on the post title again lol

P.S. Alright I'm done with all the livestreams tonight lol Inorin's one was particularly long it was as if she doesn't want to leave my room wall... *giggles*