Wow, it's like someone realized my life is too good today because I'm doing this and then fanfics later tonight *wink* so I just erm, accidentally permanently deleted all the backed up screenshots on my PC. *silence* Welp. *sob* AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH (lol)

Anyways sad things aside and boy that was as sad as when I realized I have been using hardlinked filed as duplicates lol I think I mentioned that before, maybe I just am cursed to use Linux. *cringe* Okay okay come back me, we have quite a package to cover!! Didn't know I could do this a week earlier- Forget the previous package being in October. *laughs*

FINALLY A NORMAL PACKAGE!! (lol not really)

I know it is a normal package so I'm just going to do a normal UNBOXING!!! (Haha ah hey, this is considered normal, okay?)

Yeah wow this is quite a long time coming. *giggles* So let's talk about MusicRayn's Coming-of-Age Ceremony Live Event Goods which is *laughs* maybe too young for even these ladies, but celebrating 20 years of this talent agency and/or music label depending on your knowledge of this company lol, is not a coincidence, and ever since, I get to know of them quite soon as they appear on the voice acting industry, of course starting with Tomatsu Haruka back in 2008 with Anime "Kannagi" if I'm not wrong. Since then, I have been blessed with Toyosaki Aki and her adorable voice from the Anime "K-ON!" series where I'm sure it made people like cute girls for those who have seen that marvel, Kotobuki Minako and her forehead but most importantly image (lol) as we adore her lovely voice to her lovely body *chef's kiss* haha I know Tomacchan should be that example but she's too slim- And of course Takagaki Ayahi did get me with her songs even though sparingly, might still be some of my favourites from a decade ago. A lot of time has passed since then, with them dealing with marriage... eventually lol and/or kids, and the event was held in due time to remember the days where all of them were together singing songs, in one of the first voice actress-based idol groups called "sphere" in case you wondered how there is like a plethora of them today. And if you think this is the end, not to worry, all of them are still in Anime here and there, 2nd generation TrySail and 3rd generation DayRe: (colon included) are carrying on their music legacy. *dabs* (Yes, I know 4th gen exists Sara-chan is adorable- But we know they aren't quite there yet)

Short note from the announcement of the goods itself though, I thought it'll be appropriate to put the sphere girls into the pamphlet category in this blog (lol) and since this is the year of the acrylic stands *laughs* I also chose 1 of the 2 available sets which of course kimono because- We can't just look at old women slim bodies now, dude, we have to move on and give them some due respect. *salutes*

Oh yeah I should get the screenshot when she signed this but WHY IS THIS SO MUCH LESSER THAN- I don't know if Hasegawa Kasumi's online signing event goods is worse off compared to marupi-san's, but considering I paid WAY more on this one and somehow got even less. *cringe* Anyways, these terms should be rather familiar to you and I especially for me, because I did tease about this event held by the same company, which also means it has tier systems but this time around it isn't as aggre egregious as (lol) the other one where their max simp plan is twice the amount for this max simp plan *dabs* so I went for it. *dabs* What you get though, apart from the signing (from an iPad) of the (digital) cover and of course a digital copy of the photobook... which is DRM-protected to hell lol this is no Amazon Kindle by the way, you also get a Polaroid photo taken during the event (I assume she has to do this for everyone who signed, and that's in the hundreds) but also- And this is where the confusion comes in.

I legit thought because it wrote "message you can choose selfie image" that it would be similar to years ago where we got an audio log of Kanno Mai saying good night to "Shouhei" *blessed* but this would be generic and you have 3 types to choose from, but erm... They also just wrote on where the sign is. *silence* I feel like I've been duped. *laughs* I even went as far as to strategize on which message I would like because... you know, encouraging you before you work is somehow motivating in a sense- But yeah, nope. *laughs* I also want to comment on the digital release so in case you have paid for this too and if so I am sorry (lol), because there are certain pages which were removed which are mainly on where she wore the black swimsuit and I *fap* to it, if you would recall my review of the PHYSICAL book from earlier this year.

I don't think I'll ever do this again. Happy birthday, Kasumi-san, this was done on your birthday too. *sob*

Okay the previous one might be on them, but this one is 100% on me. *laughs* This is because doing this Nakashima Yuki Birthday Event... Second-Hand Run is erm, compensation to unfortunately NOT Yukki (lol) for NOT actually remembering to buy the post-event sales goods which AAAARRRRRRGGGHHHH I guess I should start from the top. *giggles*

Travelling back to almost 2 months ago on her birthday week so mid September, where they announced after sales for her birthday event which happened that weekend, which then included new sets of random bromide photos for sale from the SAME EVENT by the way lol this is ultimate simp I would assume even after showing off two sets with and without a fanclub subscription, and THEN topped it up with more random bromide photos and acrylic stands from her fan meeting event in Wakayama... It's nothing but simp waiting to happen for your poor boi prepared to burn another hole in his wallet. *giggles* But no, on the day I tried to do that which was that weekend too if I recall (even thinking of how many photos of EACH event I would want to get my hands on, either 6 or 8), my debit card decided to go down that day (until that night if I remember correctly) so I did not make the purchase, not even with Buy&Ship just in case I forgot... And I forgot all about it. *laughs* To make it worse, I marked in my notes that I bought it WHY THE F- *sigh* And it wasn't until long after the sales were over end September and mid October came by where it's time to ship and... it never came. This was then I realized there was also no email receipt of such an order, and I was waiting for disappointment all along. *sob*

Thankfully, I did not declare the remaining items which means I still had time to compensate and be able to write ALL about this by, ironically I didn't expect this to work, get a bunch of used sets online. Thanks Mercari as always but not really, this money should've gone to Yukki though I'm just guilt-tripping myself at this stage, and I'll continue to do so as I argue with myself why buying back fanclub-only bromide photos from the 1st batch of birthday goods to even photos sold only on the event itself, was a good idea after all.

Remember, me, all this money could've included more photos in that adorable green outfit and that acrylic stand. *sob* I guess the upside was there were no duplicates, and in the end I still got more photos to write fanfics of her. *laughs*

I'm so sorry, Yukki!!

Welp, someone wised up and noticed that instead of a digital photobook which can be pirated to hell, that getting me to buy these Kouno Marika "My girl Vol.46" Print Bromides is the best idea on heaven... and I wonder why they didn't do that last year too. *giggles* Hey, of course the resolution on this would not be great if I scanned them compared to if I took screenshots of them from Amazon Kindle on my Surface Pro (LMAO) but hey, at least you can buy ALL THIRTY-THREE (33) PHOTOS AT A4-SIZE!!! *laughs* No I didn't I'm not that simp that would cost 10 times as much and 2 times as much as the digital photobook from last year *cringe* (and I even bought Ogura Yui's... photo collection lol) (that's because those were cheap...er?) but I do like the idea of buying photos featuring those three outfits seen from the magazine *dabs* haha I've been doing this for almost a decade thanks for asking, so they didn't get me, this was already on the agenda the moment I saw them teasing it on thee book a month ago. *giggles*

This also represented the next largest set of purchased bromide photos for this year since Ayachi, and is the 3rd time I bought print bromides based on the "My girl" magazine series after NonNon and Sumipe if you would recall- Man, I wish I could get my hands on some main cover girl Ueshama photos, but I guess it's not possible, huh. (See my Seigura bromides review on why, TL:DR; because she is very expensive) And despite my fast fingers I was 4 days faster than the official announcement on social, it still took its time to appear, and was one of the last to arrive if not for my blunder with Yukki. *shrugs*

This one took months to arrive but heck I'm not really complaining, but could you believe Takao Kanon's 1st fanclub live event gacha happened way before the announcement back in June but took until her birthday to ship?? *cringe* I'm not entertaining any more questions. *laughs*

Shipping mid October which is like WHAT THE F- I was even less keen on this than the one we did before for her birthday last year if you would recall... I reviewed that to start the year LMAO which was also delayed for 3 months, probably will have the same problems I ranted before, mostly live event photos, bromide photos with a border and/or large text on it. But this time around, her name isn't etched on all of them as I got to see the previews (well, not across these photos at the very least) so thank goodness it wasn't as bad they may have received some feedback and unrelated I might be able to put them up as my phone wallpaper *dabs* and they have free gifts with number of rolls purchased too similar to *ahem* the one with Chisa-chan lol, which for my case a 10-roll gave me *wink* another random bromide photo, what else is new. *giggles* Which sadly isn't cumulative, otherwise having like "good night" voice clips would also be cool she can replace MaiMai- Thankfully she didn't (LMAO) which now I guess you can look at the results down below if you are interested on how my luck was... half a year ago. *laughs*

Hey, at least there isn't a body-size tapestry where I do not know where to keep in my room!! *giggles*

What else is new it's this time of the year again, it's the new edition of Minase Inori's fanlub newsletter!! How many years does this make apart from my brief break from giving her a steady stream of money? *laughs* (Also, this is yearly subscription wdym) Has it already been FIVE (5) years since I did not stop my subscription?? *laughs* Damn, but yeah, overall 6 years it has been, and it's still quite a joyride with her doing her 10th anniversary pop-up store as a solo music artist, to her summer-themed single leading to an open air live... She's still killin' it, and that's why I haven't quit and just renewed my subscription for next year. *dabs* To be fair, I don't think the recent website vulnerability which caused small sites like this (lol) to shut down for patching really affected the re-subscriptions, but seeing that I have NO REASON to unsub but also my re-sub period was in September *dabs* I guess it was due time that I should get this along with the seasonal newsletter they send to your inbox and I have to ship. For 5 or 6 years already how many years it has been. *smiles*

Still most worth fanclub though just for the monthly livestreams now? Hey, I like to see her hanging out with men that isn't me. *laughs* (I meant the band for her open air live, relax)

Okay, I'll stop here for now I'm just dealing with regrets with every package now... but I do want to write Miyu-chan fanfic instead of Ibuki-chan, even though!!! Even though in my defence *giggles* the latter will get her new story within the month I will remind myself again, but heck, even then was a last minute decision- Never again. *laughs* I'll go cry for a bit before I do the fanfics unless I don't even have the time, which would be a good idea because then I don't have to think about how many great days I've spent in front of this monitor. *silence* I'm just going to jack myself off to Marinka-chan's "photobook". *laughs*

P.S. I just noticed how much I was behind on physical products of Japanese voice actresses specifically Seigura, where my requirements of both cover girl personalities are women I know. *giggles* Yeah, for example 2018, where the February issue was Sumipe on front cover and Mina-chan on back cover, and the January issue was Ten-chan ON BOTH COVERS?? I thought the only time that happened was when I reviewed that anniversary Seigura?? Yeah, wild, so thank goodness I technically only started on this during the pandemic. *dabs*

No, don't tempt me to revisit these, I've seen what's inside them thanks to China (lol) but also, I haven't even gotten Kana-chan's photobook on the bed yet LMAO WHAT *laughs*