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Demelza Ward

@reporterdem.bsky.social

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Writer by day, hero of fantasy worlds by night. Bookworm. Talks about Japanese media. Writes for @animeuknews.net & @anime-atelier.com. A founder of @otakuarchivists.bsky.social. Opinions are my own. She/her. 日本語OKでもまだ勉強 https://linktr.ee/reporterdem

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Demelza Ward @reporterdem.bsky.social · 30m

Started reading You Can’t See the Snow for my commute read. Uh, this is going to emotionally devastate me at some point right? I also really want to look up on the kanji for their names since it is so on the nose based on the pronunciation.

Demelza Ward @reporterdem.bsky.social · 2h

I hope you’re right and I’m just overly negative about it lol. And yeah I’m with you on that I’m not too fussed about what S3 will do, later books are more interesting. I like the idea of the film being an original by the author rather than shoving a LN adaptation in tho!

Demelza Ward @reporterdem.bsky.social · 2h

It’s frustrating because I think a TV series or movie on its own next year would be absolutely fine, but both is not good.

Demelza Ward @reporterdem.bsky.social · 2h

I mean given what happened with S2, I highly doubt it now you’re shoving two projects into production at the exact same time. And it’s OLM, they’re not flush with staff and resources given they have to juggle Pokemon all the time. There’s a reason Zom 100 chose them as the black company…

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Demelza Ward @reporterdem.bsky.social · 2h

Honestly I can’t bring myself to be excited about Apothecary Diaries when you’re trying to take what was already a hellish production and churn out a film for the end of next year AND two cours of anime (at least it’s split…). Again! Just sounds like a disaster waiting to happen.

Demelza Ward @reporterdem.bsky.social · 13h

It does not have an English release it looks like, but the J-Talk article gave me a good idea of what it’s about and I’ll probably pick it up at some point.

Demelza Ward @reporterdem.bsky.social · 13h

I googled 店長がバカすぎて since it came up on my feed, which then led me to discover it’s by the same author who wrote Royal Family which I’m currently watching the drama for. And then when I googled if there was an English translation it led me to Japanese Talk’s review. So many unexpected connections!

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Demelza Ward @reporterdem.bsky.social · 15h

It takes forever, but can finally buy outfits from the posh shop in Kalos. Suit time!

A screenshot from Pokemon Z-A of my player character and partner Jolteon.

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Demelza Ward @reporterdem.bsky.social · 22h

After 16 years Mamoru and Shunly ended Namako, though it didn’t feel like a final episode since it was the same laidback atmosphere as always. I wish I’d started watching it sooner and been less hung up on my language skills to even try, I missed out on so much. But we can only move forward not back

Demelza Ward @reporterdem.bsky.social · 2d

That said, I enjoyed what did get published so although it seems to be in limbo now I'm not particularly unhappy if that's all we ever see.

Demelza Ward @reporterdem.bsky.social · 2d

Finished Engaging with the Plot: A Former Cat’s Attempt to Save Her Now Temporary Fiancé volume 2 last night. It brings most of the main storyline to an end with some stuff left open to carry on. The web novel did continue, but not enough for a third vol and hasn't been updated since early 2024.

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Demelza Ward @reporterdem.bsky.social · 2d

Caught a shiny Fletcling yesterday, wish I’d found it earlier since I’ve raised one all the way at this point. Still cool tho, second shiny so far!

A screenshot from Pokemon Z-A showing a shiny Fletchling

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林史也📚❻巻6/20✍️連載中 @fuhit0be.bsky.social · 4d

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sakugabooru & Sakuga Blog @sakuga.bsky.social · 2d

The Summer Hikaru Died / HikaNatsu’s Seeping Horror And The Concept Of Enshutsu Anime blog.sakugabooru.com/2025/10/19/h... #anime #animation #sakuga #TheSummerHikaruDied #Hikanatsu #光が死んだ夏 #ひかなつアニメ

The Summer Hikaru Died / HikaNatsu’s Seeping Horror And The Concept Of Enshutsu Anime - Sakuga Blog

The Summer Hikaru Died / HikaNatsu‘s anime was conceptualized around Ryohei Takeshita’s adventurous direction, but without losing sight of the author’s core ideas. With a sequel on the horizon, it’s t...

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Demelza Ward @reporterdem.bsky.social · 3d

I found best Pokemon so we’re all good now.

A screenshot from Pokemon Z-A with my trainer stood next to an Eevee mid-jump.

Demelza Ward @reporterdem.bsky.social · 4d

That’s awful, especially when they rescheduled it after the last time. Really sorry to hear :(

Demelza Ward @reporterdem.bsky.social · 4d

I think it was Noibat’s fault since it set me on the vampire theme for names back then. XD still love that silly thing.

Demelza Ward @reporterdem.bsky.social · 4d

Y'know I vaguely recall it being Kalos where I had Pokémon nicknamed after the Vampire Knight trio. Which was fine for Kaname and Yuki, but Zero was not a good name lol. My nicknames this time around don't really have a theme yet, I'm just throwing out whatever works.

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Demelza Ward @reporterdem.bsky.social · 5d

Certainly not doing my backlog any good that’s for sure!

Demelza Ward @reporterdem.bsky.social · 5d

Bookcase arrived and built. \o/

Good timing ‘cause my September books are here. I understand why I had to pay so much in shipping now, these were heavy…

A black bookcase with the bottom shelf half filled already

Two stacks of manga on my desk topped with even more manga and a copy of Pokemon Legends Z-A

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Demelza Ward @reporterdem.bsky.social · 6d

Mostly I just dislike the ‘you can’t learn x from y’ ‘cause you almost always can, just as a part of a wider set of things. And immersion with a thing you enjoy is a very, very powerful tool. (I feel like I said all this recently…)

Demelza Ward @reporterdem.bsky.social · 6d

LRP: At some point I’m gonna write another language blog ‘cause I sure have levelled up a lot this year from tossing myself into the deep end watching those Seiyu to Yoasobi streams. Is anime (or that) gonna teach you a whole language? Absolutely not, but there’s nuance to the use of it as you go.

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Japanese Talk @japanesetalk.bsky.social · 6d

Just saw a post that said you can't learn Japanese from watching anime and I agree but also don't agree.

Watching any old anime won't be as helpful as slice of life, which can help with more commonly used words and phrases.

AND you still need to study Japanese to actually learn the language.

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Anime UK News @animeuknews.net · 7d

We have another light novel review for you today as @reporterdem.bsky.social takes us through [Oshi No Ko] Volume 1: Spica the First Star! Available from @yenpress.com #推しの子

[Oshi No Ko] (Light Novel) Volume 1 Review • Anime UK News

[Oshi No Ko]'s first light novel offers three prequel stories following Ai, Sarina and Gorou's lives before we got to know them in the popular manga series.

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Demelza Ward @reporterdem.bsky.social · 6d

It was surprisingly difficult to find something to fit since I have a hard limit on width and height, but have a lot of depth and didn’t wanna end up with something that doesn’t take advantage of that. Like I always _desperately_ need book space, so I don’t wanna be compromising y’know.