Van（ヴァン）
@citizenvan.bsky.social
(any/all) 日本語 OK
nobody gives a care about the fate of labor as long as they can get their instant gratification
nobody gives a care about the fate of labor as long as they can get their instant gratification
Getting back into kino, I started my reread of Berserk. I read it before in English, but stopped when they got to the ghost ship, which apparently is common? It's interesting seeing the early characterization of Guts as edgy action hero man knowing how the writing evolves once the Golden Arc begins.
January 8, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Getting back into kino, I started my reread of Berserk. I read it before in English, but stopped when they got to the ghost ship, which apparently is common? It's interesting seeing the early characterization of Guts as edgy action hero man knowing how the writing evolves once the Golden Arc begins.
I then randomly decided to read Kou iu no ga ii. Turns out it's an ecchi rom com where the couple are more than sex friends, less than lovers? Honestly, the writing's cringey, but the quirky gamer girl heroine uses a lot of strange slang that I've never heard before so at least that's interesting.
January 8, 2026 at 4:28 PM
I then randomly decided to read Kou iu no ga ii. Turns out it's an ecchi rom com where the couple are more than sex friends, less than lovers? Honestly, the writing's cringey, but the quirky gamer girl heroine uses a lot of strange slang that I've never heard before so at least that's interesting.
The manga I read next was One Piece, which I've read before in English. My plan is to read volume one of every manga I'm interested in, then volume two, and so on. I'm probably not gonna finish any particular manga for a few years, but I think there's something kinda neat about that idea, idk.
January 8, 2026 at 2:30 AM
The manga I read next was One Piece, which I've read before in English. My plan is to read volume one of every manga I'm interested in, then volume two, and so on. I'm probably not gonna finish any particular manga for a few years, but I think there's something kinda neat about that idea, idk.
The first manga I decided to read in this year's quest to become a bonafide manga enjoyer was Yotsuba&!, from the same guy behind Azumanga Daioh. Very charming, w/ some excellent, wholesome comedy. The manga lives and dies via Yotsuba's interactions w/ the other characters and doesn't disappoint.
January 7, 2026 at 9:08 PM
The first manga I decided to read in this year's quest to become a bonafide manga enjoyer was Yotsuba&!, from the same guy behind Azumanga Daioh. Very charming, w/ some excellent, wholesome comedy. The manga lives and dies via Yotsuba's interactions w/ the other characters and doesn't disappoint.
This game actually has some pretty artful writing, I'm impressed.
January 30, 2025 at 9:21 PM
This game actually has some pretty artful writing, I'm impressed.
Obviously everything in Ritchie's letter is bunk, but I just thought this section was really funny, where he's just trying really hard to feign outrage over an objectively funny meme.
November 7, 2024 at 10:02 PM
Obviously everything in Ritchie's letter is bunk, but I just thought this section was really funny, where he's just trying really hard to feign outrage over an objectively funny meme.
what are characters from Destiny Child, a discontinued gacha game, doing in a game called "Legend of Mushroom?" the art styles don't even match cause they're just using reused assets lol. this thing has a million downloads. what is going on in the mobile gaming space
November 7, 2024 at 5:19 PM
what are characters from Destiny Child, a discontinued gacha game, doing in a game called "Legend of Mushroom?" the art styles don't even match cause they're just using reused assets lol. this thing has a million downloads. what is going on in the mobile gaming space
I like when comics do this. Leaving a foreign language untranslated allows readers from the intended audience to empathize with the character in this scene while also giving little easter eggs to those who actually know the language or go to the trouble of google translating it.
November 4, 2024 at 4:07 PM
I like when comics do this. Leaving a foreign language untranslated allows readers from the intended audience to empathize with the character in this scene while also giving little easter eggs to those who actually know the language or go to the trouble of google translating it.
"POPPY GAME INSULT TO OUR WAR DEAD"
- Daily Star, November 23rd 1993
- Daily Star, November 23rd 1993
October 28, 2024 at 10:54 PM
"POPPY GAME INSULT TO OUR WAR DEAD"
- Daily Star, November 23rd 1993
- Daily Star, November 23rd 1993