Sunfish Dreamworld

Hello, I'm Rin! I use this website as a creative expression for myself and don't really have an audience in mind, but I'm thankful for anyone that enjoys what they see here. Besides coding, some of my hobbies include drawing and crafting, writing, watching anime, and reading. Sometimes I indulge in these things, and sometimes I don't, so I try to be more involved and consistent with my hobbies and interests by sharing them here. Though I first started learning how to code in the beginning of 2022, it wasn't until March of 2024 when I got more into coding and less into most social media platforms. I thought that working on my own projects would be a nice change of pace— and it definitely has been. This site gets updated quite often, so feel free to visit every now and then!

For anyone who has any questions, concerns, or just wants to reach out about something, you can email me or message me elsewhere. I'm also open to chatting with people that might have similar interests to me and think we'd get along, but please be at least 18! If you want to leave behind an anonymous or public message for my site, you can use my guestbook. Don't be shy!


You're most definitely wondering how I came up with a username as interesting as Sunfish Dreamworld. This is something I've been wanting to write about for a while now, and this site gives me a good excuse to do so! I came up with my username near the end of summer in 2022, so it's strange to think about how "new" it still is, at least, compared to the other username that I had for nearly 7 years...

I've always been a fan of horror, but in 2022, I was really interested in liminal spaces, especially locations that had water where water shouldn't be. I know that's weirdly specific, but there was something about this subgenre of horror that I found really intriguing. I've also been a fan of weird usernames I would see online from time to time, or those music playlists on YouTube with cryptic titles.

In 2020, I watched a video that featured this girl. You've probably seen her before, especially since she was really popular a few months ago (for some reason). I was immediately captivated by her off-putting face, and the website that she's from is even more bizarre. The name of it stuck with me too. イルカの夢でさようなら, or "Goodbye in the Dream of a Dolphin". You can probably already see the parallels between that and Sunfish Dreamworld. It wasn't until not that long ago when I found out that Iruka is a musical artist who isn't so mysterious, and I was kind of sad that this wasn't some sort of weird unfiction where no one knew where this girl came from or what the point of her was. It felt like knowing where she came from kind of made her less unsettling and interesting, but now I'm just complaining!

I didn't go with the sea creature motif just because of Iruka— I've loved a lot of things related to the ocean ever since I was little. There were a lot of sea creatures that I really liked, and I learned more and more about them through Animal Crossing: City Folk. I never knew that sunfish existed until I caught one for the first time, and I've been obsessed with them since then! I love how they look in the game, and it wasn't until later when I found out just how huge they actually are.

I actually thought that Sunfish Dreamworld was too good of a name, and I even considered using it for my own horror/unfiction story (that I haven't made any progress with (yet)) instead of my online identity. It's kind of weird to think how it was just going to be a temporary username, but that's just who I am now.

  • Anime
  • Sailor Moon, Read or Die (OVA), Devilman (OVAs), Re: Birthday
  • Manga
  • Fruits Basket, Monochrome Factor, My Solo Exchange Diary, Devilman, orange, Koisuru Boukun
  • Current favorite song
  • Nothing right now
  • Novels
  • Heaven Official's Blessing series, "The Lake" and "Kitchen" by Banana Yoshimoto
  • Horror games
  • Ib, The Witch's House, Paranoiac, Detention, Cry of Fear
  • Hobbies
  • (Listed from most to least "active")
  • reading manga, coding, watching anime, drawing, tracking media, journaling, playing piano, learning Japanese, reading novels, perler bead crafts, writing reviews, cross-stitching, playing games, merchandise collecting, creating AMVs, writing fanfics


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    Credits ☆

    Coded with VScode

    Page layouts: homepage worked off of "cyanobacteria" by ribose, other pages worked off of various themes by repth

    Media log layout: Gentlebliss

    "Current favorite songs" functionality: this specific Stack Overflow thread

    Custom cursor: cursors-4u (Oxygen Cherry set)

    Banner: Official art by Kairi Sorano, colored version by Chloe

    Edited Irasutoya illustration: Velvet Lori (thank you!)

    Zoom effect: jubiland

    Shadow borders: Loveberry Resources

    Lace borders + tutorial: Solaria's Webspace



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    Custom tooltip: malihu's jQuery plugin

    File compression: tinify

    Cute div styles + code snippets: Loveberry Resources

    MP3 and video file hosting: catbox.moe

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    YAOI WEBRING

    melodic ♪ Dark & Light (Shirogane)

    Mine! // Shirogane

    flora lilac

    linked! Tsukimi

    aromatic // lavender

    Nobility // princess of sunfish!

    Questions from this prompt list.

  • angel; have you ever been in love?
  • I think a lot of people have been in love at some point. *averting my eyes*

  • petal; favorite novel and author?
  • I've been enjoying the Tian Guan Ci Fu (Heaven Official's Blessing) novels by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù, though my favorite author is (or was) Banana Yoshimoto because the way she writes sometimes reminds me of how my thought process works (that being a bit unnatural). If I include mangaka, Natsuki Takaya is especially a recent favorite of mine. I've been showing off a lot of her side notes from Furuba to my friends, and I'm honored that they compare my writing style and personality to hers.

  • honey perfume; favorite perfume/scent?
  • I have lotion from Vaseline of a lavender scent that I find nostalgic. It reminds me of some sort of lotion or powder that a relative used. I've also been using "A Thousand Wishes" perfume from Bath & Bodyworks that I really like.

  • sweet pea; what's your zodiac?
  • I'm a Pisces, but I never bothered to remember my other signs. As for Chinese zodiacs, I share mine with Ritsu from Fruits Basket.

  • softie; talk about your sexuality.

  • sugarplum; what's the color of your eyes and hair?
  • Hazel eyes + "dark chocolate" hair.

  • wings; coffee or tea?
  • I became a tea fan earlier this year, but I usually don't have it if I can't add sugar to it. My favorites are probably oolong and chamomile. Coffee has always tasted gross to me, and when I drink it every now and then, I always end up crashing and burning.

  • fairytale; are you a cat or dog person?
  • I'm definitely more of a cat person, but I don't mind most dogs. They're just really loud and sometimes overwhelming.

  • feather; which mythical creature would you transform into if you could?
  • Unicorns are probably more fitting for me, but I also like kitsune (mostly because of human-kitsune hybrids in anime).

  • snowflake; favorite time period?
  • I can't think of one right now, though I just enjoy listening to others talk about their favorites. Besides the Industrial Revolution and everything afterwards. Snooooore.

  • nymph; name 3 films that have changed your life and have shaped you into the person you are today.
  • I wouldn't say any movies changed my life or anything because that's kind of dramatic. I appreciate a few of them though, like how Yobi the Five Tailed Fox was what led me to getting really into anime.

  • vanilla; do you believe in ghosts?
  • No, though I don't mind if others do.

  • delicate; diamonds or pearls?
  • I think I like pearls more. They remind me of the dress that Tsukimi makes in Princess Jellyfish.

  • lavender dream; favorite album?
  • I'm not really an album person. I just listen to one or two songs from a given artist and rarely go out of my way to listen to more of their works. Kikuo has a lot of good albums, though...

  • silky; what's your biggest dream?
  • It probably isn't a surprise, but I would love to travel to Japan one day, maybe with a friend who is just as geeky as me. I'm nowhere near close to achieving that, but it's called a dream for a reason!

  • strawberry kiss: do you have a crush right now?
  • My heart belongs to bishies and bishies only. Especially this one.

    • I forget where I got these prompts from, but I'll be sure to find it for my next site update. I also didn't get around to all of the questions since I already had been writing a lot. I'll finish the other questions when I can!

  • If someone wanted to really understand you, what would they read, watch, and listen to?
  • Read: I have a pick for a novel and a manga since I couldn’t limit it to just one style of literature. Although it’s tempting to go with Heaven Official’s Blessing, that’s a beast of a series… ^.^; So I would pick “The Lake” by Banana Yoshimoto as my novel that aligns with my interests and experiences. I’ve read a couple of other Yoshimoto’s works, but her writing style and storytelling in this one really stuck with me. I resonated a lot with Chihiro (the main character) for a few reasons, mostly because her thought process is eerily similar to mine. She becomes emotionally detached in a lot of situations, which I thought made a really compelling contrast to Nakajima’s deep need for closeness. I consider it a quick and easy read, though the challenge might come more from the themes of the book.

  • As for manga, “My Solo Exchange Diary” meant a lot to me when I first read it, and I really want to revisit it sometime soon… I had read “My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness" a few years ago and didn’t know about its “sequel”. I related to Nagata Kabi more than I thought was even possible, and I think that the manga/comic format really lends itself to portraying her experiences as a young adult who has no idea what she’s doing. I hope I can make a manga like her someday…

  • Watch: I don’t think I have a strong go-to for what someone should watch, but the Devilman OVAs… I love the English dub for the Devilman OVAs so much, it’s a short and fun watch (fun in the “what the hell is happening” way), and I have a deep appreciation for these OVAs existing (even if they couldn’t adapt the entire story). I wonder if anyone would be surprised that I’m into something as graphic and crazy as Devilman. I embarrassingly watch a lot of YouTube, which mostly consists of various let’s plays and reaction videos.

  • Listen to: I always have a hard time describing my tastes in music ^.^;, but if I had to at least pick a genre that best reflects me, then it would be electro J-pop. (Perfume, Capsule, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Coltemonikha, etc.). I’ve recently been obsessed with Communication by Coltemonikha.

  • Have you ever found a writer who thinks just like you? If so, who?
  • Natsuki Takaya - I haven’t finished Fruits Basket yet (I’m not even close), but my favorite parts from the manga come from Takaya’s columns at the start of each volume. One of my favorite quotes from her: “I’m a real girly-girl at heart, so I would have liked to try wearing flowy dresses or maid outfits at least once, but it looks like that dream will go unfilled (laugh). Too bad."

  • Nagata Kabi - I mentioned her in my previous answer (see above). Reading “My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness" and especially “My Solo Exchange Diary” was like I was staring into a mirror, which was a little frightening! I admittedly don’t remember much of Solo Exchange Diary since I read it so quickly, but there are a few parts of her describing things that really stuck with me.

  • Banana Yoshimoto - Also mentioned in my previous answer (see above). I’m not sure what she’s like as a person, but as a writer, she’s such an inspiration to me. Her stories probably seem simple from their unassuming synopses, but there’s something about her prose that would catch me so off guard because of how similarly structured they are to how I form my thoughts. If I could ever own a copy of “Kitchen” and “The Lake”, I’ll definitely have to go back to find some examples.

  • List your fandoms and one character from each that you identify with.
  • Now that I think about it, I’m not really into any fandoms right now, and that’s probably because I’ve just been distracted by other things. I’ve been reading and “rereading” all of the Heaven Official’s Blessing (TGCF) novels for the past couple of months. The more I read, the more I find myself enjoying Xie Lian as a character + I relate to him in a lot of ways. I plan on writing a whole character analysis for him someday because I’m really drawn into his “unassuming” personality that hides how complex he actually is.

  • Do you like your name? Is there another name you think would fit you better?
  • I have some sort of love-hate relationship with my name because it isn’t really a common one, so while I appreciate having some sort of individuality(?), it also makes me feel weirdly vulnerable(?), which is why I go by other names online. I’ve always loved the name Maya because I think it’s really cute and unique (which is why I named one of my characters that), but I wonder if I would be complaining about the same issues I have if that did end up being my name instead.

  • Do you think of yourself as a human being or a human doing? Do you identify yourself by the things you do?
  • I want to be a human being, not a human doing...... I’m just not really sure how to achieve that or how I even identify myself. It’s complicated!

  • Are you religious/spiritual?
  • I don’t consider myself to be religious/spiritual, but I get some sort of enjoyment out of looking into different beliefs/practices. I get to broaden my scope while having fun, which I guess also inadvertently creates friction with a few people in my life since they don’t share the same sentiment. ^.^; I’ve been a little interested in finding a decent translation of Tao Te Ching since I’m a bit curious about the philosophy behind Taoism.

  • Do you care about your ethnicity?
  • I kind of care in the sense that I think I missed out! I don’t see relatives outside of my immediate family that often, especially older ones who might have had their own traditions and stuff. I know I have some sort of cultural background that could be worth caring about, but I feel like I ended up with a very standard “American family” upbringing instead.

  • If you'd grown up in a different environment, do you think you'd have turned out the same?
  • Maybe my personality would be the same, but if I had been born in a city instead of out in the countryside, I just know I could have had a lot more social experiences and probably would be a much happier person.

  • Would you say your website is a fair representation of the "real you"?
  • I would like to think so considering I don't try to fabricate anything, and I might be a little vague about details out of privacy. If anything, I would like to add more to my site and personalize it more.

  • Do you feel like your outside appearance is a fair representation of the "real you"?
  • I think it doesn’t, which then actually does represent the “real me”, if that even makes sense. How I present myself isn’t really how I wish I could look like, but I think that itself is a fair representation for me considering I don’t know how to do makeup or do my hair because I haven’t put in the effort, or I get too self conscious about the clothes that I want to wear because I don’t want my family to judge me. So my outside appearance is the way that it is because of my tendency to worry so much, or something. ^.^;

    • Nobody-Asked Questions

    Can my graphics be used?
  • The fujoshi above, the "made by a girl" pixel art, and the yume-ring graphic are all personalized to look like me + my art isn't meant to be reuploaded. Every other graphics on this site aren't made by me, so I don't mind at all. I have some graphics and other resources in the outlinks page.

    • How did I do (XYZ)?
  • I add "Stack Overflow" at the end of all of my searches when I want to figure out how to do/fix things, and I also look at various sites for inspiration. I'll right-click on something from a site and mess with the code inspection (unless a site owner disabled right-clicking/Ctrl+U, which is something I won't do) just to see how it works. You can look through my code for some snippets, but don't be too greedy!

    • What does "if this site unexpectedly goes inactive, assume that something out of my control happened" on my index page mean?
  • My intention for having that message here is to clear up any mysteries in the future. I don't want to abandon my site (especially without saying anything), but in case something out of my control happens and if this site still remains, I'd like to give people some sort of explanation.

    • To-Do

    May 16th, 2025
  • Entries for media log
  • Add more prompts to new section
    • April 22nd, 2025
  • Section for random Q&A prompts
  • Photo log
    • April 6th, 2025
  • Favorite videos section
    • March 22nd, 2025
  • Fanlisting submissions
    • March 1st, 2025
  • New diary theme
  • Q&A/to-do sections
  • Trivia/headcanon section for Shirogane shrine

    • I originally uploaded this image to my Anilist profile, but I wanted to use my website as an excuse to go more in-depth about my selections. Note that each catergory can expand if you click on the dropboxes.

    Favorite anime of all time
  • I'm actually not very confident about what my favorite anime is, though I could (probably) easily pick my favorite manga. I went with Sailor Moon since it's very integral to my anime experience, and I'm highlighting Sailor Moon R: The Movie because I really like Fiore as a non-canonical character from a non-canonical spin-off of a non-canonical arc from the TV series.

    • Best story
  • I actually just finished rewatching Heaven Official's Blessing (TGCF) season 2 last week (as of the time of me writing this). I was a little worried that my thoughts on it would change in the past year, but I still really enjoyed it. The ending to episode 10 was really intense, and 11 is one of my favorite episodes of any anime (technically donghua) because of how Xie Lian berates himself juxtaposed with how Hua Cheng tries to comfort him. I wasn't that passionate about the story in the beginning, but the second season/book makes me care a whole lot about the characters (especially Xie Lian) and what's happening in the Three Realms.

    • Favorite art style
  • I watched Metropolis on a call with friends and we couldn't stop saying "how???" because of just how amazing it was. Tezuka's art style looked perfect in this movie, and the environments and other props are so beautiful. And the animation is crazy-good too. And there are so many cool perspective shots and "camera" angles. I was in awe...

    • "I'll watch it someday"
  • I've been wanting to get into Fruits Basket for so long, but I was intimidated by where to start (the release of the newer adaptation didn't help). I started reading the manga last month and got to about chapter 35, but I haven't read any more in awhile. I'll get around to the anime at some point...

    • Big personal impact
  • I already wrote about Re:Birthday in my media log, and I don't really have much to add. I think I found it extra special because it was some sort of chance-encounter thing.

    • Best combat
  • I really like the concept of Contractors in Darker than Black and how they each use/regain their abilities. I can't remember many specific fight scenes, but I like how Hei picked and approached his opponents + the fights were very fun and easy to follow along.

    • You like, everyone hates
  • For whatever reason, I watched 2 episodes of Darker than Black "back in the day", and then I skipped to season 2. I finally watched the first season last year and while it's infinitely better, I don't think Gemini of the Meteor was awful... But maybe I'm biased because I wanted to be Suou sooo bad as a kid.

    • You hate, everyone likes
  • Only a few people know how much I despise Devilman Crybaby. And it's not like I was some Hardcore Devilman Fan before watching this— this was the first thing from the franchise I ever saw, and I was so lost the entire time + the second half just felt like cry-bait to me. And then I became a Hardcore Devilman Fan afterwards because I was so underwhelmed by what I watched. And then my hatred for Crybaby grew more and more...

    • Underrated
  • I kept mixing up "underrated" and "overlooked", so I went through the anime on my list and there aren't really any that I like but have a score I thought was too low. Nearly all of them were in the 70-90/100 range, though I saw that Platonic Chain had an average score of 50/100. This could also probably count as an "overlooked" anime since I'm not sure how many people have seen it. And I haven't even finished it yet. But I think the concept of it is fun.

    • Overrated
  • Maybe I should just rewatch Your Name because I was so bored the first time I watched it and don't really know why it was popular for so long. It had an interesting concept (to my memory) but the characters were so uninteresting to me + I felt like the anime just had Instagram filters over it instead of the styling looking genuine (if that even makes sense).

    • "Why do I like this?"
  • I found Winter Cicada through a screencap of it I saw on Pinterest, and I'm kind of embarrassed to admit that I like it. It's not even "offensive" like other anime on my list, it just looks and feels low budget, and it has a lot of themes/concepts that are probably not that appealing to others. It's kind of like a Romeo and Juliet scenario where two guys on the opposite side of a war are in love with each other, and bad things happen to them once their relationship is discovered. I was kind of compelled by the characters' relationship because of how unstable it is and how unstable the characters themselves become throughout the OVA.

    • Anime you can watch 100 times
  • I love the English dub for Devilman: The Birth so much. I watched this with a friend who was already familar with the series, which is probably how I ended up getting really into it. I've rewatched it on my own so many times + I've shown it to a few people that I know In Real Life.

    • That atmosphere...
  • I looove the atmosphere for Petshop of Horrors. It's tonally different from the manga, but in a good way. The OVA leans a lot more into the "horrors" of Count D's petshop and what happens to the customers that don't listen to his warnings. I think it also has to do with the upload that I watched where the quality was kind of low and everything had some sort of glowing effect going on. And the OST is so good. And a couple of the scenes really shocked me. If I didn't watch PSoH, I would probably put malice@doll here because that anime is so "otherworldly" to me, which is a feeling I'm always trying to experience in media.

    • Bad day cure
  • I only watched the first season of Aria, but it was a pleasant experience. All of the characters are cute, and I had fun watching them all on their gondola adventures. I could also probably put Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou here.

    • Favorite character
  • Shirogane was the only thing that got me through Monochrome Factor. I was just skimming through episodes last night (as of me writing this) and the anime is so unbelievably bad. I'm probably starting to like Manga Shirogane more, but he's here as my anime pick for now.

    • Favorite spin-off
  • Maybe this isn't technically a spin-off and it's just an OVA adaptation of the manga, but also the OVAs and TV series are drastically different from the manga + I just wanted an excuse to put Read or Die on here. A very short but sweet experience. I watched this in 2023, but it felt like I was watching anime for the first time again, which is another feeling I like to experience with media. I love Yomiko and Nancy so much...

    • Biggest letdown
  • I was kind of enjoying the first half of Cardcaptor Sakura, but then the second half just completely flopped for me. Sakura having to capture all of the cards again to make them hers was kind of boring, and I didn't really care about anything relating to Clow. The thing that irked me the most was the Yukito/Touya parts.
  • I was sad seeing Yukito gradually getting more tired and sick because he didn't know about Yue, but any time Touya wanted to tell him the truth about it, he would just be vague by saying "Yukito... Listen to me... I must tell you... you... I..." etc. only to get interrupted by that one character. I would see clips of these moments shared around with people shipping them because it looks like Touya is trying to confess his love, and I'm sure that CLAMP purposefully framed it that way, but I feel like I'm the only one that can't watch those scenes without thinking that Touya is an awful friend (LOL). He does this over and over again only to get cut off by that one character, and he just never seems to make an attempt in a private area? But once Touya finally does get to talk to Yukito after that one character is like "Oh fine, I guess you win this time. You can talk to your friend without me stopping you now" (???) it's just like. Oh, okay. That's it. That's what this was building up to. I know it's kind of silly that this is the only thing I remember about the finale, though I think that's because I just didn't care about anything else. I'm also not sure if my nitpicks are fair since I haven't watched this in years, so there's a chance that I'm wrong about things.

    • "Back in the day" anime
  • I was extremely into Black Butler back when I first got into anime. I had so much merch and would make so much fanart and was so obsessed with a few of the characters... I forget what happens in season 1 and 2, but I remember season 3 and the OVA being really good. I've been meaning to try catching up to the anime.

    • Best music/OST
  • All of the music is so fitting for the environments and specific scenes of Ai no Kusabi (1992), and I haven't heard too many similar tracks. I can't really explain it in a way that does it justice. I wouldn't recommend the OVA to everyone, but the OST is online for anyone who wants to go through it. Track 12 is probably my favorite.

    • Criminally overlooked
  • I don't think I ever would have watched The Case of Hana & Alice if I hadn't seen it in some sort of store in a mall. There's so much that I adore about this movie, mostly the animation and main characters. There's also a "plot twist" in it that really surprised me, and it made me care for Hana and Alice. It kind of makes me sad that the only exposure people have had to this is one of its songs being trendy on Tik Tok. You've probably even heard it before (I love the vocal version a lot more). I've been meaning to watch the live action "sequel"...

    • Depressing anime
  • I felt such an indescribable pit in my stomach when I first watched Kaze to Ki no Uta. I had a phase where I couldn't decide if this was some sort of beautiful masterpiece or an unnecessarily graphic story. I'm currently leaning more towards the former sentiment. My heart always aches for Gilbert and Serge.

    • Favorite active series
  • Apothecary Diaries has been so fun to watch. I was kind of avoiding it because some of the (Maomao) fans I saw before were really annoying, but I read a few volumes of the manga last year and liked it. I recently wanted to find something to bingewatch, but I didn't anticipate going through 32+ episodes within 3 days. It's been so long since I've watched something as it's airing, and it's so painful to wait every week for a new episode... How do people do this...

    • Original pick
  • There's so much that I enjoy about Death Parade, though I probably don't love it as much as I did before. I thought that the tone of it was done so well (for the most part), and the concept of people getting judged to be sent to Heaven or Hell through "death" games is really fun.

    • "Not usually my thing, but..."
  • I feel kind of iffy about picking High School of the Dead, but I couldn't think of anything else. I first watched this when I was a kid because it was very popular back then for Reasons, but I just wanted to watch characters fighting zombies. It's extremely stereotypical and I don't enjoy how the cast is mostly made up of annoying teenagers, but the action is so over the top and the animation is way too consistent and fluent for its own good to the point where it's kind of like a Mindless Slop Anime for me.

    • Questions are from this prompt list, which I'm still going through. I'm not doing all of the questions since some of them don't interest me.

  • Would you prefer to live in the country or the city?
  • I already live in the country, and there isn't a lot that I enjoy about it, but the city seems overwhelming. I think I'd enjoy some sort of middle ground, like some sort of resident-friendly town that's walkable and fun and stuff.

  • If you could learn a new skill, what would it be?
  • I've always wanted to get into painting and clay figure + plushie making, but I've never really tried those things before. I would also like to get better at cooking. It's not a “new” skill for me, but I only know how to make a few things.

  • What was your favorite book as a child?
  • I can't think of any books for some reason. My school had this program where we could track all of the books we read, but then our accounts would be deleted once we graduated, which makes me really sad! The Merman is the only book that comes to mind right now, even though I haven't read it in so long. I've been wanting to find a copy of this since the only thing I remember about it is how it made me wish I had my own merman friend or something. ^.^;

  • Do you prefer reading paper or electronic books?
  • I prefer reading manga digitally with a few exceptions, and I think I can only read novels physically. I like how I don't have to worry about manga panels being obscured by the book “gutter” or by shadows, but I already stare at screens long enough to be straining my eyes at smaller text. I've been slowly collecting physical copies of Heaven Official's Blessing, and it feels so nice to have the books in my hands. I'm kind of interested in the Apothecary Diaries light novel, but I don't want to buy even more books right now, but I'm also on the fence about reading it online.

  • Are you a restless sleeper?
  • I've had sleeping issues ever since I was a kid, which is mostly why my original characters/story revolve around sleeping disorders.

  • Do you consider yourself a romantic?
  • I enjoy seeing and imagining characters in romantic scenarios + I think that hearts and chocolates and flowers and stuff are cute, but I can't imagine myself pursuing something for myself.

  • Do you like spicy food?
  • It depends for me. I enjoy the pain of it, but the food has to be good too... I don't like hot wings because the chicken itself seems dry (at least the ones that I've had) + the sauces I've tried aren't my favorites, but I really liked Shin Ramyun the first time I had it. I'd love to eat more spicy food...

    • I thought it'd be fun to share some of my favorite and least favorite purchases. I want to be more considerate about what I buy in the future, and this could also give others a sense of what my style is. I'll take my own pictures of some of the products at some point.

  • Favorite: Hyeta 32oz water bottle — I got this for 2023 Christmas, and it's probably the best water bottle I've ever had. Considering it was only $10, I think it's really high quality. I've dropped this so many times from different heights and at different forces (even onto concrete flooring when I'm at work), but there's barely even a scratch on it. I've never had anything leak or any other issues. I like how there are measurements and suggested times on the bottle so that I'm constantly reminded of how much I should be drinking. It's also super cute since I got the pink version.

  • Least favorite: 2024 MOTHER Summers Weeks planner (+ accessories) — This was my first and only Hobonichi that I bought. I used to visit the official sites every now and then to windowshop, and I ordered this planner for $40 because I thought it was cute. I already knew I wasn't a planner/scrapbooking type of person when I bought this, but I thought maybe I could force myself to become one, and that never happened. Even when I tried not to feel bad about cute layouts I saw online, I just didn't like the paper quality and my handwriting + other things about it. It felt like I was always wasting space, and it just wasn't fun to look at. I was thinking of going back to fill in the dates since I've been keeping notes of what I do every day.

  • Favorite: Forvencer undated planner — This is the only planner that has consistently worked for me. I like how the weeks are organized with a "main goals" and "habits" sections. I thought I wouldn't like undated planners because I'd have to write them in, but I actually prefer it since it's really not that hard to do + I don't have to worry about wasting the planner if I miss weeks. I wish I utulized the calendar and extra pages in the back, but I don't really have a reason to use them.

  • Least favorite: Kaworu nendoroid (plugsuit ver.) — I saw this at a convention and bought it despite how expensive it was more me considering it goes for even more online. The novelty wore off for me after a month or so because I discovered that I really hate nendoroids. It also didn't help that my Evangelion phase didn't last long.

  • Favorite: Yomiko 1/8 Kotobukiya figure — I would always look online for this figure ever since she became my holy grail, but I always saw her going for $200-$400 in various conditions. I eventually found a listing on eBay where she was being sold for $90, and I bought it immediately. I'm so glad I did! She's in perfect condition and I still love her very much.