It's post time! When it comes to cute anime characters, it's easy to tell when they're trying to make a character look cute and innocent. You can tell by their hair, clothes, shoes, and accessories. But did you know they also use food to make a character look cuter? Characters who are supposed to be seen as cute will often be seen eating foods that add to their cuteness. Foods like cakes, strawberries, candies, pastries, pocky, and even mochi are often used for this. They also use drinks like brightly colored sodas, strawberry or chocolate milk, and juice. It just goes to show how much thought and effort goes into making a character appear a certain way. For example, a cute character will eat something like cake, and a lazy character would eat potato chips. It's a visual way for people to tell what someone is like. People subconsciously look at a cute character eating cake and think "cake is soft and sweet, so that character is too". Just like how they look at a lazy character eating potato chips and think "potato chips are casual and unhealthy, so that character is too". I wanted to talk about this because I think it's really cool how creators use things like this to make people see things a specific way. As always, I hope you all enjoyed this blog post!

It's time for another new blog post! I was just reading an article about the new upcoming Shadow merchandise for Sonic's 35th anniversary. The merchandise shows Shadow wearing headphones, which would normally be very cool. However, the headphones aren't on his ears. This is common in both anime and cartoons. It's difficult to imagine what headphones for characters with animal ears would be like. But in this case, the majority of characters in the Sonic series are animals. Because of this, it feels strange for them to be wearing human headphones that clearly wouldn't even work for them. This would've been a good time to introduce special headphones for the Sonic characters, instead of having Shadow wear headphones for humans. Since Sonic characters are half the size of humans, it makes a lot less sense for them to wear headphones like this. There are some characters that would have ears on the side of their heads, but most of them have ears on top of their heads. It would've been interesting to see specially made headphones for these characters, but they didn't do that. I just wanted to talk about this because I thought it was strange. The merchandise still looks nice though. As always, I'll be including a picture of this new merchandise below so you all can see what it looks like. Enjoy!

Why is it important for games to have ways to buy more than one item at a time? Well, that's what I'll be talking about in today's blog post! In videogames, it's normal and expected to be able to choose how many things you buy in a game. Nobody ever really even thinks about it, which is why it was so surprising when Animal Crossing didn't have this. I'm not going to talk about that again, because everyone already knows that's a bad thing. But why is it bad? Well, playing games is supposed to be fun. But shopping is boring. So if you have to buy things one at a time, you're not going to want to buy anything anymore. It'll make the game boring, and eventually people will lose interest. And if nobody wants to play, then there won't be any customers. No customers means no money, and no money means no new games. So leaving out one important feature can end up having a lot of bad side effects. Especially since in the age of the internet, people can review games before they buy them so they don't have to waste their time with it. But, those are mostly just my thoughts on this topic. Nonetheless, I hope you all still enjoyed this blog post!

It's post time! There's one main problem with the official Pokedex on the Pokemon website. This problem is, it isn't updated enough. Whenever a new Pokemon is released, the official website doesn't add information for the Pokemon for months. This makes it difficult for fans to keep up with recent releases. Other fans have to do the work themselves to keep people updated with new Pokemon releases. This is pretty lazy, it shouldn't take too much work to add a few Pokemon to the official website. Even if they release the full updated Pokedex, they don't have to do it all at once. A few Pokemon a week should be more than enough to keep people interested. Not only this, but the last time they updated the official Pokedex, several entries were glitched. I know they wait to add Pokemon to encourage fans to play the next game, but wouldn't it encourage fans more if they could see the Pokemon properly first? I just think the way they run the official Pokedex on the website is lazy at best, and it frustrates fans who want to keep up with new Pokemon releases. But, those are mostly just my thoughts on this topic. Nonetheless, I hope you all still enjoyed this blog post!

It's post time! This year, the Sonic series turned 35 years old. The first game was released in 1991, so this is a big anniversary; especially since the series is still going strong even now. There's a lot of games, shows, movies, and merchandise available now. Which is exciting for fans. But, why has Sonic managed to stay so popular? It's likely because most people find Sonic as children, much like with things like Pokemon. But, like Pokemon, Sega understands that people eventually grow up, so they continue to create Sonic content for both children and adults. Because of this balance, it's likely that the Sonic series will continue to gain popularity over time. Sonic is one of those things that escaped the anime and gaming community early on, which means a lot of different people like it even if they aren't gamers or otakus. As time goes on, I hope Sonic can continue to grow and evolve like it has over time. Happy anniversary Sonic!

What is a Mobian? Well, that's what I'll be talking about in today's blog post! The word Mobian is used to refer to the anthropomorphic animals from the Sonic series. It comes from the word Mobius, which is the name of their home planet in the comics. However, it isn't the official name for them. It's a word fans use because it's easier and more specific than just calling them animals. In the Sonic series, regular animals live alongside the anthropomorphic animals, so calling them all animals would be confusing. It's much easier to call them Mobians, and most Sonic fans will know what you're talking about when you call them this. Even if it isn't the "official" name, it's widely used throughout the Sonic fan base. I think it would be a good idea for Sega to officially adopt the name since fans already use it, but I have no idea if they actually will or not. I hope this clears things up for anyone who didn't know what a Mobian was. As always, I hope you all enjoyed this blog post!

It's post time! One of the main complaints about Animal Crossing New Horizons is that you can't interact with anything. Playing cozy games is more fun when you can place things and then interact with those things to see what they do. But in Animal Crossing, you can't do that. It's a big part of why people get bored with the game. Even the stuff you can interact with usually only have one animation and that's it. So if you interact with it once, you're done with it. You can't play on the park equipment, you can't ride the carnival rides, you can't play the arcade games, and you can't even wash your hands or take a bath. These may seem like small things, but the small things are what make games more immersive. Without these, the game gets old, fast. Should there be animations for most of the items? Honestly, yes. In most games like this, you can interact with these objects. It's fun to do even if you've already done it before. It would take more time and effort, but that's what makes a game worth playing. Obviously it's too late to add these things now, which is why it's so disappointing. Nintendo has released other games that let you interact with objects before, so not including it in this game makes it feel even more lazy. But, those are mostly just my thoughts on this topic. Nonetheless, I hope you all still enjoyed this blog post!

Why did Sega remove the character ages in the Sonic series? Well, that's what I'll be talking about in today's blog post! Sonic is one of those series where the timelines are confusing and nothing makes sense if you think about it too hard. However, the ages of the characters have never changed. But, they have. When the series started out, Knuckles and Sonic were 15, and Amy and Tails were 8. Yes, Amy was the same age as Tails. This is a big part of why Sonic didn't like her. But later in the series, they wanted to make Amy Sonic's love interest. So they made her older but kept everyone else the same age, which caused a lot of confusion. There were also a lot of time skips, but none of the characters had aged at all even though time had passed. Eventually nothing made sense anymore, especially since most people already believed Sonic and his friends were adults. So instead of trying to fix it, Sega took the easy path and just removed the information altogether. It confused a lot of fans, but really it makes sense. It was getting too confusing, and aging them up would've been a bit difficult given the timelines. It was also implied from the start that the Mobian characters were older than the ages they were given, maybe because they age differently from humans. But it was easier to just remove the ages than try to explain this. I just wanted to talk about it because some fans are still confused. Regardless, I hope you all still enjoyed this blog post!

Why are there so many characters in the Sonic The Hedgehog series? Well, that's what I'll be talking about in today's blog post! If you play some of the Sonic games that include a large amount of characters, you'll probably notice there are a few you don't recognize. If you're a casual fan, there's probably a lot of characters you don't recognize. So why is this? Well, characters aren't only introduced in the games. They're also added in the shows and comic books. So if you haven't seen these or can't access them for whatever reason, you won't know all of the characters by now. It's really hard to keep up with all of the additions too, since there's often at least a few of them introduced every year or so. This keeps things interesting, but it can make it difficult to keep up with everything. So here's my advice, if you don't want to spend hours or days consuming nothing but Sonic content but you want to know about the characters, just look around, find ones you like, and research them separately. Then you can choose from there if you want to look into the media that they're included in or not. Or you can spend ages consuming nothing but Sonic content. It's your choice. Regardless, I hope you all still enjoyed this blog post!

It's Raymond's birthday in Animal Crossing New Horizons! Villager birthdays are small events in this game, and you don't really have to do much for them. However, if you go to their house on their birthday, you can participate in the party by talking to the guests and giving the birthday villager a gift. For Raymond, he likes the colors black and grey, and he likes cool and elegant things. I think it also depends on his hobbies and friendship level, since I gave him a mushroom umbrella and he loved it. If you give them a gift, they'll thank you at the party, and then send you a thank you card the next day. Birthdays are the same for all of the villagers, but it can still be fun to participate in them anyways. As always, I hope you all enjoyed this blog post!

It's post time! One of the best things about Date Everything is if you don't know all of the characters' names, a lot of them sound completely fake. It's such a fun joke, and I really like the sense of humor the developers have. I know it takes a lot of time to name so many different characters, but it's so much better that most of them have names that are puns. It must have been a lot harder to make so many pun-based names for this amount of characters. It's just a fun detail that I believe really shows just how much work was put into this game. I do hope they add more stuff like this in the future if they're planning on adding more content later. This game already has a lot of content, so I don't expect them to add more. But if they do, I hope they keep this level of fun in it. But, those are mostly just my thoughts on this topic. Nonetheless, I hope you all still enjoyed this blog post!

It's post time! When I was a teenager, I used to play an app called Sonic Dash. This is an official Sonic The Hedgehog mobile game, and it's free to play. It's also called Sonic Dash Run, so don't be confused about the name. I haven't played it in years, and I didn't know it even still existed. However, today I saw it and decided to download it again. I did have to start over, but I didn't mind. Back when I used to play it, I had eventually gotten bored of it because it had barely any characters and it was pretty much only the base game. But now, there are so many new things! There's way more characters, you can compete with other players, you can build places for the animals you save during your runs, you can get rewards for your runs, you get a daily log in gift, the characters have different outfits they can wear if you unlock them, you can upgrade characters, and saving the animals actually matters now. I love all of the new events and features that have been added since the last time I played. I'm sure others who have been playing it the whole time would say a lot of this is old news. But for me, this is amazing! I used to waste hours on it before for little reward, but now I actually have reasons for playing it. I recommend this game if you like Sonic or other characters from the series. It's mostly centered around the main runs, but it is a Sonic game; so the running makes sense. It feels like it's more challenging than it used to be, too. Regardless, I hope you all still enjoyed this blog post!

It's post time! One of my least favorite parts of anime is when they make a character the designated punching bag. This is often a male character who's constantly being physically attacked. That character is usually being hit by a girl, so it's supposed to be a joke. But the problem is, a joke is supposed to be funny. I don't think I've ever found an anime fan who likes this, and it usually just makes everyone hate the girl character instead. I know that I personally hate girl characters that are so emotionally unstable that they're constantly lashing out at men, or others in general. It's really annoying and it literally makes me angry every time I have to see their faces. The most well-known example of this is Sakura from Naruto. Everyone hates her because of this "joke". It isn't because she's "weak", it's because she's a massive jerk. No one wants to be around a physically violent, annoying, emotionally unstable person regardless of their gender. I also hate when they make male characters like this, but it's more common to see a girl beating up a boy than it is to see a man beating up another man. It's also kind of sexist that it's always a man being beat up, because you'll never see a woman character being used as the designated punching bag. All in all, this is a stupid "joke" and I hope it dies. Regardless, I hope you all still enjoyed this blog post!

It's post time! Recently I started watching Jujutsu Kaisen. It's been popular ever since it was released, so I wanted to watch it. I actually really like this one so far. I won't really be talking about the details to avoid spoilers, but it's good. I will say a few things though. Jujutsu Kaisen is listed as an anime for teens, but I think it's more likely for adults. There's quite a bit of swearing, and sometimes there are shirtless men or women in bikinis. That isn't too unusual in anime made for men. However, there's also an insane amount of blood, gore, and body horror. When I heard it was a horror, I thought it was a psychological horror. It isn't. So if you don't like things like this, avoid this anime with everything you have. Because with the amount of blood, death, and gore in this, it's completely unavoidable. You can't even just skip past it, because a lot of the fights are important for the story. Fans of the show don't really talk about this, so I wanted to bring it up myself. Regardless, I hope you all still enjoyed this blog post!

It's time for another new blog post! Since it's fall now, that means the pinecones and acorns are back in Animal Crossing New Horizons. Everyone hates this season because pinecones and acorns are ridiculously hard to get. You can get a random number of acorns once everyday from Cornimer on Harv's Island, but there's nothing like this for pinecones. This is twice as frustrating because the spawn rate is insanely low for both of them. I also recommend you catch all of the wasps on your island before you start hunting for pinecones and acorns, because you'll be shaking a lot of trees. It's important to remember a pinecone or acorn can't drop if there's things already around the tree on the ground too, so remember to pick up fallen tree branches if there's no extra space. You can also repeatedly shake one tree if you don't feel like running around your whole island. I know collecting these is frustrating, but it's not impossible. Regardless, I hope you all still enjoyed this blog post!

New day, new post! A few days ago I talked about space buns. So for today's blog post, I'll be talking about the difference between space buns and odango. Even though space buns are popular in Japan, they don't actually have a specific name for them. Odango instead is used for all bun hairstyles. Space buns is an American term. It likely came from Princess Leia from Star Wars, even though she doesn't have space buns. Space buns are two perfectly symmetrical circular buns on the top of the head; which is not what Princess Leia has. These buns are actually from Ancient China, so they really have nothing to do with Japan or Star Wars. But if you want to call them anything, odango is more respectful and accurate. Especially since "space buns" was a term drawn from a character who does not even have space buns. Regardless, I hope you all still enjoyed this blog post!

New day, new post! For the next 24 hours, it's Smile Day in Hello Kitty Dream Village. But what does this mean? Well, Smile Day happens on the 25th day of every month. During Smile Day, you can get five times as many hearts than usual. This means you can easily stack up hearts for the heart shop. You can also get log in bonuses. For this month, you'll get a special jacket for logging in. There isn't really very much to say about it. Smile Day only happens to help players get a lot of hearts for the heart shop. I wanted to talk about it because the game itself doesn't really explain what Smile Day actually is. Regardless, I hope you all still enjoyed this blog post!

It's post time! The main problem I have with the game Date Everything is the amount of content there is in one playthrough. Not only is there way too much to do, but if you end up with any bad endings, it takes a long time to fix it. This can get really boring and eventually it feels less like playing a game and more like finishing a chore. However, you can have more than one save file. So if you're impatient like I am, you can start over. But! This only works if you don't have autosave on. If you have autosave on, you'll save right over your original save file. So don't do that. Unless you really hate your first save file for some reason. There are a lot of available save slots, so you can do as many playthroughs as you want, or you can try different branching paths instead. I recommend this if you're feeling trapped in a playthrough, or if you're getting bored of it. Regardless, those are mostly just my thoughts on this topic. Nonetheless, I hope you all still enjoyed this blog post!

What are space buns? Well, that's what I'll be talking about in today's blog post! Space buns are a popular Japanese hairstyle, but they didn't originally come from Japan. It's more likely they were made in China. However, they've become very popular in Japan, especially in anime and cute culture. In Japan, they're not called space buns. The term "space buns" came from America, and was likely named that way because of Star Wars. But in Japan, they're called odango, which is closer to being called a dumpling. This is because the buns resemble dumplings. It can really refer to any bun hairstyle in Japan. But in this context, it's usually referring to the two symmetrical buns on top of the head. They're considered very cute, so they've become popular in anime. This means they're popular in the anime community, too. I wanted to talk about this because people talk about space buns, but they don't really know what they are. As always, I hope you all enjoyed this blog post!

It's post time! Recently I got an ad for a game called Self Care Vampire. This app is still in development, but I still found some information about it. It's a self care app that doubles as a dating sim, and it's to help encourage users to take care of themselves. It's early access right now, but I was interested in trying it anyways. However, it actually isn't available for any of my devices, so I can't give a review of it at all. I hope this changes when it's fully released, because it does look really interesting. It's only available for mobile, but I'll be including the link for the official website below for anyone who may be interested. Enjoy!

The website link: https://www.selfcarevampire.com/