It's Tanabata! Happy Tanabata everyone! Today is the day of the star festival. This festival is known for its wishes, and it's quite a big deal in Japan. It can be seen in a number of anime and manga series, and Tanabata even appears in Hatoful Boyfriend. On Tanabata, bamboo trees are used for wishes. Here's an example of one from The Melancholy Of Haruhi Suzumiya:

On these trees, little strips of paper are hung. These papers are called tanzaku, and they're used for wishes. You write your wish on the paper and then tie it on the bamboo tree. These papers can be seen here: 

Tanabata is such a widespread festival that even the wish Pokemon Jirachi can be seen with tanzaku on its head. This can be seen below: 

As always, I hope you all enjoyed this blog post! Happy Tanabata once again, and I hope all of your wishes come true!

It's post time! Between the Starsending in Twisted Wonderland and Tanabata tomorrow, it feels like this week is the week of wishes. I wonder what you all will wish for. Whether you believe in wishes or not, it's nice to have something to dream of. Many people wish for money or fame, but I just hope you're all happy in your lives. Whether you're wishing on stars, or wishing for characters and weapons in Genshin Impact, I hope you all have good luck and fortune. As for today's post, I'll be including the boys from Twisted Wonderland in their Starsending robes below. Enjoy!

It's time for another new blog post. I've had a rather bad day today, so it'll just be a simple post. I'll be listing three pictures of Malleus Draconia from Twisted Wonderland for you all. Enjoy!

It's the Fourth Of July! A holiday here in the States, known far and wide for fireworks, sparklers, and backyard barbecues. Despite this, it is only a holiday in America. This makes finding a yearly blog post more difficult each year. So instead of finding patriotic pictures this year, I'll just be showing off some anime fireworks instead. So, let's get on with the pictures! Happy fourth everyone, and stay safe!

Ha! I lied! It's just three Hatoful Boyfriend characters I poorly edited onto the fireworks from the in-game festival as an excuse to include some of my favorite boys again! This was all a trick! Although it did take me much longer to find the pictures and edit them together than I anticipated. Regardless, I hope you all still enjoyed this blog post! As silly as it was.

It's post time! As someone who has faced disadvantages as a free to play Genshin Impact player, I've decided to give you all some tips on how to improve your game without spending money. To make it easier to read, I'll be putting this in list format. Enjoy!

1.) You can still use your favorite characters even when they have no constellations. Focus on their talents and levels. A good weapon doesn't hurt either.

2.) Artifacts matter! You can gain some pretty great artifacts just from doing domains and quests. But be sure to check their bonuses! Giving a character a full gladiator set will do next to nothing if they're an anemo character and they're all electro artifacts.

3.) Don't be afraid to use standard weapons. A four star weapon can be just as good as the five star weapons if they're properly leveled and refined. You also get a lot of weapons from wishes, so you might as well use them.

4.) Use the standard banner characters! You lost the 50/50 and gained another constellation for a character you didn't want? Good! They're still five stars! Use them!

5.) Need primogems? Do the daily commissions! Can't find the time for daily commissions? That's okay! Even if you miss out on the primogems, you can still get them from events, quests, chests, and even from special online events on the official Hoyolab website or app.

That's all I have for now! I know these seem like pretty obvious tips, but many free to play players overlook these things. I know missing your favorite characters is frustrating. I'm still missing a lot of my favorite characters too. But that doesn't mean you can't still enjoy the game. Happy gaming, and good luck with your 50/50 pulls!

It's time for another blog post! For today's blog post, I will be talking about Peach, Daisy, and Rosalina from the Mario franchise. Although these three iconic girls each have their own unique personalities and attributes, it's rather obvious that these three look nearly identical to each other. They do have differences in their clothes and hairstyles, but the similarities are still incredibly noticeable. This isn't because all women in the Mario franchise look like this either; since Pauline looks much different in comparison. It has been implied that Daisy and Peach are related, but that still doesn't explain why Rosalina looks so similar. The only thing these three have in common are their status as princesses, which implies that perhaps only princesses share these similarities in the Mario universe. But, those are mostly just my thoughts on this topic. Nonetheless, I hope you all still enjoyed this blog post!

What is the Holy Lyre in Genshin Impact? There will be some spoilers ahead, so proceed with caution! Now then, let's get on with it! For those of you who don't know, the Holy Lyre belongs to Venti. As a bard, he often has his lyre with him. However, the actual Holy Lyre is usually in the Cathedral because it's considered a sacred object. Since the actual lyre is so well protected, it's likely this one belonged to the nameless bard. Venti based his whole image on his best friend, but he doesn't seem to have anything that belonged to him. But, the nameless bard is often shown with a lyre. Of course Venti would also choose a lyre to honor his friend; but I believe the Holy Lyre is actually the lyre that once belonged to the nameless bard. Regardless, those are mostly just my thoughts on this topic. Nonetheless, I hope you all still enjoyed this blog post! As always, I will be including pictures of the Holy Lyre and nameless bard below. Enjoy!

The nameless bard.

The Holy Lyre.