As you may know (at least I hope you do), today is Halloween. So to celebrate this, I will be listing three Yokai with spooky origins, along with three creepy Vocaloid songs. Enjoy! Happy Halloween!

Yokai:
1.) Yuki Onna- A Yuki Onna is unbelievably beautiful. But, she is often the soul of someone who died in the snow. She also feeds on the life force of humans.

2.) Nekomata- This is a type of cat yokai with a split tail. Some of them have the ability to curse humans or control the dead with their tails like a puppet on a string.

3.) Hanako-San- She is said to be the ghost of a little girl who haunts school bathrooms. However, she is either thought of to be friendly, mischievous, or a monstrous entity only posing as a little girl.

Vocaloid Songs:

1.) Here Comes Karakasa-San by Len Kagamine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6mUJJCRsHw

2.) Close And Open, Demons And The Dead by Hatsune Miku: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHZ2-qywtts

3.) Humorous Dream Of Mrs.Pumpkin by Hatsune Miku: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eI-ZFL3ZQxI

What is a dakimakura? Well, that's what I'm going to be telling you with this blog post! A dakimakura is a type of large pillow from Japan, and the name roughly translates to "hug pillow". But, they are usually just called body pillows. The most common type of this pillow in the Anime community are the pillows that have pictures of Anime characters on them. However, these particular ones are usually just covers for the pillow itself. Despite this, these pillows are still very popular with otakus, and it isn't rare to see Anime YouTubers or fans with one or more of these pillows.

Instead of my usual blog posts, today's blog post will be my opinions on an Anime topic. Today's topic is about the Yu-Gi-Oh English dub. Many fans enjoy the voices used in the English dub, but it also gets a lot of hate because of how many things 4Kids changed. They actually changed quite a bit of things in the English version, including the removal of all guns, and even the age of the Pharaoh (which was changed from 3000+ years to 5000+ years). However, Funimation did release another uncut English dub. This version still had the same voice acting, but it was more like the original version of the show. There were only 9 episodes dubbed like this though, despite its popularity. Okay, time for my opinion on it! Although I very much like the English dub, I also don't like how many things were changed for it. I personally think that the uncut version with the original English voice actors should continue so the fans can choose if they want to watch the 4Kids version or not. Especially since one of the main complaints I see about this is how the fans like the English voices, but they also like the original storyline for it. If you guys have any thoughts on this as well, feel free to leave some comments on here!

It's blog post time again! As you guys may know, some of the Pokedex entries in Pokémon Sun And Moon are actually quite dark as opposed to previous Pokémon games. So, today's list will be about 5 Alolan Pokémon with some of the darkest Pokedex entries (including the descriptions on the official Sun And Moon website). According to me, that is. Here we go!

1.) Palossand - The fact that this Pokémon sucks the life force from other Pokémon is already pretty dark. But if Palossand's Pokedex entry wasn't already dark enough, the picture below can also be found on Pokémon's official website for Sun And Moon.

 

2.) Mimkyu- Although Mimikyu is favored by a lot of people, it's still pretty creepy that you can't look under its disguise without something bad happening.

 

3.) Bounsweet- Even though the Pokémon itself is cute and practically harmless, the entry for it is still pretty dark. Especially since it points out that Bounsweet often gets swallowed whole by Pokémon drawn to its sweet smell.

 

4.) Bewear- Ah yes, the cute, cuddly, immensely strong Pokémon that can not only knock over trees, but potentially crush its trainer with a single hug. How sweet!

 

5.) Araquanid- This Pokémon will protect weak vulnerable Pokémon with its water bubble. Except for when it sometimes sucks small Pokémon into its water bubble and drowns them. Oops.



Although I'm a little late with this news, today's blog post will be about the Pokémon Go legendary event. After a long wait, legendary Pokémon have finally been added to Pokémon Go! But that doesn't mean it'll be easy to catch one. To be able to catch one, a player has to join a Legendary Raid with other players to be able to take one down. The current legendary Pokémon in the game are Raikou, Entei, and Suicune. But, this may change later. Even though only one Legendary Pokémon is available in each area, the Pokémon available in each area will shift with one of the other available legendary Pokémon at the end of the month. So if you want to try to catch one of these special legendary Pokémon, now's the time to do it!

For today's blog post, I will be listing four original English songs, and one Japanese song, by the Vocaloid Kaito. However, I don't know who the songs are by, so I can't list the artist. Instead, I will be including the links for each song so you can check it out yourself. Now then, on with the list!

1.) A Letter To X
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZVxoqjOn6o

2.) Gravity (This one is the Japanese song)
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWKk3NZXQ24

3.) Rainy Baby
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jy4JeGhGLRQ

4.) Control
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0l5J34_AU4

5.) My Baby
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3X9zT4xhdU

The time has come for me to officially start my Anime According To WikiHow series! Yay! To start this series off, I will be talking about the page called "How To Avoid Being A Weeaboo". To summarize what the page is about (since I read the whole page for this post), it basically says that to avoid becoming a weeaboo, you shouldn't speak broken Japanese, prioritize Japanese products, or dress up as an Anime character for your actual everyday clothes. I actually agree with all three of these points, since it would be weird to dress like an Anime character all the time and buy something just because it's Japanese. It would also be weird to randomly say Japanese words like "desu" or "sugoi" when you're not having a conversation in Japanese. However, the page also mentions that you should learn the Japanese language and culture to avoid being a weeaboo as well. Although I think this would be a good idea if you were already interested in learning the language and learning about the culture, it wouldn't be a good idea to learn about it just to prove that you're not a weeaboo. I would also like to point out that it's fine to just like Anime, manga, and Vocaloids without being a weeaboo. If you want to check the WikiHow page out for yourself, here's the link for it: https://www.wikihow.com/Avoid-Becoming-a-Weeaboo