just baked some scones and they turned out great it's fucked up how the Make Stuff Fluffy powder actually makes stuff fluffy

saw some people playing beyblade at the card shop. my buddy asks if I play, I say nah, all I know is smth called wizard rod is good this causes a 12-yr-old to look me in the eye and cry, "it's BROKEN" ty to @brandonbovia.bsky.social and @airco.bsky.social for helping me give some kid war flashbacks

gamefound.com/en/projects/... Oh, right, this goes live today. I should probably say something.

I recently replaced my extremely, *extremely* expired baking powder and now I'm having to relearn how to enjoy muffins that aren't hard as a rock

Spy Classroom SS4 review: suitablefortreatment.mangabookshelf.com/2025/09/19/s... @yenpress.com

It's Tuesday! You know what that means 👀 We've got some new books for you, hot off the Yen Press! 🔥 Make sure to grab the latest volume of Spy Classroom, The Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy, and the final volume of Hollow Regalia! See what else is coming up this month 📅➡️ buff.ly/VCGNuYX

Aeterna Lucis just got pushed to 2026 with a press release that was basically four paragraphs of "lol we're not dumb enough to release the same month as silksong" and y'know what, that's completely valid

imagine if this this just the most elaborate Silkpost yet

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every time I read a book (that isn't for work), I'm like "wow, that was great, I should do this more often" and then I go back to forgetting how much I like reading for another four months in related news, Woodworking was delightful. can't wait to see what I read in November!

Alexander’s body is now stronger than ever, but how will his jarring new power stand up to the next fierce foe? Elden Ring: Distant Tales Between, Chapter 8.2 is available now: buff.ly/5UFCCII

Cover Debut! - Spy Classroom 3rd Period: Forgetter, Vol. 1 (manga) The only path to survival is deceit. The “War of Light” is over, giving rise to the modern-day information war waged by spies, or the “War of Shadows.” Evil is always lurking just around the corner. Pre-order Here: buff.ly/mty9Lj5

anyhow I'm going to france now and I'm super excited to be able to unmute like half a dozen of y'all

Hundred Line was a very cool game but it *badly* needed to be 30-40 hours shorter, and I'm pretty sure they could have done that while trimming little to no story content

Cover Debut! - Spy Classroom Short Story Collection, Vol. 4 (light novel) Lan suddenly holes herself up in the Heat Haze Palace! To get her out of their headquarters, the members of Lamplight are going to have to find “Cloud Drift” Lan somewhere new to work… Pre-order Here: buff.ly/QDR78tg

this route reminded me a lot of Endless Eight on one hand, you have to admire the audacity of putting something this intentionally awful in a commercial product on the other, I want those hours of my life back

I'm in an awkward spot in hundred line where I'm pretty sure I got the true ending as like my third one, so now I have 50 hours of content left and I'm concerned that none of it will have meaningful lore implications I hope I'm wrong here, but if not that seems like a major pacing issue

this loc change in Hundred Line is incredibly funny because the English glosses it as "characters who make noble sacrifices" but the Japanese lists off a bunch of very specific, very spoilery Shonen Jump references in other news, guess who just found out that [REDACTED] is gonna die in One Piece

got my first hundred line ending (047) by picking the most Wifeguy option possible at every juncture this led to a route that solved zero mysteries and answered none of the big-picture questions left over from common route I have no regrets

after 70 hours I'm calling it a wrap on blue prince, so I looked up how to do the post-post-game stuff, and dawg, there was no way I was figuring any of that out

Lamplight is back in business! The girls are ready to go on even more missions! The only problem is…Klaus refuses to take them on any?! 😨 Pre-order Spy Classroom 2nd Period: Daughter Dearest, Vol. 1 (manga) today! buff.ly/xpSzGOd

the further I get into postgame the more egregious this has felt. if you want me to [redacted] eight whole [redacted] then you gotta at least let me go back and reread your lore dumps without having to trudge across multiple runs looking for some random book I barely remember having read

that's credits on Blue Prince! still have a bunch of cleanup to do, but overall I thought it was pretty good. I was afraid that the endgame was going to be a slog, but it turns out most of the more involved puzzles are entirely optional, which makes sense.

On his quest to toughen up, Alexander faces off against a Tree Sentinel! But when the battle triggers a certain fear of his, Alexander finds himself considering a difficult journey… Elden Ring: Distant Tales Between, Chapter 6.1, Part 2 is available now: buff.ly/cxmmFvn

A catastrophe is on the horizon! Is Boss really cutting off these spies' bright future?! Not if Daughter Dearest has a say on it! 📖 Spy Classroom 2nd Period: Daughter Dearest, Vol. 1 (manga) buff.ly/vc50ryP

the fact that the manga adaptation of Spy Classroom 4 just nonchalantly dropped a massive reveal that the LNs haven't even gotten to yet is incredibly funny to me LN White Spider: "Our goal is to, uh...maintain balance." Manga White Spider: "Here are the exact details of the Nostalgia Project, lol"

Cover Debut! - Spy Classroom, Vol. 9 (light novel) After the fierce battles in Fend, the members of Lamplight were granted a fourteen-day vacation. But as the girls are enjoying their holiday on a remote island, Klaus issues a mysterious order... Pre-order Here: buff.ly/EWCJmnr

a new volume of Don't Wish This Love Upon a Star dropped today and I am *flabbergasted* that nobody's licensed it yet, it's far and away the best yuri series that nobody is taking about

Cover Debut! - Spy Classroom 2nd Period: Daughter Dearest, Vol. 1 (manga) The second part of the hit fantasy series Spy Classroom has arrived in manga form! The era of espionage is upon us. But a new type of conflict is just around the corner... Pre-order Here: buff.ly/3QybKt6

NEW MANGA ANNOUNCEMENT: Spy Classroom 3rd Period: Forgetter The only path to survival is deceit. The “War of Light” is over, giving rise to the modern-day information war waged by spies, or the “War of Shadows.” Evil is always lurking just around the corner.

Cover Debut! - The Eminence in Shadow, Vol. 12 (manga) After casually defeating the big demon thing that showed up at Rose’s wedding, Cid had tried to make a badass exit via the collapsing portal, but…this is Japan, right? Preorder Here: https://buff.ly/4k7ssxe

it'll be interesting to see how much if any of the referenced music makes it in, I have to imagine those licenses cost a ludicrous amount of money

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New Month 📅 = New Books! 📚 Start February with some new reads on your shelf! Pink and Habanero, Vol. 2 and The Eminence in Shadow, Vol. 6 (light novel) are both available now! Check out our release calendar to see what we've got coming up! 👉 https://buff.ly/3H7DSz5

io9 talks to translators about the highlights and challenges of working on major shonen manga series such as One Piece, Spy x Family, and Undead Unluck.

is "danke" not something that english monolinguals say? I always assumed it was like "gracias" where even if someone spoke zero spanish it was just part of the common vernacular, but this is the second time a stranger has DM'd me on discord asking if I'm German

Priory of the Orange Tree is out here asking the important questions—namely, is it still old man yaoi if one of them died before he grew old?

christ on a bike this thing is huge

[Review] It has been a while since we last saw Whisper Me a Love Song , but at long last, we're finally getting the last two episodes of its rather tortured season.

Spy Classroom Short Story Collection 3 review: suitablefortreatment.mangabookshelf.com/2024/12/27/s... @yenpress.com

Tanith is at a loss after Rya’s unexpected outburst—especially when she just wants her daughter to be safe and happy! Following some much-needed reflection, the proprietress finds Rya awake and in tears... Elden Ring: Distant Tales Between, Chapter 5.3 is available now: https://buff.ly/4fBbm7x

I just spent 9 hours arguing with my friends about resource management we are so fucking back

was eating some tonkatsu yesterday and discovered that long dashes are written as ⠒ in Japanese Braille, which both makes perfect sense and delights me to no end (the lid says ソース)

Honeymoon Raker is out today! Queneau's Case might very well be my single favorite bit of writing in the series, and I'm so excited for y'all to finally read it.

yoooooooooo

today's my sixth anniversary as a translator! got to cross two big items off my bucket list this year (yuri, fromsoft), so that was very cool. I'm also getting close to catching up on both of my big LN projects, so it'll be exciting to see what new stuff 2025 has in store!

tragic: local man too distracted by Elden Ring trailer to finish working on his Elden Ring simulpub

sometimes it's four am and you really just need some scones

just rolled credits on Etrian Odyssey 3 and got jumpscared by @katrinal10n.bsky.social lmao

losing power for 48 hours (and counting) has been generally quite unpleasant, but it's done wonders for my ability to get through my mini painting backlog