I like romance series. Toradora was my favorite anime for a long time, and I like series with a lot of well written drama to sort through. But there's something nice about romance series that just trim all the fat and drama and are just about wholesome stuff happening.

I tend to go through phases where I focus more on some hobbies and less on others so I haven't read in a while. But it's been nice to get back into it when I want some down time.

Sometimes it really helps to just approach a logic problem the next day or step away for a bit. It makes handling something that seemed really complicated easier.

As soon as I saw another floppy witch hat in Nikki, I needed to make another witch.

Made a bit of progress today implementing a few of the new skills I came up with and organizing things. Got stuck with a new status so I'll have to figure that out later.

I recently took a look at Twitter again and the feeling over there is honestly just so different. It feels really hard to even spend time there.

Last night, I managed to sort what I imagine will be the skills for most of the characters in the game. At least the ones without their own unique mechanics. So next will be actively adding them all in-game

I'm planning to revive the blog again as a way to share random thoughts while I develop the game.

I've been trying to S rank some of the past battles in the demon slayer game. The CPU on here is so insanely cracked for no reason compared to the rest of the game they literally feel on par with real players.

Not the little duck and hat

I plan to try learning Godot in the near future. Might be fun to document it as I go. I would have done that with RPG Maker but it ended up turning into a bigger thing than I expected fast.

Decided to cosplay Tanjiro this year half so I can buy his sword.

Glad to see Sparking Zero is finally releasing the next dlc characters. I love the game and think it's fun and more balanced but the lack of timely support this game had is criminal.

Been working with flowcharts for the first time to help visualize skill trees and stuff and it is SO helpful to see it that way. Really helps me focus.

I've really grown to appreciate games you can just pick up and play a few rounds more as time has went on. I love long rpgs but stuff with little investment is nice

After the infinity castle hype I picked up the demon slayer fighting game. It's honestly a blast. Really liking it so far.

These names be crazy

I know not everyone likes Demon Slayer, but the fact that the movie was such a success in the west is a great thing for anime in general.

Sometimes the best ideas for projects just pop in your head when you're thinking about something completely unrelated. Just like "oh yeah I guess that's better, huh"

New Dragon Ball game is fun but I can definitely see how these types of games can get incredibly toxic at higher levels. Best to just have a good time and not take it too seriously.

I think one of the funner parts about trying to make a game is how it makes you start to study and appreciate aspects of other games as you play them.

It's tough because I love Nintendo games but I just find it harder and harder to get excited for anything they do because of how expensive and greedy they are with basically everything these days. It's really sad.

Was really happy with Demon Slayer. Was good the entire time. Also my first time at a theater in years. Great experience!

About to go see Demon Slayer. Looking forward to it!

I like the new Persona 5 X content a lot. Probably my favorite story stuff they've added so far. Just wish it lasted a bit longer.

I mostly play Persona 5 X on my phone but when I play the new content I like to get it on my Steam Deck but since the update I've had trouble getting it to launch and I'm downloading it again for the second time.

Got my ticket to go see the demon slayer movie soon. I haven't been to a theater in forever so I'm looking forward to it.

It's always crazy to me when games like this already get remastered

I'm enjoying Shin Megami Tensei 3 overall, but I will say some of these dungeons are so annoying. The equivalent of just randomly running around until you're forced to backtrack before finally finding the correct random path.

Binging games on the steam deck definitely helps being sick not feel as bad.

I'm going to be starting a web novel pretty soon. It's a story that I'm pretty excited for since I have a lot of plans for it in the future.

Finished Arifureta today. Honestly felt it was kind of meh overall. I thought it started good but got worse as it went by quite a bit

Made a post about my recent experience with Weiss Schwarz www.sideoffiction.com/2025/06/14/t...

I wrote this post a few days ago just talking about how I feel with some creative things. I also have another post cooking right now www.sideoffiction.com/2025/06/06/b...

Managed to pull this card last night, which happens to be one of the more sought after cards in the set worth quite a bit. So I'm looking into getting it graded

It's interesting how filling out a little history sheet for a character you're writing can influence their design so much if you haven't sorted that out yet.

It's been so long since I've streamed that I feel like I've forgotten how but I'm sure it will come back to me

I've been collecting Weiss Schwarz cards recently and this is probably my favorite art on one I have so far. And I ended up getting two.

The #SparkingZero videos have been really fun to make so far. Learning these little details has also taught me a lot about the game as I’ve been dong it.

I’ve hit the 200-hour point in #SparkingZero. Kind of crazy I’ve played the game that long since it launched but it really ended up being everything that I wanted it to be. Rough launch, but amazing growth since it started. Super fun to make videos about too!

The #FireEmblem Path of Radiance Randomizer is finally finished! Here's the whole playlist! youtube.com/playlist?lis...

I want to get some lights set up by my desk and really try and make the whole thing more cozy. I think I don’t put enough effort into the environment I’m in as I should. It can help affect my mood a lot.

I've been trying out some new ways to keep me productive, and it's been working out really well so far!

The Steam Deck really is one of my favorite purchases I’ve ever made. It’s use as a portable PC or an emulation machine, or just a nice way to play Steam games on the go. It’s basically as convenient to me as my phone at this point. It’s such a good price for what it is.

I got an email recently that my #Persona 3 keycaps are coming in soon. I’m super excited for them and to mix up my keyboard for the first time since I got it. It’s going to look really nice!

I started a series that will be out every other day until it's done. It's my Pokemon Too Many Types streams cut down into shorts! #pokemon #pokemonemerald #pokemonromhack youtube.com/shorts/x2Yyr...

I’ve decided to get back into writing, but I’m going to start taking it down the visual novel and game route because I really think that’s a medium I can get a lot more excited about.

The Video is out! It was a fun one to record. And I got to clickbait my Z rank status finally. #Dragonball #sparkingzero youtu.be/kicWi9lVcy8?...

I recorded a video for the new Sparking Zero raid mode. It’s honestly super fun. I might even do another video trying to beat it with bad characters. I’m looking forward to them doing more stuff like this in the future. The team has done such a good job with the game in the last few months.

Managed to get a big hit today!