Gaara

Because I can only read one chapter of D.Gray-man per week, I started reading Vinland Saga. So far, I'm enjoying it, and I'm about to start the second volume. Do you like it? No spoilers, please

Today I finished The Analyst by John Katzenbach, and I really enjoyed it. I love stories that maintain a constant sense of tension.

The book is about Ricky. He is a psychoanalyst whose life is very quiet and uneventful, and he rarely takes action. But one day he receives a letter, and his whole life changes completely.

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When reality feels too heavy.

When your mind won’t stay quiet.

When you crave connection but feel lonely.

When you need to live a thousand lives besides your own.

Pokemon go has announced that on May 30th we can vote for these four pokemon. The winner will be featured in Community Day. Which one do you prefer? I’ll vote for Nickit ;-)

Hi there!

My favourite type of flower is the red rose. I absolutely love them. But I have a problem: I don’t have a garden, only an enclosed terrace, and it faces northeast (more north than east). Roses need about six hours of sunlight per day to grow and bloom properly, and they are outdoor plants. I tried growing one, but it didn’t work very well.

This is a photo of my rose on my terrace. Ugly, right?

I did some research and found another option. I saw some double red tuberous begonias, and they look similar to roses. I also read that they can grow better indoors. I think I might give them a try.

This is a picture from the Internet:

I used Unity a few years ago and I don't remember very well how it works, and some things have changed. So here I am, starting from the beginning again. Wish me luck!

So I decided to stop reading the manga until more volumes came out. The 29th volume was published in Spain a week ago, and I already bought it. Now I’m starting the manga again, but I’m reading only one chapter per week to give them more time to release new volumes.

I also read something funny: Katsura Hoshino, the author, already knew from the beginning that Allen would eventually have a ponytail haha.

Have you ever had a similar problem with an anime or another series?

I started with a seed that spawned me near a village. A pillager attacked me while I was there. I had to kill him to protect myself, it was him or me. He had a flag, but I didn’t know he was the leader or what killing a leader would cause. Then a raid started, and I didn’t even notice it. All the villagers were killed. T_T

I just wanted to protect them, so I was building a fence and placing a lot of torches. But it’s not all bad news. One day, I found two villagers trapped near a cliff. I saved them, and they had a child. I managed to save the village that had been destroyed because of me.

Now I’m trying to protect them and help the village grow.

Translation:

A man like me…

someone who’s already

slept through the best days of his life.

The great Mia…

she didn’t disappoint me.

She could finally get revenge for me before she left.

In the end…

there was no one

waiting for me when I woke up

Original:

Con un ramo de rosas

te acercas hacia mí.

Son flores primorosas

con cierto tono carmesí.

Carmesí como mis mejillas

cuando te veo sonreir.

Por muy bellas que sean

jamás se compararán a ti.

Translation:

With a bouquet of roses

you slowly come to me.

Such delicate blossoms,

touched with crimson beauty.

Crimson like my cheeks

whenever you smile so bright.

No matter how lovely they are,

they pale compared to your light.

What do you think? Any ideas for a better translation?

The kind I like the most is villains, but not all of them, only the ones you can feel sorry for. They do bad things, but they have very human feelings like hate or revenge, so you start to wonder whether they’re really villains or not. My favourite villain is Godot from Ace Attorney.

The second kind I like the most is antiheroes. Maybe they aim for the common good but aren’t strong enough, or they don’t have the perfection of a hero. Or maybe they are strong, but they have more selfish goals. I think Shinji from Evangelion is an example of the first type, and Guts from Berserk is an example of the second.

Second to last, we have heroes. I think they’re more boring because they’re more predictable, and sometimes they do things that I don’t think ordinary people would do. For example, risking their life for strangers. I’m not saying they’re bad, but generally they don’t catch my attention.

The last type is antivillains. They do bad things, but they justify them by saying they’re for the common good. For example, Obito from Naruto. I like Obito. I like him because of the child he was, and I feel sorry for him because he became disenchanted with the world, but his crazy plan to save humanity really annoys me.

What do you think about that? What kind of characters do you like most?