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Beyond the World new loc indeed, I got bamboozled when I saw the post but it is what it is. I am more surprised about the other en name when we already have one in cn server aka Beyond the World but they go with Here to Everywhere. I have no idea why they do that but it is what it is I guess LOL

In other news that means no one can say that they don't want to deal with IDs to make an account now T-CN server exists. I am still not sure their angle tho because what the hell does that mean they are going to unlock Main Story all the way to W4??? Like I don't think it's a good idea but whatever, I'll see how it goes LOL

Reign of Nightfall, truly the reason I've been in grinding hell lmfaooo I've been enjoying it so far, so there is that and Ch 3 being my favourite so far.

...blue suits zuo ran so much (ntm his story motifs, but just the color composition as well...) ദ്ദി╥ ᴗ ╥) i need more mhy, pls and thank you (even though i'm forking over my money 😒)

and oh, as it turned out, my genshin merch did ship out literally a few days after I ordered...it's just that either they forgot to give my agent the tracking number or my agent forgot to input it because it was delivered to the warehouse for over a week before my agent put in the # ☠️☠️ tbh i've been preached to by many people about the wonders of cainiao...which the problem is it's only consolidation and it requires a tb account (WHICH I DO NOT HAVE bc it blocked my region phone #) so sad ahaha. truly curious about what they mean by superbuy upselling shipping costs lwk (i do not want to think much further because my brain will be screaming in agony at the shipping cost /hj)

xhs is really neat..i use it sporadically to also check on old merch that have already released to see the unboxing and how they look irl to make sure i actually want to spend the late fan tax 😆 i did not expect doll to be so common but i can really see it now. but also seeing your tiny zr finger doll made my heart melt (i get it now.) my first stuff arrived and wow i finally understand why i see so many people talk about mhy's sturdy cardboard boxes. super nice.

I cut down so much of my merch wish list (well, kind of. still have a massive wish list but sorted into what i want in a ideal future and what i really really want) and bought like most of my immediate desires (that are not out of reach/super expensive resale tax/out of print), so for future releases I have to see if it's feasible bcuz if I only have a handful of stuff, it isn't economically viable to ship to me. also obligatory mention of shitty irl stuff driving oil costs high and countries being on alert (my nightmare is my stuff getting caught during customs inspection even though I only use tax-free lines and then getting destroyed)

(i say all this even though i already have a wishlist that i could cross from, just that i spent quite a bit already and my wallet wishes to rest💸💸).

(i also say this in light of 6th anniversary as well as my other game's occasions. nope nope nope **vigorously shaking my head**🙂‍↔️🙂‍↔️ exercise some self-restraint smhhh)

(furthermore sinking into the depths when i realize that one of my preorders is also going to likely only ship in oct/nov/end of the year) did i mention i really hate preorders. especially preorders by nonofficial sellers, aka putting my trust and money in random people hoping that they are of good conscience. i especially hate that i cannot see the estimated dates on superbuy ui. 🙂 my brain also reminding me that i cannot see the gift redeem that people mention from tb store (i believe?) so that is. a minor irritant. and now my brain also wants to remind me of another irritant which is currency conversion (so even though superbuy has a worse rate than what is the googled exchange rate, it gets worse because when i pay using card, the merchant takes a slice so I'm paying an additional tax on tax essentially without even considering the actual international shipping yet - I even have wechat acc...just not wechat pay unlocked ugh). To be honest, it makes me rethink my initial stance of local stores upselling merch cost (which they still are, but like it's so much hassle plus the fear of something going wrong during shipping), but considering most of the merch doesn't make it overseas (especially for games that aren't on genshin/hsr tier, and even then so much is basically cn-exclusive if not super difficult to find), it's the price for access i guess. sorry ig this was just me realizing it isn't all sunshine and rainbows after learning how to use a proxy 😮‍💨😮‍💨

hm i think zzz has a different store as well? a little curious why they decide to separate lke this, but also not really my concern.

p.p.p.s., ... this is a bit embarassing but I get so excited when my stuff arrives at the warehouse and they take photos. it's a little addiction atp, it gives me a small high. not great, but better if i substitute other people's unboxings.

ty again for keeping with my yapping and complaints (and for remembering about my ask!), it really means a lot 🤭 (oh and i also included feedback abt tl to survey T~T)

Honestly don't worry about it because I also get pulled with too many things at once, game and irl LOL

Also ahaha right the borderless shikishi came out so nicely, i did expect it but it's truly so nice. I did expect the pola to be good, and it is hahah Themis packaging tends to be really good so I expected it this time too, I understand why you so taken by it.

Hahah I mean his eyes are blue so of course it complements him well. I think it's kinda sweet with themis tho Each ML signature colour is clear but they aren't bound by it either, that's why everyone merch also colourful without forgetting their signature colour still.

Hahah that truly seemed like pain in the ass, a lot of my orders are handled by local proxy and my friends but rip I know sometime superbuy is the only choice left for people. Truly thoughts and prayer for the wallet.

Hahah yes XHS is useful for checking old merchs and stuffs, which is I end up with a small panda li shen now www but yes! See the light of dolls hahaha

Ahahah yeah, mhy card box is nice, i like having that stuff for other purposes but yeah economically (in many ways as either currency or oil prices that also add to cost of shipping) it will be more painful to the wallet and indeed hahah regardless if you game even more niche there is hoop to be jump around, sometime po is the safest way (for wallet) to get it and the local store tend to play safe with ones that known because access plus sometime retails cost too. Gift redeem indeed connected to tb acc so that's not.really something can be done with acc unfortunately

And indeed HAHAH plenty anniv around corner not only just for one games, I am already super zen for most part www

I even have less knowledge of zzz whether game or physical as its the only mhy games i never try LOL but hahah yes, not really something to be think on

Also hahah no worries honestly, whenever my friend updated which stuff of mine arrived in her warehouse I always got excited myself, and other people unboxing were indeed fun to watch and i like to do that too XD

Hahah my long term memory is pretty good so I tend to remember stuff like that XD but no worries really, I won't entertain an answer if I thought it was a bother.

alsoo a lil curious on what happens if they hit the deadline. i read that they get fined or something by taobao and you get compensation? but with superbuy idk how that works. just pray that merch releases early with good quality ehehe. since i don't buy clothing or doll stuff, i think those that the most time cmiiw? probably also stuff like perfume, vinyl idk. i saw comments that range from 1-6+ months 🫣 for avg mhy preorder time which kinda stresses me out because of superbuy storage limits, so either I send too little stuff and pay the tax for taking up space or i buy more (aka my wallet takes a beating) or i wait until later to buy, which might mean official stock is out so i get reseller tax. you know what's funny (not really), i thought i would get this itch out of my skin but unfortunately i like having physical reminders of the things i love. I didn't buy anything for azukisan because I didn't really have an attachment but it really is super adorable 🥹🥹

also, since the love and wanderlust series ends with vyn as closer, will they release merch for this series after furever schoolmates period ends? mari + vyn were so catered to me. Sorry I don't remember if they released any merch for the individuals since i assume they wait for series to be done?

p.s. do you know if they ever released merch for the fate collab in hsr? since fate ip is not mhy's idk who has the licensing for merch? also yay for part 2! sry for yapping so much about merch and bombarding you with questions hahaa🫶

Hahahah I just to remember stuff like this very well (mostly because I have to keep track of my merch batch). Thought interface of what? TB?. Also lmfao genshin store and mhy store is two different thing after all, I have no idea how genshin usually move but it make sense if they have different inner working lol

Hahah my xhs honestly also only for 1) themis sjzw and ln update 2) fanart of my biases 3) merchs unboxing and updates hahaha so I understand it easily hooked you for merch purposes LOL

Mm-hm, if deadline crossed, got sort of compesationd iirc should be a voucher for discount. No idea about Superbuy since I never use it myself.

Hm doll is not necessarily the most longer, it's pretty common merch after all. I think the one tend to be longer if they are experimenting with the craftmanship which can be anything lol But yeah since PO open for 200 days, it's average 5-6+ months for it start to be dispatched also.rip once again because I never use Superbuy, but yeah hahah reason I bought merch usually I have attachment to the card story and art, and I keep up with cn/tw server so my wallets get even more beating hahah

Azukisan is indeed really cute! I always fond of Azukisan (the og) so I decide to get it without hesistation www

Hm next merch drop is LJH Bday so it's a bit depend? If it MR they usually would go for it but if all four of solo series, I don't think so. They tend to avoid overshadowing the bday boy but yeah they haven't release any individual solo series ever since Temposync, it was the last time they did. That's why Last CNY merch drop especially packed since they finally drop Season SSS merch lol Love & Wanderlust is really great tho indeed (I loved XY & ZR card story but I really need to read the other two soon www)

As for Fate, I don't think so. I have no recollection of whatsoever about it.

Hmm the 2nd Sport MR set should be together with Xia Yan Bday, so maybe June. Their schedule went off track recently with Mo Yi Bday being so late compared to their prev stuff, nearly hit the deadline of their est for release and that's why Mo Yi bday and White Expanse release so close together too.

Also the MR set that together with Honeymoon Set are the Fairytale + Azukisan MR (the drop was combo of Honeymoon + Enduring Flame + Fairytale + Azukisan + Season SSS). It was a lot of drop www

Ah the mini photoholder, i remember that but I ended up not getting things from that set either because my prio was season sss > fairytale mr > azukisan mr > enduring flame = honeymoon (and enduring flame won by recency bias www no regret tho)

Also yes they do show est and that's how most people predicted the send out time because if they don't want to compensate they must send out before deadline lol my friend was the one who handled it for me but i have screenshot from it lol see www there is difference between azukisan collab est (po 120 days) and the rest of drop (po 200 days)

a bit tangential but I kind of wonder why we don't get Shirou content more often. Post of an ichiban kuji popped up in a store near me, it was heaven's feel focused but like almost nothing for shirou. I wonder if it's just catering to certain ppl so that shirou isn't pictured with saber/rin/sakura but that is just a theory I don't really want to think about, also a bit too conspiracy-like. Idk. Actually, now that I wrote it out I remember another one of my favorite series (bunny-girl senpai) has like near nothing for sakuta (male mc) whereas so much for the girls. augh. I guess real answer is catering to audience/money but yeah. Rider is also one of my favs but very few stuff for her too sadly.

Fate part two indeed! I did watch some early episodes but then well.... hectic life and put most of my energy into my game reading instead. I also heard plenty is being cut which is sad but if it is just one season I get why but hey the LN is good, and I am glad they at least try their best to deliver it.

I think the font is fine, just the sizing and sometimes text placement are wonky which is something I cannot help but noticed since I often deal with text placement lol

Unfortunately for QOL, sometimes they are faster but not immediately, this also happens with LN TW like it took a bit for some QOL patched but not immediately, and even then not everything is immediately avail like TW still not having farm and childhood feature (not a bad thing for me, i don't want to do farm lol)

LMFAO likes it just a mess whether the inconsistency or their localisation choice. Still think it's insane that MTL still does kinda better, what's wrong in their pipeline when it makes them worse than MTL. I already don't want EN dub so this only justifies it more lol

The problem with not adding EN is that for better or worse, one of the most common foreign languages in SEA is EN. They could remove it for sure but that also means they have to commit to other SEA countries languages, so they just use EN instead but that's also the problem because instead of putting proper resources to it, they half-assed it and left with this half committed mess.

Much thanks for your insight! and dw at all about timing, we all have lives to live. I did not know that there were 149 yuan bags, do they only sell those during anniversary/cny or smt 😮😮 Tbh, I did chicken out because ultimately when i scrolled thru the listing with the drop rates, I realized that while I again had like close to 0% of the stuff (so v low dupe chance EXCEPT FOR THAT BOOK) i. um. really didn't want most of it and the stuff i did want was very few with very low rates. Being real for a sec, part of the excitement was gambling 🤭🤭 (also i would have wanted to get 3 bags, 1 for each of my mains so not great for my wallet). Curious do the items change or is it just adding some stuff as they go? I think i might go look for lucky bag videos to voraciously get that gambling feeling hehehe. Oh one more q, i noticed that the mo yi 99y bag was lower stock than the other 3 during presale ... is he the least popular .?! 🥲 not that it matters because that just means ppl have no taste /j

I am currently waiting for the Breezing Through sports MR ticket/card set to ship, that art was so pretty ugh

Actually I am more often to see the lucky bag 149 yuan for Anniv and National Day merch drop hahah I remember I saw some folks in xhs hit jackpot with the vinyl XD

Yeah, the thing with Lucky Bag except you liked most of it, there is always a possibility you wont like what you get, it's gamble after all. So I get the dopamine but what's the point of having something you do not necessarily want www but one for each of them truly money drainer lmfao

Usually they add more as time goes on, like they add new stuff this round (Island Supense, Dunhuang MR, the bonus purchases, Judydoll merch, Omni-Spiriti Bureau).

Hahah as Lucky Bag often leftover from the PO period, I fear if his PO wasn't a lot then it does affect the stock for Lucky Bag too.

O, about that other ask about Light and Night, do you think you'll continue with SEA account after beta? My friend shared a few stories and I did see their announcement on denying any/all ai usage (but like that somehow did nothing to assuage my concerns).

Indeed a lot to look forward to next year! (Enduring Flame Event Story my beloved). As for the card, both Enduring Flame & Fur-ever Schoolmate cards are post-event stories, so you know as usual better reading experience if you read the event first (me however will read it first and reread after event www)

It's not the end of arc but the whole thing with Nie Qiu being reported had been alluded to since Ch 17 Pt 1 (which should be released in glb soon), so Ch 19 (so far) is like shit hit the fan and poured more oil on it (and giving me more info that make me take notes even more). That said..... I have actually been glaring themis localizer (metaphorically) lately because I keep thinking how the hell people would notice the horror(tm) that I realized with how ass they handled name localization most of the time.

i'm sure we all understand, praying for your well-being

It's essentially the early UI of LN www that's why it looks dated because ofc the look of the game from 2021 won't be the same with game from that about to hit their 5th year or 3rd and 2nd for TW /KR respectively. So it lacked a lot of QOL too. It took like 36 minutes to get all the login time reward for my server currently (TW) but LN SEA CBT had the old 60 minutes which yeah, old time stuff.

The lucky bags, they aren't pre-order right? Also, do they sell out immediately? Bcuz i'm afraid if i use proxy site that they might not be able to make it iin time. Also, have u ever bought one before? Tbh I'm missing almost everything in the bag (except i will freaking CRASH OUT if I get the artbook that I already paid sm in shipping for) but it's also kinda a "most things would be 'eh' for me." Tyyyy

Hi merch anon hahah!

Sorry this takes a bit but yes, lucky bag is not PO, it's indeed about whoever catches it the fastest therefore if your proxy is not fast enough that might be hard to do.

Lucky Bag is unfortunately gamble, so if you aren't willing to lose I fear it won't be worth it. Ah but, I remember advice about Themis Lucky Bag. If you want to get it, either go small (59 yuan) or go home (149 yuan). Those usually where some good merch goes (people often disappointed by 99 yuan ones)

Btw how is the furever event story? i heard it was different this year compared to individual line of prev fy events. hope it was a good compromise

Suffer two weeks and it's like five more days now and counting like waiting for my own execution (exaggeration but also not really, if not for the fact I have so much reading to do in my other games I would have wallowed longer but also stuffs still find its way to make me think shsjs), in fairness am I not supposed to goes melancholic when I am handed with flashback of ZR, ZLC and NQ then latee seeing present-ZR smiled without reaching his eyes....

Event story-wise, I enjoyed it a lot especially the interactions between NXX, after all, they were strangers, it warmed my heart how by the end they cared about each other comfort (ex: zuo ran as lion needs his sunbath while mo yi being snow owl cannot handle excess light to his eyes, so they (xy and ljh) has idea to direct excess sunlight to zr while zr asked whether spray function is enough for ljh since as jiaolong he needs a lot of water, also them ensuring xia yan wont have trouble with his place and also ensuring rosa comfort in their activity room) as expected of my nxx, or in this case, 心橋小隊 HAHAH

The event conflict itself stems the fact there are humans and beastman and the school is supposed to be where two species can find co-existence, why there is hostility? what is the source? why the odd things been happening at school ground? read to find out www

however, the gameplay is tedious (learning four different made up beast languages LOL) so it can be rather mind numbing and also the visiting places in the city can be rather boring www but its all straightforward, just a lot of things to do (but the reading is fun for me as nxx enjoyer)

oh funnily, in this setting, mo yi does have childhood encounter with rosa (very brief, and his snow owl form so she doesnt remember him until in his solo bits but mo yi remember.

and can be reread!