#monday updates

two more chapters to go.

Hello! Sorry for the day-late update. I got busy yesterday.

Anyhow, the next chapter to be updated will be Sword and Spice, and it should be posted no later than Friday. It’s also going to be a long one, probably around 15k words.

As for my other stories, I’ll be working on finishing up A Tale Painted with Blood next. I’m still trying to decide if I want to include the Chapter 2 ending in this chapter or split it up. It’ll probably just depend on how long the chapter gets.

At long last, a room of one's own~

Hello, friends! After one of the world's most excruciatingly protracted out-of-state moves (seriously, it's taken over two years!), I'm extremely happy to report I now have an actual study and a real desk again! ✨ Other Spheres proved a very fruitful maiden voyage, and now-- Now, it's time to finish Bright Oak, for real.

Refocusing on my massive and unwieldy passion project two and a half years after initially releasing the demo, I have to admit, there is--quite a lot I would like to revisit before re-releasing the demo with voicing. Way back in 2023, baby Butterfly Rocket didn't know what they didn't know, and after working with so many skilled and talented individuals on Burdock, Tell It Slant, If One Goes Astray, and now Other Spheres, I can better see where there's room for improvement. ❤️ I'm a strong believer in the saying, Perfection is the enemy of Good (and by extent, finished)--but I also want to keep growing and improving with each step forward, and both my standards and (hopefully!) my skills have advanced quite a bit from where they were set back in 2023.

Bright Oak has been my heartwood project for many years now: I'm determined to see it through while also giving it its due. And now that I have (quite literally) space to focus for more than a jam-length sprint, I can see the path to getting this finished with greater clarity and urgency than ever before.❤️ And so: you can expect the Irregular Monday Updates to start being more regular going forward!

To that end, here's the current Progress Report:

https://archiveofourown.org/works/26904061/chapters/66177490

Holland had caught her red hair from a bridge above the river. Tall, slim, the sharpness in her face softened by distance -- but unmistakable.

Arnes’ London was home to more people than Holland can remember seeing in a lifetime. More people, more colors, more sounds, simply more. He couldn’t say for sure what brought him back to this city after years away, but he couldn’t find a reason to leave either. Certainly not now.

He leaned on the bridge’s stone railing, watching Kell Maresh stroll upstream. Everything about her was proper. Everything about her the Friday before was proper, perfect, damn nearly prim and irritating. But then, as now, there were a few things out of place. Then, her dress had been cut more daringly than current fashion, her every move was loose and lithe , she was wearing more lipstick than most Arnesian women appeared to. Now she wore no hat or gloves, her coat collar was turned up on one side, and tendrils of hair were falling from their pins. She looked lost in thought, debating something in her own head as she walked.

A few things out of place, a few things not quite in line with the rest of the world. He couldn’t help but think it made her all the more interesting, that it only served to pull him closer.

Holland watched her disappear underneath the bridge and found himself moving again. Pulled down off the bridge, back onto the sidewalk that ran above the river, following the princess as she went on her way. Holland took the first set of stairs down the riverbank. He was probably crossing a line, following a member of the royal family through the city, but Holland couldn’t help himself. A connection had formed between them, a tether that had tightened and was pulling him towards her, faster with every step.

He thanked the old gods when she stopped farther up the river, tilting her head up to look at the sky. 

“Mas varnesa?” Holland called as he got closer. “Is that you?”

Holland watched, from several feet away, as her spine straightened. The sunlight caught her hair as she turned, making it glow a fiery copper. She blinked, head tilting to one side, and her lips pulled into a small smile.

“Master Vosijk,” Kell said, a fond lilt in her voice. She stepped forward, closing the gap between them. “How are you?”

The latest rather infrequent roundup of all that’s going on in the World of Pear Fairies!

Funassyi 5 Year On Earth Anniversary Project

More details in in this post.

Live events/appearances by Funassyi

December 28 Hanshin Racecourse, Takarazuka, Hyogo: talk show with Chicchai Ossan, 12:30~; photo session at 16:30  (website)

December 29: Sonoda Racecourse, Himeji, Hyogo: talk show with Chicchai Ossan, 12:10~ and 14:30 (website)

January 17: Gotouchi Chara Bunkasai during the Furusato Festival at the Tokyo Dome, 18:00 - 20:00 (website; the festival itself is from Jan. 12 - 21; show schedule)

January 27: 274ch Fan Meet - open recording of Busha Radio at Tokyo Soramachi, Space 634 (from 13:00~ and 15:00~). Enter to participate by either being a 274ch member or making a purchase at the Winter Fan Thanksgiving Festival at Tree Village, Tokyo Skytree Town (see below under shopping events)

February 7: Funassyiland Harajuku 2nd anniversary live talk show at Shibuya Live House (at 13:00~ and 15:00~) - make a purchase of at least 2,000 yen at any permanent Funassyiland between now and Jan. 9th and send it in for a chance at a ticket (details)

Live events/appearances by Funagoro and/or Funyassyi

These are appearances by Funagoro and Funyassyi only.　Since there are Funagoro and Funyassyi fans too, I’ve listed all of their appearances here, so some may duplicate the listings above.

Be sure to check the official Funagoro/Funyassyi Funassyiland schedule page here.

None scheduled at the moment

TV, Radio, Live Webcasts, Movies, Music

Music: Available now: Spring 2017 Ketsugobou Tour DVD (release date: May 26). 274ch member order page. Also available from CDJapan, Amazon Japan, Funassyiland web store.

Music: Available now: Arukunashi Charamel CD Single (double-A side; on 274ch site also available now from Amazon Japan, CDJapan etc.

Music: Available now on 274ch site, from January 24th elsewhere - Zetsu Bushaa Festival convert DVD

TV: March 14 - Sukapaa! Music Festival (BS Sukapaa channel, 19:00 - 23:00)

Online - Official music video for Charamel (details)  

Online - Official music video for Arukunashi (video link)

Online - Available for viewing now : Untouchable Shibata’s Animal Research Team program in 4 parts on 360.tv (details). Note that Funassyi will also be on the show and/or providing narration for the second season.

Movie: Last Cop The Movie, on Blu-Ray and DVD. Available now (Amazon Japan link to the various editions)

Special shopping events and exhibitions, restaurants etc.

November 27- December 25: Limited period Funassyiland in Fukuoka at Tenjin Loft, 5th floor (official page)

December 27 - January 31: Winter Fan Thanksgiving Festival at Tree Village, Tokyo Skytree Town in Sumida, Tokyo (details). Make a purchase from December 27 - January 17 to enter for the drawing for the live Funassyi event (see above under Events) or be a 274ch member.

- December 31: Funassyi livery train, Shin Keisei Railway (details; official page on Shin Keisei Railway site). Don’t forget the ramen stamp rally!

- December 22: 10 buses running on the Funabashi Shin Keisei route will have special Funassyi-fied rear seats.

- December 31 The Misato station has been re-done in a Funassyi theme. In addition, in-station announcements are in Funassyi’s voice. Funassyi livery trains also has Funassyi-voice announcements during this period.

Products of note, plus shopping advice

At this point many of the new and cool Funassyi products are available exclusively at the Funassyiland stores, with the exception of books, calendars etc. Which is good I guess if you live in Japan, since it’s one-stop shopping, but somewhat inconvenient for overseas Funassyi fans, since Funassyiland does not ship overseas. If you don’t have a cooperative friend in Japan, I recommend using a shopping service.

New products go on sale on the online store on Saturdays at 10PM Japan time. Popular products sell out almost immediately (something a lot of fans are unhappy about at the moment. I hope this situation gets solved soon!)

Grey Parka Service has announced a 120cm tall Funassyi, retailing for 41,000 yen including tax. The first two phases have sold out. The third phases is currently available on the Grey Parka Service site (it’s sold out on the Funassyiland site). Follow Grey Parka Service on Twitter for announcements regarding future releases.

Available now : Minna de Aemen Funassyi themed noodles from Yamasa

2018 Funassyi Calendar and Planner/Agendas

Official site.  Available now from the Funassyiland online store, physical Funassyiland stores, bookstores nationwide, Amazon, CDJapan, etc. I have gotten mine and they are both fantastic!

Reminder: Funassyi donates all of his share of the proceeds from calendar sales to the Michinoku Mirai Fund, which gives scholarships to children orphaned by the March 11, 2011 Tohoku Earthquake.

The 2018 weekly and monthly agenda/planners are also available. Both are very cute!

2018 Funassyi Nengajo (New Years cards)

Available from the Japan Post online store - link

Also available (different designs) from Loft stores and physical Funassyiland stores

Apps, stickers and games

Illustrated Funassyi sticker set for the LINE app - they are adorable! Only available in Japan unfortunately. (link)

Available now: Funassyi stickers for iMessage (the Messages app), iOS only - but available worldwide! (link to US App Store - check your local App store)

Available now: Taiwan/Chinese version Funassyi LINE stamps (check in your LINE app; not available outside of Taiwan though)

274ch.com

274ch.com, Funassyi’s official streaming video channel/fan club, is the main outlet for Funassyi’s video appearances. Videos are uploaded every couple of days, and are very funny, with Funassyi appearing far more loose and relaxed than he is on broadcast TV. Highlights include a cooking show, Funassyi imitating various Japanese entertainers (his imitation of Beat Takeshi aka Takeshi Kitano is priceless), Funassyi going camping, Funassyi going go-cart racing, and much more. There are also frequent live streams of The Pear doing interviews and so on.

There are also fan-exclusive meets with Funassyi, and fan-exclusive concerts too, for an extra fee.

Membership is 600 yen per month or 6,000 yen per year. You can now join from outside of Japan too, although the site is in Japanese only (and so is customer support and so on). Details here. You will most likely need a Japanese mailing address to receive materials from the site for now.

Note: Sometimes someone at the streaming video provider seems to turn on IP checking/blocking of non-Japanese IPs. If you can’t access the videos, just wait a few hours and it will usually get fixed.

274ch official Instagram account

Link here

Last but not least…

I know the updates here have less frequent of late. I will try to update here as regularly as I can, but if you are on Facebook please join the We Love Funassyi group, which is quite active, with many enthusiastic Funatomo. See you there!

👏🏼😍🎉🎉❤️