In 2026, Natsume Week will run from Monday the 3rd of August to Saturday the 9th of August (Tokyo time).

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Kotobukiya has revealed pictures of the upcoming Amulet Spade figure.

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Shugo Chara!’s Official X Account has announced that for every copy of Shugo Chara! Jewel Joker Volume 4 Regular Edition or Special Edition that you purchase at Animate stores nationwide in Japan or online on Animate, you will receive a special illustration card. Volume 4 will be released on June 12th, 2026.

Nakajima Atsushi, “The Rebirth of Wujing” from The Moon over the Mountain and Other Stories

I just adore how she came out 🥹🤍

Doing a final project in my stats class, we have to pick a subject and collect data on it. We need at least 100 data points, and I figured this blog is big enough that a poll on here could get to that pretty easily!

Doing my project on if it’s more likely to be born in certain months :]

go you funky little man go

gnc woman. she is directly and for purpose described as deceptively androgynous in the light novel. and she actually is.

trafficking victim experience. her head was the fundamental element of her identity so we can say that not just "celty's head" but celty herself was kidnapped and transported to another country. even if we don't say that, her actual body part was kidnapped and used as some illegal exotic product. this is wild when you think of it more than a few seconds

migrant experience. she had to learn how to live in japan with like zero experience in travelling and tourism in general and zero knowledge of japanese culture and language etc etc. and she fit in like. very well like she was always living in a japanese human society and never was a literal irish fairy. amazing

trauma impact in general. depression, dissociative amnesia or schizo spectrum disorders debut experience even (oh i hope you see and get it bc it's hard to explain shortly)

being physically disabled. she can't speak and uses alternative ways of communicating after all. she literally misses a part of her body, not so common like someone's hand or leg but still. it also can be about trauma (of becoming disabled) impact btw