Life doesn't like the idea of me catching a break, so I'll be gone for a while.
I'll be back... sometime next year? Hopefully earlier than later.
After years of wondering whether to make an account on MAL, I've finally made one!
My first thread in the website was going to be a "fansub nostalgia" thread, but life never goes the way we want it to :P
Tried really hard to update my oh-so-long anime list... hopefully without missing anything. Not that I'd go back to it now. Plowed through anime seasons randomly in hopes of finding stuff I watched. Done and over with!
Progress journal/log in said quest: (if you care to see)
1st day: Did I just spend my WHOLE day looking through 2013-Winter2015 seasons (and related anime)??
Anyway, at this pace, I might be finished...in a week and a half two weeks. Great, really!
2nd day: I only did 2012 today. And now I'm thinking of updating my manga too...
3rd day: Did 2011. Had a lot of stuff.
4th day:...I did nothing today. I reeeeally hope this isn't like when you start doing something new then slowly do less until you stop. *inhales* Okay, I'll do better tomorrow.
5th day: Cleared a lot today! Surprisingly (or not really, I expected this), the farther back I go, the easier it is for me to go through a season. The number of shows per season just cannot be compared to what we have now. Makes my job easier though :P. So yeah, originally was going to stop at 2010, but I pulled through and eventually cleared up to Summer2008!
6th day: Only when I came to do the seventh day did I notice I didn't fill this out :P. But yeah, didn't do a thing.
7th day: I went through 2006-Spring2008 today. But honestly, the amount of anime per season is smaller and what I watched is even smaller (especially in EZ 2008), so this was lazy lol. But hey, at least I did something!
8th day: Completed 2005, though it's worth mentioning that I added absolutely nothing from Winter2005 to my list (not sure why it would be relevant lol).
9th day: Today's 2003-2004 made for some smooth cruising before bed.
I'm finding a lot of stuff that's on my PTW. Is this awesome or what :) ?? I also feel that I'm looking properly at everything listed; not just scrolling fast absentmindedly that only the shows I watched would stick (like I did before). This is making it more enjoyable :D
10th day: Finally into two-digits. Didn't check a thing today :P
11th day: Just did 2002 to not feel guilty.
*sighhhh* Okay. I know I messed up. Was busy with a bunch of stuff and whenever I signed in into MAL the forums would distract me :P
So this here entry goes for the 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, and 17th days. I feel reaal bad :'(
You know what's best? Pretend this didn't happen!!
So I'll reset this to 12th day as of today :)
12th day: I checked out 1998-2001 today. Decent progress eh?
13th day: Went through Fall1997. Still something.
14th day: ...So we're finally into the day I expected to be done in XD and no way am I near finishing lol. I knew I'd procrastinate so I striked out the week and half notice, but as expected, two weeks didn't cut it too :P. Anyways, did 1996-Summer1997 for today.
Oh, and, screw this listing (for now)! Tomorrow I'll give myself the much-needed anime time aka Gintama watch time. So, I'll try not to sign in too.
15th day: What did I expect; I ended up signing in. Tho this time I'm proud to say I did nothing!! :D
16th day: Combed through 1994-1995. I think at this rate I might stop at 1990 then deal with 2015 and beyond; I only added Romeo no Aoi Sora today!
Also now I'm straining myself trying to use diverse vocab for my first sentence of each day.
HIATUS. Not for long, not for long; just for the time being! (I mean it was glaringly obvious.) I will probably be back on track during the weekend. Finishing all the 1990s in one day! Yaay! (Deluding myself, but I know I love expecting things out of myself and that it gives me the drive to do it). Pretty sure no one checks in- but if anyone does this keeps you updated!
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...Yeah. The weekend passed. I know. But it's still HIATUS. THIS WEEKEND FOR SURE. Screw the weekend, Imma do it now. No getting sidetracked, no replies, I'll be leaving that for later.
Okay, so, before I get on with the day's effort, let's see what day it is, shall we? So by doing that dumb calculation of comparing the day I joined MAL to the calendar and counting, (I really should add dates... eh, too bothersome :P) the number of days that passed is... 31. Which means, I should be at the 47th day now. ... Yeah. Not happening.
Back to day 17 we go!!
17th day: I skimmed through 1990-1993. Phew! Looks like I wasn't deluding myself; it really was possible to finish what was left on the 1990s all in one day. I bet that's only because I added one entry only (being Omoide Poroporo) and a few OVAs to my PTW but whatever.
Now I'm free to go to post-Winter2015!! At least I'll be adding a lot of stuff from now on (... I think).
18th day: So I made sure to check out Winter2015 again in case I missed something, and I did. Other than that, I went on till Summer2015. It's 4 A.M now, what kind of skewed sense of responsibility is making me do this...?
19th day: Cleared Fall2015-Summer 2016. But seriously, I'm so glad I stopped (or slowed down) doing seasonals; the sheer amount of dropped anime I'm finding is ridiculous. I'm not even going to bother adding half of them!
Also, Diabolik Lovers had a sequel? ... How?
20th day: We conquered the 'teens'! Scrutinized Fall2016 thoroughly today, so that I'd do full years from now on.
21st day: Kinda missed the chance to do something today.
22nd day: I looked at Winter-Spring2017. ... Tbh I slightly freaked out when I didn't get to add anything Winter2017. I mean, it's 2017?! It's new?! How can I not have watched anything from a new season?!
23rd day: Looks like I'll be doing half-years from now on. Not that there's much more to be done anyways. Now that I'm close to the end, I feel kinda sad. I mean, it was a pain, but a very enjoyable thing to do nevertheless! Oh well, it was bound to happen anyways. I guess mono no aware is a concept that highlights these kind of things as a natural process? Pfft, what am I even rambling about lol?
Went over Summer-Fall2017, in case you didn't catch that.
Today's post is too long already but I HAD to put this here!!
Everything excluding total days count is simply perfection. I almost want to leave it like that.
24th day x1: Nothing to see here.
24th day x2: Nothing to see here.
24th day x3: Nothing to see here.
24th day x4: Breezed through the first half of 2018 (Winter-Spring).
25th day: Went through what I watched in the later half of 2018 (Summer-Fall). My Dropped and On-Hold lists sure grew huh? It's huge now. Do I regret it? Of course not ^___^
26th day: I drudged along Winter-Spring2019 without adding much, as to be expected. Tbh I could've done more but I want this to last so I didn't :( You know, it's been over 2 months since I started, and now it feels kinda closely related to my MAL activites? Idk. And in case you're wondering, no, that doesn't stink of hypocrisy since I DID think about it everyday, even on the days I didn't update.
Oh, and, getting dangerously close to 600. Didn't want to see that XD
27th day: Tomorrow could very well be the last day if I choose to make it so, but should I wait and make the number of days round up nicely at 30? Cleared Summer-Fall2019.
28th day: I prioritized my sleep. Also (kinda worked as) dilly-dallying on updates cuz I want that 30 :P
The master of procrastination has striked again. I have passed not only the 29th, but also my wanted 30th and 31st days too. But I'm not going to brush it off like it never happened the way I was doing it up until now. These 4 consecutive days will be left as they are. I'm at the end; till when do I plan to run away?! It's time to reap what I sowed.
29th, 30th, and 31st days: I. DID. NOTHING.
32nd day: Breezed through all of 2020 without adding a single thing, just calmly looking at the Winter, Spring, and Summer seasons while smiling. It was fun. It was nice. I looked at all anime seasons starting from Winter1990 till Summer2020, the current season as of this time of writing. It took me 72 days to go through it all, pauses and hiccups in the middle included. Completed updating my list, finally. \(^o^)/ FINAL UPDATE COMPLETED.
... All the people who looked at this log or glanced at it once at any period in time; thank you for taking the time to do so! I only finished this due to many people's encouragement, so thank for for the people that encouraged me!
Also, person-that-knows-themselves!!! I lost the bet!!!
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Sadly, MAL doesn't have a neat system that classifies manga into something easy-to-navigate like seasons for anime, so it'd be nearly impossible for me to go on a manga quest. And more importantly, the NUMBERS. You can't compare the number of anime series out there to the sheer number of manga published. So no, I won't be doing the same thing for manga. Which also means that, if I bothered to add something to my manga list, it's probably something I'm really fond of! ...Or just something I've read recently. Or a part of my futile "update" efforts.
My ratings are pretty lenient for the most part. And you can ignore the number of completed series because I don't remember a lot of them; and there are specials mixed in. So it totally doesn't matter :)
Replies are currently stalled and lagging behind. Thank you for your patience! Just don't forget me please. I definitely haven't.
Honestly, I'm just like every other MAL user out there; just a normal, run-of-the-mill person that likes anime with pretty standard taste. I mean, if you ask me I'd say I'm special, but for me every person out there is unique so my opinion isn't that valid, is it? Point is, I don't see why someone would send a friend request to this person here, of all people, when there's not a single distinguishing feature at first glance. People would be better off sending friend requests to actually interesting people, and not plain ol' me.
To top that off, as soon as I accept that request I go and talk to them, then try to maintain that conversation even if the other party's sick of it already. I also tend to enlarge it every once in a while. And then when I'm kinda busy I stop contacting and expect you to understand that. I'm moody and annoying, seriously. It's no wonder I get unfriended after a while. Oh, and if the request didn't have a message attached it'd probably rot there for a while. So don't send a friend request, not for my sake but for yours. Unless you're willing to put up with all of that, then I'm welcoming you with open arms! I'd consider the friend request a pact of eternal "putting up with me", so don't send unless you have the resolve XP
OR, alternately, you could just chat with me once in a while without being friends. It comes without all the hassle, and I'd definitely write your username down ^-^
So sorry bro that am replying you now.I haven't been on here for a long time had issues for with my phone..lol well have you finally seen DECA fence?well good bro so nice to hear from you man..well following an anime weekly is also fun I did that for Vinland saga lol and the promised Neverland season 2 it was crazy ..well kuroko basketball is something I will see to man..a friend of mine also recommended it to me man,but for now am onto one piece ..trying to get to the current episode am still at 311..lol..this year the hypes on jujutsu kaisen was just crazy and I didn't really enjoy it because I was expecting much more what about you bro?
Hey!
It definitely has been a while since we last talked but thank you for your last reply. I'd been taking a much needed break and while I can't really say that I'm back, still wanted to check up once. It seems now you're taking a break too and I hope you're doing well in life.
Sorry for late response.(I just logged in today.)
I've been good.
And for interaction,if you think it's my fault then can you care to explain,how it's my fault?Don't worry,I won't mind.So say whatever on your mind.You don't have to hold anything.
As you know why,I also don't know what I did wrong? And here,I was thinking I'm doing a pretty good job.You just got me there.
Well anyway,how have you been lately?
Hey,I was thinking to read one of your fav Diamond Of Ace.So I need someone's opinion,how's it.If you've watched it,then give me your best shots.I'll be waiting.
Bye.
Awww thanks ^^, you are indeed one of the people i like to talk to, which is why it's a shame that we haven't done so in a while. I hope your busy schedule is treating you okay, don't hesitate to take a break if things get too much! Also i drew a few OC's if your interested in seeing them, though admittedly i haven't colored them in yet, so there still black and white if that's okay.
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It definitely has been a while since we last talked but thank you for your last reply. I'd been taking a much needed break and while I can't really say that I'm back, still wanted to check up once. It seems now you're taking a break too and I hope you're doing well in life.
I've been good.
And for interaction,if you think it's my fault then can you care to explain,how it's my fault?Don't worry,I won't mind.So say whatever on your mind.You don't have to hold anything.
As you know why,I also don't know what I did wrong? And here,I was thinking I'm doing a pretty good job.You just got me there.
Well anyway,how have you been lately?
Hey,I was thinking to read one of your fav Diamond Of Ace.So I need someone's opinion,how's it.If you've watched it,then give me your best shots.I'll be waiting.
Bye.
I was thinking of changing my profile a little a while ago. I'm glad you liked this change!
What about you?
(Hahaha, no worries, I‘ll wait ;))