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Thats the problem with games which offer that level of immersion! It's hard to find time. Some day!

I never got into casual types of games like Animal Crossing, Rune Factory, Stardew Valley etc. because I have a low attention span, I sometimes wish I could enjoy them as they look very cozy/comfy/easy to learn. Then again it is probobly a good thing as I heard they're major time-sinks.

It's unusal you prefer to read manga digitally! I prefer physically but read 99.99% digital as its cheaper. Physical manga volumes are very expensive here. The only physicals I have are Umineko (due to the VNs being a personal favourite) and many of Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei. 1000 volumes is very impressive! You could open a manga cafe lol.

Definatley the time for horror again! Unfortunatley I haven't seen either of those movies, do you reccomend them? I watched A Quiet Place and Bird Box recently and found them very underwhelming. I think those concepts probobly work better as novels.

What do you think of the autumn anime season? Theres so much airing! But I can barely stand any of it lol.

Thats really crazy you were confined to your quarters. Other than having to learn a lot of new training suddenly at work and big delays with education I've barely been affected by lockdowns.
Health care delays are ridiculous though. its becoming frustrating. I had a heart issue and have been waiting to see my cardiologist since April, but the appointments keep getting cancelled.
They are talking about putting the UK into a second lockdown soon but who knows.

I'm sorry you had to experience losing your mother. My condolences and I hope you and your family are keeping well despite such a terrible loss.

Sorry for the delay! Summer here with covid has been confusing. Our government keeps changing policy and updating it in specific areas on whims. Also, many of the rules put in place (e.g. close up all bars and nightclubs by 10pm) are flat out not obeyed. When covid started everyone was paranoid (panic buying, convinced the virus was everywhere, the usual) but its kind of died down now. Lots of people have been furlouged.

There is a lot of pettiness that people are displaying regarding this virus, too. The other week I was walking home with groceries when I sat on a park bench and an elderly lady came over from across the park to have a go at me, accusing me of breathing onto people using the footpath as well as potentially getting some of the virus on the bench that other people may then sit on. My response was to tell her that I work in healthcare, I have to walk 2 miles to get my shopping and wanted a rest so for her to find something worse to be outraged over.

Did you have to self-isolate at all?

In awnser to your other message, I still didn't get RDR2 unfortunatley! I sadly can't imagine myself having the amount of time free that game requires. I recently bought a switch lite also, I'm looking forward to the shin megami tensei games releasing next year for it.

I collect Hatsune Miku figures, got a few of the goodsmile scales, some taito/SEGA prize ones and nendoroids. It was sort of an addiction at first and I'm trying to reduce it now. I will admit I do miss getting special editions of games!

I really didn't care much the netflix witcher series, perhaps its because I'm burned out on the franchise (played all of 3, about half of 2 and read the book translations) but it all looked incredibly low budget to me and I didn't find it impressive or care much for the characters.

Not too suprising the Uzumaki adaption was delayed, I can't wait for it too! It's been a long time since some good horror anime has come out of Japan!

Definatley backlog season! I have maria holic, BNHA catchup and you lie in april ready! Not deluding myself into thinking I will get a chance this side of christmas, but good to know there is content waiting.

Thats suprising you have a high spec PC but struggled with fps! I can't afford it (blew all my spare money on figures, and christmas is taxing on the wallet!) but was curious so read the steam reviews, and didn't see many complaints about frame drops. I did hear people are constantly disconnected and about crashes. For me also, its one of the games I dreamed about releasing on PC. So I hope they'll try to fix it.
I'm afraid to start a game like Stardew Valley because I'm sure I'd sink too much time into it! DMC5 was cheap so I picked that up during a sale, another game I've been longing to play.

It sounds cynical but I've shyed away from hollywood movies. Everything I watch lately feels like it's wasting my time. I'm sure I'm the problem but it seems like everything nowadays is littered with plotholes and garbage dialouge. The new terminator was the last straw for me- so disrespectful to the source material!! Cannot stand garbage remakes that steal source material but spit on it!
That being said, I feel Joker is an exception! Joaquin Phoenix does a remarkable performance- I couldn't take my eyes from him and was refreshed to leave a cinema feeling I'd experienced something that would stay with me!

November, now! It must be true perception of time quickens as you age... I barely remember October.

I did notice this year was dry of good shows... lots of sequels. I haven't experienced much, as usual. One day, I'll surely catch up...

Any good manga? I'm also looking forward to Red Dead Redemption 2! I'm religious to Steam however, so will wait until December to pick it up! Unfortunatley I've heard there have been some issues launching it.

Did you see Pet Cemetary during its run? I noticed Doctor Sleep is also getting a movie. All of the promotion material seems to make a big deal out of the fact its a follow up to 'The Shining', plastering it's name everywhere, directly ripping it's music, injecting shots into the trailer and mimicking the most iconic scene. I don't like that kind of transparentley desperate marketing.

This halloween I saw Joker and it put me in the mood for psych horror, so just rewatched old favourites. American Psycho, Rosemary's Baby, Jacob's Ladder, anime wise Perfect Blue again. The only new thing I tried was the Haunting of Hill house, not far into it yet but its enjoyable so far.

Death Note was horiffic. From mis-casting to lack of direction, bad acting and logic errors, 'flix butchered it something awful. Them and hollywood seem to be dredging up beloved series left and right to make into crappy movies.

Staying in during storms is definatley cosy. No ice here, just the usual dark, occasional high winds and cold. I live on the edge of an orchard, got off the bus ten minutes earlier last week to walk through it and found a tiny grave! Uminstakeble shape and there was raised earth by it. My accomodation is a little on the outskirts with just a birth clinic next door and they don't allow pets. So I've been wondering for a while what it could be for. A little creepy if its related to the birth clinic, eh?

New season looks dry to me. I'm watching Kakeguri XX (too early to say how I feel) and Boogiepops lined up but thats all. Tackling the backlog is probobly a better use of time!

I read those comics since they were short, I enjoyed them! The noir/detective style is unusual but contrasts/compliments the cosmic horror nicely.

Netflix are making a live action Cowboy Bebop series, what do you think of that? After what happened to Death Note it's crazy anyone trusts them.

I'm envious of all the snow you get, although I suppose it makes travelling to work difficult. There's been continuous rain here and winds so high that when you walk down the street, soda cans and bits of rubbish will fly past your face, your scarf unravels itself, etc. Of course I have a cough as my immunity tanks at the first sign of cold weather. My noisy flatmates left for christmas already so I'm happy packaged away in my room- it's nice not to have to travel to the library, or be forced to work whilst listening to an obnoxious TV blaring in the background.

Stay healthy!

The kind of horror that gets to me involves decision making. In movies like SAW where people are forced to make choices, just knowing the character is somewhat involved in their own horrible fate, or that things could have been different, has a big effect!

I think there are a lot of obstacles involved in producing horror animes in Japan. For example I heard some stores refused to sell the Corpse Party OVA. Even games (Resident Evil 7, The Evil Within) were censored. Its really a shame.

I didn’t read the walking dead comics! Any good?

The VVitch I really enjoyed! Only critique would be the ending where it seemed to blow all of the intrigue out of the window but was on the edge of my seat for most of that movie which is rare! Mandy looks brilliant, trailer gave me the same vibes as The Devils Rejects!

I’ve moved ten minutes from the coast for studying, often don’t leave the library until 8 or 9. The bus journey home is freezing and often end up using maps to tell me when I’m at my stop due to how dark it is. Autumn is certainally here! Will you go to any seasonal events?

RE7 has a VR mode, but I’m too chicken to use it!

I tried the first episode of the Junji Ito animation. The palette is bleak, but the show has no tone. Characters barely blink, action scenes are stiff; they reused backgrounds noticeably. I struggled to watch the episode and ended up rereading Ma no Kakera next to it.

Yes, I am a Hero could have gone on much longer. The manga gave us lots of source material though, so it’s easy to imagine new scenarios for Hiro continuing on.

I spent my summer on Game of Thrones- managed to catch a few horrors but other than ‘The Void’ I don’t think I saw any from Netflix. I’ve been meaning to watch Veronica and The Ritual, as I often read about those, but I’d like to watch Texhnolyze and Mushishi, also. I keep going to old favourites instead.

July was hellish here, too! For a month it felt as if the air came from a microwave. Now the evenings are back to getting dark at 7, and I fall asleep to the sound of wind rustling trees. Autumn will be more suited for us!

I love horror games at the moment, getting more into them and am neglecting manga and anime. Resident Evil 7 is super scary for the first 4 hours. Then after that its samesame. But those first 4 hours triple your blood pressure.

I didn't go near that Junji anime after I saw some clips, its really unfortunate it got treated like that. I know Junji would be hard to animate but... what a waste of potential.

Finished 'I am a Hero' today, I felt massivley dissapointed by the ending. Premature without solving a lot. I guess you could say thats how a 'realistic' zombie apocalypse would go down, but it feels poor to introduce all these troupe-like topics in a fresh way to build up interest then fail to explain them properly. The rest of the manga was very enjoyable so I gave it 9/10. The ending just needed more flesh. What did you make of it?

I'm busy with study at the moment so I don't have netflix, I've heard Annihilation is pretty good for their originals. A lot of their stuff (Stranger Things, Black Mirror) I think I'd really enjoy so when my school finishes during summer I think I'll catch up! One movie I keep getting reccomended is 'Split,' did you see that?

I'm not sure about that, I think games are the medium championing horror latley. Resident Evil 7 managed to get my hands trembling, and games put you in that position, whereas other mediums make you a spectator. Manga does convey creepiness very well though- I still remember the slow boil disturbation I got from Franken Fran!

I also didn't like Pennywise in that movie, I'm glad you agree! More than an ominent sense of evil or a pressing, stressful threat he seemed like a casual source of scares during occasional moments who was going to freak the kids out but never really make any serious attempts to claim them. This is something I dislike: when you have an all-powerful evil that has revealed itself, but it's sitting idle and just letting its opposition get stronger, and there is no explanation provided for why this evil is idle. In the movie they explained PW being idle as 'letting their fear grow so they tasted better,' but then the movie actually showed them becoming more confident and less-afraid as they teamed up together, so surely Pennywise should become more agressive (yet he doesn't actually do this until the kids come after HIM). Anyway, Pennywise in the movie felt ridiculous to me- I didn't buy that a cosmic being who has been alive for ages, who has been killing and frightening for ages, with a power level similar to Lovecrafts: 'Crawling Chaos' could get 'bested' but a group of determind kids. This didn't really happen in the book and because there was more going on, it felt like Pennywise was doing more and not laying dormant. Meh... not a fan of the film. I do stand by the book though.

No snow for me, I live by the coast so it wasn't expected since winds are high and the air is salty. Lots of heavy rain though, I have a gutter outside of my bedroom window which clogged up and the rain got onto the pavement.

I worked a 14 hour shift christmas day since my family celebrate 'christmas' on boxing day. Boxing day I had the entire family with me, very busy. Christmas eve, I had a nice suprise- my first choice university shortlisted me for interview! I didn't expect them to look twice at my application but now I have an interview late January!

Enjoy the new year!

Attack on titan is up to chapter 98 now-- somehow I am still reading. Bookmarked a lot of Junji stuff manga-wise as well, due a revisit.

Dies Irae airs this fall! Another anime I’ve postponed watching until I’ve read the VN. Shoujo Shuumatsu Ryokou seems melancholic and cute, I think I’ll save that one. Let me know if you think there’s anything exceptional going.

Haha. my first job was an apprenticeship, so I’m used to work and study! It’s busy though. On days when I have classes, I stay late to use the library and get the last bus home. Hobby time is cut heavily. I’d forgotten my dislike of public transport too. I’m enjoying the classes a lot though; the work is interesting.

Just yesterday I received my first two biology assignments back and passed both with the highest mark on first submission! So, I’m exceptionally pleased. I was going to work extra shifts during half term (starts today!) but think I will cancel them to stay home to get extra research into my current assignments.
There will probably be a Halloween sale for PC games soon, so I hope I can focus.

I was unhappy with the IT movie. It’s heavily coming of age instead of horror. Has a distinctly different feel to the book. Pennywise isn’t a sense of foreboding evil, and more like an inquisitive summer activity for the kids. The child actors aren’t fantastic. A few sleazy jump scares, yes. Lots of Easter eggs referring book events but they’re not relevant and stand out oddly. Most creepy things are described instead of shown... Bah. You’ll have to watch it and tell me your verdict.

I heard Gerald’s Game is well-received, but haven’t seen it yet- I did think the book was one of King’s weaker ones, in honesty. Watched a lot of very good horror movies so far this month. Other than that, work and studying, classes, rinse repeat.

There has been no snow where I live for more than five years, but there have been heavy storms lately. Frequent powercuts. Strong wind that busted my bedroom window. Lots of cold rain that lasts through the night. And a strange event where sand from the sahara made the sky turn yellow, which I somehow missed.

Fog here too! It gets so white and thick you can’t see your hand when you hold it in front of you. When I walk to work at 5am, I normally never see anyone on the way. But when I do and it’s foggy, people make me jump everytime.

It must be nice to have snow though. If you have any pictures, you should show me.
Enjoy your Halloween.

SNK has been blown massively out of proportion. I haven’t checked if the manga is finished yet, but I expect you’re right about the end.

I must watch ‘Made in Abyss,’ it looks very cute. While reading the synopsis and watching clips, I thought it’d make a good video game story. (Like Nino no Kuni.)
Anything convinced you this season?

Barely doing anything for 4 weeks sounds like an ideal! I loved travelling around the UK with my best friend last year but after he started a card club, he found replacements for me, so my summer was a bit empty this year too. I picked up a lot of extras then had a week of holiday for driving lessons. I did have a colleague around my house, though. She cried at work so I invited her over afterwards to talk, however she remained silent, ignored my questions and asked to leave after ten minutes. I gave her a birthday card, but she handed it back to me unopened the next day. Who knows what’s up there.

I attend classes twice a week and work two thirteen-hour shifts on weekends with one seven hour shift each Monday! But... it feels like too much. If I can afford it, I wish to further cut my hours due to the amount of assignments.

IT released!! Did you watch it yet? I’m excited because of the good critique. Finally finished the novel, it almost has an eldritch touch that I deeply enjoyed. I wonder if Lovecraft was in mind when King planned that.

I haven’t played Windwaker, there’s another one on WiiU (Skyward Sword) I didn’t play. I had twilight princess with Links crossbow training, loved that. It really is a great franchise. The re-release of Majora’s Mask was worth buying a 3DS for. Even with Spirit Tracks, I had lots of fun.

Stay healthy this autumn! Cold season is coming!

They are good books! I have a shelf full of reccomendations, mostly from you, and I can pick up any one and become interested quickly. Though the content has a lot of trends, his style is very quick to digest.

SNK isn't enjoyable for me anymore- what happened in the manga happens in a lot of animes. The creator attempts a huge plot twist that blows it out of proportion... I'm a fan of plot twists you can't see coming but they should be clever... not ridiculous. It also felt like every character could shift into a titan, and when you make a huge, cool ability like that commonplace and take away all the odds against the main character, I don't find appeal.

Netflix re-earned my subscription, I watch Better Call Saul there along with Castlevania (ohh yes) the horror movie selection is ok I suppose. I like some documentaries but UK Netflix isn't overall vast.

How is your personal life going? I'm starting driving lessons, have my theory test booked for the upcoming Thursday and took my first lesson this morning. The accelerator freaks me out because of it's sensitivity. I put my foot down (not even hard) and the car starts at about 40mph. Even when I just curl my toes against it, it goes to 20mph. I'm good at changing gears but forget how to start the car and stall it. driving feels nice though. So, I hope I get used to it soon, 'cause it's expensive too!

I'm also going back to studying in September, my work hours will cut from 45 p/w to 32.5 p/w so I can have two study days.

Ah, I wanted breath of the wild on my dads wii-U, but I have too many unplayed games on my computer. So, even if I got it, I would never find time to play. Zelda games have always been tight and fun though.

The plot makes sense to me, but the writing style of Stephen King back then- it was confusing. Some sentences lasted entire paragraphs and used too many adjectives, other times not enough. I like this though; for me, in horror, it works.

With anime lately I find myself easily bored, even for background material... these past three seasons seem weak.

The SNK manga has become a beautiful mess. You’re up to speed so I assume you saw the double spread page of titans being dropped from a zeppelin like bombs? I hope that’s animated.

Watched anything good lately? Last week, a friend took me to the new showing of: ‘ghost in the shell-‘ apart from us, the entire cinema was empty... hah! It’s simple and forgettable but not as godawful as people claim. The visuals were fantastic. (Spoken by someone who doesn’t like huge amounts of CGI.)

Do you normally have blizzards once a week in the spring? It’s the opposite here: too hot. Makes it hard to sleep.

Do you use a computer for video games?

I hope your spring (...summer?) is going well!

There’s an: ‘American Crime Story,’ now, what’s up with that?

Found a lot of King books bundled on ebay, even second-hand they’re selling close to full price. I bought ‘The Stand,’ ‘Full Dark no Stars,’ ‘Misery,’ and ‘IT.’ The ‘IT’ novel is huge, no kidding, it’s thicker than the other three books stacked together.

Yesterday I finished the book: ‘Heart Shaped box.’ Usually I don’t read teen horror but it had a review from Neil Gaiman and a quite original synopsis... let’s say I didn’t enjoy it. The antagonist is a poltergeist HELLBENT on killing the MC, not to mention fully capable of doing it, but for some reason he doesn’t make any serious attempts until the last 30 pages. He’s a totally non-bothered force of evil. Y’know, he’ll get revenge, but not... not now.

Saw: ‘Bone Tomahawk,’ too! It didn’t expand on the cannibals, but the dialogue was excellently written. The woman annoyed me, since they saved her life but all she did was complain. I also found the ending disappointing, nevertheless, I’m a fan of films that don’t rely on computer effects and glad you mentioned it!

I survived... ish, meh. Beginning of January I worked 106 hours in 2 weeks, it violated a bunch of health codes and I won’t do that much again. Also I got a cold! When humans are sick, their bodies usually produce a fever to try and flush out the pathogens but mine didn’t. The virus hit me full force with: ‘hey luuka, we’re gonna kill you,’ and my immune system went: ‘sure, whatever.’ I was ill for two weeks. :/

I too worked over Christmas. At least you got a book from your work! Maybe in bigger hospitals the NHS give gifts to their staff but ours offered nothing. My best friend and I always exchange stockings, which is fun, one of the gifts in mine was a personalised edition of: ‘Dracula.’ My Dad doesn’t celebrate holidays and refused to cook Christmas food or buy decorations, but he docked my rent a bit.

Tablets are great for manga, mine always comes with me on a train.

It’s a bit ineffective but happy new year!! Did you pick up any of the new anime?