If I stared into space and then waved, would Venus wave back?

Reading through the manga I definitely see your concerns. There is a very reactionary tone that I didn’t see as much in the film or in Stand Alone Complex, though not to ignore the reactionary issues in those medias.

That sketch looks good. I think the way the graphite sits on the bumps and grooves of the textured paper gives the look.

I don’t know about using textured paper for pencil sketches or pieces. I’ve generally used smooth paper so could be personal preference.

I thought that might be that why the series was shorter, but when I finished the show it didn’t really feel like there could be more to it other than possible arcs developing the other characters. I think the show was fine as it was pacing wise, I don’t think there could be another 13 episodes without it ending up as filler. The show feels that its come to the ending arc once Otonoshi figured out who he was and delaying that would have conflicted with exploring other characters.

I do agree the show didn’t age that well. Some of the comedy and comments stick out badly now but the general premise of the show is still worth seeing now.

I did not know that Jun Maeda made Charlotte as well, I added that show to my watchlist ages ago but haven’t seen it.

UP WITH TRANS!

July 7th?!

Better carry on reading through the manga then.

Thanks!!

They are definitely pressure sensitive and learning to use a brush tip instead of a normal tip is a bit difficult. I’m much more used to pencils.

Tested out the brushed pens I got by doing this piece from a scene from Evangelion. They feel weird to use honestly. I going to have to try them out more, likely on smaller sketches.

I think you would look fabulous.

There is a lot to think about styling dresses. Length, colour or colours, if its tight or flowy, if the dress is made up of a few layers or not. I don’t know enough about styling to say but it definitely sounds fun to try out a bunch.

Plus dress go spinny.

I’ve been staring at dresses in store fronts a lot recently.

Honestly not sure what to think of this as my current style is the complete opposite and largely made up of trousers, some heavy boots and a bunch of self-made accessorises. Right now it feels like my chest needs to get bigger before I can decide on finding clothes that I like, but the idea of dresses and big, chonky boots sounds fun.

Up with trans!

A very silly drawing based on ‘This is me in paradise’ by Akira Toriyama.

Finally actually drew something for this mega.

Been playing the PS2 Berserk Game, full title: Berserk Millennium Falcon Arc: Chapter of the Holy Demon War. There is an English fan translation for the game as it was only released in Japan, apparently done by an Italian Team.

I am playing via an emulator with a Xbox One Controller. As you Do.

Anyway its pretty fun with good voice acting and cut-scenes though the game is a bit clunky with its fighting mechanics. But this might be due to me not playing fighting games before and spamming the act button too much.

Manga

I got distracted from Dorohedoro and haven’t progressed from the 3rd book. Hopefully this month I can get through more.

I started reading the Ghost in the Shell Manga and its very silly but good. When there are serious scenes its honestly has more of an impact, probably because I can focus on the page and analyse whats happening. I may try to read a chapter alongside a book of Dorohedoro this month.

Anime

I watched and completed Angel Beats along with its special episodes. Its an anime I tried watching many years ago but couldn’t complete. I’m glad I finally have as it was worth finishing. It was a very bittersweet ending but the following OVAs were very silly so it didn’t end up as sad.

The Soundtrack is very, very good and I found my old playlist that I downloaded. Still a good listen to, though some of the songs in the playlist I didn’t hear in the show. I remember some rumour that the show was originally supposed to be 26 episodes but cut down to 13 against the interests of the director or writer. Looking again I have no idea where I saw that as most information says it was always written to be 13 episodes.

Blorps

Stalin has continued to show the Berserk shows and I’m very much enjoying the universe. The Memorial Season of the original 1997 series was a bit too fast paced for me mainly as it skipped a few of the early episodes of that original series. Being a CGI anime the animation was serviceable but worse that the original. But the series did tie up its ending and sets up for the following arc, unlike the original.

Now we are continuing with the 2016 Season that follows on from the Golden Age Arc previously shown. The animation is similar quality to the Memorial Season. Guts in this series feels extremely different to all the other characters in this show, the only way I can describe it is that the rest of the cast are from a 2010s anime while Guts is still from 1997.

Garg showed Blue Submarine No 6 a 4 part OVA. It was an decent watch with a combination of CGI and 2d animation but the CGI is really dated.

Others

An animation not an anime, I watch the Soviet Versions of Alice in Wonderland and Alice through the Looking Glass. They were a really good watch with very smooth animation and an amazing art style. Also a good soundtrack in both.

Her Autobiography ‘I Am My Own Wife’ is available to read on the Transread website. Link to the page here

The book was a decent read through of her life and experiences.

I’ve carried on trying to survive in Project Zomboid. I still haven’t made it past 2 days yet. One memorable moment was entering a school with 1 character, opening a door into zombies and dying immediately. Then spawning in with a new character pretty close to the school, exploring the school and attracting a massive horde inside before having to run away. Still, pretty fun.