I’ve been scrolling Crunchyroll News and I just had this thought as I do so: The rise of Osomatsu-san’s sales are actually attributed to the female demographic. That’s just based on the headlines, so let’s delve further. Although they are not giving out any specific numbers, eBook Japan reports that since Mr. Osomatsu began airing in October of 2015, sales for the original Osomatsu-kun manga have increased by over 80 times what was sold in the previous year. eBook Japan attributes the majority of these sales to the spending power of adult women and to the dedication of female anime fans known as fujoshi. [1] ...

Here’s some of the photos that I took during the 2015 Ozine Fest Anime Figure Special last Sunday in Mandaluyong. I was really anxious if I will come inside, but if I didn’t took the risk, I won’t be much anxious as I am now. What I’m saying is that if I didn’t reconnect to the people I trust, I won’t be able to take a step towards forgiving myself. ...

I forgot which location I took these photos, but it’s along the route I took to my destination.

This is a “write drunk, edit sober” post, in which I will have to edit later when my brain’s ready to do so. For the meantime, I’ll let you read my thoughts. How long was it when App.net opened to the public and said “We’re going to make an open, ad-free, user-backed Twitter?” They started in August 2012. How long was it when Ello said “We’re going to make a Facebook that doesn’t screw our data?” They started in March 2014. ...

It’s been days since #iBlog11 happened, and while I keep myself busy, let me tell you some of the moments that are close to me at this point in my life where I get back to square one. Ross During the first day (Friday, December 4), I was able to see Wazzup Pilipinas’ Ross del Rosario. The first time I met him in person during the Global Health Forum at the PICC. At that time, I was an intern for Rappler, and I am introducing Project Agos to him (he told me that the video of me doing so is already online and I still haven’t watched it). ...

Today, I am at iBlog 11, and I’m going to leave a message before I proceed to listening and learning the talks: I am sorry that I cannot keep my words — to quit writing about the community of anime and cosplay fans — which I miserably failed to commit. By getting back to iBlog, I am getting back to square one. Regrets aside, I am here, alive, and still writing to everyone who reads this. ...

I was given a 90MB ZIP file with videos in it, and it took me a three hours to get it over a fluctuating data connection of 12Kbps to 24Kbps at off-peak hours (around 1am to 4am). After I got the file, it won’t open normally on either Windows Explorer and 7zip. As if all the time I spent on getting the file were not enough. I then tried to get and install ZIP recovery software. Those trial editions were okay until they charge you before you can recover the files. ...

*…*because “ba-dump, ba-dump.” It is the first time that I checked out the Tokyo-Manila Jazz and Arts Festival at Greenbelt 5 in Makati. It was their final night, and they had to let the mass at the chapel beside them to finish. Nevertheless, I stayed — to hell with the closing time of the train, to hell with the late night commute on the bus; this is my first time to hear jazz in person. There are just some things that you like that fell on the same night — Japanese culture and Jazz — and as a faint fan, I won’t let this pass. ...

I’ve just heard that @noodlesoup_moe, after many days of radio silence, will be rebuilt as a social platform, contrary to what it wanted to be in the first place. Before we see the change that is coming, let me give the devs at @crrio what I think: Please don’t make Noodlesoup the same way GoBoiano was made. Why so? I’ve already have accounts at MyAnimeList, Anime-Planet, Hummingbird, GoBoiano social and AniList, and all of them are social networks for anime fans. I wish I can remove my MAL and A-P accounts but that would be a hassle. ...

A review first posted on Deremoe in September 2014 I’ve never enjoyed such a cute romcom in my lifetime the same way I did with Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun. It’s about this guy named Umetarou Nozaki, which illustrates Manga under the pen name Yumeno Sakiko. That, and how he uses his experience in real life for the Manga series that he illustrates. After I have watched the whole series in full, I now further understand why the series is entitled as such — it’s not just about Nozaki being the main character, but it’s the fact that Nozaki really dedicates himself as a manga-ka. Notice the fact that Nozaki uses his IRL situation to make his series that it does even bother his friends and his lovelife. This guy, ladies and gentlemen, is a real example of a person who treats his career as if it was his wife (I’m talking to myself as I type these words). I’m glad that he’s no Gary Stu (unlike Mahouka’s Tatsuya) since I’ve been wary of that nowadays, speaking in terms of his misunderstandings and such. Come to think of it, the only problem I had is this: Why in the world a person who has zero experience in lovelife excels in wooing a shoujo Manga fanbase? I think that’s a fallacy, more so a hole in the character’s description. ...