Nothing really much happened today. Did some groceries. Then I was lazy. My anxiety was triggered. I had a dizzy spell. You know, regular stuff.

My hun and I did hang out today. Watched some anime.

Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War. We finished this season. It ended too soon. But it’s okay. I was very satisfied with this comeback. Top-notch animation. The action sequences were so good. Soundtrack slaps. I cannot complain. There were some big reveals for this arc. From who Ichigo really is. To Unohana’s background. And to Byakuya being yeeted. We loved it. Of course, a lot of the big reveals I already know, just because I did research on Bleach when the original anime stopped. But I don’t mind. I still love the reveals and I enjoyed them. I particularly like seeing my hun’s reactions for sure.

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. No complaints on this one too. It’s a dark anime with some comedic breaks. And sure, I do sometimes get whiplash from the sudden change of mood. But I appreciate it. Roy Mustang – sir, you are something else. I love him. How he dealt with Lust was both amazing and borderline cruel. But necessary. That scene showed how far he will go to get the job done. He is a scary character. It was just very well done.

Kotaro Lives Alone. Yeah, I have nothing bad to say about this anime. I am just amazed how the story just kept pulling at my heartstring even if this is a rewatch for me. Karuno is such a good guardian for Kotaro and I liked how he just stepped up in that role. And I would always love him for it.

I am planning on reading again tonight. I did read last night so I am going to do that again tonight. Because what else am I going to do on a Saturday night?

Work sucked. Just like the past days, I had zero fucks to give. And we will keep at that.

I had a double cheeseburger and fries for dinner tonight. And it was so good. After all the BS I’ve been dealing with lately, I think I deserved this. No. I know I deserved it.

My hun and I were finally able to hang out today. We watched two episodes of Bleach and two episodes of Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood.

Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War. I still get surprised at how much more graphic this arc is compared to the original Bleach. There is no point in comparing animations. Since we already know that the newer anime will have better animation compared to their older counterparts. Well, so far we know that Quincy is back and that Uryu Ishida is not the last Quincy alive. They steal shinigami’s bankai and Ichigo’s is the only bankai that they cannot steal – at least not yet. Which I am so confused about, I want to know why they cannot steal his bankai. I am planning on buying the whole manga collection for Bleach. I just need to figure out on how to store them since I have no space in my apartment.

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. My hun and I are watching this in dubbed, and oh boy the voices! So far we recognized three English voice actors who also did voice acting in Ouran High School Host Club. My hun said to stop looking since I am ruining the anime now. Since even if the scene is on a serious note, I will always see the other characters that they played. Anyway, l am enjoying this one. The last episode we watched was when the Elric brothers found out that Hughes was murdered. And that was heartbreaking. I mean I would never get over that death. He was such an amazing wholesome character. It was heartbreaking to watch Ed blame himself for Hughes’ death. And watching Winry cry when she mentioned that she was practicing making apple pie in hopes that Hughes will be able to taste it someday. Yeah. This anime just killed him that way! I am upset. I will never get over it.

Now, I am going to talk about reading. I was able to read a chapter of Heaven Official’s Blessing last night. And I am planning on doing so again tonight. I did sleep slightly on the later side but I am not complaining. I mean granted, my body refused to wake up until it was 7 AM and I started a little bit late. But like I said earlier, I had zero fucks to give.

Two days without a post. Yeah, I received some upsetting news Friday afternoon that I needed to process. I was mad but now I feel like my feelings are down to “it is what it is”. 

Anyway, I read the whole weekend – of course, this is an exaggeration. Not the whole weekend. Just some hours of the day. But it was nice. I needed the escape and nothing can really take me out of reality compared to being lost in an urban fantasy involving werecreatures, vampires, and a vampire hunter.

I did finish The Lunatic Cafe on Saturday and picked up the 5th book of the Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter series right after. I am almost halfway done with Bloody Bones. I did not read today though. I felt like I needed a break.

I did hang out with hun today. We cooked again. We did some lazy cooking. We both used some premade Korean BBQ marinade and sauce to cook. I just wanted something that I do not need to do a lot of prep for. Yeah, I was having a bit of a lazy day. My hun and I did watch some anime today.

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. OMG. I cannot believe they killed him! I love his character. He was such a good dad, a good hubby, and just an all-around awesome guy. And he died! And now, I’m sad. Regardless though, this became a catalyst for Mustang to get to the bottom of things in the military. He knows that his friend stumbled on something important that lead to his death. Again, this anime and the subject matter are dark. And I am finding it enjoyable to watch. 

Bleach: The Lost Substitute Shinigami Arc. We finished this arc. It was fine. It was not great. It did feel like a filler to me but not really. It was needed for Ichigo to regain his powers. I was pretty satisfied with the Tsukishima-Byakuya fight. My hun and I thought that the fight was very well-matched. We both agreed that no one probably would’ve been able to defeat Tsukishima except Byakuya, and maybe Ichigo. Those two really are the only ones that I think would’ve been able to adapt during the fight to find a way to win against Tsukishima. The conclusion of the arc was satisfying. No complaints there. 

Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War. And since we finished the last arc, and it was my choice, I picked the next arc for Bleach. No surprise there, I have been itching to watch this since it came out. And OMG, the animation in this new arc. WOW. My hun said it feels like a different anime. I mean, it’s a different team altogether. Not to mention that the last arc came out in 2011. So years! But damn, yeah. YEAH. It’s definitely gorier than the pasts arcs. Which I like. Let’s just say that I’m excited about this one.

Kotaro Lives Alone. This one is just a nice ending to some intense anime binge. Not that this one does not cover some dark storylines. Because it does and definitely not some feel-good slice of life. And every episode just gives you a little glimpse of Kotaro’s past to help the viewer understand why he is how he is right now. And all the viewer can do is just be there for the ride. It definitely knows how to pull on the heartstrings.

I got work and all I could think of was, “I want this day to be over about it”. That was all I could think of the whole day. How horrible was that? Anyway, I did some metrics report I needed for a meeting on Monday. I finished that in the morning. The rest of the day, I was just lazy-ing it up. I mean sure, I did some work here and there but I just get so bored about my job that I hate it so much.

Anyway, I also found a reading app – Bookly. I’m trying it for now. I just like the fact that I can just scan the ISBN and it will upload my book and it can track my time reading it. And it can track a lot of other things. But we shall see. So far the only pull for me is the time tracking. And it logs it in real-time so I cannot complain.

My hun and I did watch some anime tonight. It was good. 

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. This anime is getting really interesting for me. I just really did not like that little girl episode from the beginning. It was just too hard for me to continue on after that. But so far it’s capturing my interest. I would like to where the brothers will go in search of the philosopher’s stone. I love the characters. Armstrong is becoming one of my favorite characters. He is such a teddy bear. The anime is definitely dark but the characters and the way the story is being told make the subject matter palatable.

Bleach: The Lost Substitute Shinigami Arc. I mean, I knew Ginjo was sus. Kenpachi got bored with his “fight”. That was not even a fight. I am excited about the Byakuya-Tsukishima fight. Toshiro is scary. He definitely became harder. And of course, there was a part in the episode where Inoue was doing that inner monologue BS, and I skipped that shit. I was not interested.

Kotaro Lives Alone. We only watched one episode but that episode hit. I mean, this anime is just so good. It pulls on our heartstrings and I love seeing my hun react to the anime. Since I watched this anime not too long ago, I knew what I was getting into. But the anime pretty much pulls the same emotions from me. I laugh, I smile, I tear up, and I cry. If you look at just the thumbnail, the looks like a very unassuming slice-of-life anime. But it takes you somewhere. And all you can do is feel.

I am planning on reading tonight. Going to continue with The Lunatic Cafe for now. 

Well, I hate how shady my workplace is. That is all that I’m going to say about that.

My hun and I watched some anime tonight. We picked up Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, and we watched two episodes of that. Then we watched three episodes of Bleach.

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. We decided to watch episodes 5 and 6. We did not want to rewatch from the beginning because I refuse to watch the episodes that turned me off the anime in the first place. We enjoyed the episodes enough that we can continue with the anime. We are watching in dubbed, and I kept on wondering who voiced Edward Elric in English. It was the same voice actor who played Tamaki Suoh. Now, I cannot unsee Tamaki when Edward talks and does his big reactions. Not a bad thing though.

Bleach: The Lost Substitute Shinigami Arc. We ended up watching three episodes of this one. And oh boy, I was annoyed! I swear Chad and Inoue are just – I can live without them. They can just go bye-bye and I would not even care.

Chad: I don’t want to fight you.

Yet he swings his fucking diablo arm at Ichigo. Dude, really? Ichigo did not want to fight either and he never did swing his sword at him or Inoue for that matter. I am not as annoyed with Inoue since all she did was heal and protected Tsukishima. She never attacked Ichigo directly. Such freaking weak characters with no character development. I understand that they were being manipulated by their memories but Ichigo was still their friend. Yeah, sure, let’s protect this other friend and forget about this other friend. Also, the fuck was that having Chad tell Ichigo that Tsukishima was there when he was fighting Aizen. YOU WERE NOT THERE. You were somewhere else during the battle at the fake Karakura town. Whatever.

Planning on reading tonight. I was able to read a little bit last night but not as much as I wanted. So doing that tonight with Heaven Official’s Blessing. I need a break from the Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter series.

I woke up late this morning. I cannot say that I slept in, that was not the case. I slept late hence waking up late. It was fine. I really did not have anywhere to go this morning. I just needed to do some daily home things – feed the dogs, wash the dishes, those kinds of things.

My hun and I decided to cook again today. We chose baked butter garlic tilapia. And no complaints here. I like to cook easy things. Something that does not require a lot of prep because it has the simplest ingredients possible. My hun likes it so that’s good.

We did watch some anime episodes today:

Bleach: The Lost Substitute Shinigami Arc. Well, everything is shaping up in this anime. Ichigo is now a fully pledged Fullbringer. Awesome. Tsukishima got busy. And some memories of this arc from when I watched it is coming back.

Darwin’s Game. Well, we finished this anime. And I was a bit disappointed that there was no season 2. But, all in all, the anime was decent. It’s not anything new. It’s a battle royale anime. How much can it really deviate from everything else when the base really is that it’s a survival game? Regardless, it was fun to watch. I enjoyed Kaname’s character development. I mean that 180 turn of his ideal was huge! I mean, I still think that it came too late but the subtle character developments throughout the anime were enough for me to continue watching.

Kotaro Lives Alone. I mean, this anime just gets me emotional. 4 episodes in and it seem like the anime is keeping my hun on his toes. We are starting to see some of Kotaro’s back story. And yeah, I love this anime.

I revamped my 2023 Notion reading page this morning. And I’m quite satisfied with it. I also started building my home library database there now too. But since I have quite a number of books, putting them all in there will take quite a bit of time.

I am planning on reading tonight, I have less than 100 pages left on Circus of the Damned so I want to finish it tonight.