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let's play together!

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😁😁😁 haha just some normal screenshots dont worry about it

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Hi, just remembered that I forgot to ask you this, but how did you got that haruaki drink? Like, was there a collab cafe site or did you just show up?

for that one i just showed up and they had a machine u could order from!! (like in mcdonalds)

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kinda related to my last post, ive always felt that the maze game with its focus on masks, represents somehow like an important part of yohaji themes(?? but im just too dumb to put it into words

there are many characters that were introduced to us wearing a mask, either literally or metaphorically (maybe even both)

even kurahashi's glasses could be considered like a mask for him

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holy

shit

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average nagireo fan

i found this in a bargain bin and u wont believe how far my heart jumped up my ass

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i found this in a bargain bin and u wont believe how far my heart jumped up my ass

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wanting to play deltarune bc thats all i been seeing on twitter but im not getting home to my conputer until the 20th. i may be suffering more than jesus. squidward looking outside meme

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theres bikes around the city you can rent but you have to use an app that needs your drivers license. theres buses that drive right to your destination, but if you dont have change you need the app. you can wash your car here if you sign into the app. you can go to the bathroom here you just have to unlock it with the app that needs your location on. you can order at this restaurant if you scan the code and download the app. im losing my freaking mind

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silliness and sincerity are not opposites btw. they are married. bisexually

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hello 👋 I was wondering this for a while now 🧐 why have you chosen Canada as a user name? A reference to Canada from Hetalia perhaps? Do you like the country? People don’t usually care about Canada 🍁 so I’m curious.

from a Canadian 🇨🇦

LOL in like 2017 my friend changed her discord handle to america as a joke bc of history class so i changed to canada as a joke, and then later that week discord didnt let me change it back so now i stick with it on purpose (america friend has since started going by swiss/switzerland) and at this point im too used to it being my name lmao

i jus think the flag is cool 🍁 and also the animals are cool. but i would probably die of cold if i went bc my comfortable temperature is like 30C

i have friends that are into hetalia but i missed that train 😔 too deep in the homestuck trenches

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omg finally finished all the posts ive been intending to do only took 2 whole days 🥹 finally i can play my viddy games

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CANADAS TOKYO TRIP PART 2 (day 5 to 8)

in this episode canada goes to akihabara and experiences her own personal hell: trying to buy anime merch

continued from part 1 here

Day 5 - Kyu-Iwasaki-Tei Gardens + AKIHABARA DAY

AKIBA DAY!!! but first kyu-iwasaki-tei gardens. my friend was weirdly cagey about what this place actually was about and kept calling it “we’re going to some rich guys house” so i’ll actually tell u what this is about

it’s the former estate of the family that founded mitsubishi, and was built in the meiji era (1896) by a british architect. i was personally stoked to see it bc, yknow, meiji arc, meiji era western style building, “omg this is just like takahashis house frfr” (and also i kept going “wow this is just like blue prince frfr”) ur not allowed to take pictures inside tho. sad :( 

and then we ate at sushiro!!! very fun watching the sushi. also the last time i had salmon sushi was years ago and ive been itching for it. they had a hsr collab and me n my friends got robin ratio and boothill stickers (didnt get to take a pic of the robin sticker)

i have a love hate relationship with akiba. love the vibes. theres so many people. i am intrisincally stressed out in shops. i was sent on a fetch quest by friends and stuff to find a couple things. theres so many stairs. the animate is so scary

(found onimais in the waifu section of a figurine store among big tiddy waifus lmaoo)

i did go to the animate cafe and get a haruaki drink but i couldnt get the coaster but i placed a order for a preorder to get it in july.... ??¿¿¿? the cashier spoke too fast man 1. im not good enough at jp 2. ive never.... i dont buy merch i dont go to collab cafes ive never been to animate?? idk anything about how this kind of thing usually works. felt like crying. it was raining and there was a lot of ppl and ur not supposed to walk around eating and drinking and stuff. i think a friend can help me pick up the coaster in july. or something. i found out that the thing that stresses me out the most in the world is juggling plastic bags it like amplifies any other stress im feeling by 10x u could generate electricity from my stress

anyway being stressed as fuck aside i love looking at anime merch and huffing the weeb air. i could do it all day. tbh i dont think i saw enough of akiba i saw like 5 ground floor shops and then got stunlocked in animate for 3 hours

also i think its kinda funny im the least weeb of my group. my friends were both looking for at least like 4 series each and ended getting a figurine each (luffy and mirio mha) and im just going around like man..... this would be HUGE if i was into blue lock... but its just medium to me... the only one of the group who can read japanese and is actively translating a manga. the least weeb. insane. who am i

wine connoseur voice) im not into..... individual animes.... im into the Culture of anime as a Whole... the Societal implications... the History...

Day 6 - Tokyo Tower + Zojo-ji + Imperial Palace + Tokyo Train Station

This day is kind of a mess bc it was originally going to be a rest day where we just went to the cat temple (gotokuji temple) but that was so far by train and we felt crazy so we did all this other stuff instead

with the tokyo tower, ive been to just about every tokyo landmark mentioned in yohaji, i think! (other than ginza. noooo) tokyo skytree, akihabara, kaminari-mon at asakusa from lost in tokyo arc and then the tokyo tower in ch71! (though we never went up the tower and skytree bc ticket expensive lol)

also, i finally get that the line names here are plays on the real line names in tokyo:

marunote = marunouchi

yamanouchi = yamanote

seinan (south-west) (u can barely make out the kanji for "south") = tozai (east-west) and namboku (north-south)

though im not sure which line musou is a reference to 🤔

zojo-ji is in the park next to tokyo tower, and i finally got myself a omamori there! wanted to get a red one bc thats Classic(tm) but the purple one was really cute hehe (also now that i look at the color page for tokyo arc closely, the one miikun gave haru was blue?)

went to the imperial palace bc its actually open today (and u can only enter the east garden anyway) very big bricks very fun to look at. also saw a big crow <3 also there was this cute story about why this watchtower was never completed. also a nice pic of a hydrangea i took and a big crow who let me get real close

also went to check out the tokyo train station bc that was in walking distance!! very cool building!! BUT THE REAL HIGHLIGHT IS in one of the malls next to it its called KITTE theres a 2-storey museum called intermediatheque (mouthful of a name) its free entry and has so many cool ass skeletons and taxidermies and other exhibits. as a biology autismer this was HUGE for me im obsessed with this place

Day 7 - Mount Takao

great day bc the train trip to and from the mountain was 1.5 hours each so i typed out the translation for ch 125 in my notes app this day. bad day bc i had to climb a mountain 🥺 took the chairlift up so it wasnt as bad as it could have been but.

also i wore shorts to the mountain like some idiot. it was also raining it was so cold i thought i was going to die i was fully resigned. had to buy raincoat pants at 7 eleven just to cover up a bit

asians in the old times are out of their mind building temples n shit up on mountains. i know a core tenet of buddhism is life is suffering or whatever but like have they tried not creating their own suffering. thats a core tenet of me. not creating suffering for myself. unfortunately i am great at creating suffering for myself (being stressed for no reason) so maybe the buddhists were onto something. and also my friend created this suffering for me by planning this for the trip. i was fueled only by rage and anger the entire climb i had to download the "hate. let me tell you how much ive come to hate you ever since i began to live" monologue while on there to motivate myself. also did i mention it looked like silent hill up there. my dead wife who i killed was about to jump out of the bushes to haunt me or something idk i never played silent hill

Day 8 - As I'm writing this

I'm writing this on the plane ride home, and will most certainly polish it up a bit once i get back onto my laptop (or not. im pretty lazy lol) (btw, the only reason i didnt bring my laptop to japan to work on the chapter while im here is bc the screen broke 2 weeks ago, and not it HAS to be plugged into a 2nd monitor)

this trip was a lot of fun!! it was fun getting to practice japanese, and i got noticeably faster at reading and comprehending japanese by day 3. its also fun getting to see full sentences in jp a lot, grammar is the one thing ive been least sure of bc reading full japanese books is a bit beyond me and i dont think tweets are a reliable source for basic level learning

was excited to see what differences would stand out to me as a singaporean, since most of the "things u should know before u go to japan" are from american or european perspectives, and i come from a fairly different culture and most importantly: a completely different comfortable temperature and humidity range. didnt get to experience the summers, but it probably still would be slightly cold to me (most of this trip was slightly dry and freezing cold to me (below 25C) (which is freezing cold to me. my ideal temperature is 30C))

kind of glad i got done writing this on the plane i for sure would have been too lazy to do it once i got home.

tldr tips for japan

- pack long pants like crazy its so cold (if ur a equatorial creature like me)

- bring/buy a A5 sized stamp book. lots of stamps at attractions and subway stations

- btw the train from narita airport is the most confusing shit in the world u better look it up beforehand

- u are going to think "wow this is just like in pokemon/mario/exit 8" a lot

- ??? 

also it might be more embarrassing to know a bit of japanese but not be able to follow the super fast speed than just own up and be a baka gaijin and speak english. idk. i think i just hate talking to ppl

anyway yeah ill be home so i can work on ch125 now. which will be posted soon after this. or before this. idk. im on a plane

addition: writing this part after ive gotten off the plane and back home, and ive finally been able to put a finger on something that's felt off to me all week: singapore's a very noisy place. even beyond general "youre not supposed to talk on trains in japan", its all very silent. nobody's blasting music or chatting on the street, people drive slower so cars make less noise, and, most importantly, singapore has this constant background noise of crickets and birds, and tokyo is just silent. it feels a bit like sensory deprivation lol

also heres all the silly little guys i mostly got from gachapons

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CANADAS TOKYO TRIP PART 1 (day 1 to 4)

HIII i was originally going to post photos day by day but i was always tired every day so like. tehepero or something

this was my first time going to japan!! and first time going overseas without my family (but with 2 other friends still!)

very long and very many pics so everything under the cut

also theres 2 parts bc i have too many pics for tumblrs image limit. see part 2 here.

Day 1 - Meiji Jingu Shrine + Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building

was fairly tired on day 1 bc the plane landed at 8am and we immediately started running around

first meal in japan was hamburg steak, first time trying it

they had free flow rice and soup and water which is crazy to me and honestly might be the best thing about japan and japanese restaurants. in china and sg they would be counting every cup of water u asked for and have it on ur final bill at like $3 per. shit is crazy

also i intended to take way more pictures with the little standee of my oc but i didnt want to lose it LOL was already trying to keep track of my phone/wallet/etc the entire time

meiji jingu is a fairly cool shrine! nothing to write home about, but it IS a lot of trees in the center of tokyo, and the huge toriis are really fun to see

as is standard fare for all shrines, they sell omamoris (1000 yen) and omikujis (100 yen)

i was intending to get an omamori since before the trip (just for the Vibes lol) but i only ended up getting one near the end of the trip haha

but i AM addicted to getting omikujis. god i love omikujis. any silly little omikuji give it to me

the tokyo metropolitan government building is really tall and has viewing decks at the top that u can see the skytree and tokyo tower from. my friend who planned the trip had us go there to see the sunset but tbh i dont really get the craze about seeing sunsets or seeing buildings light up at night

obligatory review of all the things abt japan everyone always talks abt: 

- the bidet toilets: theyre kinda scary LMAO i only used them once or twice bc i dont like things making noise where i cant see. but the heated seat is cool as hell its so cold in japan im born and bred singaporean used to 30°C weather. also the water level in the toilet is far too high why doesnt anyone ever talk about that? ALSO ALL THE TOILET PAPER IS 1 PLY WHY HAS NOBODY EVER MENTIONED THIS??? IS ALL TOILET PAPER IN AMERICA 1 PLY ALSO OR SOMETHING??? WHO LIVES LIKE THIS. WHATS THE POINT. HEATED TOILET SEAT BIDET BUT 1 PLY TOILET PAPER????? THE HORROR

- vending machines: theyre every 2 steps yeah. UNTIL. until you actually need one and then theyre nowhere to be found its so mysterious. i might be haunted by some youkai it would be on brand. theyre kinda on the expensive-ish side to me but its nice that (at least in tokyo) vending machines/shops are roughly the same price no matter where you go, so theyre not crazy upcharged at the airport or tourist spots (stuff is probably cheaper in less touristy parts of japan but i wouldnt know)

- trains: guys i might be pampered by singapores public transport. public transport in tokyo is like just okay to me. i hear about the peak hour rush but its like fine. and at least the dinnertime peak hour rush is actually limited to about an hour unlike in sg where the trains are impossibly cramped from 6pm to 11pm. also its kind of comical the amount of salarymen in suits and ties. its like a clown car but in black and white. like they werent kidding the salarymen can salarymen

this is also a super stupid and cliche thought i keep having, but its "ohhhhh i see why pokemon/super mario odyssey looks the way it looks now" (and also *goes into subway station* omg just like exit 8!)

suburbs in tokyo really are built in that very square style that lends itself very well to pixel art (a lot of buildings in tokyo especially further from the metropolitan area are very brutalist. very cool) and theres a lot of businesses that have a very small footprint but go upstairs

and the specific angles that roads and junctions are placed in tokyo immediately weirded me out in the exact way new donk city road angles weirded me out. im sure new york roads probably look like this too but i havent seen

Day 2 - Fukagawa Edo Museum + Senso-ji + Tokyo Skytree

ok i think by day 2 i was more in the mindset to enjoy things bc i got sleep

the friend who planned the trip had us get up by 8 every day ("like army" my mom says)

fukagawa edo museum was pretty cool! life size replicas of edo period japanese houses, youre allowed to take your shoes off and go in. museums are more relaxed about letting you touch than reddit would have had me believe, its fairly common to see interactive contraption bits with a sign like "you can turn this crank 3 times max" beside it

also they simulated day/night/weather cycles by closing shutters in the roof, very fun

also we went to a ramen place and got IMMEDIATELY clocked as chinese and the waitress started speaking chinese to us omg so embarrassing

senso-ji, the shopping street leading to it and asakusa in general might be one of my favorite places i went to. i knew OF senso-ji and asakusa prior, but i didnt realise they used the same kanji

if you paid attention in class (read all my ramblings on youkaigakkou-tl) you'll know that places called -ji or -dera are buddhist temples, and places called -jinja are shinto shrines. although in meiji jingu's case, "jingu" is the suffix, and refers specifically to high-status and/or imperial shrines. (meiji jingu worships empror meiji, from the late 1800s/early 1900s)

the shopping street is a lot of fun, i do love crowds when its open air. feels like home. also a lot of funny little toys to look at. i got a fox mask hehe

senso-ji is sort of the just-right combination of cool buildings + park + crowds that i like. also i got to see kaminari gate with the big red lantern! also the pot of incense that tamao and mujina put their faces in

went around the mall under the tokyo skytree for a while (didnt actually go up it bc too expensive) as a singaporean, a nice shopping mall is my natural habitat. love to look at things hate buying things

("wow minolta like from markiplier camera lens hyperfixation?")

didnt fully explore this place bc i was tired but We Will Be Back.

Day 3 - Urayasu City Folk Museum + Tokyo Metro Museum

Urayasu might be my favorite neighbourhood from the trip, was a noticeably more comfortable humidity for me and its all very open and countrysidey from being more on the outskirts of tokyo

this museum's another one with recreations of traditional japanese houses! and its abt coastal japan and the land reclamation to create that area

the metro museum's a metro museum, yknow. i think this would be massive for the train autismers, but its just regular big to me. i think the most interesting things were the tunnel bore and tunnel cross section. 

also if ur going to tokyo: BRING A STAMP BOOK (stamp as in the thing u ink and press on paper) or A5 sized notebook (or A4 might be even better, if u dont mind lugging it around) a lot of touristy places have stamps, and each subway station has its own stamp too. theyre generally about the size of a cup coaster? so youre going to want that big of paper at least. some museums also sell dedicated stamp books for you to get all the stamps at their museum, and sometimes theres a reward for getting all of them (this is mostly a thing to incentivise kids)

Day 4 - Tokyo Dome?? + Imperial Palace?? + Sumida Aquarium

this was kinda a weird day bc the original plan was to go to the amusement park at tokyo dome but we got there and all the rides were kinda kiddy and there was just 1 kinda okay roller coaster so we decided nah and just ate crepes there

and then i felt crazy so we walked to the imperial palace bc we actually hadnt planned a day to go there

(but then it was closed bc its closed on fridays)

went back to the skytree to see the aquarium! lots of jellyfish and penguins! i feel like ive seen these penguin relationship charts floating around social media for a bit, and i finally have context for them and got to see some of the penguins on it!

also my legs died. badly

CONTINUED IN PART 2 BC 30 IMAGE LIMIT!!!! I HAVE TOO MANY PICTURES 😭😭😭

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am home but that time of the month came on the plane so my brain is exploded. and also the rest of me. all exploded

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my toxic trait is i treat learning a real language like playing chants of senaar or learning a conlang