#i haven't been able to draw anything particularly good for a while but today my brain decided we're back

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they're pretty similar if you think about it

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A totally self indulgent compilation of my favorite works on this blog of the year June 13, 2019 - June 13, 2020

I wanted to do this for the blog's first anniversary but then completely forgot about it lol.

The following lists are all in chronological order according to the date each post was first published.

Top 10 panel edits:

#1: Don and Gilda - Chapter 138: Demon serch (1)

Date: Jun 14th, 2019

Time: ~ 1:30 h

My very first redraw from my very first edit posted here, so it deserves an honorable mention. Back then I was young and inexperienced, I didn't even apply a gray filter (lmao I was so unskilled I even unintentionally scratched the picture, I hadn't realized until today). I'm actually very happy my first redraw was of Don, boy deserves all the love.

#2: Emma and Ray - Chapter 140: I’m Here!

Date: Jun 28th, 2019

Time: ~ 1 h

Back then this looked like so much work to me!!! And to this day, I think it turned out pretty well. I'm particularly proud of how the bow turned out. This is one I was really proud of right after having finished it; it gave me the confidence to try redrawing bigger areas. Also, the edit were I first applied the opacity of layer / opacity of brush for the gray filter that would have stuck with me.

#3: Krone's birthday edit

Date: Jul 15th, 2019

Time: 15 mins

I don't know I just really like how Krone's hair vanish to a more sketch-like style here– and consequently, how I managed to replicate such effect. I think Krone's beautiful.

#4: Emma, Norman and Ray - Chapter 153: Coward

Date: Oct 4th, 2019

Time: 4:07 h (and 67 layers lmao)

Probably the single panel redraw I'm the most proud of. That Norman panel was beautiful and very poignant at the end of a chapter I adored, so I believe it deserved all the time I've spent working on it. It's far from being perfect - the back of his head is too plain, and the difference between my brushes and the original brushes is pretty visible - but I still like it very much and am extremely attached to it. The horn looks kinda big but I honestly believe it to be more of an issue with the original than with what I had redrawn lol. Funny enough, the whole picture didn't make it to the final edit and had to be trimmed.

#5: Full Score Trio - Chapter 154: A Breakthrough

Date: Oct 11th, 2019

Time: 29 mins

I don't have a particular reason for this I just think Emma's hair turned out amazing. It took just half an hour and I didn't even use references like. Wow. @Redrawing skills where did you go please come back

#6: Mujika and Queen Legravalima - Chapter 158: The Reason I Was Born

Date: Nov 17th, 2019

Time: 2:09 h

Sis I love this so freaking much. The shift from redrawing almost exclusively people and clothes to redrawing this mess was so fun and refreshing. Even though it's a mess I think it turned out very clean and overall it looks beautiful? I remember after finishing this I felt so powerful, like now that I had redrawn this thing I would have been able to redraw anything I set my mind on lol.

#7: Emma - Chapter 161: Never Be Alone

Date: Dec 13th, 2019

Time: 57 mins

Again no particular reason except this is a very cute Emma and I think the redraw turned out pretty well. There's this big lock on the left that doesn't make a lot of sense but overall I really like it. Cute Emma is cute, and I love her determination.

#8: Emma - Chapter 166: Going Back Home

Date: Mar 9th, 2020

Time: 3:45 h

I'M SO FREAKING PROUD OF THAT RIFFLE I have not the slightlest idea why this took so damn long BUT I'M SO PROUD OF IT

#9: Norman's birthday edit

Date: Mar 21st, 2020

Time: 1:04 h

This is cool! I didn't know I could manage to draw this, but I did it! The feathers were particularly hard to clean but I think they turned out fine.

#10: Full Score Trio - Chapter 174: A New World (part 1)

Date: Apr 6th, 2020

Time: 2:11 h

I just think they're very pretty? I can't understand if I like Ray's face a lot, or not at all, but I think overall there was a lot to redraw and it turned out pretty cute! Sorry Gillian.

(Also insert pretty much every panel from the chapter 177 Isabella edit– I've spent so many hours on basically every panel there's no way I could choose only one).

Top 5 edits as whole:

#1: Emma and Ray - Chapter 140: I’m Here!

Date: Jun 29th, 2019

Complessive time: 2:57+ h

The very first edit I'm actually proud of; I'm really attached to it. It's the first edit I had put all of my effort into, and I remember feeling anxious people would have left it without notes. It kinda feels weird to think about it now, because I really don't care about notes anymore; yet, it somehow makes me happy to think that past-me wasn't let down. Thank you @neverlandstrio for your support, you may not remember but it really meant a lot to me back then! And it still makes me smile. You're the best!!!!!!

#2: Mujika and Queen Legravalima - Chapter 158: The Reason I Was Born

Date: Nov 20th, 2019

Complessive time: 7:12+ hours

This whole edit was an hella wild ride. It's midnight before a school day, when I think: "Mh, it's been a while since I last made an edit, why not make one about Musica and the queen from the last chapter?" And seven hours after this was born. I'm particularly proud of the queen's redraws on the 3rd, 7th and 9th picture (ofc), the areas which have been redrawn are pretty huge yet I think the difference with the original is almost impossible to notice?? @Redrawing skills where did you go please come back (part 2)

#3: Emma - Chapter 174: A New World (part 1)

Date: Apr 12th, 2020

Complessive time: 6:53+ h

I think the panels that were selected work very well together, especially considering the close-up / full body alternation. I love Emma, and I've always been kinda sad noticing that edits that focus one her take the less notes... She deserves all the love. Also, fun fact: for the last but one panel, I had redrawn Emma's whole left ear before remembering she doesn't have one, so I had to redraw the panel from the start. Besides from the error with the ear, the reason why this (and all the others after) took so long is because official panel take way longer to clean.

#4: Isabella and her children - Chapter 177: Mother

Date: May 22nd, 2020

Complessive time: 13:41+ h (ahah.)

Lmao tbh I can't understand how this has so few notes it's like. Technically speaking, probably the best edit I've ever done. I don't even like Isabella that much, I haven't got the slightlest idea why I decided to spend so many hours on this. Anyway, I find the composition (full body on the left / headshots on the right) really good looking in this as well! And I think the redraws turned out fine, especially Isabella's.

#5: The Promised Neverland manga ending countdown→ 1/7 chapters: chapter 1 - Grace Field House

Date: Jun 9th, 2020

Complessive time: 1:59+ h

I don't know how I came up with that idea for the composition but I find it really beautiful??? I think it does a pretty good job conveying the sudden, terrific shift of atmosphere from the first chapter, and I think that sharp bridge is very nice. I'm very, very proud of this.

Honorable mention #1: Full Score Trio - Chapter 154: A Breakthrough

Date: Oct 13th, 2019

Complessive time: 3:44+ h (+ 1:13 h of working on a panel that ultimately didn't make it to the final edit)

A very good chapter, and the edit turned out surprisingly amazing??? All the redraws look great and make it almost impossible to distinguish them from the original; honestly I feel like I'll never be able to redraw so neatly again lol.

Honorable mention #2: Don and Gilda (+ Norman) - Chapter 160: Shackles

Date: Dec 11th, 2019

Complessive time: 3:14+ h

That one is really one of my favorite scenes; I'm telling you peoples, Gilda and Don are a blessing to the earth. I think I've never mentioned it, but Gilda's hair is a nightmare to redraw??? More specifically, it takes me h o u r s to fill the texture without making it look too weird, it's the worst.

Honorable mention #3: Norman and Ray - Chapter 179: Compensation

Date: Jun 6th, 2020

Complessive time: 4:16+ h

I was so glad to finally be able to make a Norman / Ray edit, and it turned out it was just in time before the series' finale. I like how it turned out and I'm pretty satisfied with the redraws (even though my sister helped me with the lineart of some panels - it was exams time and I really couldn't afford to spend more time on it), too bad we didn't have more chapters that focused on the boys. Ray sweetie one day I'll fix your ear it's just today's not that day.

Btw, I justed realized I have never done an Emma / Norman centered edit? I'll have to make one eventually. I remember considering focusing on them alone for the chapter 154 one, but then I thought "even if the manga is gonna ignore Ray, I will chose to do not" lol.

Top 5 long posts:

#1: Reconstruction of how the Grace Field children were settled in the three bedrooms

Date: Aug 28th, 2019

I just had really a lot of fun doing it. I love putting all the little things to their own place, it's so calming to do and that's why I love making this kind of things. Also, loved how @temporoom contributed to the post! It was so nice of them to add what they had noticed to come up with more exact conclusions, that's one of the things I love the most about the internet.

#2: A study of how many times the characters of The Promised Neverland call each other through the first season of the anime

Date: Sep 10th, 2019

I REALLY LOVE IT! I mean it *was* kinda stressing to note everything, but it was very also very satisfying to see everything methodically divided and organized! And it's not just that– it's also the fact that it looks good. That's one post I have fun rereading because it's actually pretty! Also, even though it can be very stressing to learn to use new programs and sites, it's always very satisfying to look at the final result. Again, I really adore compiling these tiny little details! I would love to make more posts of that kind if i had the time.

#3: The Promised Neverland musicals headcanons

Date: Oct 27th, 2019

I mean it's literally. Putting my two favorite fandoms together how could I not love it. This is another one I really enjoy rereading, I find all the musical / character associations so fitting! I really want to make a second part, I hope to find some time to do it.

#4: Considerations on the reward / eventual series' finales (and Emma's sacrifice)

Date: May 7th, 2020

It's always nice to put down all your thoughts regarding a particular matter. It can take a lot of time (at least for me it does because... I need time to think about things), but it's so satisfying to see all of them there once you're done. Bonus points when, like in this case, it was something asked by someone else because “Wow! Somebody wants to hear my opinion on this subject! I'm flattered (◍•ᴗ•◍)”

#5: Some other considerations on the series' finale and Emma sacrificing herself

Date: Jun 13th, 2020

Pretty much the same as above. It's like some kind of clarity when the post is done and signed. Another fun fact, I had to censore the post a lot; the first version was extremely sharp and harsh, but I believe it's right to express your opinions calmly and politely.

Bonus: A thread of what the tpn characters would wear at the Oscars

Date: Feb 9th, 2020

Imagining all the children in those pretty dresses makes me so incredibly happy (╥﹏╥) I go back to look at that post a lot. I really love red carpets, I love looking at pretty dresses!!!!!

Lmao it's so funny how the post of mine I like the most are also the ones with the less notes

Anyway this was just a personal report! You don't have to read it all (or any of it actually). But it was indeed fun making it! Here's to many more months in the fandom!!!

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BVB Feiertagsmagazin w/ Marco Reus (28/01/17) - English translation

Nobby: I'm really happy that Marco's here with me today for the return of the second half of the season. He has already announced that it's gonna be a close game of Goal or No Goal today. You're very well prepared, you have watched the last 600 goals of Borussia Dortmund.

Marco: (laughs) I asked Fritz. He knows practically everything.

Nobby: Fritz... that's your Phone-A-Friend lifeline, isn't he?

Marco: That'd be a good idea...although... he can't see the screen... or we do it via facetime but I don't know if he has facetime...

Nobby: (laughs) Or if he knows how to use it.

Marco: Or if he knows how to use it, right...

Nobby: Well, Marco, you had to be patient for a long time. Since the end of November you're back. How was the time before that and how do you feel now?

Marco: Of course that period of time was though. I was really impatient, I'm already an inherently impatient person and it was hard to just sit in the stadium each time and not being able to help the team but I stayed patient and worked really hard for my comeback and I'm working even harder now in order to stay fit and improve a bit.

Nobby: There was a moment of shock against Bremen. I was in front of my tv thinking "Please... not the leg!" You thought you could go past him somehow but then Drobný still hit you hard. You could see it on tv for a second, that looked really deep and severe. But we're glad you got off lightly because we need our Marco, especially against Mainz.

---INTERLUDE---

Nobby: You scored ten goals against Mainz. There's no opponent against which you scored more goals.

Marco: That's nice!

Nobby: Is there anything like a favourite opponent?

Marco: (sighs, starts thinking)

Nobby: (laughs) I can already see that you don't think about such things.

Marco: Not much to be honest. But um yeah... why should the stats lie? Of course, I'd be happy if things continue like this but we obviously know that it's tough, especially in Mainz, that we've always struggled in the last few years and that it has always been a close call. There have always been a lot of tackling and I think it won't be any different this time. It's important that we're focused right from the very first second and...

Nobby: Mainz is just very disciplined. Always.

Marco: Yes absolutely! Especially on home ground they're very disciplined, they stay in their formation particularly during pressing and we have to try to find a good solution.

Nobby: Coming back to Bremen: Apart from your 'souvenir' that you brought back home it was a successful start of the year 2017. What lessons do you draw from such a game?

Marco: We didn't do too well, especially in the second half where we have been outnumbering them for quite a while already. Defensively as well as offensively. But you basically never know how you'll do after the winter break. We talked about a lot of things and you couldn't get much of a glimpse of what we practised but the win is what's most important right now. We had a few weeks to get ready and to practise the things we weren't able to practise because a lot of us had been injured. I think we'll be able to show some sort of defensive stability in Mainz and offensively we always have the potential to score a goal.

Nobby: My next question would've been: What's crucial in Mainz. Certainly making sure to keep a clean sheet and then score a goal with our fast strikers.

Marco: Well, not only. It takes eleven, especially for defending, that's just the way it is. Generally speaking we always want to keep a clean sheet and keep it tight and do well defensively but sometimes the opponent just does it really well. But I think it's on us and if we live up to our potential for 90 minutes which so far, we haven't managed that often and which it's about time for then we'll hopefully win this game.

Nobby: I completely agree.

---INTERLUDE---

Nobby: Auba is back! I think you are particularly happy about that. You two are very good friends. Was he sad because he 'got kicked out so early'?

Marco: Yeah, of course. I think he was the hope of his nation, especially because they hosted the tournament. He really hoped to get really far, I know that and yeah... they haven't lost a single game but they also haven't won one and that's tough. But I think he could 'shoot out' his frustration during training yesterday. Obviously we're happy he's back and that he's ft and healthy and now we hope he'll gain back more of his confidence and that he'll help us.

Nobby: Were you in contact during the tournament?

Marco: Yeah sure! We talked via facetime and I wrote him after his elimination.

Nobby: I think that's important. You're friends!

Marco: Of course. But Auba is robust mentally and has already experienced some things so...

Nobby: We're sad, obviously. Neven is going to Köln on loan for half a year, Adrian's farewell is also official. What are you going to miss about these two?

Marco: They were go-to guys for the team. Adrian was a really funny guy, really kind...

Nobby: Everyone says that.

Marco: Yes he's... Adrian is just Adrian. He's so kind and very calm. We've always called him "Little Diabolo". So I think I will still be in contact with him and it's the same with Neven. He's been here for years and has celebrated a lot of things. In the end it's his decision and we hope that he'll get back to 100% fitness play in Köln.

Nobby: That's understandable.

Marco: Yes absolutely! Every football player wants to play football and if it doesn't work out in one club you'll have to look for other alternatives to get match practice.

---INTERLUDE---

Nobby: Auba is going to get his prize (BVB goal scorer of the year 2016) next week. You can congratulate him into the camera.

Marco: Yeah Auba... I would've loved to snatch this prize from under your nose but the viewers have decided in your favour. You deserved it! Stay the way you are and have fun!

Nobby: You're not envious of him. Another title...

Marco: Another one for me? Because I have so many already, right? (laughs)

---GOAL OR NO GOAL---