2025 In Review
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elyusionOne month later...
CAKERA (翔~カケラ~裸) - LAPUTA
I wanted a music category because I love music, but I don't listen to (new) albums much. Need to change that. Anyways, Cakera won out since it's the album with the most amount of songs I like and listened to this year (Jesus, Virgin Cry, Refrain Limit/Drug Habit...), but hopefully in 2026 I can find a new no-skip album that's not B'Day or Thriller or Aku no Hana. The only runner-up for this category is Koi no Yokan by Deftones.
RHYTHM TENGOKU (and Gold)
To be honest, no game I played this year left me a different person. So let's pretend Rhythm Heaven GBA + DS are one game so that I can give them both first place. I <3 rhythm games. I think I should try playing more of them rather than JRPGs.
BREAKING BAD
Pretty tough competition, but Breaking Bad wins because I was so hooked I was watching it in bed and in the school library and shit. Normally during in-between time (like between wake and sleep, or between classes) I read stuff or play on my (3)DS(i) while listening to music, not watch things. It's also a popular show, so now I understand jokes I didn't understand before and have full context and everything, so that's awesome. Will I ever watch Better Call Saul? Find out next time...!
THE LEGEND OF HEI II
Beautiful animation, great fights, Nezha, good found family, blatant lesbian bait, tanking (U.S.?) missile strikes in slides, an airplane crash, this movie truly has it all. It's just as good if not better than the first movie :3 I love everyone so much. If anything ever happens to Xiaohei I will blow up at least 2 major cities.
THE COLOR PURPLE
I feel like this one needs no explanation.
Last.fm says my top five artists were BUCK∞TICK, Deftones, Aretha Franklin, and Michael Jackson, while my top fives songs were Ice Cream, Jesus, It Never Rains (In Southern California), Meteor, and DARLIN'. You should believe Last.fm; Spotify be lying for reasons we don't understand yet (and also Last.fm includes songs I listen to that aren't on Spotify).
Didn't use my Switch that much last year lol. My 3DS' activity log says I spent 148 hours and 56 minutes playing last year. 61 of those hours were on the PlayStation emulator, which was definitely 60% Suikoden, 30% Haruka, and 10% other random bs.
I have 3 general resolutions and 26 goals. I won't tell all my goals because they're embarrassing, and it'll be even more embarrassing when 2027 comes around and I've accomplished like 3 of them. My resolutions, however, are 1. Create more art, 2. Reach C1 level of both Japanese and Spanish, and 3. Become a normal and happy adult (according to my own standards, of course).
Of my 26 goals, here are the ones I'm willing to share.
I welcome your support during this time. I'm navigating uncharted post-graduation waters here... And I'm trying to turn a new leaf, although I'm being vague as hell about it lol.
May your 2026 be peaceful 🖤
Album of the Year
I wanted a music category because I love music, but I don't listen to (new) albums much. Need to change that. Anyways, Cakera won out since it's the album with the most amount of songs I like and listened to this year (Jesus, Virgin Cry, Refrain Limit/Drug Habit...), but hopefully in 2026 I can find a new no-skip album that's not B'Day or Thriller or Aku no Hana. The only runner-up for this category is Koi no Yokan by Deftones.
Game of the Year
To be honest, no game I played this year left me a different person. So let's pretend Rhythm Heaven GBA + DS are one game so that I can give them both first place. I <3 rhythm games. I think I should try playing more of them rather than JRPGs.
Runner-ups
Grandia, Chrono Trigger, and Final Fantasy IV DS. All great, but they don't have rhythm games, so... I also didn't play a lot of games this year because for the entire first half I was struggling to make myself finish Harukanaru Toki no Naka de. I would've put Where Winds Meet as the winner if I could actually play it orzShow of the Year
Pretty tough competition, but Breaking Bad wins because I was so hooked I was watching it in bed and in the school library and shit. Normally during in-between time (like between wake and sleep, or between classes) I read stuff or play on my (3)DS(i) while listening to music, not watch things. It's also a popular show, so now I understand jokes I didn't understand before and have full context and everything, so that's awesome. Will I ever watch Better Call Saul? Find out next time...!
Runner-ups
PLURIBUS!!! But special mention to The Legend of the Galactic Heroes as well.Movie of the Year
Beautiful animation, great fights, Nezha, good found family, blatant lesbian bait, tanking (U.S.?) missile strikes in slides, an airplane crash, this movie truly has it all. It's just as good if not better than the first movie :3 I love everyone so much. If anything ever happens to Xiaohei I will blow up at least 2 major cities.
Runner-ups
Set It Off, the Mononoke movies, and Ne Zha 2. This almost went to Set It Off until I remembered I watched Hei this year. Ne Zha 2 I think was good, but I so viscerally remember the vomit jokes more than the actually moving scenes... But I also think it's really funny how many times Nezha is called ugly throughout the film and this is resolved not by everyone deciding it's vain to care or by him developing self-love, but simply by him gaining a form that is beautiful. #ChinaBook of the Year
I feel like this one needs no explanation.
Runner-ups
How Do We Relationship (complicated yuri), Princess Jellyfish (just plain fun), Bongchan Story (porn with plot), obligatory Basara (adventure shoujo sweep). Didn't read much because most of the year I was focused on forcing myself to read Elric of Melniboné. Coulda spent that time reading Lenin or something...Various Wrapped™s
Last.fm says my top five artists were BUCK∞TICK, Deftones, Aretha Franklin, and Michael Jackson, while my top fives songs were Ice Cream, Jesus, It Never Rains (In Southern California), Meteor, and DARLIN'. You should believe Last.fm; Spotify be lying for reasons we don't understand yet (and also Last.fm includes songs I listen to that aren't on Spotify).
Didn't use my Switch that much last year lol. My 3DS' activity log says I spent 148 hours and 56 minutes playing last year. 61 of those hours were on the PlayStation emulator, which was definitely 60% Suikoden, 30% Haruka, and 10% other random bs.
What I Did
- I kicked my Twitter addiction (and accidentally kicked my Tumblr addiction too).
- I became a lot more active on Dreamwidth <3
- I went to Washington in June.
- I started bullet journaling, which lowkey? Has changed me forever. Really great for scatterbrained lazeabouts who have dreams they don't achieve and love lists.
- I finally graduated from my stupid university, thank fuck.
- Testament plushie.
What I Will Do
I have 3 general resolutions and 26 goals. I won't tell all my goals because they're embarrassing, and it'll be even more embarrassing when 2027 comes around and I've accomplished like 3 of them. My resolutions, however, are 1. Create more art, 2. Reach C1 level of both Japanese and Spanish, and 3. Become a normal and happy adult (according to my own standards, of course).
Of my 26 goals, here are the ones I'm willing to share.
- Make a game.
- Make a comic.
- Finish fan-translation.
- Get my damned driver's license already.
- Get a piercing (likely 2 -- I want second piercings in both my lobes).
- Learn to dance.
- Work on my wardrobe.
I welcome your support during this time. I'm navigating uncharted post-graduation waters here... And I'm trying to turn a new leaf, although I'm being vague as hell about it lol.
May your 2026 be peaceful 🖤
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Date: 2026-02-05 09:41 am (UTC)Something else that's shocking is someone actually clicking on my song links. Wow! Thank you!! I'm glad you found some new songs to listen to 🖤 I love + was raised in R&B and Hip Hop, so trust that I'll be mentioning more in the future.
Thank you for the well wishes 🫶🏾💕💕💕
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Date: 2026-02-05 07:01 pm (UTC)Your effort of including the link for every song needs to be honored haha
Yessss, I'll be looking forward to that! :D
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