Took a different airline to Narita this time so I ended up at a part of the airport I wasn’t so familiar with. Was quite a walk reaching the usual immigration queue. Not sure if it’s because of the cheap Yen and over-tourism but it took almost an hour when I arrived in the afternoon at 16:59. SIM card machine was still there but this time I...

Wakana Kinme has been diligently running her own laundry store in Atami for the past 2 years but doesn't remember anything else beyond that. As she provides her cleaning service and goes out of the way for the locals, she meets all sorts of people and important items that are delicate to clean. Thought it'd be an interesting...

Import Japanese goods are pretty much everywhere in Hong Kong. Japan's only a 4.5 hour flight away after all unlike UK which can be 14 - 19 hours so it only makes sense for the city to import from there. This includes mainstream Japanese pop culture/otaku Anime store merchandise localised in Traditional Chinese such as One Piece...

Tsukiko Sagi is a famous mascot designer who designed the popular Maromi. One night after encountering a creepy old lady, she is assaulted. She claims it was a young boy with a bat but no one believes her. Now the hunt is on for Shonen Bat as there is a series of assaults happening. Was about to give up on Satoshi Kon's stories but after Tokyo...

The "Fourth" Holy Grail War is about to begin and it's happening in America, Snowfield. However, unlike the traditional way whenever it occurred in its origin of Japan, the participating Servants were reduced from seven to six. The Mages Association that oversee the event, sense something amiss and discover someone was trying to...

Silver-tongued Gene Starwind is a bounty hunter who also runs a repair shop Starwind and Hawkings with his younger brother Jim. When he takes in a job from runaway "Ice" Hilda, they find themselves travelling space on the "Outlaw Star" while protecting a mysterious bio-android girl named "Melfina" and discovering her past. As they...

Yuri has just been awakened after recovering from an attack by Gnosia infectees; humans infected by an alien organism that causes them to kill others. As their refugee ship from Liu-An is threatened by the detection of a single infectee amongst them, Yuri (affected with amnesia) is tasked to help figure out who it is. However after...

The three homeless friends runaway Miyuki, trans Hana and ex-circuit racer Gin discover an abandoned baby while Hana insisted on looking for a present for Miyuki during Christmas night. Instead of handing the baby to the police, Hana decides to adopt it instead as "Kiyoko", taking it as a special sign on Christmas. Before long, they...

Not far from Haymarket Station, it's only a 10 minute walk. Got a twin room on the third floor out of the five available, 15:00 check-in, 11:00 checkout. Aesthetics look nice. Lift access was keycard only which was a bit confusing because you had to hold it on the reader until it turns green then call the lift. If you just tap your card...

A company has invented a psychotherapy device that allows others to enter another's dream, the "DC Mini". As it allowed rewriting one's subconscious, it could also those with malicious intent to kill or change someone's character. The developers behind the device realise the still in development devices had been stolen and their...