Just before leaving for Japan I saw they had an SE popup shop open in Ikebukuro’s Parco (main building at the station) with figures of Crono and Marle from one of my favourite JRPGs Chrono Trigger so headed there to see them in the flesh. Passed by Anime themed Casetify phone cases along the way which is an HK brand. Adapt to the local market...
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...
Big fan of Steins;gate so I really wanted this 1/7 scale figure when I saw on on the Japanese hobby sites. This Good Smile Steins;gate Makise Kurisu Reading Steiner figure was released October 2023 but as with most scale figures, it was already sold out. There wasn't even any scalping which is probably good news because maybe only the...
Another clear day. Weather's been mostly great this trip just like last time. Only a day of rain so far. I decided to go out and grab the rare Figma Pokemon Red figure for my friend in the morning because one I spotted in Lashinban, Culture Zone was already gone despite the £200 price tag. Might be the last chance to grab the second one I...
Sunday, another busy morning for catering. Makes me wonder if Japanese people like staycations during weekends. Clear sunny day so you can see Mount Fuji from the hotel if your room was facing that way. Was planning to spend the day browsing around Akihabara. Still on the quest for a cheaper Figma Pokemon Red that doesn't cost £200, 5x...
Not such an early start today since I'm just walking around Tokyo to tour some more Shinkai movie spots; mix of Weathering with You/Tenki no Ko and Your Name. People sure finish their breakfast quickly, a lot of business people in suits. View feels pointless when you're doing that. You might as well just be surrounded by paintings imo....
Thought I'd sleep like a log since couldn't sleep on the plane but only actually managed an hour. Upside was I forgot to set the camera's time so the time lapse wouldn't have happened if I didn't get up to correct it. Cloudy so no sun visible but not bad. Had breakfast around half 7 before setting out. Dropped down to get a new SIM I saw in 7...
Jin Mikuriya caught a spider by the local sacred tree when he was younger but, when a blue-haired woman appears briefly the spider is gone again. Some time later, the sacred tree was moved due to the local land re-development. Jin is given a piece of the wood from the tree and he decides to carve a girl from it. To his surprise, the very same...
As with the visual novel game released about 3 years ago this official Anime sequel also takes place just before the prequel's ending about midway through episode 23 so, you could kind of call it an extended version of the original Steins;Gate too. After many attempts Okabe has given up hope trying to reach Steins Gate and savehis...
So this official visual novel sequel actually takes part just before the "true ending" in the prequel where Okabe has undone everything, back in the beta timeline. Kurisu has been murdered and he is so depressed and traumatised that he refuses to try one last time in reaching Steins Gate where World War III never happens. Without...