I didn't finish Trails to Zero but more importantly I hate Rean Schwarzer with the fire of a thousand suns so I basically abandoned the entire franchise. I might check out Skip and Loafer but PA Works is kinda hit or miss -- Buddy Daddies was a definite miss for me.

My favorite winter series have been Tsundere Lieselotte and Angel Next Door, with an honorable mention for Inukai-san's Dog. I thought Tomo-chan would be way more 4 koma but ended up loving it, and I was never that into Danmachi but I caught up because I heard good things about S4 and got pretty into it. The delays have been pretty brutal as well, to multiple series.

Are you following the World Baseball Classic at all? I was a bit worried Mexico would take Japan out but in the end we got the final (USA vs Japan) everybody probably wanted. Should be a good game.

It was pretty good. Danmachi S4 was the best season since S1, In/Spectre was better than the first season, TsunLise was a low budget very nice surprise, and Tomo-chan ended up being a lot better than its first episode suggested. I like TenTen a lot too but I'm waiting to see how they stick the landing. The current arc is too melodramatic, but if it ends like I've been told all will be forgiven.

Bofuri had a slow start but it's been fun those past few episodes. And there are still 4 left.

Loved Kubo-san and Nier Automata too but they ended up being delayed.

Yeah CJGJ needs a new agent. After turning the Eagles down the market was so bad that he went with a 1 year "prove it" contract with 6.5m guaranteed and the rest in incentives. Detroit should be a contender this year though if they can carry over momentum.

Spring anime season should have a few gems... Dangers in My Heart is one of my favorite mangas, Oshi no Ko should be really solid, and Yamada at Lv 999 is good shoujo fluff... it might be up your alley somewhat. I might give Goddess Cafe Terrace a shot though I kinda hate Seo Kouji. What else... Yuri is My Job!, and maybe one or two other series I've got my eye on.

Its been an interesting free agency week overall... I'm happy that the Eagles were able to keep their secondary intact at least at the corners. CJGJ is still a question mark though he seems irritated by the weak market for safeties. RB are kinda disposable nowadays too, Miles Sanders went to Carolina and Dallas dumped Zeke unceremoniously. I don't know what to expect from Lamar but his self agency bullshit has to be turning away at least a few teams. I kind of expect they'll just keep franchising him at this rate. Jets seem poised to give up the farm for Rodgers which seems like a waste.

I never really got into Hearthstone but now that I think about it its been almost 10 years since I logged into my World of Warcraft account. I had a decent amount of gold back then which is probably worth the change you'd find in the couch after that much inflation.

For Nendoroid preorders I usually order straight from Good Smile but I'm a bit underwhelmed by Ushio. Feels like the quality has dropped off a bit on newer nendos. I'm ordering from RightStuf less and less but I just preordered a bunch of manga with summer release dates. Its been getting harder and harder to hit their free shipping threshold.

I haven't finished the show yet but Bocchi seems to have a good message to me. Bocchi tries her hardest to overcome her social anxiety and succeeds most of the time. I feel the show deals with her issues pretty well.

One piece still has quite a few years left. Regardless, I'd say Kingdom rather than Chainsaw Man. It sells a lot more and it's going to keep going for looooong time.

Jujutsu Kaisen would be an obvious candidate given that it was #1 in sales last year but I heard it's near its end too. Same with MHA. I think Blue Lock has gotten really popular thanks to the anime, and there's Spy x Family.

I don't think there's anything to worry about.

I started watching Bocchi The Rock! last week. I didn't really understand what the fuss was all about, but now I definitely do. It's marvelously directed and has a lovable cast of characters. Its popularity is well deserved.

I'm not sure how I feel about the QB in this year's draft... Bryce Young might end up being great but he's a bit short and I'm not that fond of Alabama QB in general. Durant really seems to have become brittle in his older years... I'm really not sure how scared anyone should be about PHX. The entire Western Conference is a logjam of .500 teams so its really anyone's to win.

Not sure where you ordered from but my Ushio Nendoroid shipped... should be here by Wednesday or Thursday.

I liked the Rumbling Hearts art style but couldn't really get into it. I might have tried to watch Scrapped Princess at some point but don't really remember. Early aughts anime was hit or miss for me though, there's only a handful of series from that era I really liked. Popotan is an underrated classic ecchi from 2003... produced by Shaft before they were Shaft. I always kinda hated Ikkitousen though, speaking of ecchi from 2003. If you're feeling really spicy the Tsukihime anime was from 2003 as well... if it existed anyway.

Sixers have matched up well against the Bucks all season but can't beat the Celtics... that could change though I suppose. I guess we'll see who we actually get in the playoffs, since there's also Cavs, Heat, Knicks, maybe the Nets and Raptors to contend with too.

There's very little gaming wise I'm looking forward to this year after Octopath II ... maybe I'll spend some time playing FFXIV or finish Life is Strange 3 finally... or maybe Elden Ring will hit 50% off and I'll actually buy it. Akiba's Trip Director's Cut is the only thing I have preordered.

I pretty much gave up on the Flyers at this point... I'm a casual hockey fan as it is and they haven't won anything since the 1970s, though they've made the finals a few times. I dunno how I feel about how prevalent the 3-point shot is in the NBA nowadays though... I loved chucking up 3's when I played so I appreciate to a point but I guess its kinda boring if you prefer the physical inside play from previous eras. The skyhook isn't coming back though, even centers are expected to have a perimeter game. I like Embiid but I don't really trust the Sixers (or Harden) in the playoffs. They have a tough schedule the rest of the season so I guess we'll see what the seeding looks like. I'm not a big baseball person but the pitch clock has me intrigued for the first time in a long time. I might actually pay attention to the season this year.

I saw Road 96 is on sale but couldn't justify picking it up right now, I'm pretty busy with Octopath Traveler II. Only about 12-15 hours in though, I haven't had time to put into it. I like the new avatar BTW, Ushio Nendoroid should be shipping later this month.

I'm surprised it never got one. It's a classic.