Too bad there's not a spell where you can go into someone's consciousness like in Paradox Live to wake them up.

Somehow Anne being upset was more upsetting to me than anyone else. :'(

...Now I want to see everyone taking turns giving Catarina water mouth-to-mouth. I don't really like Geordo x Catarina. Honestly I really only like Catarina/Maria. Of course polyam would be number 1 but a couple of them would hate that, mainly Geordo.

I spoke too soon, Sophia/Acchan did go into Catarina's consciousness. I teared up at Acchan and Catarina's parting ahh. But how are Sophia and Acchan connected exactly??

I'm never gonna take the name 'Sirius Dick Dieke' seriously with the way it's pronounced in Japanese.

Instructional and Educational VHS Tapes on the Internet Archive - Scrolling through these is wild.

jp users learning about 'fujoshing out'

Vimm's old school games - I got the first Persona game from here!

Trope Talk: Timeloops

What happened to bridges in pop songs? - I don't keep up with what's popular but this is interesting and I need to get some of the songs used in this video!

How “This Didn’t Age Well” Destroyed Media Literacy - A thousand times THIS. I need everyone to watch this.

I started playing Persona 5: The Phantom X and am enjoying it but I have a confession to make...I've never played any of the original games. I have watched some of a let's play for P5, watched the anime for that and for P4 and read a little of the P3 manga but I think that's it (besides reading AkeShu fic). I never planned to actually play the games for reasons I don't remember (though P5 made me consider it). Now I've changed my mind and am diving in with the first game. I got it through Vimms which gathers old school games.

So far? It's good to know that the music was good from the beginning! Navigating the school's hallways makes me dizzy, does it go that fast on the original console?? I hope I didn't miss anything because I kept getting lost lol

The designs are very interesting, they all look American or English. In JP Masao's mom calls calls him Maa-kun so the EN version called him 'Mark' as a nickname. Looks like Hidehiko's nickname is the same in the JP.

Masao is sweet with Maki, seems he can be reliable. :)

I don't normally play with English voices but beggars can't be choosers and the voices aren't bad here.

Yamaoka and Nanjou's relationship is funny and sweet too.

Oh no you have to pick your stats in this game? I'll just follow this.

In a hospital full of doctors Yamaoka still wasn't helped by anyone. 😵 Also that promise he made Nanjou make...may as well ask him to become the emperor;; Agh poor Nanjou, I hope this group all become close so he doesn't feel so alone.

I don't like that it's not clear what you're supposed to be doing at any given time. No quest log or tracking. If you stop playing for a while it can take a bit to remember what you're doing. Sometimes characters remind you but...Instead of safe rooms there are 'Agastya trees' where you can save.

Maki showed up at the school with no memory, she probably didn't even realize her mom was injured in the infirmary. Masao get captured by the demons and apparently they just put him in jail instead of killing him?? They even put the key in the key box lol

Oh ok apparently demons can take over humans??

I'm curious how the earthquake, Maki's waking and the DEVA system are connected, plus Maki's missing friend? And of course Personas. Apparently anyone can have them, not just heroes.

Noo, using Persona skills isn't part of auto?!

I love how irritable the characters get when you don't go to the next quest point fast enough. Sorry but exploration is life!!

In the Abandoned Werehouse, how do they know Ayase doesn't have a Persona too, since it's happened to the last few people who joined before?? Now she's in danger on her own. Also with the school going under, I hope Maki's mom is okay.

English vs Original version comparisons of Twisted Wonderland

Asian BL TV show recs - They did them for a friend but they have a useful rating scale attached!

The Ethics of Looking And The “Harmless” Peeping Tom - Wonderful job, this is the second video like this I've enjoyed by them.

When Sunshine Falls for Mr. Grumpy: BL Couples That Own This Trope! (Asian TV)

the death of the "monster of the week" = less whump

"I finished reading The Lord of the Rings for the first time in my life. With all of *vague gesture at everything* this going on. I Am Not Okay" - Really moving talk about their experience, it really made me want to cry tbh