Strawberries have always been soothing to me. Nice that there's a day for them. It's an interesting fruit. The seeds can be an issue for me, but they're not bad if they're cooked in something like pie or cake.
Finished watching Goodnight DJ on Netflix. Again, it's a Malaysian show in Mandarin. Very much like the Twilight Zone centered on radio DJ's or radio in general. The 2nd season clearly had a bigger budget and instead of a different story every episode, they were 2-episode stories. The episodes were twice as long, too. Very few characters had recurring roles, and some actors played different characters in different stories. Very interesting the way they went about it. I liked it a lot. The campiness in some of the stories might not be for everyone, but I thought they pulled it off. It ended on a positive note. Many of the stories had tragic endings, so this was nice. Each one also had some sort of moral to it.
I might go back to watching Mind Game next. I stopped a few episodes in a while back. Added another list on the right-hand side of this blog. It's most of the shows I've finished on Netflix. Thought it would be good to keep track of, at least for myself. Some of them I found in the Watch Again section, because I couldn't remember all of them myself. I tend to watch a lot of horror, supernatural, and detective shows on there...A majority of them are from around the world, which is what I wanted. I've started a lot more of them that I'll get back to soon. Plus, there are some new ones on my list. I'm trying to watch one show at a time now, and usually one episode each night. (If they're really short, 2 a night. If long, half of one each time.) Been blazing through a lot of them this way.
Up to the last level of the Basics 1 unit of Duolingo's Korean course. I'll probably finish that unit next time. Scanned that full body drawing of Shadow, and edited it in Photoshop. Still need to edit more of it, but I'm close to finishing that. Then, I'll decide how I want to color it. Edited more of Alliance. Managed to get through a couple more pages than usual today.
Started reading Neko de Gomen (Excuse Me For Being a Cat). It's an old manga that ran from 1989 to 1990. The style reminds me of Rumiko Takahashi's. She's a legendary mangaka (manga creator) who did Inuyasha, Ranma 1/2, Mermaid Forest, and many other famous works. I thought she did this one at first, but it's by Akane Nagano. Maybe it's because it was put out a couple of years after Ranma 1/2 started? It was very popular at the time. Anyways, this one is similar to the Fly. They even referenced it in the first chapter. Yayoi's father put his daughter in what was supposed to teleport her to another container. A cat walked in just as he flipped the switch. She ended up merging with the cat. So, now she has cat-like tendencies and whenever she gets excited, her cat ears and tail appear. It's funnier than I thought it would be. Her father teaches physics at her school, and his nemesis is a chemistry teacher who wants to take over the world. He came up with something that turns plants into animals. He poured it on a venus flytrap and it went out of control. It reproduced and was evolving enough to do things like ice skating and hanging out at cafes. Yayoi, with the help of all the cats in town, defeated them. It seems outlandish, but those can be fun.
In Black Clover, they announced how many stars and rank that each squad earned, as well as who earned the most individually. Stars are given after a job is completed. Some jobs are worth more stars than others. The Black Bulls ended up 2nd. They usually have negative stars. This pissed off a lot of the other squads, especially the ones with the most royalty. Yuno had earned the most stars, but Asta was 2nd. They were ridiculed at first, since they're not royalty and both are orphans. After demonstrating their power, that changed. The king showed up for the first time. Quickly illustrating that in their world the king is a figurehead, and the real leader is the wizard king. Sad in a way, but good that the regular king doesn't do much. He's haughty and has an ego. Asta and the others were forced into training by a new captain of a different squad. They have to run and climb through a field with lava and volcanoes exploding around them. One of the volcanoes has an onsen (hot spring) at the top, which is their goal. Looks like it might be impossible to get there for Asta, considering most people can only get to the top if they have magic. He doesn't have it, however he has anti-magic power. Maybe he'll use that or call on that demon inside him.
In One Piece, everyone was finally reunited again. Luffy can barely move and was half asleep most of the time. The Sun pirates showed up to help the Straw Hats and say farewell to Jinbei. Jinbei has joined the Straw Hats. Germa 66 also showed up and were a huge help to them despite the leader, Sanji's father, trying to say how much of a failure Sanji is as they passed his ship. Luffy thought he was saying good things and just nodded, but wondered why he'd do that. In a way, I agree with Luffy, they were good attributes. Not a soldier, cares about others, loves to cook, kind-hearted, etc. Big Mom's about to eat the cake. Should be interesting to see how that goes. Seems like this arc is finally going to end soon.
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