It was said that one day long ago, MagicConan14 stumbled across an ancient series of spells known as "anime". Anime has captivated MagicConan14 for almost as long as they've lived, and now they are hoping to analyse what makes them work. Categories you may want to peruse: archive: for posts imported to the Spellbook from... Continue Reading →
Fairy Ranmaru Episode 8 Blog Post [Translation]
[Meta context: This is the seventh of 12 blog posts published to the Fairy Ranmaru website during the anime’s airing. You can find other posts here. An earlier version of this translation was originally published to the Tumblr Magical Girls…and Cerulean on the 4th of June 2021 (note this link also contains some tweets I translated from Hishida and action supervisor... Continue Reading →
Blog Reflections
In part a reply to Scott and...I guess you could call it a 9th anniversary blog post, even though this blog's anniversary is in November. If you'd like to see more of what's happened to me recently, see this post. So, first things first. I left the customer service job I keep complaining about in... Continue Reading →
Fairy Ranmaru Episode 7 Blog Post [Translation]
[Meta context: This is the seventh of 12 blog posts published to the Fairy Ranmaru website during the anime’s airing. You can find other posts here. An earlier version of this translation was originally published to the Tumblr Magical Girls…and Cerulean on the 28th of May 2021 and the text which is being translated from can be found here.] Role: Homura Hoterase |... Continue Reading →
Fairy Ranmaru Episode 6 Blog Post [Translation]
[Meta context: This is the sixth of 12 blog posts published to the Fairy Ranmaru website during the anime’s airing. You can find other posts here. An earlier version of this translation was originally published to the Tumblr Magical Girls…and Cerulean on the 21st of May 2021 and the text which is being translated from can be found here.] Role: Ranmaru Ai |... Continue Reading →
Fairy Ranmaru Episode 5 Blog Post [Translation]
[Meta context: Thanks for waiting (and sorry it took so long). This is the fifth of 12 blog posts published to the Fairy Ranmaru website during the anime’s airing. You can find other posts here. An earlier version of this translation was originally published to the Tumblr Magical Girls…and Cerulean on the 14th of May 2021 and the text which is being translated... Continue Reading →
Language Learning 2025 – Update Post 4
Previous post here. How have you gone on your JLPT goals so far? I've finished the reading Speed Master and have slowly been working through a book of vocab and grammar JLPT-style questions called Chokuzen Taisaku JLPT N2 (Preparation Just Before JLPT N2). Love Macho still isn't out yet, despite summer being gone now. I've... Continue Reading →
Fall 2025 Preview + 1st Episode Impressions: SI-VIS
I was actually just going to stick to Spy x Family before this, but here we are now. Spoilers below! So, while I've sill got fresh memories of SI-VIS (apparently it should be pronounced "shi-vis", because katakana, but let's not complain), let me get this out of the way: It doesn't suck, per se, but... Continue Reading →
Language Learning 2025 – Update Post 3
Previous post here. How have you gone on your JLPT goals so far? I've finished the grammar Drill & Drill and am working through the reading Speed Master. Sou Matome (both books) has been done for a while, except for some lingering vocab I was going to mine and grammar revision I haven't finished. I... Continue Reading →
Some Quick-ish Thoughts on the Hypnosis Mic Movie
One of the daily questions from my HypMic Discord server (Q 1030, for anyone who's come from there) was "what do you think about the movie?" I figured, since I've got so many thoughts on it, I'll reply to it separately. Before I watched the movie, I heard it was meant to be an experience... Continue Reading →
Death of a (Hyp)Dream
This just shows you the lengths I go to for my fandoms... To be honest, I don't know whether to be happy about this. See, on August 8th 2025, I was just minding my own business and playing ARB when the other Hypnosis Mic game, Dream Rap Battle (known by me as HypDream for short... Continue Reading →
The Animanga Spellbook 