APRIL 2025: CHANNEL UPDATE!
Added 2025-03-30 17:00:09 +0000 UTC*SPRING CLEANING HEADPHONE WARNING*
Let's chat about all the amazing things happening on the channel in April! There are THREE new shows coming up this month, and I'm so excited!
00:00 Introduction
00:53 Travel Plans for April
04:09 Comments & Discord
18:44 New Polls on Patreon
21:22 THE APRIL REACTION SCHEDULE
34:54 Finals Thanks & Unboxing!
NOTE: My mic disconnected from the computer, so apologies for the audio quality!
Thank you for watching with me and for all the support!
Comments
Thank you so much for the comment and the kind words! And yesss, I really am excited about Hotarubi no Mori E! It’s so great! And thank you - it stresses ME more out not being on time or being the next week ahead, but it’s very comforting to know you all have my back and are okay if waiting has to happen. Thank you for the kind words about the DM’s and fandoms as well. We have so much fun discussing a lot in the channels and comments - why wouldn’t you want to be in on that?! But yes, fandoms are a double-edged sword, I agree wholeheartedly. But I’m glad for the MOST part they have been really great moving into so many years of looking at comments and discussing the shows! Thank you for the kind words about WOH - I honestly LOVE Mondays and if I didn’t have other shows on the channel and other things going on, I’d probably have binged through the whole thing by now, haha! But I’m glad that’s not the case, because I want to savor it as long as I can, since I love it so much! The Dungeon Cosplay should be fun and YES! Miss Hokusai was REALLY good! I don’t get to watch a lot of “historical” shows, so this was a treat! And yes, I’m not ready for Dororo to end either!! No worries on catching up - do it whenever you want and I’ll be happy to read any comments - same with that and any other shows! HAHAHA, well Sk8 Definitely got priority over the final chapter of RWTW - I’m so glad you’re enjoying the novel reactions - it is my MISSION to finish up the last chapter by May…it’ll be four months later but why not?! 😛 Thank you for all the support and kindness - honestly, that means a lot that my ramblings helped make March better! Cheers!
Romaniablack
2025-04-01 19:39:09 +0000 UTCHonestly, I love the Madoka figure - they stand great next to Kyubey to watch over my reactions! And yes, Utena lent to some really fun times -- including motorcycle rides and more discussions about cars than I expected from any anime I could watch! ^^ But would you believe, I thought about saying, "Was there a Mami option!?" hahahahaha - honestly, since I got her head to get on there, it's stayed just fine! <3 Thank you so much for the thoughtful gift!
Romaniablack
2025-04-01 19:01:38 +0000 UTCOoohhh, I honestly have not! When I get done with the series, it might be cool to look up some matches in comparison; I'm excited to see the show give me the matches for now, though! Thank you for the comment!
Romaniablack
2025-03-30 22:18:37 +0000 UTCGood luck to you and your team for Nationals! Such a surprise that you're reacting to Hotarubi no Mori e for the week we won't have an Apothecary Diaries reaction 🥳 Funny enough it was on my list of potential movie suggestions for my Commission slot 😂 But yes, please don't stress about trying to keep to your schedule. We can all be patient for your content. I'm sorry you've been getting such DMs that are making you uncomfortable. Setting boundaries to help give you peace of mind is definitely understandable, and I hope people listen to you in this regard. The only times I've done DMs on Twitter is when reporting an issue to a Customer Service agent, or the group chat I was part of when Season 1 of SK8 was airing 😂 So I would personally find it strange if I was in the same boat as you and getting DMs from people who don't interact with me publicly, unless it was to report something or provide me with the assistance I've requested. Part of my feeling about that though could be that, for the most part, I don't have an issue with discussing a multitude of subjects in a public setting 😂 Interacting within fandoms I feel is definitely a double-edged sword when you're trying to stay unspoiled by things that have yet to appear in the media you're watching/reading. It's really fun to see and learn other people's perspectives (provided there is respect on both sides if there are any differing viewpoints/analysis/ships...🤣), but it does leave you open as well to the possibility of some in the fandom purposefully or accidentally spoiling you for something. I'm so glad that even with March having been a rough month for you that Word of Honour has helped a lot. I will admit to having worried when it was on several polls and seeing some people commenting and hyping it up that they were going to hype it up too much for you. So I am thrilled that that hasn't been the case and you are thoroughly enjoying your first non-Mo Xiang Tong Xiu danmei 🥰 The fangirling on Mondays definitely helps set my week off to a fantastic start! Oooh, Dungeon Meshi cosplay 🥳 I did a little bounce when you said you've already reacted to Miss Hokusai and enjoyed it. I had a hard time picking which movie to suggest, so I'm glad it was a fun historical anime movie for you 😁 I'm behind with watching the Dororo reactions but hope to get caught up this coming week. I'm not ready for it to end either! It's been such a fun (and emotional) time 🥺 I am loving the novel reactions for KazeTsuyo, but is it wrong of me to think "Yeah SK8 OVA should get priority over recording the final chapter"? 🤣 Also the OVA is much shorter than those chapter chunks 😆 So ready for all the fangirling when the reaction drops 🥰 The OVA dropping and its content definitely helped make March a better month for me.
Anime Annie
2025-03-30 21:22:55 +0000 UTCSo the story behind the figurine, I had an Utena statue in my wishlist and planned to get it for you once you finished the series. Once it became obvious that would problematic, I decided to send you a Madoka figure, since it's the better show. Anyway, I'm glad you liked the gift and for what's it's worth I'm not actually sorry you reacted to Utena. We've had some great discussions. PS. If I had known about the issues with the statue,I would have gotten you a Mami figurine instead.
Lynden
2025-03-30 21:07:25 +0000 UTCI'm in denial Dungeon Meshi reactions are ending soon, no! At least until the cosplay happens it still feels a ways off! Season 1 is going to just go on forever, I don't believe it'll end! 🙃 I've seen DMs addressed from reactors on other channels and the message is similar, "Don't!" I agree, if someone can't say it in a public comment, then they probably shouldn't be saying it. Spoiler DMs sound stressful and anything parasocial in DM sounds terrifying as well. I enjoy how your channel/patreon comments are so friendly and knowledgeable/hype (I think categories 2 and 3 from your breakdown) and being able to read the interactions as well as listening to the pre-reaction highlights is great. It's just so cool to have a reactor take someone's comments and give their thoughts or just share their insights from time to time! In regard to the voting for husbando/etc - that's fun, but my favorite is definitely seeing the yearly ranking of shows you've covered, and also the monthly updates - I'm sure they're a lot of work, not many others do them, but getting the top 20 or so of what you've done for the year really helps me find new stuff to enjoy! Very true about watching a series quickly, in a month or less vs watching it for close to a year. I can see how there'd be differences in binging it - even just watching three emotional episodes back-to-back in an hour vs over three weeks. It's a little similar to taking a band-aid off, perhaps?! Changes quite a bit whether it's removed quickly or slowly. Sk8 OVA - what timing! I've just finished watching this from my daughter's recommendation and we're going to be watching the OVA together for the first time next week - can't wait! Also, Bocchi, yay! Excited for that! I was not prepared for the explanation behind the Madoka gift, OMG! I died, haha! 🤣 That was so sweet they sent it, but with that note, I can't!
L Freya
2025-03-30 20:44:01 +0000 UTCAbout rude/spoiler comments: Something that I've seen done to combat spoiler comments on yt/patreon is to create a channel in the discord for people to post screenshots of comments that they think are spoiling there. Kind of crowdsourcing it more instead of mostly having the mod team to look through everything. People who are more familiar with a series than the mod team might be can catch spoilers which aren't as obvious and post the offending comments there for the mods to see. I would love to see you watch Re:Zero at some point in the future but I am dreading that the experience you're having with people spoiling will be exponentially worse with that series without something like that implemented before you even start. There is a huge amount of cut content and people love to reveal stuff right on the episode where it was cut from. Even knowing that it gets revealed later or that it can be deduced in other ways doesn't stop people if they think it was done better in the novels, they'll just keep doing it. Honestly, when Re:Zero does come around, you might want to just read the novels from the start instead of watching the anime to save yourself the headache haha.
Gus N
2025-03-30 20:10:17 +0000 UTCI am SO excited to see your take on Bocchi! It'll be great. The new Sk8 OVA is so delightful and a balm to any weary soul; I'm so glad we get to have it now after such a large drought from content XD It's always so wild when so many shows change at the same time, but at the same time so exciting! I hope you have a blast with this new batch. P.S. I hope you have safe travels and an awesome time at competition! I'm sending you all the good vibes I can and energy, because as refreshing as a change in scenery can be, I don't imagine it's not exhausting in its own right <33
Alexandra Q
2025-03-30 19:13:30 +0000 UTCThanks for the update 🙏🏻 Looking forward to “Bocchi the Rock” and “A place further than the universe”. Both in my top 5 anime list, I’m so lucky to get these two in a row as a new member here. Also Chihayafuru, can’t wait for those intense competitions and enjoying the passion of Chihaya again. Hope one day I will see my top 1 “Sound! Euphonium” in the poll.
KumiRei
2025-03-30 18:51:46 +0000 UTCHave you looked up Karuta IRL matches on YouTube? The Mejin and Queen matches are available some as recent as 2024
William Pina
2025-03-30 17:25:48 +0000 UTC
