꒰🎏꒱ Toro Inoue • Carp Costume

TORO! Let's Party! (トロともりもり), 2009.

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SONY PS1 プレイステーション 本体 SCPH-9000

anymore toro inoue pixels? they're so awesome i luv em

toro in animal crossing new horizons !!

say hi to my toro inoue figure

someone’s in my pictures >_<

toro is hatsune mikus biggest fan. they are best friends in real life :3 💚

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Drumroll please... It's time for part two of my thoughts on トロと休日. I am still quite excited about this. I wish it was more accessible to others. To that end, I wonder why it was only released in Japan. My assumption is that it wasn't cost effective/feasible to localize the game to other countries given that it clearly takes place in Japan.

Which leads me to my first comment... This game is artfully created by animating toro and his dialogue over actual real life images shot in a seaside town in Japan. The real photography gives the game an element of realism that is freeing and grounding. Being set in a real town with real people and real objects makes the player reconsider their surroundings. After spending a while in one spot, we tend to ignore the details and discredit any potential surprises or unexpected and exciting qualities. Toro, however, is brand new to this. Together, we get to watch Toro experience the most mundane things for the first time, and how exciting is that?

Beyond being able to share these experiences with Toro, we also color his emerging world understanding with our descriptions. We tell him about our real life friends, we tell him what certain objects are called, how we feel about these things, what their purpose is... I have actually found it to be a great exercise in mindfulness. Taking that extra moment to really look at something, even as simple as an electricity usage meter, and describe it to Toro as fairly as possible is energizing and uplifting. 「これってなぁに？」 'what's this?' asks Toro. It's up to you to give him the best and most fair answer you can. Do you do the same for yourself anymore? I think we should.

Take a look at the images, specifically the bottom two. Toro's expression is this mix between satisfaction and ease. It is his day off, after all. That expression (accompanied by the promotional message 「休め。」 'take a break!') makes me want to sit on a grassy hill and stare up at clouds for my whole life long. If only I could! But then again... what's stoping me? Ask yourself this next time you decide against enjoying an experience. What's stopping you from pausing and finding joy? I'd bet it's because of a limiting perspective. Maybe you don't like the people you work with. I certainly don't! But, I try to go in every day and set that belief aside because it doesn't serve me in any way.

Here's to hoping you and I can find more peace, take more breaks, and chill out.

Until next time,

Goose

happy 400

lolol this silly cat thing

salgguuu

some photos i took of the items at my fav hobby shops + my haul ! the first 2 pictures of the figure display were taken on my flip phone and the others were with my modern phone !

i got a bunch of stuff for myself but also a bunch of stuff as christmas gifts ! a lot of them were in sets so there were a bunch of stuff i dont really want (aka the bunny suit kagami figurine) so i will be putting them up on sale on carousell or something wahaha

『どこでもいっしょ』　トロ誕生日2022