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yulen-creations · 10 months
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Sonadow kiss compilation in digital from my notebook.
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Lines only version.
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belsdraw · 1 year
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HeheheheheheHAHAHAHAHAHA! Made it digital. Fear me now >:)
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wolframcarbide · 6 months
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bijellyfishy · 1 year
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The full imagine 🙃
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Anime for Learning Japanese Recs
Chances are if you’re learning Japanese, one of your motivators is being able to enjoy Japanese media like anime and understand it completely. And while some people might argue against using anime as a tool to learn anime, I say it actually is a great tool to use for shadowing and listening practice IF you use the right series (and don’t entirely rely on anime alone).
My biggest pro tip would be avoid using extremely action/fantasy-oriented anime like Jujutsu Kaisen, Naruto or even Boku no Hero Aacdemia. I’m not saying to you shouldn’t watch them, but I am saying that those aren’t anime to watch for studying. Those are more like entertainment anime. Nice as those anime are, a good portion of the vocabulary wouldn’t exactly be... useful. Trust me, unless you’re talking about the show specifically with friends, ‘cursed energy’ and ‘illusion techniques’ are the last words you should be learning lol.
So I will be supplying a list of anime I enjoy and think would be great tools for aiding your journey learning the Japanese language.
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Fruits Basket 2019・フルーツバスケット
Long long ago, God decided to throw a festival extending an invite to distinct creatures of the land. However, the trickster Rat lied to the Cat that the festival would be taking place the day after the intended date. The next day the Rat, the Ox, the Tiger and so on all arrived to attend God’s festivalー all except the Cat who had been tricked. Fast forward to present day Japan and high schooler Tohru Honda finds herself in a particular predicament when, through a series of events, she finds herself living with two boys her age Yuki and Kyo Sohma. The catch? Whenever embraced by the opposite sex, they, along with ten other members of the Sohma Clan, turn into one of the twelve zodiac animals.
Fruits Basket is one of my favorite series of all time, it’s literally in my top 3 anime/manga of all times. It was the first manga I read back in the early 2000s as a little kid, the 2001 anime garnered a huge fanbase, it just has a special place in my heart. It might like look like a typical love triangle series with a bland protagonist and equally bland love interests where she plays ‘which personality do I like the most’, but Fruits Basket is definitely not that. Character journeys are non-linear, the good and bad lovely and messy parts of relationships are depicted and even side characters are given justice and arcs. Despite its whimsical summary, however, Fruits Basket is a story about abuse, trauma and healing and may be triggering for some. But I assure you, Furuba handles the topic abuse with so much respect and grace and deserves every praise it receives as a character-driven story. (There is a 2001 adaptation but it isn’t entirely faithful to the manga so I recommend watching the 2019 remake first.)
Note: Despite being an early 2000s series, Furuba’s remake was adapted to modern day with smart phones and the like so outdated language isn’t really a problem. You’ll actually be getting a good mixture of formal and informal speech throughout the show thanks to our protagonist, Tohru. Contrast to the rest of the cast, Tohru consistently speaks using keigo ー a quirk pointed out by the rest of cast. So if you’re trying to work on formal speech, Tohru will be a useful character to pay attention to.
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NANA・ナナ
Nana Komatsu is a naïve 20 year old with a penchant for easily falling in love at first sight. Nana Osaki is a jaded 20 year old polishing the shards of her dream to become a successful rock musician. These two young women are as different as different gets and yet they find their worlds colliding after fate brings them together on a one-way train ride to Tokyo. Once they find themselves rooming together in apartment number 707, it is clear both Nanas are in for the journey of a lifetime.
One of the most underrated josei anime of all time and another 1 of my top 3 series of all time. The characters? Amazing. The music? Ten out of ten. The Nanas have such great chemistry and both are equally amazing. Nana can be a bit to real when it comes to emotions, messy relationships and everything in between so it can be extremely personal, especially if you are in the same age demographic as the the main cast. I also have a fun little anecdote about how I share birthdays with Olivia Lufkin who provides the singing voice for the character Reira and we exchanged birthday DMs, this series is literally everything to me. If more people come to learn about it and love it through language learning, the better! 
Note: NANA takes place in around the early 2000s so things like slang might be a little outdated but you’ll hear plenty of casual speech in order to talk with friends
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Given・ ギヴン
High schooler Ritsuka Uenoyama has a simple plan: tolerate school and rock out with his band. But a wrench is thrown into the cogs after he encounters fellow student Mafuyu Sato, a quiet boy who constantly carries around a guitar case. Weird as he is though, the kid has some pipes. Upon asking Mafuyu to join the band though, Ritsuka finds himself annoyed and stumped when the guy says ‘no thanks, not interested’.
Honestly my favorite quirk of this series is how each of the for protagonists has a kanji for one of the four seasons in their names 冬, 夏, 春 and 秋. Given is a lovely series to watch with gay and bi characters and encouraging message surrounding coming to terms with one’s sexuality. This anime does have light suicide mentions as Mafuyu’s previous boyfriend committed suicide prior to the beginning of the series, so I would like for that to be open so no one is taken aback by it. And if you’re looking for a series centered around a queer cast with a splash of music, this is the series for you.
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Asobi Asobase・あそびあそばせ
Enter Olivia, an American raised in Japan who can’t speak English. Enter Kasumi who, in spite of her seemingly intellectual appearance, is absolutely trash when it comes to her English class. Then enter Hanako, an intellectual student with decent athletic skills who literally just wants to be popular. Somehow, they end up creating a club together. What kind of club? One centered around learning fun past times and hand games.
Pure chaos and girls being girls the anime, that’s it send tweet. There’s honestly not much more I can say about it, but if you’re looking for a light-hearted watch to accompany your learning this is it right here.
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Aria the Animation・ARIA
In the hopes of becoming a certified gondolier, young Akari Mizunashi decides to leave her home on Earth and travel to the new blue planet of Mars to live on Neo-Venezia. Along the way, she meets other apprentices hoping for the same thing and they all train hard in order to accomplish their goals of becoming Primas.
A wholesome and slow series to use to learn Japanese that I loved watching as a kid. Aria actually have several series with the main three, in order being Aria the Animation, Aria the Natural and Aria the Origination. I recommend giving this show a watch! Each episode is its own adventure while following the overarching story of the three protagonists establishing themselves in their chosen career paths. The animation is lovely and so is the music, so I’d give this underrated classic a watch for your studies.
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Carole and Tuesday・キャロル&チューズデイ
Carole is an orphan from Earth. Tuesday is a Mars native who runs away from home to escape her stuffy and sheltered rich life. The one thing they have in common? Their desire to create music and after meeting during one of Carole’s impromptu street performances, they realize that their talents combined will get them a lot farther than if they tried being solo artists. 
Another music series but with some light science fiction elements since, like the previous recommendation, C&T takes place on terraformed Mars. And all things considered, C&T is a pretty diverse show with characters of different ethnicities all over and even one of the main characters being a black teen. So if you’re really looking to have some diverse cast members in your anime, give this anime a shot.
If you end up watching any of these series, definitely let me know what you think about them and if they were useful for you! さようなら!
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bonbonmacaron · 9 months
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I’ve been doing a lot of Japanese shadowing with Youtube videos and reading note.com articles. I’ve been finding it hard to sit down and read a book in Japanese, so I’ve been prioritizing more active forms of studying like shadowing.
I find that ADHD creates a need for separate, dedicated environments for every possible activity. It’s like I need a room for work, a room for studying, a room for reading, etc. Because right now my room is just one big black hole of scrolling and Netflix and occasional work, and that’s not good. Especially since I work and eat and scroll through Discord, all at my desk 🙃 But it’s not always possible to have separate spaces. I might get a dedicated chair for reading and set up a dedicated space for studying that’s not my work desk. But I think I just need an entire place to myself to call home.
I also want to read this Zen book and get back to Chinese once I can finally focus again ✨
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liamreiestad · 4 months
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Made this dragon😊
I really like it, and hope you do too 🥰
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tysaescorner · 10 months
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Spark, the First Pathway
The Spark Pathway is where most Fate Weavers begin their journey, regardless of the length of time spent on its Path. It is the very beginning of existence, the first thoughtform, the initial Spark. Were the Void a Garden, the Sparks would be the soil that houses the very first Seeds.
As a person, the Spark is the one to stoke the fires within the souls of others, stirring them to meet and unite toward a common goal.
The corresponding element is the Mind or Dark, which is a combination of 3 of the natural elements--Earth, Air, and Water. The term “Dark” can also be used to refer to the Mind element because, when you close your eyes, what do you see? Darkness. The Dark. It is also within this space where many of the mental processes and thinking and such take place, including visualization and meditation. The Void space and the Womb space are also linked with the Mind element, as we start in the darkness first...within the Void...within the Womb.
**Something I'd like to note is that even though it is most connected to the Mind element, one can traverse all the elements through a single Pathway, and vice versa.**
Here, we journey within our inner landscapes and labyrinths, we enter our Hermit mode to seek and find our own truths, our own Sparks. Periods of detachment can be attributed here, as you are spending more time up in there and being in that space than you are externally, and… generally the only one in your mind all the time at any given time is you. Both logical and intuitive, primordial, organized chaos, secure and fluid, it helps to understand your own mind and how you process things and to become one with them(your mind). Shadow work is also at home here, and clarity--we do emerge from time to time.
Of our elemental star (6 points), the Mind governs the Northwest point. The colors best suited or helpful for deeply connecting with this Pathway and its element are purple hues and black. 
In our next few articles, we will break down further correspondences to this Pathway.
-- excerpt from the Pathway Series: Spark
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mizukitsunesblog · 9 months
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Practising on light source & shadow source
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riverlili · 2 years
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Hands study
Model: J-Hope's hands 💜
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emgoesmed · 2 years
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Hiiii, I was wondering if you had any advice/tips for someone who is looking to shadow a doctor? How did your experiences go?
Hi there!
My only true shadowing experience was with an orthopedic surgeon on one of her outpatient clinic days, when I was an undergrad. I followed her around to see patients and watched her type up notes in the EMR. We looked at patient labs and images, especially one memorable old lady with horribly disfigured feet :( I was kind of shy but I asked questions here and there (there are example questions online) and made small talk with a few of the chatty patients. Overall it was interesting, but I only shadowed for a day. The vast majority of my meaningful interaction with doctors was during my gap years when I worked as a scribe and as a clinical research coordinator. That being said, I definitely recommend shadowing if you can do it, ideally more times than I did LOL.
Here's a link from the AAMC about how to shadow a doctor as a premed in the US. It has advice for what to expect, what to wear, what to bring, etc. Overall I think dressing neatly, being polite, and demonstrating interest are the most important things. Good luck!
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unimatrix-420 · 2 years
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Y'know what's funny?
I just realized I made my custom progen Miki into a Spiral.
A derg that's more active at night, they're energetic until they crash, some may get stressed easier than other breeds because "pretzeling" is so prevalent, they also eat meat.
And I also lored my random progen to also be more active at night- he's still a Guardian atm!
I'm also more active at night can "fly" around crazily for a bit- then crash (usually call it "oh shit mode!" 😅though usually more mellow!), can get stressed easier, and I LOVE meat!
It's a slog when I have to be up during the day, Miki prolly hates it as well, but Shadowing could go either way.
If someone needs a leader during the day, he'll be there if Miki is resting from being up all night.
Hmm, kinda Snapper-ish without the whole migrating thing I guess?
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assumptionprime · 4 months
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Sometimes we could all use a reminder. (source)
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localspacefaggot · 4 months
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Come here, baby gays, and let me tell you the story about how James Somerton made me so fucking angry with a single line that I had to make this post.
As I now know, most of his audience is young queers and there are things we NEED you to know.
The fight for marriage equality was a massive fucking deal and I will tell you why with a very personal story.
My mom was a nurse during the AIDS crisis. And I mean she started working as a nurse out of school in 85. My mom was on the front lines. She worked with so many AIDS patients that it genuinely altered her brain chemistry. My mother was a homophobe before her nursing career. She was a massive supporter of gay rights until she died in July because of what she saw during her career.
And what did she see?
She saw people who had been abandoned by their families dying with their partners at their side.
And then suddenly…the family would materialize, ban the partner from the room, kick them out of their homes they had lived in with their dying partners for decades, and then watched them ban their partners from even attending the funerals or visiting the graves. Imagine being denied your right to grieve.
And why was this possible? Oh simple. They weren’t married. They weren’t legally bound, the partners weren’t considered next of kin because they weren’t fucking married.
I watched my mom pass. It was horrible and painful and traumatic and terrifying. But it was closure. And I wouldn’t have it any other way because I know…that who my mom wanted by her when she passed was my dad. Because she was scared, she wanted her partner by her side and she was terrified she was going to die. My dad couldn’t be there. He had to work, which sounds cold but understand he had been off work for a month by that point and he was the only one who had health insurance. He wanted to be there, we had made plans to take her off the life support when he came back (we were 4 hours from him) but there was a freak accident and she passed the night after he left to return to work.
Why am I telling you this? Because I need you to understand how important this is to some people. So you can understand how big a slap to the face it is to have people say “marriage equality isn’t that important”. You can understand why someone like James Somerton rolling his eyes at marriage equality and implying we weren’t focused on job equality and discrimination (information that is WHOLEY untrue) would make me see red.
It’s not trivial. It’s not meaningless. It wasn’t about “assimilating” or “appearing normal” (we’re already normal).
It’s about people who had their children taken from them because they weren’t the biological parent. It’s about people who never got to comfort their loved ones in their final days. It’s about people who weren’t able to comforted by their partners in their final days.
So the next time you think “why waste your time on something as trivial as marriage?” Remember my mother. Look up testimony from victims of the AIDS crisis. Remember the people who advocated for marriage equality were the survivors who were torn from the love of their life.
Remember that we advocated so damn hard to give you the right to grieve.
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axziom13 · 10 months
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