I feel like all my hobbies have been very enjoyable lately. Great shows are airing, cool streams are happening, and creativity in all its forms needs to be cherished and fostered. At the same time, I feel like the world is falling apart, or at the very least revealed to be a house of cards encouraged to collapse at the whims and mania of the powerful. I think I have to remember that the arts alone do not change the world, but they can empower and inspire people to imagine a better world that we can all strive towards.

I feel incredibly proud of all the regular people who refuse to be bullied by people with the frailest egos imaginable.

On to the blog-specific things!

Thank you to my Patreon members, and a particularly big thanks to the folks below:

General:

Ko Ransom

Diogo Prado

Alex

Dsy

Sue Hopkins fans:

Serxeid

Hato Kenjirou fans:

Elizabeth

Yajima Mirei fans:

Machi-Kurada

Blog Highlights from January

Jujutsu Kaisen and the Currency of Cool

Thoughts on the presentation of Jujutsu Kaisen and its fandom.

The Long View: Apocalypse Hotel

My review of a fantastic anime from last year!

I Drank the Ember Amane VTuber Coffee from Phase Connect

I’ve been getting into coffee lately, so this feels like part of a larger journey.

Kio Shimoku

Kio Shimoku Twitter Highlights January 2026

There’s a tweet about a live drawing event in Tokyo! (I’ll probably post about this again.)

Closing

I was thinking about Bruce Springsteen lately, and wouldn’t you know? He put out a new song.