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I AM SO LATE TO THIS BUT I AM NOW HERE TO PUBLISH MAHIRU BIRTHDAY ART

HAPPY (late) BIRTHDAY MAHIRU

I’m back from my absolutely bonkers quest. Today’s edition: Kuro’s handheld game console

This is what we’re working with:

After some observations, I think that Kuro plays with a Sony PSP (Playstation Portable)

Honestly, at first I had NO idea where to start with this one. The only thing that I knew is that it was a handheld gaming console and I honestly didn’t know any brands, but I did remember that Gameboys exist, so I looked at previous Gameboy models from before 2012.

I did end up finding the Gameboy Advance (which came out initially in 2001). Its shape matched enough to consider it later, but I did have my doubts, so I kept looking outside of Gameboys.

At this point… I had COMPLETELY forgotten the term “handheld gaming console”. I was STUCK I tell you. I had no idea what to look up next. But then…. then I saw a fucking Walmart ad for a Sony PSP, and I was like: “Holy shit. That’s the one.” Also, in the name of the product it had stuff about handheld gaming consoles so I was like “OHHHH…. THAT WAS THE TERM!” and then to make sure, I decided to look on the wiki article for handheld gaming consoles for everything up to 2012. Particularly, I was looking for the ones that have the different colored center thing. Kinda like an Oreo, but with really interesting layers.

Besides the Gameboy Advance, I did find two possible candidates: The Sony Playstation Portable and the Playstation Vita.

Gameboy Advance (2001):

Sony Playstation Portable (2004):

Playstation Vita (2011):

I quickly eliminated Gameboy Advance from the list for three reasons:

1. The Gameboy Advance has two buttons on the right half of the front of the console, meanwhile Kuro’s has four.

2. The back of the Gameboy Advance has no circle, meanwhile Kuro’s does.

3. The Gameboy Advance’s frame isn’t as slim as Kuro’s console.

Using a similar approach, I ended up being able to eliminate the PS Vita. The reason? The PS Vita has no circle in the back. The Sony PSP still has that circle in the back that Kuro’s has, and seems to still match otherwise when I look back at the design. IT’S EVEN STILL GOT THE BIG SQUARE ON THE BACK SURROUNDING THE CENTER CIRCLE TOO

So yeah Kuro most likely plays on a Sony PSP

Thank you for joining me in my bonkers nerd session

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HYDE!! I present this as a gift for his birthday

Recently I’ve been talking about Servamp a lot to a couple of trusted friends and it’s made me realize something: Explaining Servamp to someone who’s never heard of it or doesn’t know very much about it… is actually SURPRISINGLY DIFFICULT?? /lh

First of all the first thing I’m always asked to explain is how to spell it and what the name means and I’m out here internally thinking to myself “how am I gonna get myself out of this one boys” because I have to explain that Servamp literally is just “servant” and “vampire” combined and I think from an outside perspective that’s probably a VERY bad first impression because… you know…

Another thing is also explaining the plot without spoilers because basically I sound like I’m saying “Okay so the protagonist gets in a fight with a vampire and he ends up having to make a contract with the vampire that he picked up himself on the street”, and from chapter 1 up to 118 everything’s got darker and WAY more intense. There’s also the vast plot and dramaturgical differences between the anime and the manga so unless they’re looking for spoilers I have to ever so subtly explain how we got from what I wondered was gonna be an action comedy to receiving extreme emotional damage every chapter as well as emphasize the value of watching both the anime and the manga as they sometimes feel like two completely projects but charming in their own ways

There’s also one more warning that I always have to give out about a certain someone…. do you know who the warning’s about?

Yeah I’m talking about Lily

I MEAN… DO I GIVE THE WARNING AND CONCERN MY LISTENER RIGHT AWAY?? OR POTENTIALLY SCAR THEM WHEN THEY’RE READING OR WATCHING SERVAMP FOR THE FIRST TIME?? It’s either I explain “you’re gonna see a half naked man on screen in volume 1/episode 2 doing what seems to be flirting but isn’t actually flirting” or I let them come to me being like “WHY IS THERE A HALF NAKED MAN ON SCREEN FLIRTING”

Servamp is my favorite manga actually so I love it with all my heart (I even have a WIP 200 slide google slides presentation on it if anybody wants to see it when I finish it). Servamp out of context though is very interesting per se because I’m sure that I’m not the only person here who’s noticed these things and if anything they’re actually HILARIOUS TO THINK ABOUT

In summary I love Servamp and it’s even better when you get to be the one explaining it

I am definitely not the first person to say this but as an autistic person I just wanna say that Licht makes me honestly REALLY FUCKING HAPPY

Whether or not Strike wrote Licht to be Autistic coded I don’t know, but that does NOT stop me from slapping on my neurodivergent headcanon. I love him and he makes me feel seen and I get a HUGE confidence boost because I see him as somebody like me and Licht is SO LOVABLE AND WONDERFUL HONESTLY….

Being Autistic has given me a range of experiences, good and bad, and some parts have made me feel like a burden many times, but Licht honestly is a comfort for me because, since he can be loved and accepted, then I feel like I can too. I feel more proud to be who I am in a way because of him

How it feels to read chapter 136

Now that I’ve read the translations for chapter 117 I just want to say that Nicco has a REALLY COOL ABILITY?? I have a great appreciation for the fact that his lead is mainly a support role, but even more so that it has a surprising amount of neat features. For instance the fact that his lead can be used by ANYBODY is honestly super neat. His lead is honestly pretty good one on one as long as the person using it is able to take the shots, but in a group, it REALLY SHINES. A lead like that can be a make or break against really strong enemies (such as Jeje). Even if you’re on the weaker end, if this lead honestly can give a lot of power and grant a chance to win against someone you’d normally be guaranteed to lose to. I particularly love this lead ability because it shows how awesome a lead can be with creative users. I don’t know how to put it into words further at the moment but Nicco and his lead are absolutely badass and helpful

Very many Servamp characters are on my gender envy slide presentation currently, and many more are going to be added

Honestly I can’t remember what started my gender crisis a couple years back but I think besides all of my homies also having gender crises Servamp played a decent role in that too

I don’t think younger me would have expected to hear that gay vampires were able to trans my gender but you know what that’s for her to ponder

I just remembered that since Lily’s basically a whole ass baby and basically sleeping more than half the time, he probably doesn’t know about the more recent news revealed in chapter 100 about the Count’s current status…

oh boy if he gets to figure out about that any time soon then he’s going to be absolutely pissed

He’s going to be incredibly pissed he’s gonna be so mad

which I’m surprisingly excited for actually

Guys look at him look at him right now

Please enjoy this Lily content 🤝🤝 I enjoy this a lot so I hope you do too