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I don't consider myself a super optimistic or positive person but lately I've been feeling way more hopecore! About life, the future, even myself! I think just being able to frame things that way has a shocking ripple effect on just everything being more uplifting and bearable

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Kurisu @chuunihatboi.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Hayley Williams concert was so good, got many of my Ego Death bangers and even Airplanes too! Fantastic time, looking forward to hopefully seeing a Paramore show next when I can!

Photo of stage for The Hayley Williams Show

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Kurisu @chuunihatboi.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Hayley Williams concert tonight woo, got a random free pin too! I've gotten a lot of mileage out of EDAABP this past year so I'm really excited for this one! Hope in time I can go see a Paramore show as well but for now this will still be peak 🥹

Photo of me holding a pin for The Hayley Williams Show

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Kurisu @chuunihatboi.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Still crazy that I really got to be there for the first US headline show for FALILV it was an incredible set, I fr got to see some of my favorite anime songs ever live in the most kickass rock setting it was such a vibe 🥹 I legit dreamed of this for so long, spiritual experience

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Kurisu @chuunihatboi.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Omfg my phone said I hit my steps after the FALILV concert from just vibing there that's crazy, I was getting pretty into it but like sometimes that doesn't even happen when I go on actual runs wtf 😭😭 was pretty tiring though I usually do not get super turnt at concerts LMAO

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Kurisu @chuunihatboi.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Feeling the overpowering urge to go to karaoke and hum the instrumentals between words in a mildly cringey way

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Kurisu @chuunihatboi.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Yall that Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas concert was so fucking peak it lived up to all my expectations and more having waited a decade for this 😭 every song I wanted happened and the ones ai didn't know were still incredible, gotta be one of the best concerts this year and ever

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Kurisu @chuunihatboi.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas concert tonight we are so back!!!! I've wanted to see them live for more than a decade so super excited, happy to finally get the chance omg

Photo of stage for Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas concert

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Kurisu @chuunihatboi.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Been listening to Crystalline Circrush again that song is so peak 🥹 the whole song is gas but "I left behind all that I used to be but this time, I did it for me" especially hits different for me 🥺 truly timeless song and I adore how Gumi sounds in it too

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Kurisu @chuunihatboi.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Skip and Loafer was really fun yall, I think it's poetic that Mitsumi is one of the most lifegem-coded MCs I've ever seen and I got around to finishing the anime during one of my most optimistic lifegem phases too 🥹 can't wait for S2 in spring!

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Kurisu @chuunihatboi.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Slashback the weekend before Offkai Expo do I spin back to back San Jose trip weekends...... I'm like still debating Offkai bc AoT concert was that same weekend but if anything announced speaks to me I gotta go it is kinda my regional vtuber con and I wanna experience that 😭

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Kurisu @chuunihatboi.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Breaking Benjamin concert was so good, great time as always! So many of their songs have stuck with me for years even decades, always a pleasure to experience them live 🥹

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Kurisu @chuunihatboi.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Starset was really good! Was super happy to see Carnivore and My Demons live since those were some of the songs that got me into them in college I listened to those a ton back then, very fun stuff 🥹

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Kurisu @chuunihatboi.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I love when my character picks in games accidentally match existing ones in the story. Like in PMD Explorers my partner was Treecko so when Grovyle appeared I was like no way, and in FF14 I play a purple Miqo'te so when G'raha appeared I was like omg that's like my oomf!!!

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Kurisu @chuunihatboi.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Concertmaxing these next few days very excited! Breaking Benjamin (and Starset!) tomorrow, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas on Sunday, and Hayley Williams on Monday! Busy but happy times, super excited since besides BB it'll be my first time seeing all of them perform!

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Kurisu @chuunihatboi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I don't really like criticisms centered on writing or charas being "realistic" since sometimes stories will really speak to my own feelings or experiences and then people will act like it's unfathomable or contrived. Reality is too big to encompass one person's viewpoint

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Kurisu @chuunihatboi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Watching Gurren Lagann episode 14 and seeing everyone's mechas talk with them was like dang they are like their vtubersonas huh 😭 Simon's auramogging debut got streamed to a culture unexposed to vtubers too like the revolution really was televised this time 🥹

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Kurisu @chuunihatboi.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Hope everyone had a great time with Re:Zero season 4! I'm still behind but did read LN arc 6 earlier this year and it was definitely one of my 2026 media highlights, Julius and Subaru are so iconic always 🥹 arc 3 and 4 are still my beloveds but I appreciate arc 6 a lot too

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Kurisu @chuunihatboi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Despite my slower infrequent watching pace, I find I have a lot to yap about Gurren Lagann every time I watch a batch of episodes with my bestie. Happy it still sparks so much joy, will definitely be one of my highlights this year

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Kurisu @chuunihatboi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Oh my god I got to the A.R.S.O.N. Story of the Year part of my playlist and completely forgot that also has a song about being wide awake at 3 AM 😭😭 now I will always associate that phrase with PTID LMAO living in my awooger era really rewrote my brain chemistry fr

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Kurisu @chuunihatboi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It's hard to assess Gurren Lagann part 1 on its own because it's generally pretty strong with some obvious incredible moments, but it's hard to truly appreciate the full scope and weight of everything until part 2 much more clearly follows up and pays off some thematic threads

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Kurisu @chuunihatboi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Simon Gurren Lagann you would've loved being a vtuber....... able to make your own merch, have a mecha that can get a free remodel by combining with literally any other mecha in existence, successfully robbed the aura and viewership from your enemy's debut.... you'd be a hit fr

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Kurisu @chuunihatboi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Also it's absolutely frying me that Guame was basically the first vtuber in the Gurren Lagannverse and then like a minute later just gets absolutely debutmogged by Simon like how does Simon become the pioneer of being an oshi and a fan the day streaming was invented that's crazy

Screenshot of Gurren Lagann episode 11

Guame: The sight of my mighty Gember...

Guame: ...and that of your own miserable deaths will be projected...

...above the heads of every human on the surface!

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Kurisu @chuunihatboi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This scene is still so fucking cinema dude nobody does it like Simon or Gurren Lagann fr, tears in my eyes hype in my soul every time. TTGL episode 11 and Simon the Digger you will always be famous that is my boy embracing his GOAT status fr 😤🥹

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Kurisu @chuunihatboi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

During this Gurren Lagann rewatch I've said to my friend a lot that Rossiu holds the 1 brain cell in Team Dai Gurren, but Nia holds the emotional brain cell and that's why she's goated. Obviously Leeron got the tech brain cell too tho LOL

Screenshot of Gurren Lagann episode 11

Nia: You aren't your Bro, Simon. I think you should just be yourself.

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Kurisu @chuunihatboi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Got to this scene and joked with my friend that Kamina was like Simon's oshi but then got emotional bc it was kinda real, like you gotta be your own person! Love and admire your oshi inheriting what you can but be the you that only you can be with your own life and aspirations!

Screenshot of Gurren Lagann episode 11

Simon: My Bro was the only one who hung out with me and didn't make fun of me.

Simon: I wanted to become the kind of man that Kamina was.

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Kurisu @chuunihatboi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Finally back to playing Nier Replicant and I have fallen to my hubris, the game did a tutorial blurb about double jumping and I was like "haha I have already been well aware of this mechanic" only to confidently yeet myself into the gap between the broken bridge 💀💀

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Kurisu @chuunihatboi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Finally played a little more Metaphor for the first time in months, Strohl seems very cool I like him a lot so far

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Kurisu @chuunihatboi.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Finally got through that egregious media thread backlog, now to make time to actually go watch or play things I can yap about again 😭 I think I've mostly yapped about TTGL lately but that's more schedule dependent so will be a bit slower than whatever I can finish on my own

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Kurisu @chuunihatboi.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Going back to a bunch of these Sonic and Shadow songs after the concert I'm so 🥹 the Heroes songs give me so much joy like Follow Me reminds me how it felt being a young romantic, and the Shadow songs have that chuuni edge formative to my taste in music to this day

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Kurisu @chuunihatboi.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Wait Coldrain dropped a new album????? I gotta grab this one, I mostly just know scattered anime songs from them but everything I've heard is bangers so I need to check this out

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Kurisu @chuunihatboi.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Sonic concert was awesome! I adored hearing the Adventure, Heroes, and Shadow songs in particular! The Heroes team songs made me so nostalgic and emotional and City Escape, What I'm Made Of, and I Am... All of Me are so peak in a concert setting! Loved reliving these games 🥹

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Kurisu @chuunihatboi.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Sonic Live in Concert tonight yay! Most of what I know is from the GameCube and some of the Wii era so hopefully I'll recognize some!

Photo of stage for Sonic Live in Concert

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Kurisu @chuunihatboi.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Genuinely blows my mind that both my favorite 2026 character and my oshi have purple hair, originally dropped into my life around 2016, and a decade later further endeared me with stories of aspiring toward a crazy ideal bigger than them and their everyday and succeeding at it 🥹

Screenshot of Re:Zero episode 83, Julius saying "I will continue to walk this path." after renewing his contract with his spirits

Screenshot of Part-Time Idol Declaration music video by rachie, rachie smiling and performing on stage with lyrics "Because it's everything I love to do!"

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Kurisu @chuunihatboi.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Rewatching Gurren Lagann as an adult is so fun because the hype moments and aura element is still cool as hell but now I have the brain cells and awareness to better appreciate the broader thematic setup and the nuances to the character writing. Feels like a new experience almost

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Kurisu @chuunihatboi.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Thinking a lot lately about how important being perceived is, like I'm the shy type that kinda fades in the background but I think it matters a lot to take up space, be part of community, and just have a real presence with the freedom to be and express yourself even if it's scary

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Kurisu @chuunihatboi.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Right before episode 11 on the Gurren Lagann rewatch I'm so excited!!!! As expected 8-10 have been bangers but 11 especially holds dear memories for me so I can't wait to watch and also see what my bestie thinks of it

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Kurisu @chuunihatboi.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Kamina has a lotta random "not very woke of you" moments in modern day and some is just the era TTGL's from, but I like the idea that he's a kid larping vague ideas of masculinity to pump himself up and play the fool to help ground his friends to lock in

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Kurisu @chuunihatboi.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I won't know for sure where my love for Gurren Lagann stands until the rewatch is done but I never wanna hear any of that "it's a dumb turn your brain off show" ever again there is so much attention and connectivity to the themes and how they're set up even early in the story

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Kurisu @chuunihatboi.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Also thinking about how evergreen this scene is looking forward to post-skip Gurren Lagann. Rossiu you poor baby these next 20 episodes are gonna be rough on you, but also it's fascinating how it teases Gurren Lagann's legacy and the mob mentality turning when things get dicey

Screenshot from Gurren Lagann episode 7,

Dayakka: You might think it's weird, but Gurren Lagann represents hope for all of mankind.

Rossiu: Good intentions can sometimes lead people down the wrong path.

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Kurisu @chuunihatboi.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I have so many thoughts on Gurren Lagann's take on masculinity and how it juxtaposes the more traditional, self destructive forms of it to a healthier ideal for what it can be, but I have to get to the end to feel ready to articulate those meaningfully

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Kurisu @chuunihatboi.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The Kamina quote evolution means everything to me, the original has that snappy meme factor to it but Kamina choosing to impart this to Simon as the final wisdom he had left to give him still makes me tear up. Kamina and Simon you will always be famous

Screenshot of Gurren Lagann episode 8,

Kamina: Believe in yourself.

"Believe in the you who believes in yourself!"

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Kurisu @chuunihatboi.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Got to Gurren Lagann episode 8 on the rewatch and as always it hits different. The feelings, the hype, just all of the soul poured into that continues to take my breath away, watching that airing had to be an insane experience it is such a bold and unforgettable episode

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Kurisu @chuunihatboi.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

It's valid to want to see your fave series, artists, etc. grow and thrive but sometimes I feel people get it backwards. People should appreciate art because it matters rather than it mattering because people appreciate it, ya know? What's peak in your heart is what matters!

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Kurisu @chuunihatboi.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Rolling Quartz concert was incredible, I like their music in general but experiencing it live is really something else. This is what rock is all about, so much soul and their passion and love for their fans shines through! Fantastic show, can't wait to see them perform again!

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Kurisu @chuunihatboi.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Rolling Quartz concert tonight! I'm a pretty casual listener and only kinda know a couple songs but I enjoy what I've heard, looking forward to this one!

Photo of stage for Rolling Quartz concert

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Kurisu @chuunihatboi.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

MHA concert was really good! I got the few songs I knew and hoped for and the rest was awesome too, the later stuff looks really fun I gotta make the time to watch the rest 😭

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Kurisu @chuunihatboi.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

My Hero Academia concert tonight yay! I totally failed to catch up on the anime but I love the songs I know from the first 3 seasons and Hayashi's music in general, very excited!

Photo of stage for My Hero Academia In Concert

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