iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

cuddylicious 🚀🕊️⛩️ @cuddylicious.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

What? They own the Terminator franchise, so why not "Skynet"? ;-P

cuddylicious 🚀🕊️⛩️ @cuddylicious.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

After the last ep, I checked out the website for the amusing My Stepmother and Stepsisters Aren't Wicked / Ibitte Konai Gibo to Gishi anime. The Apple translation function did a funny LOL

I don't snore Mother-in-law and sister-in-law

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cuddylicious 🚀🕊️⛩️ @cuddylicious.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

relationship develops has enough heart and understated tension to make it worthwhile." Best of the season together with Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia / Tenmaku no Jādūgaru

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cuddylicious 🚀🕊️⛩️ @cuddylicious.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

as not to realize it in their first few interactions, and another for him not to realize it for the entire length of Season 1. However, it is a feature, not a bug, and that means you either get on board or you don’t. Yes, it takes some suspension of disbelief, but the way Sasaki and Yamada’s

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cuddylicious 🚀🕊️⛩️ @cuddylicious.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

"we're living in the twilight of an age of science. and the night is coming. … a world where nobody understands the foundational principles of technology, but they're able to Fragments of the Layered City ch. 2 Kaisō Toshi Danpen-Shū (prequel to Girls' Last Tour / Shōjo Shūmatsu Ryokō)

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cuddylicious 🚀🕊️⛩️ @cuddylicious.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Now patiently waiting for season 2 of Jaadugar while trying not to spoil myself by reading any book on Mongolian history I can find… Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia ep 12 Tenmaku no Jādūgaru

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cuddylicious 🚀🕊️⛩️ @cuddylicious.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Guess what? I have lived most in Kansas City and secondly in California. Of course, I lived till my late twenties in Dutch-speaking Belgium… ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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cuddylicious 🚀🕊️⛩️ @cuddylicious.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

"This only shows that even when you‘re good at supporting others and emotionally intelligent enough to recognise your needs, you might still need someone else’s help to fulfil them. No one was put on this earth to be alone, www.crunchyroll.com/news/feature...

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cuddylicious 🚀🕊️⛩️ @cuddylicious.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

"Yeah, but loving itself is an act of overcoming fear, right? I think it is, probably." Journal With Witch ch. 51 Ikoku Nikki

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cuddylicious 🚀🕊️⛩️ @cuddylicious.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

"When will I be able to forget it? There are some problems you just… don't solve." Journal With Witch ch. 49 Ikoku Nikki

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cuddylicious 🚀🕊️⛩️ @cuddylicious.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Soot Black and Ochre Green "you’re an antique rover abandoned by the galactic empire …" (inkjie.tumblr.com/post/8245651...)

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cuddylicious 🚀🕊️⛩️ @cuddylicious.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

From there, I expanded my imagination, thinking, 'She must have been someone interested in these kinds of things,' and constructed her personality."

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cuddylicious 🚀🕊️⛩️ @cuddylicious.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I do not like portraying things too uglily or making them too comical, so I try my best to actively depict the parts I found fascinating." "The lack of reference material for Boraqchin was my biggest headache. The only thing we know for sure is that 'she had Daoist scriptures made.'

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cuddylicious 🚀🕊️⛩️ @cuddylicious.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

in the anime made me feel an even stronger attachment to the characters. You showed me something truly wonderful." "As long as I am borrowing the lives of real people and turning them into entertainment, I do not want to distort them for my own convenience.

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cuddylicious 🚀🕊️⛩️ @cuddylicious.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

for inspiration and tried to reconstruct them in our own way." "She’s the protagonist, but she isn't just a 'pure, good girl.' She has a very dark side to her. And honestly, that’s why I like her."

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cuddylicious 🚀🕊️⛩️ @cuddylicious.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

we decided to use real Persian instruments and work with people who understand the heritage." "On the other hand, there are many things about 13th-century Mongolia that aren't recorded in the historical record. In those cases, we looked at modern Mongolian expressions and descriptions

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cuddylicious 🚀🕊️⛩️ @cuddylicious.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

so we had to treat them with immense respect. I wanted to keep the foundations as realistic as possible." [interviewer:] It’s about respecting the culture and finding a balance that avoids making it fall into orientalism. "Instead of just making music that 'sounds' vaguely Middle Eastern,

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cuddylicious 🚀🕊️⛩️ @cuddylicious.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Experiencing that firsthand made it much easier to imagine the daily lives and struggles of the characters." "My biggest concern was how to portray the two distinct cultures of Persia and Mongolia. These are real cultures with deep histories that continue to this day,

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cuddylicious 🚀🕊️⛩️ @cuddylicious.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

and tastes you can't get from a book. You don't truly realize how vast the steppe is until you’re standing in the middle of it. One of our guides also played the Morin Khuur (the horsehead fiddle) for us, which was incredible. The most vital part, though, was staying overnight in a ger.

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cuddylicious 🚀🕊️⛩️ @cuddylicious.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

But when you engage with this anime, it forces you to actively think. Learning is fun, it builds your confidence, and it creates this really positive ripple effect." #Jaadugar

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cuddylicious 🚀🕊️⛩️ @cuddylicious.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

"The world is full of things we don’t know. Information is everywhere, and it’s easy to look at a screen and feel like you understand something when you actually don’t, or just leave your misconceptions uncorrected. It has become harder to question things, think deeply, and just pause for a moment.

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cuddylicious 🚀🕊️⛩️ @cuddylicious.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

unique balance is something you don’t find anywhere else." "Yes, she really captures the fact that Sitara isn’t just one-dimensional. She’s tough and calculating, but she also has these endearing, slightly clumsy moments. Sekine portrays those emotional fluctuations beautifully."

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cuddylicious 🚀🕊️⛩️ @cuddylicious.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

It made me realize how closely the local people live with that kind of raw natural power." "The art style is just so cute and graceful. That was the first big hook for me. But then, before you know it, you realize you’re reading this incredibly intense, almost terrifying story. That magical,

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cuddylicious 🚀🕊️⛩️ @cuddylicious.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

atmospheric perspective, almost like we were graphic designing the screen." "The team actually went on a research trip to Mongolia… The stars felt so close they were almost crashing down on us, which was kind of scary, and the wind was so intense it felt like it could literally blow your body away.

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cuddylicious 🚀🕊️⛩️ @cuddylicious.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

"Time and again, Dad is lost in his work while his girls play outside unsupervised. But nothing ill befalls them. … The wind that barrels into the house does not bowl it over. Dad gets off the bus late but in good spirits. Mom’s cold is only a cold, and not a death knell."

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cuddylicious 🚀🕊️⛩️ @cuddylicious.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

"We're moving towards different destinations And our strides Are Different as well. We can stop At any time. But we walk through today The way we want to." Journal With Witch ch. 24 Ikoku Nikki

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cuddylicious 🚀🕊️⛩️ @cuddylicious.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

"Jenny Bloomfield, Rear View Sunset" (cosmonautroger.tumblr.com/post/8232405...)

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cuddylicious 🚀🕊️⛩️ @cuddylicious.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Are you watching the new anime Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia? @jackmeistermongols.bsky.social Obviously, it's not meant to be a totally accurate history of Mongolia shortly after Chinggis Khan's death. It does seem to try respect the Central Asian (initially also Persian)

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cuddylicious 🚀🕊️⛩️ @cuddylicious.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Jaadugar ep 5 Can't help but think of "I Love You to Death" where the fact that she tries to kill him means she really loves him and he'll change his philandering ways ;-0 (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Love_...)

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cuddylicious 🚀🕊️⛩️ @cuddylicious.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

I'm watching The Ghost in the Shell new anime and I'm not losing any sleep on if it is better/worse than any of the other versions. :-) Life's too short. ;-)

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cuddylicious 🚀🕊️⛩️ @cuddylicious.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Maomao is shrieking in ecstasy all the way from China! Bezoar!!! Sitar and Maomao would get along splendidly… #kusuriya The Apothecary Diaries Jaadugar A Witch in Mongolia #jaadugar

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cuddylicious 🚀🕊️⛩️ @cuddylicious.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Jaadugar: A witch in Mongolia (Tenmaku no Jādūgaru) is my top anime of this season: exquisite! Strong, smart women antagonists. Middle Eastern/Central Asian history. Beautifully rendered fabrics, architecture and more. I love it. Pics from ep 3

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cuddylicious 🚀🕊️⛩️ @cuddylicious.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Oops. I guess I made a big mistake? ;-) ibid.

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cuddylicious 🚀🕊️⛩️ @cuddylicious.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Chuckle… www.animefeminist.com/sparks-of-to...

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cuddylicious 🚀🕊️⛩️ @cuddylicious.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Hmm… Am I the only one? I just watched the Sparks of Tomorrow first ep… and I am disappointed. It did not speak to me. Odd. I usually like KyoAni a lot though. I'm not sure why it didn't click. Jaadugar, for example, left me in love right away. Maybe the 2nd ep will change my mind?

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cuddylicious 🚀🕊️⛩️ @cuddylicious.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Smoking Behind the Supermarket With You ch55 Super no Ura de Yani Sū Futari

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cuddylicious 🚀🕊️⛩️ @cuddylicious.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Say, I don't remember seeing that scene in the OP of Botan Kamiina Fully Blossoms When Drunk, the one where Botan has a bouquet in front of her face, and Ibuki stands in the corridor with balloons behind her, and Botan with balloons outside? They left it for season 2? 🤞🤞🤞 #kamiinabotan

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cuddylicious 🚀🕊️⛩️ @cuddylicious.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Watched the first 6 eps (a.k.a. 12 mini eps) of Smoking Behind the Supermarket With You: I love it! :-) I hate smoking, never have, 2 close relatives died of lung cancer… but this show is…just so real life, real work life, real relationships (Super no Ura de Yani Sū Futari a.k.a. YaniSuu)

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cuddylicious 🚀🕊️⛩️ @cuddylicious.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Botan Kamiina Fully Blossoms When Drunk ep 7 Kamiina Botan, Yoeru Sugata wa Yuri no Hana was very good :-)

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cuddylicious 🚀🕊️⛩️ @cuddylicious.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Botan Kamiina Fully Blossoms When Drunk / Kamiina Botan, Yoeru Sugata wa Yuri no Hana ep 5

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cuddylicious 🚀🕊️⛩️ @cuddylicious.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Botan Kamiina Fully Blossoms When Drunk / Kamiina Botan, Yoeru Sugata wa Yuri no Hana ep 5 Gujo tries so hard…

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cuddylicious 🚀🕊️⛩️ @cuddylicious.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Brushbuddy in Witch Hat Atelier (Tongari Bōshi no Atorie) reminds me of Nuko in Girls' Last Tour (Shōjo Shūmatsu Ryokō) :-)

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cuddylicious 🚀🕊️⛩️ @cuddylicious.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

almost makes him drop the anime. I don't understand at all. Considering what all she has gone through in her short life, it's bordering on callous to be bothered by that. Here are a few pics from ep 4 too. — Shunkashūtō Daikōsha: Haru no Mai

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cuddylicious 🚀🕊️⛩️ @cuddylicious.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Just watched Agents of the Four Seasons: Dance of Spring episodes 4-5. It's beautiful but yes, the melodrama is at time a bit much, e.g., ep 4. The next ep was much better. Anyway, what really chaps my hide is the ANN reviewer who keeps complaining about Hinagiku's speech impediment, says it

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cuddylicious 🚀🕊️⛩️ @cuddylicious.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

"There’s almost a full minute of mildly-interesting before delivering a laugh-out-loud punchline" (ralfmaximus.tumblr.com/post/8145906...)

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