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Hishi Setsuki (必死殺鬼 👻) | JP History VTuber @hishisetsuki.com · 28/09/2026

This week's schedule! We'll be continuing with Ghost of Tsushima on Tuesday and Juufuutei Raden's Guide for Pixel Museum on Thursday! Both at 8 PM ET. Hope to see you there! #vtuber #japanesehistory #videogames

Hishi Setsuki's schedule for 9/28 to 10/4. Ghost of Tsushima on Tuesday and Juufuutei Raden's Guide for Pixel Museum on Thursday! Both at 8 PM ET.

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Hishi Setsuki (必死殺鬼 👻) | JP History VTuber @hishisetsuki.com · 22/09/2026

Two streams this week! Ghost of Tsushima on Tuesday, and a new game on Thursday: Juufuutei Raden's Guide for Pixel Museum! Both at 8 PM ET. Raden is one of the vtubers I'd really like to watch but can't because of the language barrier. 😢 Hope to see you there! #vtuber #japanesehistory #videogames

Hishi Setsuki's schedule for 9/21 to 9/27. Ghost of Tsushima on Tuesday, and a new game on Thursday: Juufuutei Raden's Guide for Pixel Museum. Both at 8 PM ET.

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Hishi Setsuki (必死殺鬼 👻) | JP History VTuber @hishisetsuki.com · 01/09/2026

Slow week as I'll be traveling soon and I need to work on future content, so two more days of Ghost of Tsushima! Tuesday and Thursday at 8 PM ET. #vtuber #videogames

Hishi Setsuki's schedule for 8/31 to 9/6. Ghost of Tsushima on Tuesday and Thursday at 8 PM ET.

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Hishi Setsuki (必死殺鬼 👻) | JP History VTuber @hishisetsuki.com · 17/08/2026

Hi folks, My streaming schedule for next week! Ghost of Tsushima on Tuesday at 8 PM ET. Thursday's paper review (8 PM of course!) is a little different: J. Z. Smith's "In Comparison a Magic Dwells." 1/3 #vtuber #envtuber #history #japanesehistory

Hishi Setsuki's schedule for 8/17 - 8/23. Tuesday is Ghost of Tsushima at 8 PM ET. Thursday is a paper review of "In Comparison a Magic Dwells," also at 8 PM ET.

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Hishi Setsuki (必死殺鬼 👻) | JP History VTuber @hishisetsuki.com · 10/08/2026

This week's schedule! I blundered into the Ghost of Tsushima DLC, so that's on Tuesday @ 8 PM ET. This Friday @ 8 PM ET, I talk Edo-period history, about the fuzzy line of samurai status, "liminal samurai," if you will. Hope to see you there! #vtuber #videogames #japan #japanesehistory

Hishi Setsuki's schedule for 8/10 to 8/16. Ghost of Tsushima on Tuesday at 8 PM ET. "Liminal samurai" on Friday at 8 PM ET.

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Hishi Setsuki (必死殺鬼 👻) | JP History VTuber @hishisetsuki.com · 04/08/2026

This week's schedule! Continuing with Ghost of Tsushima on Tuesday @ 8 PM ET. New this week: I try GeoGuessr's Japan maps on Friday @ 8 PM! I'm going to try to make this a community game. (I cribbed this idea from @psydere.com.) Hope to see you there! #vtuber #videogames #japan #japanesehistory

Hishi Setsuki's schedule for 8/4 to 8/9. Ghost of Tsushima on Tuesday at 8 PM ET. Geoguessr: Japan on Friday at 8 PM ET.

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Hishi Setsuki (必死殺鬼 👻) | JP History VTuber @hishisetsuki.com · 20/07/2026

Hi folks, here's this week's schedule! Of note: Tuesday marks the premiere of my occasional series on the uses (and abuses) of Japanese history BattleTech's Draconis Combine. Hope to see you there! twitch.tv/hishisetsuki #vtuber #envtuber #japanesehistory #gaming #battletech

Hishi Setsuki's schedule for 7/20 to 7/26. Tuesday is BattleTech: Combine Studies. Friday is Ghost of Tsushima. Both at 8 PM ET.

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Hishi Setsuki (必死殺鬼 👻) | JP History VTuber @hishisetsuki.com · 17/07/2026

Next Tuesday, 7/21 @ 8 PM ET, introducing an occasional series: Combine Studies, where I look at BattleTech's Draconis Combine and try to see how Japanese history gets used (and abused) in this samurai star empire. Hope to see you there! twitch.tv/hishisetsuki #vtuber #japanesehistory #battletech

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Hishi Setsuki (必死殺鬼 👻) | JP History VTuber @hishisetsuki.com · 12/07/2026

Hi there! Is there a particular file hierarchy for the zip file that the demo is expecting? I've tried my model (basically .moc3 and texture directory directly in the zip) and I'm getting a "model3 not found" error.

Screenshot of "Failed to load model: model3 file not found" error.

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Hishi Setsuki (必死殺鬼 👻) | JP History VTuber @hishisetsuki.com · 07/07/2026

Continuing with Ghost of Tsushima on Tuesday and Thursday this week, starting at 8 PM ET. Hope to see you there! twitch.tv/hishisetsuki #vtuber #envtuber #games #ghostoftsushima #japanesehistory

Hishi Setsuki's schedule for 7/6 to 7/12. Ghost of Tsushima on Tuesday and Thursday this week, starting at 8 PM ET.

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Hishi Setsuki (必死殺鬼 👻) | JP History VTuber @hishisetsuki.com · 29/06/2026

Easy streaming this week: Playing Ghost of Tsushima on Tuesday and Thursday, starting at 8 PM ET. Hope to see you there! twitch.tv/hishisetsuki #vtuber #envtuber #games #ghostoftsushima #japanesehistory

Hishi Setsuki's schedule for 6/29 to 7/5. Streaming Ghost of Tsushima on Tuesday and Thursday at 8 PM EDT.

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Hishi Setsuki (必死殺鬼 👻) | JP History VTuber @hishisetsuki.com · 28/06/2026

Finally got to watch the Zombie Land Saga movie today, and there's a bit talking about Saga Prefecture's past glory days. And these guys show up, that I later find out are the "Seven Wise Men of Saga." Here's an annotated screenshot. YMMV on how wise you'd actually consider some of them.

A screenshot from the movie "Zombie Land Saga: Yumeginga Paradise," depicting the "Seven Wise Men of Saga." This annotated version has seven old portraits or photographs of the following men, from left to right:

Nabeshima Naomasa
Sano Tsunetami
Shima Yoshitake
Soejima Taneomi
Oki Takato
Eto Shinpei
Okuma Shigenobu

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Hishi Setsuki (必死殺鬼 👻) | JP History VTuber @hishisetsuki.com · 25/06/2026

Hisashige also built a "myriad year clock" (万年時計), designed to run for months (vs. a day for contemporary clocks) and display both western and Japanese time and calendars, among other things.

Myriad-Year Clock, made by Hisashige Tanaka, 1851, with western and Japanese dials, weekly, monthly, and zodiac setting, plus sun and moon - National Museum of Nature and Science

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Myriad-Year_Clock,_made_by_Hisashige_Tanaka,_1851,_with_western_and_Japanese_dials,_weekly,_monthly,_and_zodiac_setting,_plus_sun_and_moon_-_National_Museum_of_Nature_and_Science,_Tokyo_-_DSC07407.JPG

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Hishi Setsuki (必死殺鬼 👻) | JP History VTuber @hishisetsuki.com · 15/06/2026

More laid-back schedule this week; Ghost of Tsushima both days! Tuesday and Friday at 8 PM ET. twitch.tv/hishisetsuki #vtuber #envtuber #games #ghostoftsushima #japanesehistory

Hishi Setsuki's streaming schedule for 6/15 to 6/21. Tuesday and Thursday will be Ghost of Tsushima. Both days at 8 PM ET.

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Hishi Setsuki (必死殺鬼 👻) | JP History VTuber @hishisetsuki.com · 08/06/2026

New schedule! New(ish) game! Now on to Ghost of Tsushima! This Friday is a report on John W. Hall's "Rule by Status in Tokugawa Japan." Both streams at 8 PM ET. twitch.tv/hishisetsuki #vtuber #envtuber #games #ghostoftsushima #japanesehistory

Hishi Setsuki's streaming schedule for 6/8 to 6/14. Tuesday and Friday is now Ghost of Tsushima. Friday also has a paper report. Both days at 8 PM ET.

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Hishi Setsuki (必死殺鬼 👻) | JP History VTuber @hishisetsuki.com · 01/06/2026

New week, new schedule! We might finish Disgaea this week, yay! This Friday is a paper report on Bob Wakabayashi's "Opium, Expulsion, Sovereignty. China's Lessons for Bakumatsu Japan" Both streams start at 8 PM ET. twitch.tv/hishisetsuki #vtuber #envtuber #games #retrogames #japanesehistory

Hishi Setsuki's streaming schedule for 6/1 to 6/7. Tuesday and Friday is Disgaea, although Friday is iffy. Friday is a paper report. Both days at 8 PM EDT.

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Hishi Setsuki (必死殺鬼 👻) | JP History VTuber @hishisetsuki.com · 28/05/2026

Watched the first episode of Jigokuraku tonight, ended up with a realization: 佐切と右切

Yamada Asaemon Sagiri (山田浅ェ門佐切) from Jigokuraku. Image for illustrative purposes only.

Yuugiri (夕霧, technically) from Zombie Land Saga. Her mini-arc in the second season justifies the alternate reading. Image for illustrative purposes only.

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Hishi Setsuki (必死殺鬼 👻) | JP History VTuber @hishisetsuki.com · 25/05/2026

We're back with a schedule! Continuing with Disgaea on Tuesday. This *Friday*, a book review of Amy Stanley's "Stranger in the Shogun's City!" (And also more Disgaea after.) All streams start at 8 PM EDT. twitch.tv/hishisetsuki #vtuber #envtuber #games #retrogames #japanesehistory

Hishi Setsuki's streaming schedule for 5/25 to 5/31. Friday is Disgaea. Thursday is a book review and Disgaea. Both at 8 PM EDT.

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Hishi Setsuki (必死殺鬼 👻) | JP History VTuber @hishisetsuki.com · 06/05/2026

Not to mention some of them featured artwork (cover and interior) by Sonoda Kenichi (Gunsmith Cats creator, Bubblegum Crisis character designer).

The cover to the Japanese BattleTech replay Majotachi no Kyouen (The Witches' Banquet). The art was done by Sonoda Kenichi.

The artwork features four people riding in an open-topped jeep. One person in the rear holds a bazooka-like weapon.

Scan from https://fondationdraco.fr

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Hishi Setsuki (必死殺鬼 👻) | JP History VTuber @hishisetsuki.com · 04/05/2026

Next week's schedule! This Thursday I'm doing my first on-stream book review, Gary Leupp's "Servants, Shophands, and Laborers in the Cities of Tokugawa Japan." Back to Disgaea too, Tuesday and Thursday at 8 PM EDT! twitch.tv/hishisetsuki #vtuber #envtuber #retrogames #history #japanesehistory

Hishi Setsuki's schedule for the week of 5/4 to 5/10. Tuesday 5/5 features Disgaea at 8 PM EDT. Thursday 5/7 features a book review and Disgaea at 8 PM EDT.

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Hishi Setsuki (必死殺鬼 👻) | JP History VTuber @hishisetsuki.com · 27/04/2026

Next week's schedule! Taking a brief break from paper reports this week, so Disgaea on Tuesday, then a different game TBD on Thursday! Both days at 8 PM EDT. twitch.tv/hishisetsuki #vtuber #envtuber #retrogames

Hishi Setsuki's schedule for the week of 4/27 to 5/3. Tuesday 4/27 features Disgaea at 8 PM EDT. Thursday 4/29 features "Other game TBD" at 8 PM EDT.

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Hishi Setsuki (必死殺鬼 👻) | JP History VTuber @hishisetsuki.com · 22/04/2026

Masahisa Suzuki (RIP) was a favorite illustrator of mine. His stuff was so fire:

Artwork by Masahisa Suzuki, from ARIEL. A pink haired woman in camouflage smoking a cigarette is in the foreground, with a short-haired girl behind her grasping her shoulder. Various members of a work crew in the background smile and make v-for-victory signs.

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Hishi Setsuki (必死殺鬼 👻) | JP History VTuber @hishisetsuki.com · 20/04/2026

If we're going down this route: www.threads.com/@johnchunghs...

A Threads post by johnchunghsuanwu on 04/05/26

It’s in Ancient Chinese:

誓不棄君守初心
誓不令君淚滿襟
誓不獨行離君側
與君相守亘古今

Here is the translation in modern English:

Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you

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Hishi Setsuki (必死殺鬼 👻) | JP History VTuber @hishisetsuki.com · 19/04/2026

Next week's schedule! (now starting on Mondays) Disgaea on Tuesday, then Thursday will be D'Amico's "The making of paper money in early modern Japan," and continuing with Disgaea. Both days at 8 PM EDT. twitch.tv/hishisetsuki #vtuber #envtuber #japanesehistory #japan #retrogames

Hishi Setsuki's schedule for the week of 4/20 to 4/26. Tuesday 4/21 features Disgaea at 8 PM EDT. Thursday 4/23 features a paper report and more Disgaea at 8 PM EDT.

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Hishi Setsuki (必死殺鬼 👻) | JP History VTuber @hishisetsuki.com · 12/04/2026

Next week's schedule! It's tax week in the US, so no stream Tuesday. But! Thursday at 8 PM EDT will be De-min Tao's "Yoshida Shōin's Encounter with Commodore Perry," and continuing with Disgaea. twitch.tv/hishisetsuki #vtuber #envtuber #japanesehistory #japan #retrogames

Hishi Setsuki's schedule for 4/12 through 4/18. Thursday is a paper report as well as Disgaea, at 8 PM EDT.

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Hishi Setsuki (必死殺鬼 👻) | JP History VTuber @hishisetsuki.com · 05/04/2026

This week's schedule! Tuesday, De-min Tao's "Negotiating Language in the Opening of Japan: Luo Sen's Journal of Perry's 1854 Expedition" On both Tuesday and Thursday, we're continuing with Disgaea. Both at 8 PM EDT! twitch.tv/hishisetsuki #vtuber #envtuber #japanesehistory #japan #retrogames

Hishi Setsuki's schedule for the week of 4/5 to 4/1. Tuesday 4/7 features a paper report and more Disgaea at 8 PM EDT. Tuesday 4/9 features Disgaea at 8 PM EDT.

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Hishi Setsuki (必死殺鬼 👻) | JP History VTuber @hishisetsuki.com · 31/03/2026

TIL "Lee Trevino's Fighting Golf" was a real game, but also:

Simpsons meme featuring "Lee Carvallo's Putting Challenge."

Text:

Casting by Bonita Pietila

I suggest feather touch. (Three beeps) You have entered "power drive."

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Hishi Setsuki (必死殺鬼 👻) | JP History VTuber @hishisetsuki.com · 29/03/2026

This week's schedule! Tuesday and Thursday, we're progressing with Disgaea. Thursday, a report on Ericson's "Sovereignty on Display: The Tokugawa Bakufu and the Paris Universal Exposition of 1867" Both at 8 PM EDT! twitch.tv/hishisetsuki #vtuber #envtuber #japanesehistory #japan #retrogames

Hishi Setsuki's schedule for the week of 3/29 to 4/4. Tuesday 3/29 features Disgaea at 8 PM EDT. Thursday 4/4 features a paper report and more Disgaea at 8 PM EDT.

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Hishi Setsuki (必死殺鬼 👻) | JP History VTuber @hishisetsuki.com · 27/03/2026

The locals have not been happy about this for a while. It really would block the view of Matsue Castle for a lot of folks.

Picture from late 2025 of a sign in Japanese in front of a parking lot in the city of Matsue, Japan. It is presumably protesting the large building seen under cover in the background.

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Hishi Setsuki (必死殺鬼 👻) | JP History VTuber @hishisetsuki.com · 22/03/2026

This week's schedule! Tuesday, we're back to the Disgaea grind! Thursday, a report on a research note about some Edo period local history materials. Also more Disgaea! Both at 8 PM EDT! twitch.tv/hishisetsuki #vtuber #envtuber #japanesehistory #japan #retrogames

Hishi Setsuki's schedule for the week of 3/22 to 3/28. Tuesday 3/24 features Disgaea at 8 PM EDT. Thursday 3/26 features a paper report and more Disgaea at 8 PM EDT.

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Hishi Setsuki (必死殺鬼 👻) | JP History VTuber @hishisetsuki.com · 17/03/2026

Tomorrow night at 8 PM EDT, reacting to various mascots from former castle towns in Japan! twitch.tv/hishisetsuki #vtuber #envtuber #japanesehistory #japan

A picture of four mascots from various former castle towns in Japan, with Himeji Castle in the background. A chest-to-head image of vtuber Hishi Setsuki is in the lower right.

The picture is captioned "Castle Town Mascots"

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Hishi Setsuki (必死殺鬼 👻) | JP History VTuber @hishisetsuki.com · 15/03/2026

Next week's schedule! Tuesday, we're looking at modern-day mascots of various Japanese castle towns! (plus a debut...?) Thursday, we have an open-access paper about mapping in the Bakumatsu, so it's a let's read! Both at 8 PM EDT! twitch.tv/hishisetsuki #vtuber #envtuber #japanesehistory #japan

Hishi Setsuki's schedule for the week of 3/15 to 3/21. Tuesday 3/15 features castle town mascots at 8 PM EET. Thursday 3/19 features a paper read about bakumatsu mapping at 8 PM EDT.

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Hishi Setsuki (必死殺鬼 👻) | JP History VTuber @hishisetsuki.com · 13/03/2026

American restaurant selling カツサンド: We call them "katsu sandos" because that's how Japan abbreviates "sandwich." Japan:

A picture of a Gundam branded campfire sandwich press, Zeon model. Next to it is a sign illustrating the product, dubbing it a "Hot Sand Cooker - Zeon model".

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Hishi Setsuki (必死殺鬼 👻) | JP History VTuber @hishisetsuki.com · 08/03/2026

Next week's schedule! Disgaea on Tuesday & Thursday, Totman's "Fudai Daimyo and the Collapse of the Tokugawa Bakufu" on Thursday. We'll see what Bolitho explicitly wanted to call out in his Echigo paper. Both days at 8 PM EST! twitch.tv/hishisetsuki #vtuber #envtuber #japanesehistory #retrogames

Hishi Setsuki's schedule for the week of 3/8 to 3/14. Tuesday 3/10 features Disgaea at 8 PM EST. Thursday 3/12 features a paper report, as well as Disgaea at 8 PM EST.

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Hishi Setsuki (必死殺鬼 👻) | JP History VTuber @hishisetsuki.com · 01/03/2026

This week's schedule! Disgaea for both days, and a report Thursday on Bolitho's "Echigo War, 1868," one of those rare Boshin War articles in English. Tuesday and Thursday at 8 PM EST! twitch.tv/hishisetsuki #vtuber #envtuber #japanesehistory #retrogames

Hishi Setsuki's schedule for 3/1 to 3/7. Tuesday: Disgaea at 8 PM EST. Thursday, a paper report and more Disgaea at 8 PM EST.

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Hishi Setsuki (必死殺鬼 👻) | JP History VTuber @hishisetsuki.com · 22/02/2026

This week's schedule! I'll be discussing Edo period status groups, and then a paper on the Dutch king's letter to the Shogun in 1844. I'll be playing Disgaea both days too. Tuesday and Thursday at 8 PM EST! twitch.tv/hishisetsuki #vtuber #envtuber #japanesehistory #retrogames

Hishi Setsuki's schedule for February 22 through February 28. Tuesday is about Edo status groups, while Thursday is a paper report. Both days will include Disgaea. Both days start at 8 PM EST.

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Hishi Setsuki (必死殺鬼 👻) | JP History VTuber @hishisetsuki.com · 18/02/2026

My favorite type is the shaku-dokei, which deals the variable hour issue by just attaching a pointer to the weight and changes the numbers around instead.

A wadokei, or Japanese clock, of the shaku-dokei type.

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Hishi Setsuki (必死殺鬼 👻) | JP History VTuber @hishisetsuki.com · 18/02/2026

...intervention. For example, this "lantern" model has two verge-and-foliot escapement systems to handle day and night hours having different lengths. (Earlier lantern wadokei had only one escapement, and so needed to be adjust twice a day.)

A lantern-style "wadokei" or Japanese clock. This model has two verge-and-foliot systems to handle variable hours.

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Hishi Setsuki (必死殺鬼 👻) | JP History VTuber @hishisetsuki.com · 18/02/2026

One of fun things I've learned about the Edo period is the "wadokei," or Japanese clock. Why were these unique? It turns out you have to be clever to handle a time system where day and night hours differed in length, and changed throughout the year. 🧵 #japanesehistory #history #clocks

A wadokei, or Japanese clock, of the shaku-dokei type. This model uses a large diagram to notate variable hours.

A Japanese traveling clock. It has a spring-wound mechanism, along with adjustable hour markers to handle variable hours.

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Hishi Setsuki (必死殺鬼 👻) | JP History VTuber @hishisetsuki.com · 17/02/2026

Tomorrow at 8 PM EST! Learn about Edo era clocks and stay for some Disgaea! twitch.tv/hishisetsuki #vtuber #envtuber #japanesehistory #retrogames #history

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