iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Lucas DeRuyter @lucasderuyter.northsky.social · 15/10/2026

I stand by my TWIA comment from a couple weeks back, this is the baddest any dude has ever looked in any anime.

Ashram from Record of Lodoss War on horseback and surrounded by flames.

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Lucas DeRuyter @lucasderuyter.northsky.social · 14/09/2026

Love the sentiment against Rowling, but this is quite literally fake news generated by a satire platform.

A screencap of Twitter with a community notice clarifying that this isn’t a real JK Roweling quote.

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Lucas DeRuyter @lucasderuyter.northsky.social · 12/08/2026

Unicorn Overlord. Everything mechanical about this game is a slam dunk for me...but the narrative is so "we have Fire Emblem at home" that I could barely penetrate the second act.

Title card for Unicorn Overlord featuring red and blue armies about to face off.

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Lucas DeRuyter @lucasderuyter.northsky.social · 05/08/2026

I know that JJBA from Steel Ball Run onward is largely just Araki repurposing ideas that appeared in the original run of the series...but GOD these ideas are SO MUCH better after getting a few more years (or decades) to cook! John Rod >>> Red Hot Chili Pepper

The stand "John Rod" from JJBA: The JoJolands. A vaguely human-shaped rod of light stepping forward menacingly.

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Lucas DeRuyter @lucasderuyter.northsky.social · 12/07/2026

PSA: Go watch The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You

Meme from 100 Girlfriends looking more embarrassed than anyone ever has while wearing a bunny girl costume.

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Lucas DeRuyter @lucasderuyter.northsky.social · 04/07/2026

Hulu! (and Disney+) The place for anime that you’ve either already seen, or that are incredibly mid. (Or both in the case of Bleach!)

A banner add for Hulu at Anime Expo featuring (from left to right) Bleach, Demon Slayer, Mission Family, Naruto, One Punch Man, and Undead Unluck.

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Lucas DeRuyter @lucasderuyter.northsky.social · 04/07/2026

From cosplayers? Not much that I’ve seen. From the con itself, tho…

A giant inflatable Turbo Granny from Dan Da Dan in her good luck cat form.

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Lucas DeRuyter @lucasderuyter.northsky.social · 30/06/2026

Excuse me, I thought we all agreed that Venusaur was Mommy??? (apologies for sharing a screenshot from Twitter)

A post from Japanese Twitter noting that in the video game Pokopia, Venusaur "talks like a milf big sis."

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Lucas DeRuyter @lucasderuyter.northsky.social · 30/05/2026

I’m an hour in and…mouse game good

The title card for Mina the Hollower, which features the name of the game in bold, red font above the start minute with a gothic city as the backdrop.

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Lucas DeRuyter @lucasderuyter.northsky.social · 26/05/2026

Wait, what? No…it can’t have been 15 years. Isekai is still pretty new, right???

That one green haired, blue eyed anime girl from the “X console is still pretty new” meme.

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Lucas DeRuyter @lucasderuyter.northsky.social · 20/05/2026

If you or someone you know is responsible for the localization of Kirio Fan Club, please let me know so I can forever sing the praises of the person responsible for this perfect nonsense.

Kirio Fan Club protagonists Aimi and Nami sitting on a bus in casual wear talking about the "Ultimate Rizz Master Challenge."

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Lucas DeRuyter @lucasderuyter.northsky.social · 15/04/2026

Attention people on Bluesky who know Anime/VTubers/Streaming better than I do: I've been made aware references to Baki appearing both in Needy Girl Overdose and VTuber Legend. My question is, why??? Is Baki big with people into streaming? Is this a bit or a weird coincidence???

An anime girl trying to open a door with the characters nearby saying "You're acting like early-series Yujiro Hanma." From Needy Girl Overdose.

A bottle of alcohol being poured with the caption "But I always saw you as a chaotic force, like Ha*ma Yujiro!" From VTuber Legend.

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Lucas DeRuyter @lucasderuyter.northsky.social · 11/04/2026

Another hotel stay, another inexplicably proprietary way to make a cup of coffee.

Coffee grounds in a tea bag with “wings” to position it in the center of a coffee mug.

The same pic as before, but now coffee is steeping in the mug with the tea bag still present.

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Lucas DeRuyter @lucasderuyter.northsky.social · 24/03/2026

post a non-religious picture you think of as holy

Denji slashing Makima with a chainsaw at the end of CSM pt 1

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Lucas DeRuyter @lucasderuyter.northsky.social · 28/02/2026

Maybe it’s copium, but it is a comfort that the current admin has no idea how conservatives have shored up power anywhere in the world in the past century and are just doing what they think will make for cool memes on Twitter and Facebook instead of what will win elections. TL,DR:

A Ukrainian soldier saying “We are very lucky that they are so fucking stupid” while lying in a field with their gun.

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Lucas DeRuyter @lucasderuyter.northsky.social · 14/02/2026

ANN Editors to me and other contributors: (I’m actually THRILLED to contribute to this guide and hope that people like my opinions on various pieces of smut!)

The scene from 40 Year Old Virgin where Paul Rudd’s character brings a box filled with all of his porn to Steve Carell’s character’s house.

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Lucas DeRuyter @lucasderuyter.northsky.social · 13/02/2026

Plenty of people are taking about Daisy dying at the beginning of Super Mario TennisFever, but not nearly enough are talking about how she’s the only adult left in the world after the rest of the cast are all turned into babies! The Ao3-ness of this narrative will be mentioned in my review for ANN.

Princess Daisy bedridden at the beginning of Super Mario Tennis Fever.

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Lucas DeRuyter @lucasderuyter.northsky.social · 17/01/2026

There are worse JJBA villains of the week to embody!

Steely Dan from JJBA. A man in a dark blue jacket that matches his hear leaning backwards and looking at the viewer with a smug grin.

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Lucas DeRuyter @lucasderuyter.northsky.social · 26/12/2025

When I started my writing career on the brink of the industry’s collapse, I had resigned myself to never seeing my name in print media. I am so grateful to @sam-animeherald.bsky.social and her team for making the Anime Herald magazine happen and for letting me be a part of it!

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Lucas DeRuyter @lucasderuyter.northsky.social · 23/12/2025

There is a "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane" reference in Demonschool. 10/10, GOTY, a masterpiece in ludonarrative storytelling.

A old-timey acrtess ghost in Demonschool saying "And she was my real sister! Did you know that? Of course you didn't. She'd never tell anyone that. She had it coming!"

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Lucas DeRuyter @lucasderuyter.northsky.social · 16/12/2025

Fell off for a bit between travel and work picking up, but how have I not seen more people talking about all the cuties in Demonschool???

Ocean, a girl in a green hoodie saying "Hii~ <3" while blowing a kiss

Mercy, a young woman with glasses and southwest fashion style, having a totally normal reaction to there being a dog.

Jem, a young person in a boar hoodie, having stars in their eyes at the idea of a sleepover.

Miss King, a woman who looks like she was born to be a teacher, saying "Whoopsie" while holding her finger up to her cheek.

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Lucas DeRuyter @lucasderuyter.northsky.social · 04/12/2025

This hawk (falcon?) has been chilling in my parent’s back yard, unmoving, for at least half an hour.

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Lucas DeRuyter @lucasderuyter.northsky.social · 24/11/2025

Tapped a keg at a bar in the Denver airport, so they gave me the first drink for free! Love that the definitely real ghosts here are friendly, at least.

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Lucas DeRuyter @lucasderuyter.northsky.social · 21/11/2025

The icons in Demonschool are, dare I say, iconic

Lil Fay thinking next to question marks.

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Lucas DeRuyter @lucasderuyter.northsky.social · 20/11/2025

Okay, I know the comparison to Persona is reductive, but the opening fight in Demonschool has you beating up gangsters against a schlock horror movie backdrop and that's literally my second favorite part of Revelations: Persona. 10/10 so far! Also, fuck William!

Faye, the protagonist of Demonschool, being super intense about demonology to strangers who don't share her special interest.

The post-fight win screen in Demonschool. The text "Go Back To Hell" is prominently displayed.

Namako, a lead in Demonschool, trash talking some POS named William.

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Lucas DeRuyter @lucasderuyter.northsky.social · 15/11/2025

Got my Facebook class action settlement, so tonight I’m drinking on Zuck’s dime!

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Lucas DeRuyter @lucasderuyter.northsky.social · 03/11/2025

Oh noooo~ if I lose to the hot, rich girl she’s going to forcefem me into a maid??? That’d be terrible~ I’d hate that~

Lebanne from PLZA explaining that Jacethe turned her into a maid after losing a Pokémon battle to her.

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Lucas DeRuyter @lucasderuyter.northsky.social · 01/11/2025

BUFF SANTA! …who, of course, is a smokeshow.

Santa, from Sanda. A buff old man wearing only boxers and seemingly strangling one child while others run away.

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Lucas DeRuyter @lucasderuyter.northsky.social · 30/10/2025

Ever since you pointed it out, the nicest thing I can say about the MamaYuYu manga is that it brought this aesthetic styling back for a brief moment and now I desperately want more!

Elysia Wool from MamaYuYu, a floofy haired anime girl in hero garb who's smiling and saying "I will be sure to slug you"

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Lucas DeRuyter @lucasderuyter.northsky.social · 24/10/2025

The streamer quest line might be some of the most fun, socially informed writing that’s ever been in a Pokémon game.

A hologram of Canari, a streamer PLZA dosing the “Thunder Wave” At her audience.

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Lucas DeRuyter @lucasderuyter.northsky.social · 19/10/2025

Something something, it’s actually optimal for speed running and/or competitive play to have the male coded avatar wear fem coded clothes/hair in Z-A.

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Lucas DeRuyter @lucasderuyter.northsky.social · 21/09/2025

My partner is permitting one “Is that a JoJo’s reference!??” post this trip…and here it is!

Statue of King Kamehameha in Honolulu in JoJoLands.

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Lucas DeRuyter @lucasderuyter.northsky.social · 18/09/2025

In lighter news, we went to Leonard’s early and it 1 million percent lives up to the hype!!!

Leonard’s Bakery half dozen box. Pink and has blue text

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