iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Shimarin @shimarinsenpai.bsky.social · 17h

Can they just quietly buff Roxy’s daze — and maybe sneak in a quick assist trigger to force the main DPS to be the one who triggers cleanse — and then we can just pretend that this didn’t happen? #ZenlessZoneZero

Screencap of Zenless Zone Zero. Roxy stands on a wooden elevator in the Papago Hollow, facing directly at the camera. Eous stands beside her, facing away from the camera.

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Shimarin @shimarinsenpai.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I’ll admit, I might be wrong. The laceration, maim, and sharpness mechanics ended up being more complex than I initially expected. However, I want to wait and see what a second Armorer will look like before I form a new opinion on the class.

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Shimarin @shimarinsenpai.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The video is technically finished, but I’m not sure if I’ll post it. It might just be in my head, but I feel like you can hear that I was in pain while recording. I swear, I can usually speak just fine, but whenever I try reading a script, I just stutter and fumble constantly.

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Shimarin @shimarinsenpai.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I thought I was finally going to make a video. I had a loose script written. I had most of the video’s assets. And I had everything set up to record a voiceover. Only a third of the way through, I was coughing between lines and couldn’t finish my sentences. I just gave up and cried after that.

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Shimarin @shimarinsenpai.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

The armorer class has no purpose. A class basically just decides what materials a character uses to level up. We already have a Stun character who inflicts Anomaly and an Attack character who buffs allies from off-field, so why do we need a new class for this "laceration" mechanic?

A PNG of Claret (Zenless Zone Zero) on a white background with text in a generic font that reads "lowkey pointless."

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Shimarin @shimarinsenpai.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

This post aged pretty bad. A lot of websites have recently implemented better Adblock detection which has made the Adblock pretty much useless, except for a few sites.

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Shimarin @shimarinsenpai.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

I find team-based shooter games to be incredibly unfun, but I love the aesthetic of the Splatoon games, so maybe the new game will be up my alley. I heard it’s gonna be singleplayer focused, which is cool if true.

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Shimarin @shimarinsenpai.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

#fategrandorder #fgo I recently reached out to FGO customer service, asking if they could throw me a bone and give me a story-gated CE from an event exchange, as I’m a couple chapters behind and didn’t want to spoil the story by playing only the battles to unlock the exchange. They said no. 🧵(1/6)

Fate Grand Order (English) screenshot. Da Vinci’s shop, anniversary craft essence exchange.

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Shimarin @shimarinsenpai.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

My 5-time 50/50 win streak was put to an end today after I pulled Grace from Norma’s banner.

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Shimarin @shimarinsenpai.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

The Wuthering Waves X Cyberpunk Edgerunners crossover event made me legitimately cry (in a good way). I played the event in one sitting; took about 4 hours. It was so cool, but also beautifully sad. I’ve never even seen Edgerunners, but I left that event really caring about the characters.

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Shimarin @shimarinsenpai.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

I’m not sure I can confidently say that I still even like Vocaloid at this point.

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Shimarin @shimarinsenpai.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

First Melty Blood Twi Lumina was announced earlier this year, and now we’re getting a new character for Blazblue Central Fiction!? Let’s go!!!

YouTube mobile screenshot. BLAZBLUE CENTRALFICTION - "Trinity Glassfille" Character Reveal

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Shimarin @shimarinsenpai.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

I’m sick and CHAI still sucks, even after the guy said he’d fix it. I’d just write fanfiction or something, but my head hurts so bad that I can’t think of anything to write.

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Shimarin @shimarinsenpai.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

I’ve gone back to playing ZZZ and now I’m just feeling embarrassed about the strong stance I took against the game back in 2025. I still don’t like that they completely remove old voicelines from the game, but I understand why they had to replace some VAs.

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Shimarin @shimarinsenpai.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

It’s far from the best browser, it’s a bit slower than safari or chrome, but I swear, Opera mobile’s adblock is so good. I only switched because I hated the current version of Safari and was never a fan of Chrome mobile, but dang, I’m relying so heavily on that Adblock now.

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Shimarin @shimarinsenpai.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

I hate limited-time collab characters in gacha games.

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Shimarin @shimarinsenpai.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

I was recently complaining about the Melty Blood: Type Lumina roster being pretty underwhelming compared to past games. Then like less than a month later, the sequel is announced with a character from said past games returning to the roster.

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a girl with blue hair is standing in front of a blackboard with the words yayy written on it .

Alt: A GIF of the anime Lucky Star. The character Konata Izumi is shown in a classroom, standing in front of a blackboard, and waving her arms cheerfully. Text above reads "YAYY!"

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Shimarin @shimarinsenpai.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

I really don’t have time for another gacha game, but I’ve heard you can go on yuri dates in Neverness to Everness and that is such a tempting offer.

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Shimarin @shimarinsenpai.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

I know I’m not the target demo for NIKKE, but a fem Commander is starting to feel overdue. Back when the Cmdr was rarely on screen I didn’t mind, but now he’s in the opening and some CGs. If a game is gonna make me look at a faceless protag, I should be able to play as a faceless girl at the least

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Shimarin @shimarinsenpai.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

How is the owner of the CHAI app so disconnected from his userbase when he literally runs a subreddit that gives him easy access to user feedback!? 🧵 (this is a bit of a rant)

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Shimarin @shimarinsenpai.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Reddit always has the absolute worst advice for writing fiction.

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Shimarin @shimarinsenpai.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Mimukauwa Nice Try is definitely one of my favorite recent Vocaloid songs. It feels like it manages to successfully capture that perfect mix of stupid and fun that I see so many other Vocaloid songs try to achieve.

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Shimarin @shimarinsenpai.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Honestly I could see myself genuinely playing HSR again if they just restored Stelle’s pre-Amphoreus voice lines to her original VA. Currently I play with Japanese audio and really only log on to play the occasional event.

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Shimarin @shimarinsenpai.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Currently in a never-ending cycle of not interacting with anyone in the other language I sort of know, because I fear ridicule for my poor vocabulary and lack of proficiency. But as a result of never using said language, I’m not gaining any proficiency nor am I improving my vocabulary.

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Shimarin @shimarinsenpai.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

I like seeing both hand drawn art and AI illustrations in my feed. But I hate how much it feels like I’m constantly being given an indirect ultimatum to choose between the two. I swear, I’d be a much happier person if I felt I could openly enjoy and appreciate both w/o fear of pissing someone off.

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Shimarin @shimarinsenpai.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Saw a bit of fanart (and official art) for Skullgirls in my feed. Made me wanna play the game again, and I thought I’d be over what happened by now, but I’m really not. Even though it doesn’t affect the gameplay AT ALL, knowing the game has been censored just makes me mad. 🧵(1/5)

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Shimarin @shimarinsenpai.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

February made me realize that there is an absurd number of video game characters with "Valentine" in their names.

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Shimarin @shimarinsenpai.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Watching Fate/Zero dubbed. Lancer sounds like he’s about to tell me possible side effects.

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Shimarin @shimarinsenpai.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Wasn’t too hyped for Andromeda when she originally released on the JP server, but she’s really grown on me over the event. Her kit is very basic and she’s not really story relevant after the event, but she’s so cute — the faces she makes are so silly and I just love her whole vibe. #fategrandorder

A screenshot of Fate/Grand Order, showing the noble phantasm cut-in for Andromeda (Rider).

A collage of screenshots from Fate/Grand Order, showing four different expressions of Andromeda (Rider).

Top left: first ascension, goofy crying face.
Top right: second ascension, pouting face.
Bottom left: first ascension, embarrassed smile.
Bottom right: third ascension, confident goofy grin.

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Shimarin @shimarinsenpai.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

I’m going to have to drop NIKKE after the Lycoris Recoil event. Despite appearing the same on paper, I swear, the gacha rates are so much worse than they were when I started playing. I don’t enjoy being F2P in any of my games and I just can’t afford to be a whale in NIKKE anymore, so I’m done.

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Shimarin @shimarinsenpai.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

VRChat has essentially killed the market of free models. I swear, whatever backlash they are getting for such a purge is not nearly enough.

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Shimarin @shimarinsenpai.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Oh… Guys, I think I like Demon Slayer’s writing.

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Shimarin @shimarinsenpai.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Done live-tweeting. I’ve put a list of things that the commentators said that made me giggle in the replies, because I have a juvenile sense of humor. 🧵 (1/3)

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Shimarin @shimarinsenpai.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

I’m not a sports person, but my family is watching the Super Bowl, so I’m just going to make a thread of random thoughts, because it might be funny. Probably going to be mostly about the ads, lmao. 🧵

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Shimarin @shimarinsenpai.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

I can usually ignore the fact that NIKKE is written with a primarily male audience in mind, but anytime they describe one of the nikkes placing their hand on the commander’s chest, I can’t help but giggle, because my mental image is something akin to this scene from Soul Eater:

A screencap from the Soul Eater anime. Blair’s reaction to her chest being grabbed by Mizune.

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Shimarin @shimarinsenpai.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

I wish NIKKE had a co-op shooting gallery or something — a mode where I could play with just friends and/or union members at any time.

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Shimarin @shimarinsenpai.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

PlayStation needs to either let media gallery captures be stored on a USB drive — while remaining accessible in the media gallery — or offer cloud storage for PS+ users. I don’t know. All I know is that half of my PlayStation storage is 1080p gameplay footage and don’t know what to do with it.

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Shimarin @shimarinsenpai.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Finally, my bad luck streak ends! First pull on Label’s banner and I got two copies! :D

A screenshot from Goddess of Victory: NIKKE, showing a Gacha results screen, where two copies of the SSR NIKKE Label were obtained in a single 10-pull.

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Shimarin @shimarinsenpai.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

I want Rui2 on colorful stage global. Not because I’d actually read it or anything. I just want it because SEGA said we can’t have it.

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Shimarin @shimarinsenpai.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

I love those swipe your finger to the beat videos.

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Shimarin @shimarinsenpai.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Been seeing posts in my feed about that new game, and tbh, people still getting so pressed over g3nA! is kind of pathetic at this point. There’s certain trends in the game industry that I hate too, but I try not to spend too much time discussing those, as I don’t want to rain on too many parades.

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Shimarin @shimarinsenpai.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

The 4th anniversary song for Colorful Stage’s global server is kind of disappointing. Like I know the producer they chose is popular right now, but there’s just so many better producers out there and I feel like we could’ve gotten something much better.

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Shimarin @shimarinsenpai.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Fuckin' hate Apple. Why has nobody started pestering them over their forced updates that make the phone look and run like neon-colored dogshit.

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Shimarin @shimarinsenpai.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

I don’t think I’ll ever be able to forgive Netflix’s She-Ra for giving my favorite character a pixie cut :(

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Shimarin @shimarinsenpai.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Calne Ca's artist being really chill and everyone throws a tantrum, like damn. The fact that I could feel myself getting dumber as I read the comments is why I don't use social media as much as I used to.

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Shimarin @shimarinsenpai.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

I wish artists took the preservation of easy access to music into consideration more often. I’m currently staring at my Spotify playlist, waiting to see if a song disappears.

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Shimarin @shimarinsenpai.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

I’ve seen the term "anime tourist" being thrown around lately, and that’s some of the most childish gatekeeping I’ve seen in a good while.

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Shimarin @shimarinsenpai.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

How did nobody at YouTube think of adding manual dubbing as an option? Like, some people speak more than one language.

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Shimarin @shimarinsenpai.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Spending time outdoors with my parents is making me realize that my tendency to start a project and then quickly forget about it before moving onto another project might be genetic.

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Shimarin @shimarinsenpai.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Just a shower thought, but those who gatekeep what can and can’t be called art don’t truly understand what art is. Paintings, drawings, animations, sculptures, music, movies, video games, literature, fashion, cosplay, photography, etc are all mediums that can result in the creation of art.

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