iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

shy🎀 @shy.center · 07/10/2026

Reading the Pokémon shoujo manga, Chamo-Chamo ☆ Pretty, and I'm delighted by the density of Spinda in these panels.

shy🎀 @shy.center · 05/10/2026

Really good decision by me to put these vintage Doukyuusei posters by my bed so they're the first thing I see when I wake up.

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 30/09/2026

Japanese classical records frequently have much cooler art than equivalent western albums. This Erik Satie series by Aki Takahashi has such insanely good art.

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 30/09/2026

this is my personal favorite class consciousness tweet. it's such a dull but incisive observation lol

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 27/09/2026

Lost one of my heroes today. Slinger Francisco, also known as Mighty Sparrow, passed away at 91. Trinidad's most famous calypsonian, always infusing his songs with sharp political wit and humor. A friend and influence to many, including Van Dyke Parks. Here he is performing "Jean & Dinah."

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 26/09/2026

I have been listening to Akiko Yano nonstop since seeing her live last week. Her '80s albums are so much fun and she is stunningly beautiful on every album cover.

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 19/09/2026

collecting good photos of fire escapes

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 19/09/2026

I saw my mother, Akiko Yano, last night at Japan Society. She played folk songs with a shamisen and banjo player. I got her to sign my copy of To Ki Me Ki and she wrote "love" on it. I'm winning big time.

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 18/09/2026

Holy grail document acquired

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 17/09/2026

Saw my favorite living musician play the best set of live music I've ever seen last night. Felt really special after spending weeks with Hosono's new record while I was reviewing it. When he played "Sincerely" I couldn't hold back the tears.

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 01/09/2026

Very rare Jon cassette from 1994 ended up online recently. There's some delightful art and photos in the J-card.

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 26/08/2026

little known fact about my character design..... I kind of reheated nikki swapnote's nachos. she's my style icon

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 24/08/2026

just finished rearranging some of my shelves. the top row of this one looks really cute

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 22/08/2026

Please Save My Earth (Production I.G, 1993)

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 17/08/2026

My favorite recent book pickup is this guide to the music of Indonesian diasporas. It's got good history, artist interviews, and a glossary of records with credits and scans. Trilingual with everything in English, Indonesian, and Dutch. Wish this kind of thing existed for every country and culture.

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 14/08/2026

my options are even more sparse. these are DSi warioware minigames lol

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 11/08/2026

doing that "name 100 women" challenge and I've just discovered that I am notable enough to count as a legitimate entry lol

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 11/08/2026

there are vanishingly few places that will let you use a .gif as a profile picture these days, so this one that's probably my favorite remains a lastfm exclusive

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 08/08/2026

I listened to two different Chinese language albums of children's songs and nursery rhymes and they both have some of the coolest looking covers I've ever seen

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 07/08/2026

the hazardous air quality levels are mostly keeping me inside, so I'm staying sane by doing a lot of reading. here's the pile I'm working on

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 04/08/2026

what's this one mean

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 01/08/2026

it's very important that you care for your baka properly by giving them the correctly colored beverage

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 31/07/2026

"Huh? For me? I'm supposed to be delivering these for other people!"

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 29/07/2026

anybody wanna come over and let me do this to them

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 26/07/2026

anybody need one of these. you can put me on your water bottle. or your forehead

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 24/07/2026

i love when music feels like an inner ear massage and there's at least two good ones in that niche this year

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 24/07/2026

I normally don't like anison jazz cover things, but this Evangelion one is so special. Conducted by Shiro Sagisu, the series composer, himself. Megumi Hayashibara singing the vocal themes. There's an arrangement of a late '50s Miles Davis tune. Moyoco Anno drew the cover art. It's got everything.

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 23/07/2026

big fan of this peculiar and sexy creature based on a flatfish

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 23/07/2026

one little thing I find endearing about Hideaki Anno is his enduring love of cats. the Gainax office cat appears in a Kare Kano ED, he voices one of the cats in FLCL himself, and in the Tokyo street segments of End of Evangelion he makes sure to sneak in a shot of this beautiful creature.

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 23/07/2026

still just as devastating as it was when I first saw it at the age of sixteen. it's a good feeling to check your progress against an apparition of your past, newly determined to live a truer life, and to feel like you've mostly done right by yourself.

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 22/07/2026

brb dying and rebirthing

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 15/07/2026

the best music you've ever heard in your life will be on compilations with covers like this

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 13/07/2026

something neat about douga sketches that I didn't realize until I owned one... there's lineart on the front of the page and shading on the back that you'll only see when it's over a lightbox. appreciating the lovingly shaded cleavage on her big beautiful boobs

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 09/07/2026

Went to a couple really good record stores in Tacoma yesterday. Nothing makes me feel happier than putting my hands all over cardboard sleeves and jewel cases.

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 09/07/2026

left my Tuxedo Mask calling card in Tacoma, WA today

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 03/07/2026

incredible moments in fandom: the Cardcaptor Sakura wiki has separate and detailed pages for every single outfit Sakura wears in the series. the fanbase is just as freakishly as obsessed as Tomoyo lol

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 03/07/2026

have you ever read his quote about how he came up with "are you that somebody"? what a peculiar guy

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 28/06/2026

I bought a stack of bishoujo game magazines a while back that were in pristine condition with all the extras included, which is great. but this is truly a ridiculous amount of eroge-themed mousepads to own. I am not sure what to do with these lol

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 26/06/2026

I love a good vocaloid cover album, but I especially love how suited Hatsune Miku's voice is for '80s new wave, art pop, psych folk, etc. Fortunately there are several album for this type of thing. Really fun to hear her doing Jun Togawa, Yoshiko Sai, Haruomi Hosono.

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 23/06/2026

looking through that newly scanned Utena art and production book and losing my mind about how cute Nanami looks in these douga sketches

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 19/06/2026

little mp3 player is good and virtuous. i love to carry this thing around

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 19/06/2026

my favorite Hiroshi Yoshimura album, Air in Resort is the one of the few that has eluded reissue so far. it was a collaboration with Shiseido perfume, packaged inside of a green plastic bag to keep the fragrance inside. apparently it smelled like "forest."

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 14/06/2026

this is the best pokemon card art ever. he's too fucking big for that surfboard

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shy🎀 @shy.center · 10/06/2026

reading the Holy Bible today to atone for my sins

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