Wavey ・ ウェイビー @waveycanto.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Consent Is Architecturewaveycanto.comHWFWM Vol. 8: Consent Is Architecture | REVIEWTwo men stand on a lawn trying to name a building. Vol. 8 makes the door real estate, and then shows what the inside of it is for. 000
Wavey ・ ウェイビー @waveycanto.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The Godless Prophet's Countrywaveycanto.comHWFWM Vol. 7: The Godless Prophet’s Country | REVIEWA sword gets a new name in this book, and the name tells you who Jason Asano has become. Vol. 7 turns a sovereign into a prophet, and gives his country its first citizens. 000
Wavey ・ ウェイビー @waveycanto.bsky.social · 07/09/2026To Save The World, Terms & Conditions May Apply To The Soulwaveycanto.comHWFWM Vol. 6: To Save The World, Terms & Conditions May Apply To The Soul | REVIEWJason's Spirit Vault becomes a Spirit Domain, and the self becomes a place. Vol. 6 closes Saga 2 by turning selfhood into sovereignty: a polity with an end-user licence agreement, a floor that reads your soul, and a man who keeps flinching at what he has built. 000
Wavey ・ ウェイビー @waveycanto.bsky.social · 24/08/2026To Love a World, Choose to Be Goodwaveycanto.comHWFWM Vol. 5: To Love a World, Choose to Be Good | REVIEWVol. 5 brings Jason Asano home, and Shirtaloon uses the homecoming to ask a harder question than “how strong.” The cosmology is colonial all the way down, the body count is real, and the thesis lands in five words from a teenager: the opposite of good is easy. 000
Reposted by Wavey ・ ウェイビーErica Friedman @okazu.yuricon.com · 25/07/2026I'm reporting this, because the more we work on this, the absolutely more smoking hot it is. Take a look at those gorgeous sprayed edges and stunning art for this classic of queer manga. Pre-order Sword of Paros. I promise you it will be worth every penny. 24623
Reposted by Wavey ・ ウェイビーManga Mavericks @mangamavericks.bsky.social · 24/07/2026SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: We're excited to announce the formation of the Independent Manga Alliance ( @indie-manga.bsky.social ), a new venture to help boost indie manga! IMA will assist manga creators and indie manga publishers by providing distribution, marketing, and sales support! 311367
Reposted by Wavey ・ ウェイビーIndependent Manga Alliance @indie-manga.bsky.social · 24/07/2026The Independent Manga Alliance has officially launched! If you are an indie manga creator or publisher looking for distribution, sales, or marketing support, fill out our interest form to become a member: bit.ly/3TB6Tw6 21818
Reposted by Wavey ・ ウェイビーAngus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 25/07/2026"Do the thing you can do instead of beating yourself up over not doing the thing you're not doing" is honestly life-changing, even life-saving, advice. 6069652175
Reposted by Wavey ・ ウェイビーLeiracal @leiracal.bsky.social · 18/08/2025This concept was introduced to me as "run the dishwasher twice" and was an important part of my executive functioning recovery as well as my path to self-acceptance. 7095333586
Wavey ・ ウェイビー @waveycanto.bsky.social · 25/07/2026I wrote up/broke down everything @yenpress.com + @izepress.com announced this week. Whether you’re into action that brings the world building or SOL/romance that focuses on chemistry; there’s somethin for everyone The ORV x Solo Leveling pop-up is also coming soon! waveyculture.com/2026/07/25/s...waveyculture.comWhat Outlasts the Scroll: The World, or the Chemistry?Ize Press’s Solo Leveling × ORV pop-up hits NYC this August, and Yen Press dropped 16 licenses at SDCC 2026. Every title, sorted by what it sells. 011
Wavey ・ ウェイビー @waveycanto.bsky.social · 14/06/2026My mayor’s Muslim, my bagel’s Jewish, she said yes and I’m set for life, Knicks won in five!! 260
Wavey ・ ウェイビー @waveycanto.bsky.social · 20/04/2026for this week, i deep dive into volume 2 with the theme of acceptance. jason has now effectively passed down the scholarship he got from rufus, farrah, and gary down to sophie, belinda, and the rest of his team. conspiracies unfold. the world's scope expands. waveyculture.com/2026/04/20/h...waveyculture.comThe Day Hidden in the Night: Acceptance in HWFWM Book 2 | REVIEWBook 2 of He Who Fights with Monsters is a book about scholarships. Rufus, Gary, and Farrah lifted Jason in Book 1. Book 2 is Jason paying that forward—to Sophie, to Belinda, to the team that build… 000
Wavey ・ ウェイビー @waveycanto.bsky.social · 20/04/2026last week i wrote a review to He Who Fights With Monsters Volume 1 on my site, waveyculture. forgot to share but i'm proud of it! it's spoiler-lite so even newbies can give it a shot. i really hope more people from the animanga/manhwa/webtoon space give it a shot! waveyculture.com/2026/04/12/h...waveyculture.comHe Who Fights With Monsters, Vol. 1 | REVIEWA deep dive into HWFWM Vol. 1 by Shirtaloon — the Essence system, Jason Asano’s divisive brilliance, Heath Miller’s narration, and why this is the One Piece of LitRPG. 100
Wavey ・ ウェイビー @waveycanto.bsky.social · 04/04/2026You can read the interview here! Life got in the way but I’m relieved I was able to post it in time for the anime’s premiere!!! Please enjoy! mangamavericks.com/2026/behind-...mangamavericks.comBehind the Scenes of Akane-banashi: Bringing Rakugo to the World 013
Wavey ・ ウェイビー @waveycanto.bsky.social · 04/04/2026Ep 1 of Akane-banashi aired today!! With @mangamavericks.bsky.social, I interviewed Seisuke Araki-san, and Kazuki Endo-san, the editor of the manga/producer for the anime at last year’s Anime NYC! I was SHOCKED & impressed to learn that all character animation was hand-drawn!! No CGI/rotoscope! 164
Wavey ・ ウェイビー @waveycanto.bsky.social · 28/03/2026New essay! “Flags and Fathers” picks up where last week’s OPLA review left off! I traced the parenthood pattern across all 8 eps, then connected it to my grandmother The moral I learned: parents are the flag you fly, but your sacrifices reveal your true self 🇩🇴🇺🇸🇯🇵 waveyculture.com/2026/03/28/f...waveyculture.comFlags and Fathers: The Creed Underneath OPLA Season 2 | Wavey CultureA companion essay to “Good Faith on the Grand Line.” Every Jolly Roger this season is a creed. Every creed was written by a parent. And the entire moral divide comes down to what those parents were… 011
Reposted by Wavey ・ ウェイビーorangepeelpanda.bsky.social @orangepeelpanda.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Burlap Sack's story embodies so much of what wuxia means. Wuxia 武俠 is two separate words, you *must* have both to be wuxia, just martial arts is not enough, the Xia element must be present. there are many great wuxia stories/games out there, lmk if you want recs! 3194
Reposted by Wavey ・ ウェイビーEm-vira, Mistress of the Dark @spacequeenemily.bsky.social · 23/03/2026The context for this owns so hard. She thought she had killed Kamen Rider because she had to rat him out or see her little brother killed (or something to that effect) and, of course, Rider manages to survive in a way only a hero can. He then tells her that she unequivocally did the right thing. 81046447
Reposted by Wavey ・ ウェイビーWavey ・ ウェイビー @waveycanto.bsky.social · 20/03/2026OPLA S2 review is up! I wrote about how the Garp/Roger brotherhood seeds everything, how the Nika dance lays groundwork for Elbaf’s theology, & why every Jolly Roger this season is a creed. Named every cast member cuz they earned it! “Flags and Fathers” next week! waveyculture.com/2026/03/20/o...waveyculture.comGood Faith on the Grand Line: OPLA Season 2 [REVIEW]Season 2 of Netflix’s One Piece isn’t just a good adaptation. It’s becoming its own essential version of the story. A full-spoiler review covering the Garp-Roger brotherhood, the Nika dance’s conne… 012
Wavey ・ ウェイビー @waveycanto.bsky.social · 20/03/2026OPLA S2 review is up! I wrote about how the Garp/Roger brotherhood seeds everything, how the Nika dance lays groundwork for Elbaf’s theology, & why every Jolly Roger this season is a creed. Named every cast member cuz they earned it! “Flags and Fathers” next week! waveyculture.com/2026/03/20/o...waveyculture.comGood Faith on the Grand Line: OPLA Season 2 [REVIEW]Season 2 of Netflix’s One Piece isn’t just a good adaptation. It’s becoming its own essential version of the story. A full-spoiler review covering the Garp-Roger brotherhood, the Nika dance’s conne… 012
Reposted by Wavey ・ ウェイビー⚡jwoy🔌 @hifuu.bsky.social · 12/03/2026wtf... whos up slathering their bug #jwoy🎨 1327781219
Reposted by Wavey ・ ウェイビーSebastián Píriz @sebastianpiriz.bsky.social · 12/03/2026so, I've been working on a thing 1510620
Reposted by Wavey ・ ウェイビーJody Houser ✒️🗯️🎲 @jodyhouser.bsky.social · 12/03/2026So if using AI actually does erode human cognition the way studies suggest, then it's a feature instead of a bug? The world is gross enough without "take away people's ability to think so we can sell it back to them" being on the list. 271394561
Reposted by Wavey ・ ウェイビーPeow2 NYCC C20 @peow.bsky.social · 12/03/2026A lot of people ask us "when is vol 2 coming out?" So we are listening to the fans for 1 time. Stop!! Hibari-kun! Vol 2 by Hisashi Eguchi will be out in July 2026. Vol 3 will be out in the winter. So by the end of the year the collection will be complete! For now, you can look at the cover. 12386123
Reposted by Wavey ・ ウェイビーJulia Gulia 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 @jrobb773.bsky.social · 10/01/2026I think about this a lot. 062942346
Reposted by Wavey ・ ウェイビーJustin McElroy @thoughtographic.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Pluto - Naoki Urasawa 1477312774
Reposted by Wavey ・ ウェイビー〽️ax krieger wants to port YOUR indie game to switch! @maxkriegervg.bsky.social · 13/03/2026imo it's a bad faith description of when a social mp game finds success not bc of original design but bc of the social interactions it facilitates, and how incidental that can be. frankly, the success of many games w this label /was/ incidental. but "friendslop" implies that success was undeserved. 1415235
Wavey ・ ウェイビー @waveycanto.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Wrote a 3,000-word essay about the theology inside Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN. XXX. and FEAR. are mirror-image tracks/the album plays forward & backward. A rapper from Compton and a Catholic from Washington Heights arrived at the same truth from opposite ends of America waveyculture.com/2026/03/13/w...waveyculture.comWickedness or Weakness? The Duality of Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN.A cultural analysis of Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN. exploring how “XXX.” and “FEAR.” form a theological mirror — tracing Wickedness and Weakness through Deuteronomy, the pro… 011
Reposted by Wavey ・ ウェイビーWavey ・ ウェイビー @waveycanto.bsky.social · 05/03/2026If you’re anime-only, you’re experiencing someone else’s interpretation of the story. Every translation is a set of decisions made by someone else on your behalf. I wrote about this in the first essay on my new site: Anime-only? You’ve only read a translation. waveyculture.com/2026/03/05/a...waveyculture.comAnime-only? You’ve only read a translation.Anime is a translation. Not metaphorically—functionally. Studios, committees, broadcast schedules, and adaptation choices all stand between you and the story a mangaka originally created. That’s no… 052
Wavey ・ ウェイビー @waveycanto.bsky.social · 05/03/2026If you’re anime-only, you’re experiencing someone else’s interpretation of the story. Every translation is a set of decisions made by someone else on your behalf. I wrote about this in the first essay on my new site: Anime-only? You’ve only read a translation. waveyculture.com/2026/03/05/a...waveyculture.comAnime-only? You’ve only read a translation.Anime is a translation. Not metaphorically—functionally. Studios, committees, broadcast schedules, and adaptation choices all stand between you and the story a mangaka originally created. That’s no… 052
Wavey ・ ウェイビー @waveycanto.bsky.social · 16/12/2025I kept seeing the same online fights repeat and realized I needed a map. So I made one. Dropping a free PDF: Anime, Social Media, and the Modern Culture War — fandom + platforms + algorithms + literacy. heavensdoorknob.wordpress.com/2025/12/16/i...heavensdoorknob.wordpress.comI Needed a Map for the Culture War (So I Made One)I kept seeing the same online fights repeat and realized I needed a map. So I made one: a free, dense-on-purpose PDF about platforms, fandom, and the culture war. 055
Reposted by Wavey ・ ウェイビーthe ol' switcheruby @passiontentacle.bsky.social · 09/12/2025It's sad that we started with almost everything being available on Crunchyroll with ads after a week, and by the end it was only enough shows to fill a paragraph. I never used ad-free Crunchyroll but I know people relied on it. 37035
Reposted by Wavey ・ ウェイビーpsudonym @psudonym.bsky.social · 09/12/2025This is one of those things where a layman could look at it and go "amazing, that's really cool" but as someone who makes their living drawing I'll go, "No actually it's magic, it's absolute wizardry, you don't know how impossible it is that this guy made it look so effortless." 1544296
Reposted by Wavey ・ ウェイビーPrem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 09/12/2025Wow: Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention (named for Holocaust survivor Raphael Lemkin, who coined term "genocide") calls Clinton's remarks "genocide denial." "Young people in the US are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well." 6240931534
Reposted by Wavey ・ ウェイビーAvery Udagawa @averyudagawa.bsky.social · 10/12/2025“You know what’s faster than mopping? Not spilling in the first place.” 👏 05828
Reposted by Wavey ・ ウェイビーWavey ・ ウェイビー @waveycanto.bsky.social · 10/12/2025My first blog post in years comes courtesy of One Piece. After 17 years of reading it weekly, the latest flashback has me rethinking how it treats freedom, fate, and resistance — especially as a Dominican-American reader. (Spoilers through ch. 1168) heavensdoorknob.wordpress.com/2025/12/09/o...heavensdoorknob.wordpress.com12/8/25: Catching up to One Piece (Chapter 1168)If you’ve ever felt uneasy about One Piece’s turn toward “destiny,” this is me trying to put that unease into words, as someone who’s lived with this series in weekly format for 17 years. 353
Wavey ・ ウェイビー @waveycanto.bsky.social · 10/12/2025PURINNNN OMFGGG I MISSED YOU 😭😭 I still have the clefairy I named after you… I actually evolved it recently because I wanted to mega evolve it once that shows up in Pokemon Go, cuz I’ve been playing it again LOL. Also I found these doodle prompts from college 😂 110
Wavey ・ ウェイビー @waveycanto.bsky.social · 10/12/2025This is an awaited return to form where I get to flex my writing chops in a way I haven’t done in a long time… it would mean the world to me if you could engage with it in an intellectual way! I want to talk about the stuff I like/engage with in a critical but ethical way, deeper than surface level. 030
Wavey ・ ウェイビー @waveycanto.bsky.social · 10/12/2025My first blog post in years comes courtesy of One Piece. After 17 years of reading it weekly, the latest flashback has me rethinking how it treats freedom, fate, and resistance — especially as a Dominican-American reader. (Spoilers through ch. 1168) heavensdoorknob.wordpress.com/2025/12/09/o...heavensdoorknob.wordpress.com12/8/25: Catching up to One Piece (Chapter 1168)If you’ve ever felt uneasy about One Piece’s turn toward “destiny,” this is me trying to put that unease into words, as someone who’s lived with this series in weekly format for 17 years. 353
Wavey ・ ウェイビー @waveycanto.bsky.social · 04/11/2025Thank you if you watch! Next time I'm going to be more proactive about putting out voter resources before the big election day. #nycvotes youtu.be/LjxfCFCC8vE?...youtu.beNYC's 2025 General Election: Ballot Proposal 1-6 BreakdownsYouTube video by microwavey 000
Wavey ・ ウェイビー @waveycanto.bsky.social · 04/11/2025I made a VERY impromptu video. I wanted to talk about the 2025 NYC General Election, specifically the 6 ballot proposals and what they say. It would mean a lot if anyone local could watch and share if you don't understand what the proposals are! Link in next post 110
Reposted by Wavey ・ ウェイビーManga Mavericks @mangamavericks.bsky.social · 10/10/2025Manga Mavericks is back at it again for DAY 2 of #NYCC ! Come by the B!JuKu x Manga Mavericks booth (booth 2242) to get some exclusive goodies and buy some books! 052
Reposted by Wavey ・ ウェイビーManga Mavericks @mangamavericks.bsky.social · 10/10/2025Our very own @microwavey.bsky.social spitting facts! #NYCC 041
Reposted by Wavey ・ ウェイビーKate Sánchez @ohmymithrandir.bsky.social · 09/09/2025This is entirely true. The way I tell peers about gaps in my gaming history and they are like frustrated with me and then I tell them "I was poor" and they have no idea how to respond is always wild. 1222857