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Post Saturday · 27 June
Genshin Impact
Version: Luna VII · 虚空劫灰往世书

I’ve completed all the tasks I wanted to do during the patch, which included a lot of content from previous patches. I’m still very late in Nod-Krai exploration and anecdotes.,,
I will pull for Sandrone. and it would be tempting to go for constellations of Mizuki on the special banner, but I more or less like all the Snezhnaya characters so…

Activity Saturday · 27 June
Genshin Impact
Version: Luna VII · 虚空劫灰往世书
Luna VII
虚空劫灰往世书
Event 斑斓色彩追逐战 (bān lán sè cǎi duī zhú zhàn)

Finished the event! It was really cool talking to Bennett, and I had completely forgotten how fun the region was with the asha exploration mechanic!
The event was okay, I like coop events anyway, but it was also not the most memorable one imo.

With this done, I cleared all the events of the patch, I’m ready for moon landing!

Activity Saturday · 27 June
Genshin Impact
Version: Luna VII · 虚空劫灰往世书
Imaginarium Theater
Period: June 1 – June 30
Elements allowed: Cryo, Geo, Pyro

Finally finished an IT run! It was NOT easy… I managed to keep Zibai for the last boss, but even her with Aino and Illuga cleared on the last second.
I probably won’t try another run, I don’t see my characters able to make a full flowers run.

Also, strongest single strike was Linnea with other 500k!! How!?!

Activity Saturday · 27 June
Reverse: 1999
Version: 3.5 · The Turquoise Serpent Club

I did everything I wanted to do in the patch! The achievement card is complete, I can peacefully wait for Enigma to release.

I didn’t like this version of UTTU, why did they make restrictions on the characters we can use? I really don’t see the point of the event, if we just use trial characters. It felt bad not being able to use my P5 Ezio, or my favourite character Charon.
And the restrictions were always the same, there was not a single stage that allowed us to play dynamo? Unless I missed something?

Limbo is done too, and I played Critter Crash until I got the skin. I’m missing some rewards, so I might do a couple of other runs if I have time.

Update Saturday · 27 June
49%

Finished chapter 3, halfway through already!
I like that each chapter is one day, and we really follow the characters through the whole day. Given that I’m reading one chapter per day, it feels like the story is unfolding in real time.

Activity Saturday · 27 June
Genshin Impact
Version: Luna VII · 虚空劫灰往世书
Built
Prune
Talents
1/8/8
Weapon
纯水流华 chún shuǐ liú huá (Flowing Purity)
Artifacts
翠绿之影 cuì lǜ zhī yǐng (Viridescent Venerer) 4pc
ATK · ATK · ATK
Flower HP 4,780 +20
CRIT DMG 6.2% · ER 16.8% · ATK 9.3% · CRIT Rate 6.2%
Plume ATK 311 +20
ATK 4.7% · ER 16.2% · CRIT Rate 6.2% · CRIT DMG 13.2%
Sands ATK 46.6% +20
ER 11.7% · CRIT DMG 17.9% · HP 9.9% · DEF 39
Goblet ATK 46.6% +20
CRIT Rate 7.8% · ER 9.7% · CRIT DMG 13.2% · HP 15.7%
Circlet ATK 46.6% +20
HP 11.1% · ER 10.4% · CRIT DMG 26.4% · DEF 16
Stats
ATK 2,663 · ER 164.8%

Finally did Prune’s last ascension, but I’m not maxing her level (still 80) nor her talents. I won’t really play her anyway, I built her for IT and because I like her, but I have no idea if she would be good in any of my teams.

Characters Saturday · 27 June
七月一日 欠けてゆく月
剣菱
けんびし
Yagi’s lawyer
中山大哉
なかやま だいやNakayama Daiya
Schoolboy who got spoken to by a man
Post Friday · 26 June

Both Reverse 1999 and Genshin new patches come out next week! And I still have quite a lot of things to do in each game especially R1999… like really a lot!
This weekend is going to be a gaming weekend for sure :controller:

32%

I finished the first chapter/story. No real surprise in the end, the solution was pretty obvious and I’m not sure I found it that convincing, but it was entertaining and very easy to read. Overall, it was a enjoyable read!

Post Friday · 26 June

I won’t necessarily love books that get good rankings or win awards, but 1/3 into the book, I must say that 失われた貌 is really good. I feel motivated to continue reading the prize winners and books that ranked in the top 10 of major mystery rankings.

Post Friday · 26 June
Genshin Impact
Version: Luna VII · 虚空劫灰往世书

Snezhnaya characters look great :sparkle:
I especially love 达妮卡 and 阿罗夏 :heart:
I’m so happy that Snezhnaya will release during August too, Summer always feels so long, so it will be something to be looking for.

32%

I finished the second chapter… this book is really great!! An excellent police procedural so far, the case seems really complex, I love it!

Characters Friday · 26 June
六月三十日 小さな来訪者
白川清
しらかわ きよしShirakawa Kiyoshi
Victim of the Komane case, owner of the apartment.
八木辰夫
やぎ たつおYagi Tatsuo
Lives in the apartment, main suspect.
柿本
かきもとKakimoto
Police officer from Komane
幸田みつ子
こうだ みつこKoda Mitsuko
Representative of カラン, a NPO that helps former convicts.
小沼憲
おぬま けんOnuma Ken
Disappeared 10 years ago
小沼隼斗
おぬま はやとOnuma Hayato
Ken’s son, 9.
小沼久美
おぬま くみOnuma Kumi
Ken’s wife, knows Kyoko
Vocabulary Friday · 26 June
第二章
WordReadingDefinition
六合彩 liù hé cǎi Mark Six (Hong Kong lottery game, but used in Taiwan and Mainland China as the basis for underground, illegal gambling rings).
莊家 zhuāng jiā banker (gambling), bookmaker
Post Friday · 26 June

I looked at Kanae Minato’s books ranking in the major mystery novels rankings, and there must be a mistake… According to Wikipedia, only 告白 ranked in the top 10:

  • 1st in 週刊文春ミステリーベスト10
  • 3rd in ミステリが読みたい!
  • 4th in このミステリーがすごい!

And that’s it… three other books made it to the rankings, but not in the first 10 places.
I find this very strange, how come that books like 白ゆき姫殺人事件 or 豆の上で眠る never got into any ranking at all? These are my favourites, but she wrote so many novels I haven’t read which I’m sure are great.

6%

Unfortunately, I didn’t have time to read much, but I absolutely love the beginning! I had no idea that this book featured one of the main characters of 403小組,警隊出動!, that’s really a nice surprise.

Characters Thursday · 25 June
第二章
阿欽
ā qīnAh-chin
Shuoyan’s informant.
阿三仔
ā sān zǎiAh-san-tsai
bookmaker who lost money to Ah-Ch’in
奶瓶
nǎi píngNai-ping
Surname of a female police officer at Linguang station.
Post Thursday · 25 June

Reading in Traditional Chinese after reading in Simplified for a long time always gives me a headache. Took me one hour to go through 20 ebook pages. I know it’s going to get easier with time, I just need to get used to it again.