I only got C1 Prune despite going double pity on Nicole’s banner. I’m glad to have her, though I don’t know if I’m really going to build and play her. because I have no idea which teams she would fit in. I’m going to build Nicole first in any case.
I started the third story, 宗像與鋼筆事件, and I absolutely love the beginning. It’s written under the pen name 中田永一, and I believe it’s the pen name the author used mostly for romance? (I’m not entirely sure). I thought the story would differ completely and be an entirely different style, but so far it feels similar to the previous one, 山羊座的友人, with a similar setting and topic (school bullying).
Chapter 3 is so great!! I wish I could read more today, but I don’t have time and I’m super tired.
And, I was able to change the font again! I don’t why it didn’t work last time, but this time it let me change the font for the main text, not just the letters and other stuff that have a different font.
I hate fonts that have horizontal strokes lighter and thinner than vertical strokes, especially if it’s so thin it’s barely visible. And minus point if they have serif (or the equivalent of serif).
But now I could choose the 華康青花黑體 font, same weight for all strokes, super uniform, nice thick black strokes without those decorative little triangles at the end of horizontal strokes. Simple and easy to read, I love it, it’s perfect! 
I might have added too many words today… It’s so easy to add words with my new system compared to Anki, but I don’t have a cap of new words per day, maybe I should add that… At the same time, it’s so easy to review words now, and I see them multiple times in different contexts, so flashcards are much easier to go through. But 30 new words today already is a lot.
Though to be fair, they are not all strictly speaking new words, some are words I don’t know that well and I’m afraid I might forget them if I don’t add them to my flashcards (so for example, words that were in Anki but for which I often hit “again” or “hard”.)
,,, I’m not sure I loved Nicole’s demo trailer all that much…
Still looking forward to tomorrow I’ll just pull one copy, no weapon. I recently decided to not pre-farm for new characters because I find it fun to build them slowly, actually farm their materials with them and see the performance increase. So nothing is ready for her, I don’t even know what materials she needs
I’m looking forward to exploring with Nicole, I still need to unlock the compasses of the new regions though (I think her ability only works if we already have the compass?)
| Word | Reading | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 无虞 | wú yú | not to be worried about |
| 虞美人 | yúměirén | corn poppy |
Finally fully built… I also bought his weapon. I don’t care if other support weapons are better, I always give characters their signature. I still don’t know how to play him exactly, I really need to re-read his kit or watch some videos.
Qin, from the prologue was also a roommate from medical school, and now the beginning of chapter 3 mentions two other roommates, so they were at least 4. I thought it was a lot already, but now the narrator mentions they actually were 6 in a room.. that’s a lot!
| Word | Reading | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 解酒汤 | jiějiǔ tāng | Hangover soup |
| 解酲 | jiě chéng | to sober up; to sleep off the effect of drink |
I finished 山羊座的友人, this short story was absolutely fantastic. The author has such a talent to make us care deeply for the characters.
But this story really amazed me, because I thought it would mostly be focused on characters, but it turns into a real mystery where clues lead to deductions which then lead to an unexpected ending. It’s really an amazing short story!
Only a few pages today, I’m really sleepy and tired. And the weather is so hot already, I can’t stand it anymore and it’s just May…
The passage I read also described characters enduring Southern Taiwan’s hot weather, so I could easily relate.
The story took an unexpected turn to say the least!
とはいえーー吹雪や嵐に閉ざされた孤島や館を舞台にしたクローズドサークルで、誰一人犠牲者が出ないとなると、盛り上がりに欠けることは否めません
— Mikumo Kyōma
I finished working on Corvus’ voicelines. I’ll do Rubuska next. I’m working my way in reverse given that the audio of the recent characters is not available on the wiki yet. I don’t know exactly when they will be, maybe when the character becomes standard? I only do characters I have.
I guess I should also study Corvus’ kit… R1999 character kits are such a pain to read and fully understand.
| Word | Reading | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 安装 | ān zhuāng | to install, to fix, to mount |
So does this mean that both my C3R1 Mizuki and my triple-crowned Qiqi will get a buff?? Two of my favourite characters!! This is absolutely fantastic 
And I’ll choose Mizuki with the next selector, so she’ll be C4 soon! 
This reminds me that I should finally do Durin’s Witches’ Homework! At least before Nicole’s release. It’s crazy to think I still haven’t done any, but I only really played Durin in Xiao’s team, and to be honest, I was kind of burnt out at the time with the AQ, and his SQ was quite long too…
