I also wrote quite a few blog posts in between the weeknotes and the reviews, which makes me quite happy. Still not as many as March, but that was just a really good streak that broke by the last half, compared to the consistency of this month. I’m happy!

Overall, it was a rollercoaster of emotions, my sister currently studying abroad visited, my parents were travelling for a variety of reasons, my birthday happened, and at the same time, it just felt kind of normal, weird stuff.

Regardless, here is the media I enjoyed throughout the month.

Podcasts

I listened to a total of 57 hours of podcasts! It’s been a relatively quiet month, to be honest.

• Welcome to Night Vale - For sleep and not much else, but sometimes the plot is so good I relisten.
• Into The Aether - Some great episodes, they recently got rid of ads and went indie again, love it.
• Darknet Diaries - I listened to many great stories, Shannen’s (Ep. 145) was my favorite.
• The Ten Minute Bible Hour - Now at chapter 12 of Matthew, but it remains super interesting.
• Retro Game Time Machine - The episodes on Left 4 Dead was fun, I always wanted to try it.
• Dotzip - The 5 hour long episode about 1000xRESIST, it was beautiful and glorious.
• The Worst Community Report - Just some fun banter from people in the Discord server I’m a part of.

Movies

There were a lot of movies this time around, like, I don’t think I’ve watched as many movies in a single month since I started doing monthly summaries! I’ve been thinking that I already dedicate a paragraph or so to all of these on my weeknotes, so I’ll just stick to one-sentence reviews from now on for media, I think.

• A Minecraft Movie - Fun, ridiculous, but uncanny animation, Jack Black has fun.
• How To Train Your Dragon 3 - Perfect finale, an amazing trilogy and closure to the characters.
• Arrival - Cool concepts and amazing visuals with some mind-bending moments.
• The Fugitive - Cool thriller with Harrison Ford being chased by Tomy Lee Jones, it can only be fun.
• Tangled - Probably the best of the 3D Disney animation movies? Great songs too.
• Transformers One - This was a great prequel/origin story and I love it, a rewatch.
• Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer - Pure nostalgia for me, amazing VFX for the time though.
• World War Z - A zombie movie where they go fast, what were they thinking?
• Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning - Thrilling action sequences, convoluted talks in between.

Anime

It is always a good month when I actually get to complete an anime show, which was the case this time. Even if I don’t know if it was best use of my time, I still think that if I enjoyed it, it was worth it.

Completed

• Solo Leveling - Good adaptation, meh animation but it gets a lot better on season two, epic finale.

Ongoing

• Mashle Season 2 - Really fun, I love the dub localization, it just makes me laugh, but the action is cool.
• Death Note - Only three episodes in, but yeah, it’s good! I am going slowly for no real reason, hmm.

Manga

Quite a few ongoing series! And of course, Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou! I’ve been having a lot of fun with all these.

• Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou - Simply perfect read for the turbulent times of today. Just amazing.
• How to Grill Our Love - Wholesome side-character stories for now, still great and cozy.
• Hunter x Hunter - Catching up and slowing down, the plot just keeps thickening, good stuff.
• One Punch Man - Finally returned to this. New arc is developing, Saitama remains OP.
• Sakamoto Days - Fully catched up now, and I am on cliff-hanger, oof. Still, top-notch action here.
• DanDaDan - Ridiculously fun arc with tornadoes, while still having incredible character development.

Books

One finished, one started, not bad, not great. Will the day come when I can read as much as others?

• The Big Time - What a weird book to have finished, an interesting work for its time, but confusing for me, as a non-native speaker.
• Nemesis Games - Finally started the fifth book of The Expanse. This is off to a great start, since all the characters of the crew are having their own concurrent arcs right now, and they are quite fun and distinct from previous adventures.

Gaming

Yeah I just love videogames, what an incredible medium. The games I completed represent many facets of my taste and I had a blast with all of them. It is extremely weird for me to just roll credits three times in a month, but it was worth it.

Completed

• 1000xRESIST - Maybe my favorite game this year? It definitely looks like it.
• Ys: The Oath in Felghana - An incredible action rpg that ticks all the boxes, recommended.
• Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow - What a Metroidvania, an amazing entry that’s remains among the best.

Ongoing

• Hollow Knight - I am in the endgame now, exploring as many corners I can find because I want to enjoy this game as much as possible. I will face the final boss some time soon! Maybe some of the extra bosses as well.
• Dragon Quest XI - Still charmed by this story, I played hours this month, and I’ve made it to a pretty big moment of the story. This game just sparks joy.
• Final Fantasy VI - I also progressed a lot here, made it to the second half of the game, and it’s so good, holds up great today. Gotta level up my characters though.
• Full Metal Furies - The current choice with my couch gaming friends. it’s been great to fight cool bosses and hordes of enemies.
• Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade - I didn’t really play it much, but I intend to complete the story this month to be done with it.
• Monster Hunter Rise - Did a high rank mission and realized I really need to upgrade my equipment.
• Super Mario 3D World - Just some levels here and there.

Shelved

• Legacy of Kain Soul Reaver Remastered - I got this on Steam but it got picked for October in my gaming club, so I decided to play it until then, the original voice acting and the remastered graphics are super good though.

Device Usage

Laptop

I used my laptop for a total of 75 hours. Not a lot to say here, I use my computer at work a lot more lately, for obvious reasons.

• Firefox for 37 hours
• Zen Browser for 14 hours
• Alacritty for 10 hours
• Signal for 2 hours
• PPSSPP for 1 hour

Phone

I used my phone for a total of 252 hours. That is definitely a problem, I’ve been way too active on Fosstodon and Polymaths Social this time. At least I cut down on YouTube consumption and the like. I also returned to some mainstream social media lately, but at least I didn’t use them much, ugh.

• Tusky for 42 hours
• Fennec for 41 hours
• Mattermost for 28 hours
• Tubular for 25 hours
• Signal for 21 hours
• Discord for 17 hours
• WhatsApp for 16 hours
• Mihon for 8 hours
• Instagram for 7 hours
• Lite for 5 hours
• Reddit for 2 hours

Kobo

Not a lot of reading compared to other months, it’s a bit of a shame, but it’s the cost of finishing so many videogames! Time ends up going somewhere else.

I read 291 pages in 6 hours and 10 minutes

• The Big Time for 2 hours and 10 minutes, 96 pages
• Nemesis Games for 4 hours, 195 pages

Final thoughts

Not a lot to add this time around. I hope you guys have a great day. Thank you for reading this post. What were you up to this month?

This is day 92 of #100DaysToOffload

Extremely prolific on the blogging side of things, with a total of 17 posts. Which may be less than some other months this year, but still feels like I was pretty consistent overall, and I wrote a couple of new favorites, that gathered quite a lot of attention and conversation from fellow peers. Such as my post on the constant need for a source of entertainment or my feed organization issues.

Of course, my phone decided to start failing on me, so I ended up migrating to a new device, the Xiaomi 12T Pro, and it has been a prety mixed experience, but I am overall happy with the performance and the slightly more degoogled life.

I also managed to start and continue conversations via email and messaging apps with plenty of people from the Fediverse and online friends. Hello to all of you!

And of course I bought a new desk and mechanical keyboard, I reorganized my bedroom and a upgraded my old laptop from Fedora 37 to 42 on a single day (actually, it was right now, but I might write about it anyway).

Overall, a lot of crazy things. For now, let’s go over some of the media that I enjoyed throughout May.

Podcasts

• Into The Aether - I have enjoyed a lot of the new episodes, Brendon is on vacation so there have been some nice guests for a couple of episodes. I literally don’t miss a week at this point, it’s a great show.
• Welcome to Night Vale - Just the regular bedtime listening, although a couple of the episodes proved engaging enough, so that I relistened to them on my way to work.
• Dungeons and Daddies - Finally got full in to Season 3 of this show. I am extremely engaged now and it has been a hilarious time. I listened to like 4 or 5 episodes this month and it was a joy! I didn’t think it would, but it hooked me again.
• The Ten Minute Bible Hour - Still reading Matthew 10 after like a year, but I am here for it. Honestly, some very good episodes lately!
• Sir Khan - I had a mini craze for Warhammer 40K again, so I listened to a long episode of this show to scratch that itch.
• NPC & XL - I have been listening to every episode of this podcast so far, it is almost a ritual for me, although it’s also an extremely tempting show, almost dangerous to me.

Movies

• Thunderbolts* - A fantastic superhero team movie, I genuinely enjoyed it. Finally, a good movie where heroes have problems and where there’s actual people to be saved. It has been way too long without one of these, a must watch in my opinion.
• Blackjack 21 - A movie I watched in two weekends, it was a pretty interesting and kinda silly premise of a bunch of nerds (who are way too attractive to be nerds) are in a group of card counting (lead by their teacher) and the main guy wants to make money for Harvard so he bets on 21, the card game. It was kinda whacky but an OK time.
• Karate Kids: Legends - Went to the movies to watch Jackie Chan again, I was so happy. This movie goes way too fast and makes a ton of weird decisions and skips over way too many things. But when a fight happens, it’s just a delight, you can tell where the choreography comes and is inspired by, and it was all just plain fun. Watching Danie LaRusso was also pretty fun, as well as the post-credits scene!

Anime & TV Shows

• The Last of Us Season 2 - Oh boy I pretty much didn’t like the direction this went on. I already knew what happens in the game but I really thought it could be different this time, but man, this was just so mixed for me, the visual effects were amazing sometimes and absolute trash other times, the deus ex machinas were way too much this time around. I will probably keep watching the next season because my sister wants to, I would stop if I were by myself.
• Mob Psycho 100 Season 2 & 3 - Finished watching this show for the second time, it was a complete joy. My favorite anime, most likely. I really recommend giving this one a try, as it really is some of the best character development I have ever seen in any story.
• Dr. Stone Season 4 - The latest season of Dr. Stone really takes the science to the next level. Now that they are on their way to the United States, our party will have to face against another group of humans who have developed science even further than them. The development of the story here is quite fun, and I really enjoyed it, although I had to turn off my brain a couple of times.
• Weak Hero: Class 1 - I initially hated this show, it was so different than the manwha, which is some of the best I’ve read. Turns out, and I realized after a couple episodes, that this is a prequel, and expands on the story quite a bit. So, I ended up really respecting what it did, although I heard the second season is a mess that tries to fit the rest of the story in like 8 episdoes, so, no thanks.

Manga

• A Rare Marriage: How to Grill our Love - Up to chapter 89. This has always been a pretty wholesome manga to read, it’s a slice of life romance comedy about the shenanigans of a newly wed couple who bond over cooking, and other things! It’s just a nice comfy read.
• Hunter × Hunter - Up to chapter 374. The arc has finally begun, this arc is quite different to the rest, there is political intrigue, there is murder, it’s a bit of a whodunnit, new ways to use nen, it has a lot of good stuff so far.
• DanDaDan - Up to chapter 189. I only read a few chapters, and it’s as bonkers as ever, I just love these characters, although I didn’t read that many chapters this time.

Books

I finished:

• Cibola Burn: Can I really say more about a book from The Expanse series? I have already written my review for it, and since it’s already the 4th one, I included spoilers, since they are quite unavoidable at this point. It is a pretty great continuation for the story, although, somehow, I felt like the stakes were slightly lower this time, but that’s what happens when most of the plot happens in a single planet instead of in a solar system level scale. Good stuff and great new and returning characters!
• The Space Merchants: An amazing book that holds up despite its age, the review is already out too. This is a great satire about a guy in the upper echelon of society, thanks to his job as a copysmith for an huge advertising business. Now he has to advertise Venus as the next frontier for Humanity, but his plans will go south. Good stuff.

And started:

• The Big Time: At first I was a bit confused by it, since its style is older, more classic than Space Merchants. However, after some dictionary lookups, I quickly got into the plot of this tale, about a battle across time between the Spiders and the Snakes, two mysterious groups that have fought since times unknown, all of this from the perspective of some really strange characters living in The Place, an area outside of time where warriors go to rest after their countless battles.

Gaming

• Dragon Quest XI - The story has had some amazing developments, I have escaped from some people that wanted to capture me, I decided to go to Costa Valor, so I can open the gates to the open sea and navigate towards new places to explore. The objective of the game is now clear, to find the 6 gems that will lead me towards Ygdrassil, a huge tree that seems to be quite important to the world at large, and my destiny as the Luminary. I’m quite happy to see what’s next!
• Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow - I have explored more and more of the castle, defeating plenty of bosses and getting new equipment. I faced some interesting blocked pathways that made me realize my soul skills can be used for more than just offense or defense, but to go through obstacles in fun ways. I unlocked some new abilities like turning into a bat, and one of the strongest swords in the game.
• Ys: The Oath in Felghana - I have reached the final door for the last boss fight. I still haven’t gone in, because I still want to farm to upgrade my equipment and get new weapons. This has been quite a journey and I really want to beat it sometime this week.
• Final Fantasy VI - I only played this one for a bit, I am on my way to the Sealed Gate, traversing through a dangerous cave filled with lava pits and traps. I think I am close to the exit though enemies here are quite annoying, since they have lots of health and the easiest way to defeat them uses a lot of mana.
• Hollow Knight - I barely played anything this time, but I really look forward to play more of it sometime soon, I guess my Metroidvania slot is currently filled with Aria of Sorrow!
• Full Metal Furies - We managed to advance to the second world/area and have had a blast unlocking new moves for each of our characters.
• Astro Boy: Omega Factor - I am still playing some stages of this game, it’s just a fun beat ‘em up to play during my commute to work.
• Solomon’s Club - Another little Game Boy game with one-screen puzzle levels that are quite fun. I have mentioned it before but I hadn’t played it in a while, just simple gameplay and mechanics, not much else.
• Hades - I did a couple of runs, but I haven’t really done any more progress other than some interesting story bits and buying new stuff for the House of Hades.
• Final Fantasy VII - Barely played anything of this one, but I had some fun setting up my Anbernic handheld with bluetooth controls and HDMI output and exploring the Gold Saucer to get some item I need to continue the story!

Device Usage

Mobile

I used my phone for 155 hours

• Tusky for 25 hours
• Signal for 17 hours
• Fennec for 17 hours
• WhatsApp for 14 hours
• Tubular for 13 hours
• Discord for 8 hours
• K-9 Mail for 5 hours
• Instagram for 5 horus
• Bottled for 5 hours
• Mihon for 5 hours
• Element X for 4 hours

Laptop

I used my laptop for 96 hours

• Zen Browser for 45 horus
• Firefox for 15 hours
• Alacritty for 12 hours
• Thunderbird for 3 hours
• Signal for 3 hours
• Inkscape for 2 hours

Kobo

I read for a total of 11 hours

• The Big Time for 3:16 hours (123 pages)
• The Space Merchants for 5:03 hours (263 pages)
• Cibola Burn for 2:15 hours (107 pages)

This is day 75 of #100DaysToOffload

Something that I found quite nice about this year was how we started watching anime as a family quite a bit now, my parents really like Spy x Family so, that has been a very good time.

I’ve also bonded with my sister a little more over watching some anime shows, it’s fun to show her old and new shows and watching her reactions to how the stories and characters develop.

Anyway, let’s talk about the anime I watched throughout 2024!

Spy x Family (Season 2)

Spy x Family is such a great show, apparently some people expected more out of it, and said that it was just more of the same thing, but honestly that’s exactly why I like it. The show is filled with lots of comedy, and at the same time it has superb action and animation. It hasn’t really advanced the plot that much, so many would say it’s filler, but I think that the plot it’s honestly just an excuse to have these characters interacting, which is what I love the most of the slice of life genre, I guess the combination with spy thriller is what set some people’s expectations in a different direction, but it works for me.

Of course, this is the one anime that we watch as a family as well, and making comparisons and jokes about it is pretty funny and chaotic.

Uncle from Another World

This is one I watched on a single morning, I think I was sick or on vacation, can’t remember exactly, but it was very hilarious to me. It’s about a guy who has been in a comma for years, and his nephew comes to see him once he finally wakes up. Turns out that he has been living in another world during his sleep, and has magic powers.

The story is split in the real world, with some pretty fun slice of life shenanigans, and also via backstory, thanks to a spell that can display the memories of uncle as if it is a magic TV. His nephew and his friend then watch what happened in that other world and well, it’s just so funny.

The only caveat I have with this one is that it is kind of family friendly until it definitely isn’t, nothing actually happens, it’s usually just misunderstandings and accidents and such. It gets so close to being a hilarious fantasy show for everyone to enjoy, but nope. Still fun to watch if you can bear the fan service moments though.

Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End

Now this is what I’m talking about. This is fantasy at its best. Back when I read the manga, I knew it was going to be something to behold, and the anime did not disappoint.

It is a wonderful story about the wonders of life, where we follow Frieren, a powerful elf mage, who outlives all of her party of heroes, the same heroes that defeated the Demon Lord and freed the world from it opening the way to a new era of peace.

Many decades have passed, and the heroes are starting to become legends. She embarks on a new journey with a new group of characters under her care, and reminisces on her memories of the past, starting to understand humanity and life in a way she hasn’t been able to before.

There’s a lot to love here, action, thought-provoking moments, slice of life and chill stories, all the characters are absolutely great too, they have an excellent dynamic and very wholesome moments, there is a bit of back and fort between the past and the future, how history repeats itself and how life is short, yet valuable.

Some of the best fantasy I’ve seen in a while, not just in anime, but in storytelling altogether. Definitely my favorite of the year.

Dr. Stone (Seasons 1-3 & Special)

I was planning to watch this one from the start of last year, and I didn’t get around to it until many months later, it was quite a big surprise to see how much it clicked for me.

This story is very much in the realm of post-apocalyptic science fiction. In one fell swoop, all of humanity, every living person in the planet, was turned to stone, including our protagonist, Senku.

Thousands of years go by, and by pure chance, the stars align and Senku returns to normal, and luckily enough, he is a scientist with complete and absolute trust in the power of science to overcome every problem. His sheer determination kept him conscious the whole time, counting every second that went by to keep track of how many years have passed. And he soon goes to work on figuring out how he managed to returned to normal.

His mission: to bring back to life every human, using the power of science to aid his quest. He manages to recreate many inventions with the resources he has available, makes new friends and does his best to figure out how everything happened to begin with.

This is such an interesting premise and its full of very strong character moments and crazy plot development, and it also has many goofy fun moments as well, I really binged the full thing, and I’m now enjoying Season 4!

Ace of the Diamond

This is one of those anime shows that I might end up returning to this year. It’s about baseball! and the main character is actually not the best, or the luckiest, or the strongest, or anything. He’s a rough diamond, and it’s all about his evolution as a pitcher!

I stopped watching it after like 20 episodes, since it has like 70 or so and it’s the kinda show that I think is better to watch on a weekly basis, since some episodes feel a bit filler but still quite exciting.

I may return to it this year, who knows.

Haikyu!! (Season 1-4, The Dumpster Battle)

Haikyu was a complete and absolute success in my house, everyone in watched it all in a matter of weeks, and loved every second of it, except my mom who says she doesn’t like it but watched anyway.

This is one of the best sports anime I have ever seen, with a lot of emotion and fantastic characters that evolve and become friends and teammates in a really grounded manner.

Overcoming fears and challenges, practicing to be the best they can be, the tropes and themes can be kind of the traditional, but everything is really well handled and written, I even cried in multiple times, that’s how good it is, I highly recommend it.

Hajime no Ippo (The Fighting!, Boxer’s Fist)

I believe Hajime no Ippo was not just yet another sports anime for me, but an awakening experience that made me realize there’s still a lot I can do to better myself, regardless of my circumstances.

This anime tells the story of Ippo, a kid who gets bullied because he helps his mom on her work renting boats for fishing, so he reeks all the time and gets ridiculed for it often. After a mysterious boxer defends him from some bullies, he decides to follow on his footsteps and joins the boxing gym to fight and find his true strength.

He does everything, he runs, he trains, and he faces challenge after challenge, on his quest to become the champion of Japan in his category. This anime is full of raw emotion, inner conflicts and intense fight sequences that were rather inspiring for me. I think it was an integral part of why I finally started going to the gym again after years without doing barely any exercise.

As cringe as it sounds, I found myself running in place, shadow-boxing, tiring myself out while watching this anime at the same time. You see, I was home alone for a week, so I could just watch it at full volume after work, unbothered by anything or anyone. I watched all of it in that week, and it was glorious, I absolutely recommend it.

Jujutsu Kaisen (Seasons 1-2, JJK 0)

This is probably the most popular anime of the last few years, and for clear reasons, it reigned supreme among shonen manga, and it got a great studio to do its animations as well, so the fighting choreography and visuals were absolutely top-notch.

It’s about a guy who ends up being the vessel of an evil sorcerer, but manages to take control of his body, joins an academy of sorcerers and exorcises curses and the like. However, as a vessel, he’s deemed dangerous, and they want to execute him to get rid of him and the devil within, there’s some interesting stuff going on, but I’ll leave the rest for you to discover.

I watched this with my sister in a matter of weeks, and it was great! We also watched the movie and it was equally awesome. I finished reading the manga of this as well, and I think the anime really helps cut down on a lot of the explanations and walls of text the manga has, I am eagerly waiting for season 3 to come out soon.

I don’t think the story is a masterpiece or anything, but it works great, and the characters are all pretty awesome both in personality and designs, it’s no surprise I see them on clothes and stuff all the time.

Delicious in Dungeon

This was a very nice surprise, the fantasy anime that somehow managed to compete with Frieren and managed to be great on its own way!

This one has a party of characters going into a dungeon to save the protagonist’s sister from a red dragon that ate her. This dungeon is enchanted, so humans inside it never truly die, they can be healed and reanimated with magic.

The entire thing is basically a Dungeons & Dragons campaign in the best sense, and the character dynamics are also great, they have some friction sometimes, but it’s all handled pretty nicely. Something present in the title and in every chapter, is the use of food made from the plants and creatures found inside the dungeons, magical beasts and monsters that no regular explorer would dare to eat. Turns out, it’s perfectly fine! and they end up making lots of tasty dishes and learning about the biology of the place.

It’s not all fun and giggles though, there’s a mystery behind it all, and once it starts to get uncovered, The story goes places. A great anime overall!

That’s it folks!

On the last second I thought “I should add banner images or something” and I did! I just used the ones in Anilist which were perfect for this, now this post looks kinda cool! Maybe I’ll edit all my other recaps to add banners like that.

Anyway, sorry for the delay, I had already written 70% of this in January but things happen.

This is day 29 of #100DaysToOffload

I have to say that during this month I felt like I didn’t listen to that many new podcasts, or new episodes at all, I actually didn’t reach 60 hours of listening this month, and stuck with the same shows as always.

I can’t really say a lot of new stuff or highlights about these since I mention them every month, so yeah, just the names this time

• Into The Aether for 15.1 hours
• Trash Taste for 10.6 hours
• Welcome to Night Vale for 6.9 hours
• Late Night Linus for 5.3 hours
• Retro Game Time Machine for 3.3 hours
• Unexplained for 2.4 hours

Movies

Even though I didn’t really watch any anime or shows this time around, I did watch more movies than usual, which was quite interesting to me.

• Transformers One was not a movie I expected to like enough to even write a review of it, it is actually a fantastic movie that I recommend watching at some point, both fun and tragic, and it works!
• Casino Royale was the first of Daniel Craig’s James Bond movies, and it is a very fun time! I think it was a little long, we actually watching it in two days because of that, but it was still pretty good.
• Quantum of Solace is the black sheep of these newer Bond movies, and I can see why, as the direction and fight scenes felt a lot clunkier, but I still enjoyed it for what it was.
• Skyfall regains its footing and has a lot of epic Bond movies, neither of these three movies (maybe the first one) is a masterpiece but hey, they kept me hooked so that’s good.
• Hercules (the Disney one) was started by my sister on a whime and I just kept watching it, the animation of this movie remains stellar and I wish more 2D animated movies were a thing.
• The Thing from 1982 remains one of my favorite movies due to its direction and fantastical practical effects, and even though I am not a fan of horror as a whole, just the plot and concept of this one is absolutely fantastic, frightening and scary.

Books

• Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey from the Expanse series was not finished this month, but I only have like 10 chapters left now, I have really enjoyed my time with it, and the only reason I didn’t finish it was because of procrastination and also that I didn’t want to get ahead of my book club.
• Black Easter by James Blish is a rather interesting book set in a world where magic and demonology are actually real, and I started it on a whim when I catched up on the previous book too quickly. It is rather interesting and I’ll probably finish it in November as well.

Manga

Jujutsu Kaisen was everything this time, so, not a lot else to talk about as other non-mange things entertained me more this month.

Anime

Dungeon Meshi was watched up to episode 13 with my sister, still awesome! And it got some interesting plot developments, I hope we finish it in November.

Gaming

• Fire Emblem: Blazing Blade is a tactics RPG I started playing ages ago, I recently got back into it on my Anbernic RG35XX SP and it is honestly really fun!
• Nintendo Switch Sports was a recent purchase and I’ve played with family and friends at home, it is quite a relaxing game. I am a bit annoyed that there are still many games missing from Wii Sports and Resort that did not get an update for this game, but it is how it is.
• WEBFISHING is a very interesting fishing game where you can play online with others and chat while fishing and collecting different things. It is a rather relaxing and cozy game that I feel everyone should try!
• Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age - Definitive Edition was started early in the month and has pretty much become my night time videogame, so far the early hours of the game are rather nice, and every time I load up the game it tells me how the story is going so far, I really just getting back to it, playing 30 minutes and always reaching a good point to save, or just put the Switch to sleep and continue later.
• Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown had a lot of momentum the first week of the month, playing like 8 hours of it in just 3 days, but other things got in the way. I must finish it in Novebember, it has proven to be a fantastic game and I just keep doing other things, but it is definitely my top game of the year.
• Astroboy Omega Factor for the GBA was a little gem I didn’t expect to enjoy as much, I think I played like 3 hours of it in a day and I think I will finish it soon this month, if I remember to pick it back up.
• Monster Hunter Rise saw some action later in the month, playing online with a friend and teaching them the ways of the hunter. I look forward to playing some more during these last couple months.
• Faster Than Light was not played much, but the last week of October I managed to finally reach the final stage and I almost defeated the final ship, I only needed to do one more hit, but it wasn’t meant to be…

Device usage

For some reason, this month I decided to try an app to chat with random people around the world, I do not think the app is really good UX-wise, but it somehow kept me entertained a lot, cutting down a lot of my YouTube usage and Manga reading. As I met interesting people to chat with, I moved to other apps, I only used it like 4 hours in the last week of October and it’ll probably see less usage later on.

Regardless, here are the stats.

Laptop

I used my laptop for a total of 81 hours

• Firefox for 55 hours
• GIMP for 5 hours
• Alacritty for 4 hours
• WEBFISHING for 5 hours
• Faster Than Light for 2 hours

Phone

I used my phone for 222 hours

• Bottled for 44 hours
• WhatsApp for 30 hours
• YouTube for 30 hours
• Signal for 20 hours
• Firefox for 18 hours
• Tusky for 17 hours
• Discord for 14 hours
• Instagram for 8 hours
• Mihon for 4 hours

E-Reader

During October, I read for a total of 12:42 hours, 748 pages:

• Leviathan Wakes for 9:39 hours, 568 pages
• Black Easter for 2:30 hours, 138 pages

Final thoughts

So, yeah, a lot of my time was completely stolen by that chatting app, but I think I’m over it now, and I want to focus on both reading and gaming more this month of November, as well as writing a lot of blog posts! I actually joined #WritingMonth with the goal of 15 blog posts before the month ends.

This is day 85 of #100DaysToOffload

Podcasts

I only listened to 69 hours of podcasts this month, compared to 96 in august, quite the opposite huh.

• NPC: Next Portable Console is a rather new podcast that talks about the world of portable gaming devices, from the cheap retro handhelds by Anbernic and Miyoo, to official ones like the PSVita, portable mods tabletop consoles and high end stuff like the Steam Deck or Ayaneo lineup, also accesories and related news in this small world. I’ve listened to every single episode so far.
• Retro Game Time Machine has been back at it for me, with episodes on Minecraft, Bayonetta, Mirror’s Edge and others, I was quite hooked this month.
• Welcome to Night Vale was my usual bedtime listening show, I actually got quite hooked on a recent arc, so I re-listened to some older episodes instead and will go back where I left off when I’m awake.
• Stuff You Should Know made some interesting episodes on glasses, the 1904 Olympic Marathon and Internet Mysteries!
• Vergecast, Late Night Linux and Into The Aether were of course part of my listening cycle.

Anime & Shows

• JuJutsu Kaisen Season 1 & 2 were introduced to me by my sister. I wasn’t really that much into it at first, but it quickly got really, really good, and we basically binged the whole thing in a week.
• Dungeon Meshi was started only a few hours ago, still during September, and we watched the first 4 episodes, it was quite an interesting premise with charming characters, so we will probably keep watching it and finish it during October.

Movies

• JuJutsu Kaisen 0 was a requisite before going into season 2, and boy am I happy to have seen it, it is a prequel to everything going on during the anime show, but the backstory is quite awesome! Great action sequences and fun anime moments, and an epic setup for things to come in the series.
• Officer Black Belt is a korean action film about a martial artist who fights against predators and abusers, becoming a martial arts officer. The film tackes some serious issues, and it’s one you can’t judge by its horrible cover on Netflix, it has a weird tone and comedy sometimes, but the action is genuinely great and kept me entertained for a bit.

Books

Behold, books are upon us.

• Hothouse was finally finished by me, after like a month of hiatus due to gaming and manga and stuff. Anyway, I was really amazed by this book, everytime I picked it up I was inmersed by its world and environments, I highly recommend it.

• Leviathan Wakes is the first book in the Expanse series, and I’m currently in the process of reading it! I am in a small book club now and I’m flying through its pages like nothing else before, having to commit with other people helps a lot too, and it’s nice to talk about what’s going on. The book follows multiple plot lines masterfully, and has quite a great world I’m very invested in very much.

Manga

• JuJutsu Kaisen was something I started as soon as I finished season 2, I actually went back to the beginning again, and it is really cool to see how those pages were brought to life in the show. I am enjoying the art and the panelling quite a bit on this one.
• JuJutsu Kaisen 0 is actually the oneshot that started it all. I think the movie is much better, but it’s nice to see the early design of some of the characters, very cool stuff.
• DanDaDan is so so close to finally get its anime released, so I’m doing my best to catch up with it, if only JJK hadn’t shown up, I am only 20 or so chapters behind, so that’s good!

Gaming

I bought quite a lot of games last month for my Switch, but I’ve only really played the following:

• Faster Than Light is something I didn’t expect to like as much, but it did, and now I’ve played it for like 11 hours in 2 days, it is a great game with simple mechanics that are hard to master. I am really having a fun time with it and probably will for a while longer.
• Monster Hunter Rise saw a lot of action this month, I have done quite a bit of high rank quests, but I didn’t play as often as before this month. Still a fair bit though.

Device Usage

Laptop

I used my computer for around 40 hours

• Firefox for 15 hours
• Faster Than Light for 11 hours
• Alacritty for 5 hours
• Inkscape for 4 hours

Phone

I used my phone for 185 hours

• YouTube for 48 hours
• WhatsApp for 26 hours
• Tusky for 17 hours
• Signal for 14 hours
• Discord for 12 hours
• Mihon for 10 hours
• Firefox for 9 hours

E-Reader

I finally had enough usage time for my Kobo to be worth sharing.

During September, I read for a total of 11:20 hours, 737 pages:

• Leviathan Wakes for 5:48 hours, 330 pages
• Hothouse for 5:07 hours, 384 pages

Finishing thoughts

I am happy to finally be reading more lately, it is always nice to see progress being made on that part, but I have also enjoyed a lot of the gaming and the anime I’ve watched, so it is cool to be able to do all that. Podcasting + Faster Than Light will probably be a killer combo during October, so we’ll see!

This is day 77 of #100DaysToOffload

Podcasts

I listened to 96 hours of podcasts! Although a fair amount of that was while asleep.

• Trash Taste had some really entertaining episodes recently so of course I listened to some of them!
• I listened to many of the Late Night Linux Family shows, more than usual for some reason.
• The Vergecast was also really interesting lately, with their episodes about Gemini and Google being a monopoly
• Stuff You Should Know was indeed awesome
• Darknet Diaries was left behind for a bit lately, but not anymore
• Into The Aether had some fun stuff, but they took a break for a bit so, yeah.
• Dungeons and Daddies was also fun, I am following season 3 as episodes come out.
• Relatos de la Noche remained on top, as my new favorite for night time listening.

Anime & Shows

• Dr. Stone was pretty unexpected, but I chose it on a whim and I basically caught up with it and now I’m just waiting for the time a new season, probably the last one, comes out. The plot is quite interestin; in a world were humanity got turned to stone, pretified for millenia, and the elements deteriorated every building and sight of its existence, leaving almost nothing left. By sheer luck, a teenage scientist breaks out of his petrification, and decides to figure out how to undo petrification and build back civilization with the power of science!

• Loki season 2 was quite the ride, I watched it with a friend in 2 days and it was pretty entertaining, I really like the timey-wimey stuff in it. There were some great developments but my biggest take-away is that I want to watch Doctor Who again.

Manga

• Sakamoto Days made a return with all of its might. I had forgotten how crazy it went with a lot of its fight scenes. I appreciate the creativeness of a lot of its panels and how things developed, it got me hooked until I catched up to its latest chapter. There are a ton of stunning visuals here and I can only hope the anime for it—they definitely have took their time releasing one—manages to do it justice. I am on chapter 178.

• DanDaDan is got a lot of reading time from me as well, but I still a few dozen chapters until I catch up with it. Still, the arc I read was totally crazy like always, but a bit smaller in scale. Despite this, the new character is definitely among my favorites now. I am on chapter 129 so far.

• Creature! is a manga I started a while ago and that I found totally amusing to read, it wasn’t good in the same sense as SD or DDD, but its art was too good for a story that kept going all over the place. I kinda want to find more stories like this of humans surviving some world full of unsurmountable creatures and dangers in some apocalyptic world that also has a serious tone, other than Attack on Titan I guess, which also evolves into something different but in a better way.

• How to Grill Our Love is maybe my favorite cooking manga—a.k.a. the only one I’ve read—with a wholesome marriage in the middle of it all. I don’t know what else to say, its a pretty comfy read and I want to it all the food being cooked in it.

Gaming

• Final Fantasy VI has been really enjoyable, I played a ton of it last month, pretty much a third of the story is complete.
• Monster Hunter Rise has also seen a revival, I am almost done with the village quests and I’ll be doing some of the Guild quests soon enough. I really want to get some new gear though, like the Nargacuga set and some more elemental weapons.
• Trails in the Sky FC saw some progress early in the month, but it stalled for a bit later on, I’ll still try and return to it since its been super enjoyable.

Reading

• Hothouse by Brain W. Aldiss is a book I returned to after a while focusing on gaming instead of reading. The story has evolved in unexpected ways and I want to finish it quickly in September to focus on another book!

Device usage

Laptop

I am not sure why but I think I kinda borked my ActivityWatch data for this month, I don’t really know what happened exactly, but I’m fairly angry right now…

Phone

I used my phone for 223 hours which is kind of horrifying but welp.

• Youtube for 52 hours (help)
• Facebook for 25 hours (help)
• WhatsApp for 20 hours (help)
• Aniyomi for 19 hours (Dr. Stone lol)
• Tusky for 17 hours
• Discord for 15 hours
• Firefox for 12 hours
• Mihon for 11 hours
• Signal for 9 hours

E-Reader

• I read Hothouse for for 4 hours and 8 minutes, 204 pages

Final thoughts

Anyway, I lost my laptop data but I am quite sure I didn’t use it very much anyway. Especially because of the anime binge-watching I did earlier in the month as well as the manga and book reading. And of course, the amount of YouTube I consumed.

I guess everything always balances out and it is what it is. Regardless, have a good day everyone!

This is day 68 of #100DaysToOffload

Podcasts

I listened to 79 hours of Podcasts!

• Into The Aether was the definitive winner this time around thanks to it’s 15 hour long bonus episode: Games of the Decate 2000-2009, as well as their 7th season premiere about the Nintendo GameCube. These are some absolute behemots that I listened to in a matter of days, and it was glorious. I highly recommend to start with either if you are a crazy person who likes games.
• Trash Taste has been super fun lately with episodes were they just rate random stuff, the most popular games, the best anime, the GOATs of Things and such. Listening to their banter is very fun even though I lose quite a bit of brain cells sometimes.
• NPC: Next Portable Console is a new podcast that talks about portable consoles and gaming setups, from the Miyoo Mini Plus to the PSVita and stuff like that, it’s really enjoyable and if you like Into The Aether, Brendon Bigley cohosts this one as well!

The usual subjects remain present, such as Revolutions, Late Night Linux, the Rest is History and Dungeons and Daddies.

Anime & Shows

• Hajime No Ippo is one of the classics of anime, maybe the quintessential boxing anime to watch. I binged the whole 76 episodes on Netflix in a matter of days, and I was absolutely hooked by it.

  There is this classic trope of “main character just gets stronger and stronger and wins in the end”, but I think this gets a lot more nuanced than that. The whole cast of side characters is quite charming as well. The whole show is a lesson on perseverance, never giving up and building yourself to be the best you can be.

  Ippo is a remarkable character who keeps improving himself through hard work, it was extremely inspiring for me even now, I am definitely reading the manga soon. It even got me to excercise more often as well! I highly recommend it.

Manga

• Blue Lock was a bit left behind for me, I think my general interest in sports has rosen up since I played soccer a few times last month. This series keeps evolving in interesting ways and the arc I’m reading seems to be close to the end! I am at chapter 251.

• Shadow Star is my latest addition to the reading list. I found it due to a short. The art is kinda outdated and I find the pacing strange. I think it’s a weird mix between Pokemon and Evangelion, with a typical shonen protagonist that finds a “shadow dragon” and is now entangled in a conspiracy, where she meets other kids with their own dragons and goals, and the government is also trying to understand what those beings are and keep the whole thing a secret.

  Don’t let the cute artstyle and the “power of friendship” facade fool you. The fun and optimistic protagonist ends up facing some rather dark situations, with horror and sci-fi elements I didn’t expect, it’s rather intriguing.

• DanDaDan is about to get an anime super soon, so I am trying to catch up and be up to date with the manga as soon as possible. I am at chapter 121.
• Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou is maybe my favorite manga to read on rainy and chill days. I only read 2 or 3 chapters when the mood is just right, I don’t want this manga to end, it is so good and so cozy. It is just fantastic. I am at chapter 58.

Movies

• Justice League: Doom was a movie I already knew and got spoiled on ages ago due to YouTube Shorts and videos about Batman being cool, but I still decided to give it a watch and yeah, it’s cool!
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem came out last year and follows the artstyle of Into the Spiderverse with their own twists on things. This movie looks incredible and it’s also super ugly at the same time except for the turtles themselves. The character design of everything else is almost like John Carpenter’s The Thing and somehow it all fits for a kids movie? The animation was top notch and it was an entertaining story. It does have a bunch of random pop culture references which may age poorly in 5 years, but they were quite funny to me.
• The Equalizer is an action movie with Denzel Washington and it is indeed an action movie. I quite enjoyed the action moments, lots of over the top shots that somehow land. I was in the mood for this kind of stuff and went for it, it doesn’t beat John Wick, but it’s cool.
• Safe House is another action movie with Denzel Washington in it, it’s a spy-thriller conspiracy kinda thing where Ryan Reynolds is after him but ends up on his side because the CIA has dark secrets and stuff. Kinda predictable but still fun.

Games

• Metroid Fusion is wonderful, I already finished it and wrote my review of it last month, so go check it out!
• Pokemón Unbound looked like something fun to continue after Metroid, so I gave it a shot and decided to keep going! It is a completely original story built on top of Pokemon FireRed. It has tons of quality of life improvements and options, and like 7 generations of Pokemon to catch. I have played it for 10 hours somehow and I’m on my way to the 3rd gym.
• Final Fantasy VI just made a surprising comeback. After losing my save file years ago, I had started the game a few months ago and played it for a bit over 2 hours, then forgot it until recently. I played 4 hours of this game once again and I am having a lot of fun. I remember some bits of the story and I was worried they wouldn’t hit the same, but honestly this game still managed to get me engaged with the plot and the characters. I am having fun!
• The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky is yet another game that I returned to after not playing it since last year, this game is so fun and I decided to just do some more quests on it and advance a bit of the story. Some new plot moments are happening and I’m starting to see why people like this so much.
• Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown was kind of lost for a couple of weeks for me, but I still managed to play 3 hours in a day and also in short bursts later on. I have been exploring a lot of the world map after beating a boss that is basically telling me to explore every corner, so I shall keep doing it!
• Minecraft is still a joy to play in 2024, and a server I maintain for friends got new life after another member joined. We play on and off from time to time and July was a big month with lots of activity. We had our first encounter with the Warden and it was complete madness. We died and we didn’t beat it, but we managed to escape with our items!
• Hyper Light Drifter is beautiful, but I kinda forgot about it for months. Thankfully a friend of mine came over and we continued the journey in local multiplayer for like 3 hours. It was fantastic, we found a lot of secrets and found bosses to fight against. I think I’ll still take my time with it for another bit though.

Device usage

My phone usage ramped up a bit, and my laptop usage was not as high as before. I didn’t read of use my Miyoo Mini Plus as much, and the RG35XX SP does not track activity time on it, so here’s what I got.

Phone usage

I used my phone for 190 hours.

• YouTube for 39 hours
• Discord for 32 hours
• WhatsApp for 19 hours
• Tusky for 18 hours
• Facebook for 17 hours
• Signal for 11 hours
• Firefox for 7 hours
• Mihon for 5 hours

Laptop Usage

I used my laptop for 53 hours.

• Firefox for 37 hours
• Minecraft for 3 hours
• Alacritty for 2 hours

Final thoughts

This month I did a lot of stuff where I didn’t use a device quite a bit. For example I swapped the shell of my PSP in about 4 hours, and I played soccer a couple of times during the weekend with friends, I even rode a stationary bike we’ve had since forever while watching Hajime no Ippo. So I was quite satisfied with everything I did this month, except I didn’t read or write as much, hopefully August changes that!

This is day 64 of #100DaysToOffload

Podcasts

• Stuff You Should Know: I listened to a TON of episodes, literally like 12 episodes that came out this month. This is such an interesting Podcast and the host are really nice, I can sleep to it, or just have it in the background. I wish they had a Patreon or something without ads because that’s the only annoyance here.
• Dungeons and Daddies: The 3rd season of the show just began and it is going great so far, it is a completely different adventure very separate from the previous two seasons, and that’s great. I am liking it quite a bit.
• Relatos de la Noche: This is a horror podcast in Spanish, but there’s actually an English version now with the same host! It’s called Tales of the Night, give it a listen! It’s pretty good.
• Into The Aether: The main hosts of the show went on vacation for a bit, returned for the Nintendo Direct and then vanished for another bit, but the special episodes with guests have been awesome.
• Trash Taste: Back again with the boys, their episode on the most popular games of all time was unhinged.

Manga

• Monster: Masterpiece, I completed this and it was fantastic, the intrigue, the mystery, the climax. This is something you should give a read to, or watch the anime! Even if you hate anime or manga and their tropes, you should give this a go. Completely unique psychological thriller, it’s really worth it.
• Dandadan: With the upcoming anime of this manga where both the paranormal and alien invasions exist, I decided to keep reading this and yes, it keeps getting crazy, the panelling and the action here is great fun, and the story just keeps getting weirder and crazier but in a fun way. This is the total opposite of Monster, but it’s still good.
• Blue Lock: I went back to this sports manga and it is just, unhinged. Crazy moments and panels just keep coming and the stakes get higher, everything for the sake of scoring a goal! Honestly kind of ridiculous moments but the hype is still real despite it all.

Anime

• Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End: The first season of this anime was finished by me and my sister. This is one of the most beautiful pieces of media I’ve seen in a while. This is a fantasy anime that gracefully deals with the common tropes that plague the genre. It is a wonderful story with amazing animation and incredible tought provoking moments. If you are confortable with silence, and contemplating the beauty of your existence, give this a go.

• Mob Psycho 100: I introduced my sister to this anime and it still rocks.

Movies & Shows

• Inside Out 2: The sequel is here, and it didn’t disappoint at all! I quite liked this movie, it is not as tight as the first one, despite the short runtime, but it’s still a fun time.

• The Acolyte: The new Star Wars show in the block. Not as bad as I’ve heard but not as good as some say, I think. The directing is weird, the cuts are strange, but the intrigue is there and the plot is kinda moving, so far I’ve watched 4 episodes and I plan to keep going, so yeah, good enough so far.

Games

Here’s where the fun begins once again! Since I got a Miyoo Mini Plus I have kept playing a lot of stuff.

• Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga: I finished this game after actual years of starting and leaving over and over again. I am so glad I finally started this and got it done, it was a great game and a fantastic entry to the RPG genre.
• Metroid Zero Mission: I got this done in a bit over 4 hours and it was great, this is not the first time I complete it but it felt great to know my way around it and just know how to move and stuff. Despite it, I still forgot some things and figuring my way around things was awesome as well.
• Kirby’s Dream Land: This was a short game, the first Kirby game ever, and it definitely has all of what would turn the franchise into the success it is. It’s short and sweet, worth a playthrough!
• Final Fantasy VII: I managed to move my save file from my PSP to my Miyoo Mini Plus, and it has been a fantastic way to return to it. I am finally making progress again, and it’s awesome! I just got out of Rocket Town and just exploring around.
• Pokemon Unbound: After getting the Anbernic RG35XX SP, I decided to also try playing Pokemon once again! It’s been quite fun, and it’s a great game for the bus rides. The clamshell form factor is truly nostalgic for me.

Device Usage

Alright so here is what I’ve spent my time on!

Laptop

My laptop was used for 55 hours

• Firefox for 44 hours
• Alacritty for 3 hours

Phone

My phone was used for like 166 hours

• Facebook Lite for 32 hours (idk what happened I’m sorry)
• WhatsApp for 21 hours (idk what happened I’m sorry)
• Tusky for 16 hours
• Discord for 16 hours
• YouTube for 14 hours
• Signal for 10 hours
• Tubular for 9 hours

Finishing Thoughts

That was a lot of stuff, I somehow used Facebook more this month as well, rather strange I gotta say.

Anyway, this is it!

This is day 60 of #100DaysToOffload.

I mostly stuck with the regulars this time, but there’s one show I listened to years ago, and I’m going back to it.

• SAYER: this is a science fiction show that features an advanced AI who introduces the listener to their new home, the man-made second moon of Typhon. This is a fantastic bit of fiction, and I quite enjoy listening to it. It feels a bit like Welcome to Night Vale, but more dystopic and futuristic.

The regulars were: Into The Aether, Eye of the Duck, Stuff You Should Know and Late Night Linux.

Books

I didn’t read as much this month, I focused on many other things as my last few posts might tell you. I still started one book though.

• Hothouse by Brian W. Aldiss, is an awesome piece of science fiction set a couple millions years in the future, where humanity has devolved into a more tribal existence, while vegetable life has become the dominant predator and lifeform, in a World where the earth stopped rotating, and radiation has changed the environment in unimaginable ways. So far, it is super inmersive and well crafted, and I hope I finish it this month.

Manga

• Kingdom: Still following the current arc, if a few chapters behind. Our protagonists got bamboozled and the rest of the army is in dire need of help. Just go read Kingdom, I beg you. I read up to chapter 786.

• Monster: The finale is approaching, I only have 17 chapters to go to see the conclusion of this story. It is such an intriguing thriller and there are a lot of answers, and even more questions. A truly amazing story this is.

Anime

• Haikyu!! Seasons 1-4: I have heard of this anime many times, proclaimed among the best modern sports anime shows. I have to say, I think I agree. I quite like volleyball, and I found the evolution of the characters, the rivalry, the challenges and how the Karasuno overcomes them, to be simply awesome. Besides, this is a show I watched with my sister, just so we can see the new movie that just came out in my country, and I have to say, I can’t wait!

• Ace of the Diamond: This is a random anime I picked up out of a Short on YouTube. Why did I go for another sports anime? I have no idea. So many other things I could watch, and yet, I am still watching it. This is an anime where the protagonist is actually going through a lot of trouble before he actually becomes good, and I am quite hooked on his journey so far.

Gaming

Here comes the juice of it all. I got a Miyoo Mini Plus recently, a little emulation handheld with support for a lot of different systems from the PS1 and below. And it comes with fantastic features like quick game switching and an activity tracker app, to see how much I use the thing!

Because of this, I’ve gamed a lot more than before. It doesn’t help a got a fancy new game for the Switch that also hooked me completely.

• The Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown: This is a Nintendo Switch title that completely took me by surprise. I already expected great things when I listened to the Into The Aether episode about it. I have played it for a dozen or so hours and its really fun to explore, the combat feels tight, although the story is rather weak. It is somewhere in between Hollow Knight and Metroid Dread with its challenging boss battles, as well as the satisfying movement of Ori.
• Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga: What can I say, I have played this for a while already and I am 10 hours in so far, it is such a fun little story and the combat system, while turn based, requires a lot more active input compared to a Final Fantasy or so, since you can defend from enemy attacks, or add bonus damage. I completely recommend this game. No random encounters, no grinding required, no complicated menus, no random party wipe attacks. It is one of the best entries to the genre, in my opinion, and I am still not done with it!
• Advance Wars: A fantastic little tactical RPG that I’ve been playing for a while. Like Mario & Luigi, it is a perfect fit for the Miyoo Mini Plus! I played almost all of the tutorial stages and I have enjoyed it a lot.
• Celeste Classic: A challenging platformer that I completed on the Miyoo Mini, it was very fun, but I admit I used save states a couple of times.
• Super Mario Bros Wonder: I am still playing levels from time to time, this month was particularly enjoyable, since I played it with many different people

I played many other games for testing on the Miyoo Mini Plus, but I not many exceeded the hour of playtime, so I dind’t mention them for now.

Device Usage

Laptop Usage

Notice the rise in editing tools for the theme and icons I created for my Miyoo Mini Plus, as well as my file manager for the same thing. Of course, I blogged too.

• Firefox for 52 hours
• Thunar for 12 hours
• Alacrity for 11 hours
• Inkscape for 11 hours
• GIMP for 10 hours

Phone Usage

I used my phone for a total of 203 hours. You can notice I changed from YouTube to Tubular late in the month, and I’ve been using Signal a lot more to talk with my friends!

• YouTube for 36 hours
• Tusky for 34 hours
• WhatsApp for 23 hours
• Signal for 19 hours
• Discord for 19 hours
• Cromite for 11 hours
• Aniyomi for 9 hours
• Tubular for 7 hours

Kobo Usage

I only read for 3 hours this month. A bit of a letdown, but I am not sad about it, I enjoyed my time gaming and watching anime with my family.

Finishing thoughts

This month was crazy, packed with a lot of stuff, but I had a great time with the WeblogPoMo challenge and everything else.

This is day 55 of #100DaysToOffload

I listened to 93 hours of Podcasts this month, the usual subjects to be honest but also some surprises!

• Into The Aether: I’ve followed this podcast for a while, and I’ve been active on their discord server for a bit, which also has made me not want to miss out on the episodes to take part of the conversation, a bit of a vicious cycle is forming, but it remains fun as always!

• Eye of The Duck: I listened to some great episodes here, these are not movie reviews, they are more like mini documentaries where they also talk about the most important scene of the film for them. I listened to their episodes on Deep Impact, Spider-Man 2, Gravity and others.

• Dungeons and Daddies: Finally finished this show, season 2 was good and had great moments but I think I still prefer season 1, it felt more cohesive and the stakes were also bigger in my opinion. I admit I didn’t pay as much attention to this season though, I often got distracted or didn’t listen to full episodes in one go.

• The Rest is History: This was a new addition I saw in someone’s AntennPodEcho, and I listened to their 5 episodes series about the Titanic and they completely won me over, I’ve listened to other series of them and I quite enjoy this new discovery!

• Casefile True Crime: This is also a new addition, a rather minimal and very easy to sleep to true crime podcast with a great host (with a good voice), I’ve only listened to a couple episodes on repeat to sleep lol.

Books

This month I managed to read quite a bit more books, and I am quite happy about that. You have already seen some reviews of these that you can check in this site.

• Dune: This was a wonderful read that reinvigorated my desire to keep reading alongside my newly acquired Kobo. It was a fantastic journey, you can read my review here
• The Palace of Eternity: Another great read, which had quite a unique premise and great worldbuilding, it is quite impossible to predict how the plot unfolds, and it just happens so naturally, very engaging.
• The Mysterious Affair at Styles: My first book from Agatha Christie, did not dissapoint, I really enjoyed it and right when I thought I knew who it was, everything changed at every turn. I read along with @isa and we had a blast.
• The Machine Stops: This is a short story that is truly ahead of its time, it was a quite a fascinating—and somewhat horrifying—read which is hard to belive is more than a century old. It is a dystopia where all of Humanity’s needs are now taken care of by The Machine, it encompasses so much in just a few pages, completely worth a read.

Games

• A Short Hike: A cute and small open world game that offers a lot of entertaining side quests and funny dialogues to enjoy life and keep trying!
• Inside: An atmospheric puzzle platformer with great sound design and fantastic mechanics, it was quite challenging but satisfying.
• I Was A Teenage Exocolonist: A roleplaying visual novel where I’m living the life of a little kid who will grow up in the first human exocolony, I make choices, there’s some weird mystery going on and I’ll play it and finish it this month hopefully.
• Hades: I fell of this game on March, but I did a couple more runs this time and it is definitely fun. I just have so many other things going on right now I can’t quite focus on it more.
• God Of War: Chains of Olympus: I gave this PSP title a go once more, it is more challenging than I remember, but the fights are fun and sometimes I just get in the zone and blast through everyone, kind of like Hades but with cooler moves that I wish Hades’ sequel has.
• Balatro: Oh Balatro, fun and still impossible to beat for me! But maybe May is the month I’ll finally win.
• Worms W.M.D.: I got this game and played it with my friends over and over during the weekends, it is super funny and quite simple to get into, even if half my the time we keep shooting missiles to themselves.

Movies

• Spy x Family Code:White: Just a really fun movie to watch from the Spy x Family anime, you don’t need to watch it to understand the plot here. There’s tons of fun, tons of action and some really wholesome moments. I enjoyed it a lot with my family at the movies. It won’t win any prizes, but it was a good time.

Manga

• Just Listen to the Song: This is a one-shot that is just about not thinking too much about the meaning of the art one might create sometimes, it is fun and I don’t want to think much about it.
• Monster: I didn’t manage to finish this manga because I was too busy reading books, but its going and just, more things pop up, it is great.
• One Punch Man: I decided to go back to OPM for a bit and catch up, it is really fun and some intrigue for a new arc is getting closer, some new fights have happened which were cool.
• Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End: Because of the anime, which I am watching, I decided to catch up on the Manga as well, there’s a lot of good stuff waiting to happen on screen! Can’t wait!
• DanDaDan: Just a few chapters of this one again, an anime is coming out so I am trying to catch up to this once more, it is getting quite interesting too, but this one is always kind of insane.
• Elfen Lied: This was a manga I saw recommended a while ago, it was more gory and dark and yet somehow trying to be cute and a bit of a romance? I don’t think I’ll keep reading. But maybe I’ll change my mind one day.

Anime & TV Shows

• Spy x Family Season 2: In preparation for the movie, we decided to watch Season 2 of this anime. It was hilarious and enjoyable, but the main mission was put aside, which is a bit strange, however I already knew since I read the manga, and I don’t really think it is that needed. Just some slice of life goodness is ok.
• Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End: I have watched half the season so far with my sister, this show is beautiful, simply fantastic, I love it so much. The manga was a masterpiece already, and this is somehow above it.
• Young Sheldon: Just a comedy show to watch during dinner with my family, it is funnier than I expected! Kinda reminiscent to Malcom in the Middle, but the family interactions are so different that its just its own thing, and it works for us.

Device Usage

So, now for how my device usage went in April…

Android

I used my phone for 198 hours

• YouTube for 52 hours—again with the addiction, ugh.
• Tusky for 32 hours—at least its a good addiction.
• Discord for 17 hours—not as great but still fun.
• WhatsApp for 16 hours—actually surprised about this one.
• Cromite for 14 hours—visited a lot of blogs this time.
• Signal for 13 hours—talk to me pls.

Laptop

I used my laptop for a total of 60 hours

• Firefox for 40 hours.
• Alacritty for 9 hours.
• GIMP for 5 hours.
• Discord for 3 hours.
• Signal for 1 hour.
• Inkscape for 3 hours.

E-Reader

I read 1090 pages in the span of 19 hours

• The Machine Stops in 1:21 hours.
• The Mysterious Affair at Styles in 6:40 hours.
• The Palace of Eternity for 5:20 hours.
• Dune for 5:55 hours.

Finishing thoughts

So, quite a lot of media was consumed during April, I am quite happy about that.

This month might be much less varied, but that’s because I am taking part in #WeblogPoMo2024, where I’ll be writing one post per day! so this is my first post for the challenge, if you decide to join, please let me know!

And, this is day 33 of #100DaysToOffload

Podcasts

• Sir Khan: I’ve been getting back into Warhammer 40K lore and this Spanish podcast is just great, pure narrative and epic moments!
• Trash Taste: I listened to some great episodes that were quite fun. The one about conspiracy theories was hilarious.
• Relatos de la Noche: Horror stories narrated in Spanish, great voice and no ad reads in the middle make this good enough for me.
• CALLISTO: This was a short science fiction psychological horror drama that took me by surprise, I wish it was longer—it only has three episodes—but it was enjoyable and intriguing nonetheless.

Manga

In Progress

• Monster: I am very close to the end of this Manga and it just keeps getting more and more convoluted in a wonderful way, everything is coming together and flashbacks are bringing answers, and creating new questions. I hope the ending delivers, because this mystery is one of the best I’ve read.
• Komi Can’t Communicate: Just read a few chapters for this, but they were more extras rather than actual plot, I hope more happens next.
• Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End: After watching the anime I decided to catch up on the Manga too, and it is still absolutely great!
• Dandadan: After the anime trailer came out I decided to catch up on the Manga too, and it is still absolutely great!

Finished

• Remina: This was a Junji Ito story, science fiction horror end of the world story about a wandering planet getting closer and closer to Earth, the mass hysteria and the fight for survival, and the absolutely insane last couple of chapters made this a really interesting read.

Anime

• Uncle From Another World: This was quite a funny anime that has a bunch of isekai tropes, except that the character is a grown up adult and he just finished his journey and came back to reality. So, his nephew decides to turn him into a YouTuber. It was so funny I finished it in a day.

• Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End: I watched the first 5 episodes and I ended up crying a couple of times, this is a beautifully done rendition that improves on the original material quite gracefully, I will keep watching.

• Gurren Lagann: I watched a couple more episodes of this one, it is still fun mecha battles and some interesting plotpoints just happened, gotta watch more.

Books

In progress

• Dune: I started reading this after Dune Part Two came out, I am at 69% of the story and I am loving it quite a lot, it really is as good as people say.
• The Palace of Eternity: I saw another YouTuber recommending this sci-fi space opera and I decided to read it alongside Dune, I was actually impressed by it and I hope I finish it soon.

Finished

• The Undefeated: I was looking for something short to read and this came up, it was quite an interesting story that didn’t quite feel like sci-fi in anything but background setting. More of a memoir, but good.
• Tender is The Flesh: A dystopia where animal meat cannot be ingested and cannibalism becomes accepted in society. It is more of a character driven story, and all the characters are kind of despicable, discretion is adviced.

Movies

• Dune: Part Two: Absolutely fantastical movie, a must watch! I found it much better than the first part. The score, the cinematography, the color and everything was incredible. I liked it a lot.
• Kung Fu Panda 4: This was much better than I expected, but not better than the first two. I think it was rather short, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. Po actually learned something instea
• Damsel: This was a Netflix movie that was picked at random, Millie Bobby Brown is on everything these days huh, good for her! The story was rather interesting, and darker than I expected. A princess tale turned nightmare.
• The Lion King: A true classic we watched as a family early on the month, still a masterpiece.

Device Usage

Laptop

I used my laptop for 90 hours total

• Firefox for 67 hours
• Alacritty for 14 hours
• Gimp for 3 hours
• Calibre for 2 hours

Phone

I used my phone for 180 hours total

• YouTube for 50 hours
• WhatsApp for 26 hours
• Tusky for 22 hours
• Cromite for 16 hours
• Librera for 9 hours
• Bible for 8 hours
• Mihon for 5 hours
• Discord for 5 hours
• Signal for 5 hours

E-Reader

I got an ereader recently, and here are my current stats so far, fetched from KOReader.

I’ve read a total of 1647 pages in the span of 23 hours

• Dune Read for 16:04 hours
• The Palace of Eternity for 3:17 hours
• The Undefeated for 2:18 hours

So yeah, a bunch of stuff! I hope you found some interesting stuff to check for yourself! I hope you had a good month too!

This is day 25 of #100DaysToOffload

Podcasts

Last month I didn’t listen to as many podcasts as I usually do, it was only around 45 hours of content this time around.

It was more of the usual stuff, such as Welcome to Night Vale, Dungeons and Daddies and Waveform.

Ars Paradoxica was the only (old)new show I listened to, I started it years ago but I decided to go back to it from the beginning and I am liking it a lot. Its a sci-fi drama about a physicists, Sally Grissom, who ends up travelling back in time by mistake. Its really good!

Manga

• Mosquito Wars: I finished all the 48 chapters. After All You Need is Kill, I saw this manhwa mentioned as kinda similar, and I realized that it was written by the same guy who did The Boxer and The Horizon (Two God Tier manhwas that you must read) I knew I would have to give it a go. Its simply fantastic and it goes places. Its the closest thing I’ve read to Evangelion. Just fantastic. Art, composition, story and characters, they’re all great. I don’t think it reaches the level of his other works, but its great anyway.
• Alita Battle Angel: Read up to chapter 44. I got back into Alita and it keeps going, it definitely lost some momentum but its picking up a little bit.
• Survival: Read up to chapter 85. I don’t know how I stumbled upon this old, classic manga, but it follows a boy who survives a Great Catastrophe that sinks down 90% of the planet, including a bunch of Japan. The boy has to survive against nature and what strives him to keep going is the hope of reuniting with his family. Not only does he have to face the dangers of nature taking over, but also face what such a situation does to the remnant of humanity.
• Survival: Another Story: This is a side story volume in between of Survival’s main plot, its about the boy finding a seeemingly normal city that is turned into a dictatorship. It is full of weird mysteries and stuff. I finished all 12 chapters.
• Chi No Wadachi: This is a manga I started a while ago, it is quite a psychological manga about a mother and his only son. It ended a while ago, and I caught up to finish it. It was a weird and sad story that somehow remains hopeful until the end. I think its worth it, but its not for everyone.

Movies

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes: I went blind on this movie and I was pleasantly surprised, you don’t need to know much about the universe other than it is a prequel and the main character is the villain of the original trilogy, it was very interesting and the Hunger Games were pretty action packed too, it delivered, in my opinion.

Device Usage

Because of my new job I haven’t had as much time to do anything for myself, so my time using my personal devices got drastically reduced, even more than before, since using my phone was necessary during my internship. Its a nice change of pace to be honest.

Laptop Usage

I only used my computer for 60 hours this month. Honestly, I spent a lot more time on my phone and with my family watching TV and stuff.

• Firefox got used for 50 hours
• Alacritty was used for 8 hours

Phone Usage

I kinda forgot to install Activity Watch, so I don’t have the full stats this time around. I’ll just sort the apps from most used to least used

• YouTube: I mostly used it for shorts this time. While at work its just nice to have them during my breaks.
• Tachiyomi: This is the second best thing, its quick to read a couple pages from time to time or in the bathroom lol.
• WhatsApp
• Tusky
• Facebook
• Cromite

Finishing thoughts

There are many things I’ve been meaning to write about, as I mentioned in my previous post, and I only have 17 more posts to go this year. Let’s hope for the best!

This is day 83 of #100DaysToOffload

Podcasts

I listened to around 90 hours of Podcasts! a third of that is Welcome to NightVale, which I sleep to, so maybe I actually listened to only half of that. Most of the time I listen to the same stuff, so here are some different things I wanted to recommend.

• Avatar: Braving the Elements: Fantastic podcast featuring Dante Basco (Zuko) and Janet Varney (Korra) doing a recap of the Last Airbender animated show. This podcast is fantastic and brings me so much joy. I am currently listening to their episode on the Winter Solstice two parter.

• Eye of the Duck: This is an episode about the most important scene on a movie. Its from the same family of shows as Into The Aether, the hosts are quite great. I listened to their episode on Night Of The Living Dead (I have a thing for horror movie reviews) and I had a great time.

Anime

• Spy X Family: Me and my siblings finished season two, and we had a blast watching it, its really easy to enjoy them all

Manga

• Green Blood: This manga is located during the end of the civil war, with everyone looking to enjoy the American Dream. The quest of a pair of brothers looking for revenge. Discretion is advised, it is quite graphic and real, but it doesn’t get to be “edgy” for the sake of it. The art is magnificent and the story is worthy of a read, if you can take some strong language and scenes I think this is a very unique setting for a manga with many lessons to be learned out of it.

• One Outs: A few months ago I watched the anime, and I was hooked. I decided to read the manga from the start back then, but I kinda stopped. Last month I decided to resume my reading and I am very happy I did. The story and the bet go even bigger, and its actually quite sick. A few things stop making sense, but the overall plot is great, a good read, especially weird in sports manga, although so far I’ve only read good sports manga.

• Hakaijuu: Now this is what an edgy manga looks like. It starts out pretty strong as a romance manga turned into survival apocalypse with huge monsters coming out of the ground. But it just keeps going and going without any idea of what to do. Horrible people become protagonists and heroes, the monsters keep getting bigger, my suspension of disbelief struggles here. If you like Godzilla, The Walking Dead, Attack on Titan, The Thing, and Power Rangers, this is probably for you. The art is too good for a series like this, seriously, too good. If your mind is bored this is good enough I guess.

Games

• Metroid Dread: I started to focus on Dread a lot more this time, I want to enjoy it as much as I can. Its great and it plays great!
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild: I kinda played a little less, I got to the big elephant beast but I kinda feel like the end is approaching (Even though its not), I just don’t want this game to end, but I’ll do what I must.
• Burnout Legends: I discovered this game thanks to the Retro Game Time Machine podcast, and I decided to play it too, it is surprisingly fun and challenging, the races are filled with adrenaline and crashes and its a great quick game to boot up and lose some time in the focus zone.
• Mario and Luigi: Super Star Saga: Years ago my save file of this game died and I kinda stopped playing it, but I finally decided to return to it and its still super fun! I hope I get the time to finish it this month, but it depends on the other games.

Device Usage

With my PSP and Switch lacking proper ways to track my usage other than estimates, I can’t really say how much I’ve played stuff, whatever, my laptop and phone remain reliable.

Laptop

I used my laptop for 30 hours, A lot of that time was spent moving stuff around to my PSP since I was into a bit of a phase once again, writing a blogpost about it.

• 22 hours on Firefox
• 4 hours on Alacritty
• 2 hours in Thunar

Android phone

I used my phone for around 212 hours, as you may be able to tell, due to my internship I spend more time not at home. It is how it is

• Tachiyomi got used for 54 hours, yeah.
• Tusky got 27 hours of use, thanks guys.
• Whatsapp for 26 hours of use, not so great
• Newpipe got 18 hours of use.
• Facebook got 17 hours, due to work, not great.
• Infinity still works, so 14 hours went there
• Signal got used for 8 hours, chatting there is cool

Final words

I am done! The year is coming to an end in only a few more months, and I am still a little behind, but hey, this is still day 56 of #100DaysToOffload

Podcasts

The usual suspects, Trash Taste, Welcome to Night Vale, Late Night Linux and Dungeons and Daddies.

The only new stuff would be Talk Ville, a podcast hosted by Tom Weiling (Clark Kent) and Michael Rosenbaum (Lex Luthor) rewatching Smallville, it is quite fun and nostalgic, very good stuff and its nice to see their thoughts on what they did 20 years ago.

Anime & Animated Shows

• The Spectacular Spider-Man: After watching Across the Spiderverse I felt a bit weird about not really liking the Spectacular Spider-Man, purely because of its design and style, slightly too cartoonish for my taste, so I decided to watch the show once and for all and I ended up LOVING it. I finished it super quickly and was utterly disgusted by its lack of a proper ending, I really wanted to see Gwen and Peter’s relationship grow too, such a missed opportunity.
• My Adventures with Superman: This is another look into Superman’s origin story and his relationship with Lois Lane and their internship at The Daily Planet, the animation is pretty good and the story is everything you already know, but told in a slightly different way, very interesting, I also really like the Superman emblem redesign.
• Spy X Family: Still watching season 2 with my siblings, super wholesome and fun, very good.

Manga

A lot of manga was read last month.

• Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End: This is a MUST read. The Hero Party of a fantasy world has finally defeated the Demon King, and everything is peaceful once again for centuries to come. The heroes are now legends, but their mage, an elf named Frieren, remains alive, while his human companions grow to old age. The keeps going and 80 years later he embarks on a new journey. Absolutely fantastic story.
• Spider-Man: Fake Red: What happens when a regular teen finds Spider-Man’s suit in the trash, and ends up being forced to wear it and try his best to keep the city safe? This is a great story, that tackles what it means to be Spider-Man and has some great characters and a very unique story. Good stuff, sad its not very long, like Spectacular Spiderman…
• Weak Hero: I got into this lately once again, fun teen action drama stuff with school gangs and corruption, I already mentioned it before, nice street fights and stuff, its kinda addicting.
• Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou: This is the most nostalgic, relaxing and melancholic, yet hopeful manga I’ve read, I had already mentioned it before but it really deserves a chance, if you are only into action and stuff, calm down and give this a thoughtful read, its worth it.
• Kingdom: A new arc has begun, some political drama is coming and I am here for it. Kingdom is great so please just read it, its 700+ chapters will fly by, I promise!

Movies

• Ratatouille: Do I really need to say anything? This movie is fantastic, a joy to watch. It had been a few years since I last saw it, it felt quite refreshing, and I can’t believe I was barly 7 when it came out.
• X-Men: My younger sister started watching some of the old-gen superhero movies and I sat to watch this one too, surprisingly entertaining and it also holds up quite well, I love the effects on this one, except for the frog one, he is too goofy.
• X-Men: The Last Stand: I missed the second one so, yeah. But this one was also fun enough, I can tell why it got badly received and all that but I kinda wish they hadn’t left us with such a cliff-hanger.
• Honest Thief: Liam Neeson is yet again doing Taken, your typical fun action thriller for everyone to enjoy. Nothing too original but entertaining.

Games

• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of The Wild: This game is a masterpiece, I’ve been playing it for 30 hours or more and I feel like I still have a ton of stuff to learn, pretty cool stuff.
• Metroid Dread: I love Metroid, and this is some of the best gameplay and new mechanics on the series and the whole genre, fun and action packed, I’ve only played for like 2 hours though.

Device Usage

Laptop

I only used my computer for 30 hours this month. I must be very good at keeping myself in control right?

Truth is, I got a Nintendo Switch! the Tears of The Kingdom edition, as you may have noticed in the Gaming section…

• I used Firefox 21 hours
• Alacritty for 3 hours
• Minecraft for 2 hours
• PPSSPP for 1 hour

Phone

I used my phone for a total of 205 hours, so yeah…

• Newpipe for 31 hours
• Tusky for 30 hours, yey!
• Facebook for 25 hours, booo
• Tachiyomi for 23 hours, yey!
• WhatsApp for 20 hours, booo
• Aniyomi for 15 hours, yey!
• Fennec for 10 hours, meh.

Final thoughts

Alright, so yeah, the Nintendo Switch is great and Zelda is awesome, I don’t know what else to say, read the manga I suggested, play videogames, send me your Nintendo friend ID and lets play Rocket League or whatever.

This is day 53 of #100DaysToOffload

June was quite busy, it was my birthday once again, I bought a few nice things for myself, I got some nice gifts and I also went to the movies a couple of times. So here we go.

Podcasts

• Welcome to Night Vale: This podcast became my favorite thing to listen to while sleeping, Cecil has one of the most relaxing voices ever, and the mood of this show is super loose yet kinda gripping, but I mostly get to sleep in around 10 minutes.
• Trash Taste: No introduction needed. I think I will start to note down which episodes I listened to like Hyde does, that way I can explain a bit more, this time though I am too lazy.
• Darknet Diaries: I listened to the first few episodes of the backlog, with episodes like ASUSGATE, the VTech hack and such, the beginning of the show feels quite different to how its presented today, more serious, like a documentary.
• Late Night Linux: I should probaby mention I tend to listen to all the episodes being run by these guys, not just the main LNL episodes.

Books

• Eisenhorn: Xenos: The first book of the trilogy is finally over, it was pretty good and entertaining, I have to say I got a little bit lost in the end but I got the main points and I am happy to have read at least one book without drawings or pictures in it this year. I hope to read some more.
• Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland: In order to read more than one book this year I started with something that should be simple, I somehow have not read this book, but its fun and quirky and I hope to be done with it pretty quickly, it feels like a children’s book but that’s totally fine.

Anime

• Spy X Family Season 2: I started the second season of this show and its super fun to watch with my siblings, a ton of laughter and wholesome moments, I actually got myself a t-shirt of this show with some panels featuring Anya lost somewhere in Mexico.

Manga

• Gyo: Junji Ito got mentioned for a bit in Trash Taste, while talking about the horror genre in movies, anime and manga. The plot is about a bunch of sea life, from fish to sharks and squids, that come out of the sea and invade Japan, using some weird cyborg insect legs from unkown origin, to crawl around. Its so random and kinda gruesome, I just had to see how the story moved forward. Its such a weird thing that exists. It was entertaining, but kinda gross, I almost wanted to drop it and not even mention I read it, like most works of this mangaka.

• Telework Yotabanashi: I actually read this in May, but I forgot to mention it there. This is a pretty short romance manga about a couple of regular people that met thanks to working at home during the pandemic. Its sweet and pretty wholesome, I liked it.

• Kubo Won’t Let Me Be Invisible: I actually read this in May, again. I completed this manga! It was quite fun, the friendship between the cast was super wholesome and it ended pretty well, its not very long either.

Movies

• Spider-man Across The Spider-verse: This movie is a masterpiece, I love it, its great, the animation is insance, the action is top-notch, the cinematography is world class and I can’t even begin with the writing of these characters, a couple of plot points felt a bit unrealistic, but this is awesome and I can’t wait for the third movie.

• The Flash: This movie is not a masterpiece, but I think its fine, the animation sucked, the action is meh, the cinematography felt like a bunch of PS1 cutscenes and I can’t even begin with the plotholes and non-sensical things that happen here, a couple of moments with Barry’s mom where beautiful, but its not the best and I hope Gunn can make something good out of this universe. Henry Cavill should have stayed but anyways.

Device Usage

I don’t really use my laptop that much nowadays due to work, but here goes nothing…

Laptop Usage

I used my laptop for around 46 hours total! At least on the Linux side.

• Firefox for 41 hours
• Alacritty for 2 hours
• Inkscape for 2 hours

Android Usage

My phone on the other hand, got around 166 hours of screen time

• I used Facebook for 44 hours
• Whatsapp for 31 hours
• NewPipe for 18 hours
• Bromite for 9 hours
• Tusky for 9 hours
• Infinity For Reddit for 4 hours (RIP)

Finishing thoughts

As you can see, I have to use Facebook a lot for work, this is because most of the recruiting I do is on social media and Facebook is king here in Mexico, not much I can do about it, other than sticking to the Lite edition to minimize its footprint on my device while also not making it a pain to use, which is sadly the case in the mobile browser version and the wrappers available.

This is day 48 of #100DaysToOffload

So anyway, I’ve been very busy at my internship, is not really what I imagined, I’ve mentioned in my Mastodon account that it has nothing to do with Mechatronics, but I don’t really mind, HR has been quite messy, but also very interesting and fun, I’ve done interviews and witnessed some interesting evaluations of people trying to get higher positions and such, I’ve also walked for hours putting flyers door by door in different cities around mine. Pretty much everyone of my fellow engineers mock me a little bit, but I have to admit I don’t mind doing this at all since its not actually that heavy for me to do, I’ve been used to “hard” work like this for a while.

The part that I hate the most is the online engagement and recruiting, why? Because I have to use Facebook, but I’ll stop for now, this is not about my job, but the media I’ve consumed lately!

Podcasts

I listened to a total of 98 hours of podcasts. Thanks to my internship, I have like 3 hours everyday during commutes and stuff, I have listened to a bit more music lately, but also quite a lot of podcasts!

• Into The Aether: Once again this won with aroud 25 hours, its just quite a chill time to relax and listen to gaming shenanigans
• Welcome To Night Vale: This became my new podcast to listen while going to sleep, the lack of ads in between and the great voice of the host is simply amazing, the lore and stuff behind every episode is quite interesting, but it also does not matter that much to me, so I don’t have to get hooked and stay awake, I just listen “Oh I recall this was in the background two episodes ago, it paid off!” and stay sleeping most of the time.
• Behind the Bastards: A new show I started about stories of bad people who did bad things, I listened to their series on Andrew Tate, since I had no idea why that guy was everywhere, and I gotta say its pretty interesting, I will check some of their more historical stuff soon enough
• Sound Plus Doctrine: This is a podcast for worship leaders and participants. This podcast has been very helpful and contains a lot of good tips and truths the bible says about music and worship in the church. I help my church by singing and playing the piano, helping guide the congregation to worship God.
• The Vergecast: I already knew about this podcast but never gave it a try, its actually a really decent show and some of their later episodes have been about the Fediverse and I found them really nice.

Books

• Eisenhorn: Xenos: This book got in the backburner a bit, but I only have to read one more chapter, it got a bit more space warfare rather than mystery solving which turned me off just a little bit, but twists and turns keep me hooked still. Regardless, Manhwa took over this month…

Anime

I didn’t really watched any anime other than keeping up with Gurren Lagann but I didn’t manage to finish it just yet, its gotten a bit too fanservicey which is annoying, but I’ll try to watch until the end.

Manga

• Weak Hero: This is a manhwa about a pretty smart guy who decides to face the bullies around him and build a reputation for himself, but this is not your regular power fantasy, every character gets quite deep and the protagonists are all quite interesting and complex, there are school gangs, corruption and a lot of fights in this, but it has managed to stay pretty interesting and the plot keeps going strong.

• My Wife Is From a Thousand Years Ago: Now this is a Manhua (a chinese comic), and its a pretty funny and wholesome rom-com about a guy who find a girl from a thousand years ago and helps her fit better into society, they get into pretty interesting situations and I get a little bit of diabetes while reading it, so there’s that.

• Sakamoto Days: This picked up a bit more, the current arc seems to be about to end, still very fun action and comedy moments too.

Movies

• Guardians of The Galaxy Vol. 3: I don’t need to say anything, a must watch.
• Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania: I don’t need to say anything, skip it.

Device Usage

Laptop Usage

I used windows for a while lately because of school homework, but on Linux this is what I did mostly. I used Linux for around 39 hours (you can tell I am not home as much huh).

• Firefox for 32 hours
• Alacritty for 4 hours
• PPSSPP for 2 hours

Android Usage

I used my phone more often than I expected, for around 168 hours.

• Tachiyomi for 35 hours
• Newpipe for 29 hours
• WhatsApp for 25 hours
• Tusky for 12 hours
• Infinity for Reddit for 9 hours
• Fennec for 8 hours
• Facebook Lite for 6 hours

This is day of #100DaysToOffload

Finishing toughts

As I’ve said before, work has gotten in my way a little bit more, but I’ve also been too lazy. I will try to catch up this month since I’m actually on vacation now. This is day 47 of #100DaysToOffload

Podcasts

• Retro Game Time Machine: I had quite a gaming focused month this time around, so it makes sense for this podcast to show up here and now. Its a pretty fun show that talks about a specific retro game and does an overview about it and the stuff that was happening at the time of its launch, very good stuff.
• Into The Aether: Regular podcast of mine
• The WAN Show: The last few shows have been around 4 hours long and I am here for it, my favorite tech podcast by far that is not related to Linux, they talk a bit too much about internal stuff but I am also fascinated by that, but its not for everyone.

Manga

Other than the regulars, here are some I wanted to shout out:

• The Horizon: A MUST READ, if you can handle war and topics of such kind, this manga (actually a manhwa) is essential, so deep despite being only 21 chapters, I finished it in a bit less than two hours. Its about a boy and a girl that find each other after experiencing the reality of war, and decide to walk forward together. Despite everything, hope prevails. Absolutely fantastic, from the same author of The Boxer, which is also a must for everyone, in my opinion.
• One Outs: Tokuchi is a gambler of One Outs, a game between a batter and a pitcher, and he has never lost. He ends up as a pitcher for the weakest team of the league after the only decent player there finds him and gets him to join. After the team’s owner agrees to a contract that (supposedly) benefits him, giving 5 million per out, and -50 million per run given. The perspective of this manga is great and the protagonist’s schemes are so far ahead of everyone else I can’t help but be amazed at every moment he faces every one of his enemies, from strategists to cheaters and everything in between. His goal? Make as much money as he can, outwitting everyone that crosses his way. Very fun and big brain.
• Chi no Wadachi: This is psychological manga I mentioned before, I picked it up again and the story is a messed up as ever, which always amazes me because there’s no gore or shock and typical stuff like that. Stuff just happens and the characters just go through that. I really don’t want to spoil this one. Its about the strange relationship of a mother and son after they witness a murder. Just read it.
• My Clueless First Friend: A bullied girl ends up befriended by a guy who is clueless about how badly everyone treats her. He considers everything they say to her as a compliment, and even if its not, he somehow innocently understands it as something wholesome and makes everyone around him see it that way (or get weirded out so they leave them be). I am very bad at explaining this but its wholesome and cute and comfy so if you are traumatized by the previous manga read this.

Anime

• Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2: I finished this section of chapters, I will honestly stop watching until they get to the end because this is getting ridiculous. I am loving the series but the way its split and its chapters come out have me so confused. Also everything happening is so heartbreaking I kinda want to just stop but I can’t stop watching, so good, just the pacing is kinda messed up, not in the story progression just in real life.

• Lycoris Recoil: Absoulutely fantastic original anime with a super wholesome protagonist that takes place in a world where high school girls fight crime and terrorism, and she’s the best of them all. A newcomer gets teamed up with her after she disobeys orders and so begins their adventure. Its premise is quite interesting, but the characters take the show and the story ain’t bad at all. It also got what I consider a satisfying ending which is kinda weird to have. The animations is also insane so watch it for that reason at least.

• Giant Beasts of Ars: Another original anime series that started out quite strong but it just didn’t have the time to pan out such a story, I wish it had run for 3 seasons or something because I really felt this world to be almost like Avatar The Last Airbender, very good and interesting, but with a rushed second half that ended up not being that great.

• Kaiji - Ultimate Survivor: Kaiji is in debt, he ends up having to gamble and be entertainment for rich dudes, for the chance of his debt being erased and even gaining a huge amount of money. The mental gymnastics of this anime are really high. The protagonist really does his best, but he is actually kind of a regular guy that has to climb his way to the top, unlike Tokuchi who would probably win to everyone in there. Really great stuff that I had to keep watching because I couldn’t wait to see what was next.

• One Outs: I actually watched the anime before the manga, the animation is done by Madhouse studios and it shows. I really enjoyed this series which is following the manga’s plot, which I already mentioned, you may wanna watch it this way too, I just wanted to know what was next since it doesn’t cover the full manga, as far as I know. The subtitle of the show is pretty clear about what the show is about: Nobody wins, but I!

Movies

• Emergency Declaration: A Korean thriller about a virus that is used for bioterrorism inside an airplane, with a bunch of korean drama in between. I actually really enjoyed it, there is just some convenient stuff that helps the people trying to figure things out which were a little too convenient. Regardless, it was good!

Gaming

I played quite a few games this month, I had never played so much in a while, so its quite interesting to see to be honest. I finished a couple of games I had started a couple years ago, which was quite interesting.

Finished

• Ys Seven: This is an action RPG that I really enjoyed, it has so much content and stuff to do, the story was not half bad, and the gameplay was super fun. I actually got stuck at the final boss, so to complete it I just grinded for a bit, unlocked a couple new skills and tried some strategies until I finally managed to beat it, it was a 4 phase battle which was rough, but not impossible. I really recommend it to be honest.
• Jeanne D’Arc: I already mentioned this in its own post, because I finished it first, such a good game, go check out my post on it.

Ongoing

• Monster Hunter Freedom Unite: This is one of those games that you can finish but it doesn’t really matter, I enjoy playing missions and unlocking more sets, upgrading my armor, getting new equipment and such. The best thing is trying strategies and playing online, helping fellow hunters, from advanced to beginners, and I just have a good time.
• Monster Hunter Portable 3rd: All of the above, but with a couple improvements and I am also just starting out, also introduced a friend to it and its been super fun. We will go to Freedom Unite once he gains experience.
• Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate: I am even more of a noob on this one but its pretty fun and underwater combat is quite interesting.
• Final Fantasy IV: Great story, the PSP version is great, I am enjoying it but I am a bit stuck with a grindy tower section which is not that big of a deal.
• Final Fantasy VII: Considered one of the best of all time, its quite fun despite its aged look, quite charming. I just got to a plot exposition bit which ain’t bad, I am enjoying the pace, I will take my time with this one.

Device Usage

Alright so, as you may be able to tell, this time around my activity tracking is quite unique.

Desktop Usage

• PPSSPP emulator. 70 hours
• Firefox. 104 hours
• Citra emulator. 9 hours

Phone Usage

• Newpipe. 45 hours
• Aniyomi. 20 hours
• Whatsapp. 14 hours
• Tachiyomi. 13 hours
• Brawl Stars. 11 hours

Conclusion

I have to say I also spent a bunch of time on Twitch, because I was listening and watching Monster Hunter streamers which I also kinda played with sometimes so that was very fun.

I feel like I spent a lot of time doing not very useful things, at the same time I have a lot of free time so it is how it is. I should be looking for an internship, this is so sad.

This is day 45 of #100DaysToOffload

Podcasts

Alright, I listened to a variety of different podcasts this time, so there they are!

• Dungeons and Daddies: Once again, after starting the first few episodes last month, I ended up catching up to the current season, so now I am in pain waiting for the next episode.
• Sir Khan: A Spanish podcast/YouTube channel that has amazing shows talking about Warhammer 40K lore and stories. Super awesome! His narration of the most intense moments of the Horus Heresy actually made me cry.
• Into The Aether: I listened to a few episodes this time around. Not too many!
• Late Night Linux: I actually listened to some more of these as well, always entertaining.

Books

• Pride and Prejudice: This is a classic book that I started reading and listening, but I am still not done with it. Its quite funny to be honest, I just have to give it more time.

• First and Only: In the grim darkness of the dark future, there is only WAR! This is a Warhammer novel featuring the Imperial Guard, normal guys trying to survive against demons and aliens thrice their size. But they got tanks and mass, and yeah, I just got started on this one too.

Movies and Series

• Elysium: This is a sci-fi movie with Matt Damon complaining about Health Care not being free in the future, where the whole world looks like Mexico. And I am here for it.
• Wispher of the Heart: Now this was a beautiful film. I watched it with my siblings and friends and it was really a joy to watch. I couldn’t take my eyes off the screen, and I hope it stays that way as I go through the Studio Ghibli movies

Anime

• Giant Beasts of Ars: This is the original anime you need. No manga, no spoilers, and an original story that merges Attack on Titan with a world that kinda feels like Avatar: The Last Airbender without elements. Also some weird sci-fi stuff that somehow fits despite everything else looking ancient. Kinda like Breath of the Wild? Idk. But the story is good and characters are good. The show is still airing, so I am not done yet! Sadly the animation is not as great, but its definitely above average.

• Lycoris Recoil: A secret organization in Japan uses teen girls to fight crime and keep Tokyo safe. I don’t know how this works, but it does, and the animation is top notch. Nice mistery and action sequences, adorable cast and interesting plot. I am not done with it yet!

Manga

• Chi no Wadachi: I hadn’t read this one in a while. The less you know about this one, the better. Its a bit depressing and full of bad people going through bad times. But the choices made by the characters are always intriguing and you never know what’s really going on in their heads. I catched up to it!
• Komi Can’t Communicate: Always wholesome and nice to read. Catched up to it!
• One Punch Man: This one never fails to entertain me, I am a bit behind though.

Device Usage

This month I used my devices a bit less than the previous one, which I find interesting. To be fair a bit of my time was spent on Windows, where I don’t have m ActivityWatch installed, so maybe I just transitioned my usage from one place to another.

Desktop usage

I used my laptop for a total of 154 hours.

• Used Firefox for 109 hours
• Used Alacritty for 21 hours
• Used GIMP for 6 hours

Android Usage

I used my device for a total of 171 hours.

• Used Newpipe for 34 hours
• Played for Brawl Stars for 24 hours
• Used Mastodon clients for 16 hours
• Read on Librera for 12 hours
• Read on Tachiyomi for 5 hours
• Watched on Aniyomi for 4 hours

Final words

That’s pretty much it. I also started playing on a PSP for a bit, but I’ll write about that later, I guess.

This is day 42 of #100DaysToOffload

Podcasts

I listened to podcasts for 73 hours during this month. I actually decided to listen a few podcasts in Spanish, due to the post I wrote about most of my media consumption being not in my native language. They still didn’t make it to the top of my stats this month, but still, nice progress.

• Dungeons and Daddies (Season 2): I listened to the first 5 episodes of season 2 of this show. Pretty good so far.
• Into The Aether: I listened to 5.5 hours of this one. I actually haven’t started their GOTY episode, which is always like 5 hours long by itself, so maybe this month they will stay at the top just because of it.
• Señales: This one’s in Spanish! Its about mystery and stuff, kinda like Unexplained which I’ve mentioned before.
• Modo 7: This one is a gaming podcast in Spanish too, I actually really liked it, listened to episode 35 about Resident Evil and to an episode about the physical vs digital ownership of games.
• Trash Taste: The latest couple of episodes are absolute gems, they did an episode generated by AI and its some of the funniest ones I’ve ever listened to. The one before that one was also awesome!

Other podcasts I listened to were:

• Revolutions
• Darknet Diaries
• Retro Game Time Machine
• Late Night Linux

Movies and Series

• The Beast with a Million Eyes: A thread by Kevin Bowen on Fosstodon got me interested on watching some old films. One of the ones in that list was this one. It was a pretty bad one, I watched it in two sittings right before going to sleep. I kinda enjoyed it, not gonna lie, as cheesy and low budget as it is. The title and poster are lying, so have low expectations.

Books

• 1984 by George Orwell: I finished it, as promised, I can’t believe I had stopped reading it a few years ago when I gave it a try for the first time, right before the good stuff started! The last third of this book is a gem, I couldn’t stop reading and that ending is so real. A must read, honestly.
• I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison: I can’t believe I didn’t finish this one yet. A collection of short stories that are all great, they are kind of sci-fi but the author doesn’t like to categorize his works. Regardless, the ones I’ve read have all been really good, short and sweet.

Anime

• Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood: I finished it, and I really loved it. I get why its considered the best among them all. Awesome action, amazing characters and a beautifully scripted story. I think I will watch some more content of this soon enough.
• Princess Mononoke: I have wanted to watch Studio Ghibli movies for a while, but I’ve been meaning to watch it with my family or friends. That finally came true this month when we watched this movie, I really, really enjoyed it a lot.
• Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 2: Yeah the way the later seasons are organized kind of sucks. But I watched 4 episodes of this one and it is quite great. I had read the manga up to 10 or so chapters before the ending, so I know most of what’s happening here. Great stuff, I still miss the old animation style.
• My Dress Up Darling: For some reason I hadn’t watched the last episode of the first season of this anime, I did it at the beginning of the month, it was alright.

Manga

I actually barely read anything. This time, I only read some chapters of series I’ve mentioned before:

• Sakamoto Days
• One Punch Man
• Komi Can’t Communicate
• Kingdom

Device usage

This month was a little weird, going back to school only a couple days a week, and an update to one of my favorite games really changed the way I usually use my devices this time.

Phone usage

Used for a total of 204 hours. A bit less than December!

• Newpipe for 41 hours
• Brawl Stars for 27 hours
• Tusky for 24 hours
• WhatsApp for 12 hours
• Librera Reader for 8 hours
• Bromite for 6 hours
• Tachiyomi for 5 hours

Desktop usage

• Firefox for 120 hours
• Alacritty for 38 hours
• GNU Octave for 3 hours
• MPV for 3 hours
• Minecraft for 2.5 hours

Wrapping up

Not a lot to say, this is the first post of February, tomorrow I am travelling, so it is likely that tomorrow I will break my streak, but I still have hope that it won’t be the case.

This is day 32 of #100DaysToOffload

Podcasts

• The Breakers: A podcast about a guy trying to survive the apocalypse, caused by a virus that eats you from the inside, and his awesome dog! Not your typical zombie story.
• 372 Pages We’ll Never Get Back, already talked about it.
• Trash Taste. I just can not get enough of these guys.
• Other podcast I have mentioned before…

Movies and Series

• Avatar: The Way Of Water: Its quite a visual spectacle, I liked it quite a bit, feels more like a setup than a fully fledged movie, I think its worth watching though, the world in it feels truly alive and well thought-out.
• Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio: A masterclass of animation and a wonderful re-imagination beyond the classical Disney version, and the original story. I loved it so much.
• Start-Up: This is a korean series, quite a good one too. Its about many people who are trying to start a new business and such, it has a lot of drama, love triangle and such, as it usually goes with these kinda shows. I watch it with my family, so it is what it is.

Books

• Denouement by HexDSL: Quite an interesting universe created by one of my favorite content creators. Its a pretty cool sci-fi story with quite a bit of originality, the second book is out so I’ll try and check it out too.
• Neuromancer by William Gibson: I did not finish, I started but I have to admit the writing style and language used is quite hard to understand for me, I will probably give up and check if the Spanish translation is better, at least for me to not struggle with the new words and such.
• 1984 by George Orwell: I switched to this one, and its quite a great read! I am still not done but it will be my first book of the year.

Anime

• Mob Psycho 100 III: A masterpiece, a must watch, my favorite anime of the year, probably? At least from the ones I finished…
• Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood: This is what most people consider to be the best of all time, and boy is it actually great, I am still not done, I am a third of the way so far, and the only reason I did not finish it yet is because I have been spending a lot of time with family and friends because of holidays. Watched 29 episodes.

Manga

• Tomie: This is a horror manga, the first of its kind I have read, done by Junji Ito. Its quite horrifying but I just kept going with it until the end, I don’t feel great about it but I probably will check other works of this author, 20 chapter were read.
• Kingdom: Still my favorite probably. I am 743 chapters in and this thing still has a long way to go! I had taken a bit of a break and waited for some chapters to pile up until last month. Highly recommended.
• Heavenly Delusion: This is a new one, it is quite a weird one too, its about some post-apocalyptic world and some kids trying to get to “Heaven”, but things are quite not right with what we know so far. I read up to chapter 7.
• I have been keeping up with Komi-san. I read up to chapter 384.

Screen Time

I switched to Void Linux this month, and I did not install ActivityWatch for a while due to laziness. The browser extension for ActivityWatch also got broken, so I am unable to specify which websites I visited the most. I will admit quite a few hours of them were on Anime sites. Here is what I got so far.

Phone Usage

I used my phone for 207 hours in total.

• Newpipe for 60 hours.
• Tusky for 25 hours.
• WhatsApp for 14 hours.
• Reading Apps (Moon Reader and Librera Pro) for 15 hours.
• Tachiyomi for 9 hours.
• Infinity for Reddit for 12 hours.
• Aniyomi for 11 hours.
• Firefox for 8 hours.

Desktop Usage

My computer was on for 144 hours.

• Firefox for 100 hours.
• Alacritty terminal for 22 hours.
• Inkscape for 2 hours.

Wrapping up

I would love to do a better summary for the whole of 2022, so I’ll work on that for tomorrow if possible. Have a Happy New Year people!

Also, this is day 1 of my second run of #100DaysToOffload.