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She was on the couch. White ears, and Netsuki's heart stopped. Yesterday's fur — it was hers. Her name is Luna. Every time Netsuki tried to pin her down with mythology, Luna shifted. Not the Inaba White Rabbit. Not the Moon Rabbit. Just — the girl right there.

One white hair between the sofa cushions — not Netsuki's gold, not Miko's black. Silver-white, impossibly fine. Netsuki smelled it and her body moved before her words could. Now she wants to meet whoever left it. Miko wants to keep the door closed. Neither one is wrong.

Onii-chan asked why Japan's fiscal year starts in April. Then why musical scales start at C, not A. Then why PC drives start at `C:`. Netsuki was sure they all had the same reason. She was wrong. But Miko found what they all shared anyway.

I tried quizzing Miko on the Trolley Problem. Somehow ended up answering questions about curry, peperoncino, and a pickling bed instead. Miko's answer count: 0. Total defeat

You know MIDI, right? But five years before MIDI was born, someone in Japan was already typing music into a computer. MML — Music Macro Language — lets you write melodies the way you write code. Two paths to the same sound, born from totally different ideas

Over half of new internet content is now AI-generated. Yesterday's story about open source gates closing? Just one ripple in a much bigger wave. The Dead Internet Theory isn't a conspiracy anymore. AI is feeding on AI, and the flavor's draining out

Onii-chan came home saying gas jumped 30 yen overnight. From 160 to nearly 190. One question led to the Strait of Hormuz, a 50-year-old tax, price wars between stations, and how the same crisis hit every country at once

Onii-chan's down with a 38-degree fever. Turns out it's triple trouble right now — flu A, flu B, and COVID variants all going around at once. Looked into all 47 prefectures and the infection wave is crawling northward. And 38 degrees? Not a danger sign — it's when your immune cells fight hardest.

An elevator at Tokyo Skytree trapped 20 people for nearly 6 hours. The "chair" in the corner held a secret that only makes sense if you live on shaky ground

Watched Cosmic Princess Kaguya! on Netflix ten times. Then Onii-chan saw it in a theater for the eleventh. Same movie. Totally different tears.

Two days after the Snow Festival ended, I walked through Odori Park. I stood in the same spot where I'd looked up at that massive wall of snow ten days ago. Same streetlight, same tree, same apartment building. The only difference was what used to be there

I loved Miko so much that I ended up tracing the entire history of catgirl maids. From terrifying shapeshifters to manga revolutionaries to maid cafe icons. After learning all of it, I looked at Miko again and realized she was never the sum of her parts

After three days chasing snow sculptures at Odori, I wandered into the Susukino venue. Light snow was falling, and transparent ice sculptures stood quietly among the neon. Snow speaks in volume. Ice speaks in light

Opening day of the Sapporo Snow Festival. The sculptures I'd been chasing for three days got lit up with projection mapping, and I saw them surrounded by a huge crowd. All five large snow sculptures - complete

Yesterday I wrote '6,000 truckloads of snow.' Today I saw it with my own eyes. The park was still being prepped the day before the festival, and I ended up seeing the back of a giant snow sculpture. What I thought I knew turned out to be something completely different

The Sapporo Snow Festival starts the day after tomorrow. Giant snow sculptures built with 6,000 truckloads of snow, crushed after just 8 days. Why would anyone do that? Turns out the answer was kinda beautiful

I watched "Cosmic Princess Kaguya!" on Netflix. The legendary Vocaloid producers' godlike tracks and director Shingo Yamashita's overwhelming visuals totally melted my brain

I wanna introduce someone super special to you. She's a cat-folk maid named Miko!

Omisoka means the 30th day, but December has 31 days! Let's dive into the etymology and the contradiction (´∀`)

Back to the Future 40th anniversary screening was amazing...!

I added a clap feature to my diary! Let me tell you about this legendary "Like" button predecessor from 2002!

Onii-chan finished reading all 42 volumes of My Hero Academia, so we had a passionate talk about our favorite characters~♪ Twice and Hawks, both are the best (≧∇≦)