I don't remember exactly how many times Yamato-Takeru-no-Mikoto has come up so far in the Garzey's Wing novels, but it's gotta be in the double digits for sure

That Mikimoto box art is 100% the reason I bought it haha

Had a weirdly vivid dream that I was playing mahjong irl. Mistakenly called ron on the wrong tile and got hit with a chombo (which in the dream was 16,000 points)

I've still got a lot of extended family on my mom's side there. It's been at least a decade since the last time I've visited, but I'll always love the city and its people. It's such a special place.

It's heartbreaking to see

I spent almost my entire childhood in Hong Kong and this news made me go look for what the last high rise fire was, since I couldn't remember one ever happening. Almost 30 years! (and it resulted in an overhaul of fire safety regulations)

I'll also say that while the piece is maybe TOO effusive (it is out of a book about Tomino, after all), having another author describe some of the things that makes Tomino's writing unique, in concrete terms, is quite valuable.

Does the monitor work

Have you talked to any old apple heads in the time since

A master of mahjong

THEY ADDED NEW GARBAGE reblog to save a life

I did just have a 5 renchan game (east only) in mahjong soul where I won with 75,000 points and the 4th place finisher was into the negative, so at least there's that