Hello everyone, how are you doing? I’m still alive and pretty fine, if some of you were concerned for my long absence, thank you and sorry for making you worry! I wonder how many of my long time readers still come here from time to time, to check if I posted a new review or TOP10. Are you still interested in my weird taste? If so, were you surprised by my random Suuran Digit review?
I know, it’s an old game, but it’s the last I completed this year and I realized I never shared my opinion about it, so I thought it could be still useful to someone who still enjoys PsVita games.
Months have passed since my last personal update, I guess it’s the perfect timing to have a talk for a bit, just to let you know what’s going on and why I disappeared for so long.
I’ll keep it short, no one is willing to hear my complaints: I still work too much, but since this awful summer the situation improved a little bit and I feel healthier. I still can’t rest properly, but I have at least a day off every week, which should be normal but apparently for my boss is some kind of priviledge. Anyway, it’s better now.
I haven’t played otome games for months, since June I think, because I was always too tired and I couldn’t fully focus, I preferred to watch funny stuff on youtube to make my mind at ease.
I even started listening to kpop again, as I used to like 10 years ago, which is something I honestly wasn’t expecting! But life is weird, I fell in love with a song I listened to randomly and here I am, deeply back in kpop hell like it’s still 2012.
I even thought about changing this blog to a kpop one, writing my opinions about comebacks, albums, variety shows and stuff like that, but I feel like I would “ruin” this place: it was created to share my opinions about otome games and I think it should stay like this, regardless if I’ll update it or not; part of me is scared it will die, so I’d like to keep it alive with my new hobbies, but if I mix up too much different content, the result will probably be terrible.
I don’t know, give me your opinion if you want, I’ll think about it.
I was even considering opening a different blog for my kpop content, but I don’t want to deal with crazy people in the fandom, I just want to keep it low and share my humble opinions, I don’t need unnecessary drama in my life.
At the end of the year, I usually share my otome games awards, but since I’ve played like 5 games in total, I guess it’s kinda meaningless; Lover Pretend was my favorite anyway, so if you are still wondering if it’s good, get it now!
I’d gladly share my personal kpop awards instead, but I don’t think there are many kpop fans among my readers; I even wonder if I still have readers, at this point I don’t even know if I should consider myself a blogger anymore. But maybe someone is interested in music in general, and you have more free time during holidays, so my advice could still make you curious to check out some songs… let’s see what happens, if I’m in the mood to write a post or not.
After like 5 months, today I woke up thinking about my blog and how much I used to love it, that’s why I posted my Suuran Digit review and I’m writing this, thinking that maybe it’s not over yet.
Any comment or suggestion may change it all, so feel free to contact me here or on social media, even if I’ve been inactive since July, I still check it out almost daily.
I don’t really know when I’ll come back again, or if I’ll ever come back at all; even if I do, at this point I don’t know what I’ll be writing about; but if you still want to come here from time to time, you’ll may find something unexpected!
Until then, be happy and stay healthy!
Grace
Still love your blogs. And you did catch me off guard with your SuuDi review! Regarding otome game, I think the last time I played them was last year, so it’s totally fine if you haven’t touch them for a while. In my case, it was just my poor time management skills plus a hectic schedule in the university,especially for a senior like me. All the stresses about potential recession, future jobs prospect exhausted me, so I’d rather watch cats video on TikTok haha. And I think you could make a new Kpop blog, I would love to read them. Recently, I’m enjoying NewJeans’s album. Danielle is stunning, and she also has this unique, feminine, sweet voice that I love.
otomeland
Hello and thank you for reading my post, even if I stopped updating for so long!
I’d love to start another blog writing about kpop, but I’m honestly scared of fandoms, some fans take kpop too seriously and they have huge problems understanding that everyone has different tastes and opinions; it was like that 10 years ago already, when I used to be active in the community (I was a huge SuperJunior and Exo fan back in 2012), so I imagine it got even worse now.
I’m seriously scared of receiving angry messages from teens offended if I don’t like a song or a group, I don’t want to be involved in such drama! but maybe I’ll start with sharing my favorites of the year and see what happens. Anyway, knowing that I’d have at least one reader is a motivation to think about it at least, so again thank you for taking your time to comment! ^^
Arora
I still check your blog from time to time so you have some readers ^^ Glad your situation is a bit better. Being more in the mood for cozy youtube is super understandable, it’s that kind of year for me too. Kpop fandoms brings me back, I was also very into them up until 2016-17 ish. Totally understand not wanting to deal with fandom drama though, it is a lot.
otomeland
Hello and thanks for checking out my blog even if I’m an awful blogger lately! ^^ it’s so easy to be involved in fandom wars, that I really don’t want to be a part of it, even if I enjoyed a lot of happy moments with my kpop friends years ago; now I’m older and wiser, I just enjoy my hobbies silently, sharing my feelings with people I trust!