apparently i missed both days 4 and 5 so here we go long post because i LOVE giving my viewpoints on stuff

Day 4 - Fave to least fave in Popipa

1. Tae Hanazono

i have no reason other than that she's Trying and despite being pretty head empty at times, she's pretty earnest and sweet and i also think she's pretty c:

2. Saya Yamabuki

originally she was actually my first favorite before Tae randomly snatched my soul. i still really love Saya though she's really good, i cannot word but i love her character

3. Arisa Ichigaya

Arisa's spiciness kind of drew me to her at first because she.....was mean. I liked that she was mean. and not in the typical way Tsunderes are like....it had different vibes, like it was actually her personality and not just because of her archetype. also, i just think she's funny and pretty neat

4. Kasumi Toyama

gay idiot. no but fr, idk, i don't mind Kasumi she's like. vibing, i suppose, but she's not the best imo either. idk dude i'm just like "she's there." Aimi has a good voice, i love her singing voice but like as a character she's just kinda "meh" for me

5. Rimi Ushigome

maybe i'm missing something but i just never really cared all that much for Rimi. like, it's clear she has some of the most development (well, early on) of the Popipa girls but idk. she's just There for me.

Day 5 - Fave to least fave of Afterglow

1. Tomoe Udagawa

god. i love tomoe. like i'm not able to really pinpoint how she might be badly written or anything by the devs--the most i know is that she really gets pushed under the rug--but i got attached to her REALLY quickly and i just adore her personality n' the type of character she is (tomboyish big sister) makes me go eye emojis big time. i luh her.

2. Tsugumi Hazawa

easily number 2, even though Tsugu is relatively Plain Jane-y and doesn't do a lot, i appreciate her. she's a hard worker, wants to contribute and is just a very sweet girl, i find it appealing. plus, she was one of my first 3*s on JP's server and so i'm appreciative that she carried me a little.

3. Moca Aoba

i have little to say about her she's just here because i'm neutral to her existence

4. Himari Uehara

same w/moca but i think himari's less funny

5. Ran Mitake

OKAY, i love ran's voice tbh i'm simping for half of afterglow's catalogue. her as a character though...? not really vibing too much, i just don't really....eh....her struggle is kinda relatable, but. nah, dude.

Anyways I was just informed that today is Rinko's birthday, and obviously because I am her 1# fan I must say something. Honestly I could go on and make a whole book series about how she is one of the best things to have ever been thought up in the history of ever, but I' not really good at putting my love into proper human words, so I'm just going to say:

Rinko is one of my all time favorite characters and I wish her the best of birthdays!

Also please be nice to me on the re:Zero gacha please

Hooray! I'm actually on time for Day 16 of Bandtober, Opposite Aesthetic! (And yessss, artwork this time XD)

Since BonTekuno's aesthetic is futuristic/modern/tech-y, I wanted to draw them all in Lolita outfits since those are like,,, old Victorian,,,, but I picked Nigira cause I thought it would suit her the best . . . although that kinda defeats the purpose of 'opposite' . . .

But anyway! I'm super happy with how this turned out, this is the first time I've drawn Nigira where she actually looks like Nigira . . . eep (also this is the poofiest outfit I've ever drawn lmaoooo)

Ayyy, Moca joined Roselia this time.

What do you think of her?

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Alright! Late again, but I’ll try to at least line Shiro today so I’ll be able to do both days tomorrow. Anyway, here’s day 5 of Bandtober, BonTekuno’s drummer, Ichika Wakara!

Info from the document: (Which by the way is here, I don’t know why I keep forgetting to link it)

An energetic, quirky first-year student at Hanasakigawa. She thinks all upperclassmen, even students from Haneoka, are her senpai, and sometimes even freshmen who look older than her. She calls herself a loner, and although she’s very popular, she doesn’t get attached to anyone, hanging out with someone once or twice and never again. The only person she sticks to outside of the band is Hina. She’s loved music her entire life, and learned composing at a young age. She composes and writes lyrics for all of BonTekuno’s songs. She also has an older sister in college, Keya, who calls her every day at a certain time. This can be a stumbling block in the band as she is so dedicated to talking to her sister that the other members have to work practices around her calls. Despite her energetic and bubbly nature, when she’s practicing the drums, she gets serious and undistracted.

School: Hanasakigawa Girls’ Academy

School Year: First

Image Color: #4605ee

Hair Color: #2c0137

Eye Color: #dd649f

Birthday: July 12

Liked Food: Mochi

Disliked Food: Most food (she’s really picky.)

Astrological Sign: Cancer

Instrument: Drums

Hobby: Music

I've been really messing up on Bandtober the last few days, I've been really busy ;o; So, here's Day 10! I'm almost finished with Day 11 and 12, and then I'll just skip Day 13 and be all caught up. For reals this time. I'm not. Going to. Miss. Any more. Days. Because the upcoming ones are awesome. (I mean, of course there's Sunday which I can't draw on, but I'm going to draw double on the following Monday.) aNYWAY! Ahem:

(CiRCLE Studio)

Nigira: Let’s start with S-O-L-O!

Oro: We did that one first last time. Can’t we do This World instead?

Ichika: Ooh, I’m with Oro-senpai! This World has a way quicker tempo than S-O-L-O, and I want to drum really fast to warm up!

Kona: I’m fine with whatever everybody’s fine with.

Shiro: Can’t we just pick something that makes everybody happy?

Oro: Sigh. Fine, S-O-L-O.

(Ichika plays a quick riff on her drums.)

Ichika: There, I’m warmed up! Let’s play.

(Oro steps up to her microphone and taps on it.)

Oro: Testing, testing, ichi, ni, san--

(The microphone squeals. Oro cringes, adjusts it, and tries again. No sound comes out.)

Oro: Nigira, can you check the mic sensitivity?

Nigira: On it!

Ichika: Come on, guys, I want to play already!

(Oro taps the microphone one last time.)

Oro: Alright, we’re good. Let’s play.

(They start the song.)

Oro: Ichika, what was that?! The drumming was way too crazy!

Ichika: Sorry! I told you I needed to warm up with This World first!

Shiro: Well, then, let’s play that instead.

Nigira: Uuungh~, we’re never going to be as good as Afterglow if we have to pause in the middle of a song~!

Kona: Don’t worry, everyone! I’m sure everybody pauses in the middle of a song sometimes! And if they don’t, maybe they can’t find what’s wrong with their music, and then they won’t get better!

Oro: That . . . doesn’t make sense at all.

Nigira: Hmm~, it kinda does?

Oro: Alright, This World it is. And Shiro-chan? Don’t mess up the lyrics this time, please?

Shiro: Waaah~! It’s hard to DJ and sing at the same time!

Oro: Sigh. Just . . . try to sing the right words.

Shiro: I’ll try . . . but . . . uwaa~

Ichika: Let’s just play already! I’m getting antsy!

Kona: You’re always antsy, Chika-chan~

Ichika: That’s true . . .

Nigira: Okay! One, two, three! . . .

The formatting is pretty messed up since I originally wrote it in a Google Doc, but yep! There it is! :D

Wahoo! Today, I'm finally going to be caught up with Bandtober! This is going to be an extremely long post, so feel free to skip this in the feed (although there is a cool announcement at the bottom, so scroll down if you want to see it.)

Day 11: First Show!

(BonTraveler restaurant-- backstage)

Nigira: Waaah~, I’m so nervous!

Oro: Why are you nervous? It’s your own family restaurant! You’ve performed here a thousand times!

Ichika: Oro-senpai~, your hands are shaking!

Oro: Ahaha! I’m not the one whose parents own the restaurant!!

Ichika: And meanwhile, Kona-senpai looks perfectly calm . . .

Kona: Hm-hm-hmmmm♪ Polar bears♪

Oro: KONA!! Stop thinking about polar bears for one second!

Kona: What? Oh! Yeah! Okay. Sorry . . . polar bears are my motivation . . .

Oro: You’re such a dork.

Nigira: Why are you being so quiet, Shiro-chan?

Shiro: M-must-- st-stay-- calm . . .

Nigira: Aww~, Shiro-chan! Everything’s going to . . . be okay . . . waaaaah~!

Ichika: Nigira-senpai, crying isn’t gonna help, is it~?

Nigira: You guys are mean~!

Oro: You sound like Himari.

Nigira: I spend too much time around her . . .

Shiro: Aahh! We’re on!

Kona: Wahoo!

Nigira: Phew . . . deep breaths, let’s go!

(BonTraveler stage)

Nigira: Hello, BonTraveler!

(Silence.)

Nigira: I-I know I’ve messed up in the past . . . and I haven’t done my job properly, but now . . . I have a band!

Nigira: I mean . . . we have a band. And although we disagree . . . a lot . . . and our practices are kinda chaotic, we’re together. And we’ll stay that way. Performing to show that anyone can play music.

Nigira: I present you . . .

BonTekuno: BONTEKUNO!

Oro: Let’s kick things off with S-O-L-O!!

Day 12: Songwriting!

(Ichika’s room)

Kona: Ooo, your place is nice and cozy!

Shiro: Yeah, it’s really cute, in a unique sort of way! W-wait-- unique is a good thing, right?

Ichika: Thanks! Hina-senpai helped me decorate it!

Oro: You really like that PasuPare girl, don’t you . . .

Nigira: So, Ichika, what were your ideas for the new song?

Ichika: Uhhh . . . around here somewhere.

Oro: You lost them?

Ichika: No, but before you guys came over my mom told me to clean my room, and I kinda shoved everything wherever it would fit . . .

Shiro: Ahaha, that’s so like you, Chika-chan . . .

Kona: Well, let’s help you find them, then~. Do you remember where you put them?

Nigira: Yeah! Let’s start with your--

Ichika: Aah! I found them!

Oro: Phew . . . that was quick. Let’s read them, then.

Ichika: So, I was going for some nostalgia here . . . does it make you guys think of when you were little? It’s not a song yet, but it’s some brainstorming.

Kona: Ooo~, I love it! Polar!

Shiro: Wow . . . you really went deep into me and Oro’s backstory, didn’t you . . .?

Oro: Wh-what?! Let me see.

Oro: Oh . . . it’s actually not bad . . .

Nigira: Alright, guys, let’s turn this into a song! I want to kind of tie in the word ‘Nostalgia’ somewhere in the main chorus . . .

Kona: Like techno-stalgia . . . or something--

Ichika: Kona-senpai, that’s genius!

Kona: Eh? Oh!

Oro and Kona: Technostalgia!

Nigira: Yeah, I seriously love that!

Shiro: It works perfectly for our band’s theme!

Oro: Okay, but it’s just one word. Or a fusion of two words . . . we’ve gotta work on the actual song.

Nigira: This melody just kinda popped into my head . . . it’s just a couple notes, though . . . hmm-hmm-hmmmm-hm-hmmmm-hmm~!

Ichika: I really like that! It sounds like the beginning of the song . . .

Oro: Noooo, I was just going to say it works for the pre-chorus.

Nigira: Oh. I thought it sounded like the end of the song.

Shiro: Why do you all fight over everything? Eep . . . I didn’t mean to be harsh . . .

Kona: Let’s just take those notes and see how they work for the rest of the song, okay?

Nigira: Yeah. So we know that the chorus will start with ‘TECHNOSTALGIA!’ But we don’t want it to be like, a shout.

Oro: Yeah, cause we want it to be nostalgic.

Shiro: So . . . kinda sad, but hopeful for the future at the same time?

Ichika: Yeah, something like that. I’m seeing lots of piano. Shiro? You can make piano stuff, right?

Shiro: Sure can!

Kona: Woohoo~, this song is coming along nicely!

Oro: Kya!! Kona, we haven’t even written any lyrics!

Day 14: Album Cover

Since I was planning on having all of the members on the album cover, I couldn't draw it in one day, so here's the description! (Sorry, no artwork today.)

There are glowing spheres all over a gray background, floating in the air, and the BonTekuno members are grabbing them, trying not to fall off. It sounds really weird, but it would probably make more sense if I drew it. (Maybe I'll do a sketch tomorrow?)

Day 15: Rivals

Time for the announcement!! I've been working on very basic ideas for a new band based off of the character I made in that one mix-traits-and-make-a-Bandori-girl post someone made (I can't remember who ack--)! I haven't decided on a name yet, but it's themed off of my love of creating dessert gijinka characters! (Here are a few examples of them.) Their outfits are dessert-based, and their music is kind of a mix between PasuPare and PoPiPa, with some Morfonica elements! Anyway, BonTekuno and them are rivals! Haven't figured out why yet, just that they are.

Alright, that's it for now! Sorry for plopping this gigantic post on the feed . . . see y'all tomorrow!

I was doing an exercise, my English teacher came to see how was I doing, and then he said Rinko, w h a t.

I'm not growing forgetful and this is new, right?

2020 Winter in Marui, selling goods, the regular stuff.