Category Archives: Off-Topic

The Four Classic Chinese Novels

Posted on May 29, 2018 by Karura

Eighteen years ago, I collected a much coveted PS2 system on release, and had to choose a game to go with it. I picked Dynasty Warriors 2 as the best of a limited selection, and ended up rather enjoying. One … Continue reading →

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Kit Kat Quest

Posted on May 16, 2018 by Karura

Last update: 22/09/19 I had long known that Japanese Kit Kats were a bit of a phenomenon. People at work would bring back bags of green tea, strawberry and melon Kit Kats from their trips to Japan. Two and a … Continue reading →

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Japanese Kit Kat Selection

Posted on October 25, 2015 by Karura

Japan is full of strange things. Even the Kit Kat, a fairly standard chocolate-covered wafer bar, has been embraced and transformed into many different weird and wonderful flavours. Armed with curiosity and a love of sweets, my friends and I … Continue reading →

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Shameless Self-Indulgence: Another Year Older

Posted on December 21, 2006 by Karura

I can’t say I’d normally be excited enough about my birthday to make a blog post about it, but I wanted to show off this lovely picture that my loyal slave necromancer made for me, featuring the ‘royal wedding’ between … Continue reading →

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Shameless self-promotion: Galaxycats

Posted on August 13, 2006 by Karura

Yes, it’s time for an off-topic post- this time to draw attention to a new series of pages on the sidebar entitled “Galaxycats”. At this point, you may be thinking “what the hell is that”, and indeed, it isn’t related … Continue reading →

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So it’s come to this, an Alias season five rant

Posted on August 3, 2006 by Karura

Yes, even though this is meant to be an anime and manga blog, I’ve made an exception to post my ‘ultimate rant’, not as evil as my as-yet unaired Advent Children rant, only slightly longer than my first Otome article, … Continue reading →

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