Happy belated holidays, everyone! This month has been especially busy, as the holidays are a time we dedicate to family and loved ones. Still, I wanted to make sure my final piece for the Strong Women update gets a moment to shine before the year comes to a close.

1. NANA: Komatsu Nana (Hachi) & Oosaki Nana - Anime/Manga: Relationships
   The title Beautiful Disaster pairs especially well with the relationship between Nana Oosaki and Nana Komatsu because their bond is both deeply life-giving and quietly devastating. Their friendship is not destructive in an obvious, explosive way, but in the slow, emotional sense where love, dependency, longing, and misunderstanding intertwine so tightly that it becomes impossible to separate what heals from what hurts.

As we wrap up 2025, we want to take a moment to sincerely thank you for your continued support throughout the year. Your engagement has helped make this year a meaningful and successful one. We're also excited about what's ahead. Network updates, ideas and improvements are already in progress, and more details will be shared as we move into next year. Thank you again for being part of our journey. We look forward to connecting with you in the year ahead!

Happy December, everyone! I decided to take a break from big projects over the Thanksgiving weekend, but rest assured, they'll be rolling out slowly throughout this month. In the meantime, I've finished another fanlisting for you all:

1. Wolf's Rain
   The series is a visual masterpiece, with flawless direction and an outstanding English dub. The writing is exceptional, and I can't overstate how incredible the soundtrack by Yoko Kanno is. I've been playing the tracks on repeat. I was in high school when I first watched it, and I would actually set my alarm to catch it on Adult Swim because I couldn't bear to miss an episode. I've never been so emotionally moved by an anime or TV show. Though it's deeply dark and often heartbreaking, it's also profoundly beautiful. We rarely see shows of that caliber anymore.

Twitter, or X as it's now called, has essentially become irrelevant to me. As a result, there will be no further updates posted there. We're returning to a more traditional approach to sharing updates, free from the noise of social media. After much planning, Aelyn and I have begun migrating several projects to new domains last month, creating a more centralized hub for improved productivity and better script management. However, due to ongoing DNS issues with the new domain, our cliques are currently in a holding pattern on a temporary domain. These issues are expected to be resolved, and we plan to finalize everything sometime soon!

Continuing the marathon of strong female characters, a new fanlisting is now live! Although October typically calls for a Halloween-inspired aesthetic, I decided to break from the darker themes (especially after designing three in a row) and opted for a lighter layout this time. I hope everyone enjoys the change of pace!

1. Parasite Eve: Aya Brea
   This layout went through several rounds of revisions. Certain sections felt a bit too “empty,” and I found myself adding elements to balance the composition. It was only then that I realized I had been working with a 1440×600 canvas instead of my usual 1440×500! Adjusting the height would have distorted the width, so I chose to keep the dimensions as they were. In the end, the design turned out beautifully, and I’m especially happy with how seamlessly the color scheme comes together.