Final part of Valentine Special: Unrequited Love~

And the final part of the valentine special: unrequited love.

Title: Fuyu no Kiseki (Translated: Winter Miracle)

Artist's notes:
[PART 4/FINAL PART]
Couldn't finish this part in 1 page but considering it is the final or the concluding part, more pages are needed to end it all and well, this part allows me try out different stuff such as the kissing scene and the future part of the girl talking to her son about both her and the guy's love story.(not sure whether it should be a son or a daughter they have and asked my younger sibling to help me choose but I'm glad she chose male since it was interesting to draw a guy with the short version of the girl's hairstyle!)
I am no expert at romance; rather I suck at it since I've never experienced it before but only through reading stories and watching drama shows to get a feel of it. The love letters of the guy and the girl may be awkward(I really have no idea how to write) and the kissing scene... I'm really not sure how a guy/girl initialed a kiss or what reply to give. I had a hard time thinking up the dialogue to be honest; the manga was long done last week but b'cos of the incomplete dialogue, it was considered as incomplete...Sigh... 
[OVERALL]
To be honest, I could have just left the story as the guy having an unrequited love for the girl after seeing the girl being happy with another guy. However, not sure why I feel bad for the guy and also like to try making a manga with chapters/parts focusing on different perspectives of each character in the story! And thus, that's how parts 2 and 3 come about. Again, I can end the manga at part 3 with an ending that is open for many to think the way they like but I suppose I like to see a happy ending instead. So, part 4 is made to conclude the whole story or gives the story a slight happy ending(?) if you do support either the guy or the girl...
As for the guy who confessed but realised his love is unrequited in part 3... Well, I thought of making a part exclusive for him but then... It will be like a mindless(?) adding of a new female character for him to fall in love with... I may consider thinking how to give him a happy ending as well(though right now I do have an idea; just not sure if it fits well...)
Talking about the possible sequel of this manga, I'm thinking of whether to make more of such short manga parts when I am free.-It's kinda fun though I've to see my workload...
Truthfully, this manga all started with the dejected guy I drew while bored until I started think of why the guy is dejected and then, a story is formed(part 1). Thought of making different perspectives(parts 2 and 3) and then made the last part to conclude everything. Before I knew it, it turned into one romance manga when I really have no experience in such thing yet able to write/draw one out...

Music listened while making the manga:
[It's the right time] by Daichi Miura(Ending song of Parastyle)
>Great touching song that fit in the mood especially when doing parts 3 and 4

  Character design:

Hope all enjoyed this short manga!-I'll be uploading on DA and Pixiv after scanning them for better quality!(Though I've already uploaded them on my instagram) This is Will signing off, ja ne~

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Happy Birthday, Chihaya Kisaragi~25/2/2015

Otanjobi omedetou, Kisaragi Chihaya! TBH, I didn't know it was her birthday until ppl in idolm@ster FB grp started posting her pictures and after checking her profile... Yup, it's her birthday today! Chihaya was the first idol I love from Idolm@ster and also the one who made me interested in Idolm@ster. But to be more exact, it was Promise song she sang that drew me to her.-It was a really touching song that I almost cry when she finally was able to sing(In episode 20) even though I haven't even watch the anime; let alone the episode. Currently, I love Promise and Sleeping princess that were sang by her-both are equally touching songs that only her voice actor, Imai Asami,could be able sing out!
The fanart was a rushed piece since I only found out on her birthday. The art's based on her in ep20(as seen from the screenshot above)
Once again, happy birthday, Chihaya!

This is Will signing off, ja ne~

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Chinese New Year 2015~ Valentine Special: Unrequited Love Parts 2 & 3...

It is the time of the year for chinese ppl(and of course me included) to celebrate a new year. Had reunion dinner in the form of steamboat with my family members and relatives on Chinese New Year Eve which was yesterday. And also played board game, Cluedo with my cousins and siblings. 

And then, today which is day 1 of CNY, went visiting to other relatives' houses. Got quite a number of red packets:

In the past, CNY is great since there's no school but now... Missing school means loss of lecture and tutorial, and that sucks since there will be make-ups...  In addition, no school doesn't equal to free time and thus, the part I'm supposed to do for presentation 1 of my business module does not have much progress...(got to do it during the weekends...) Also, I've yet to finish my physics tutorial for next wk since there's the need to look at recordings of lectures I missed due to CNY. Then, there's the self katakana practice to do and get familiar with katakana as well.(Sigh...So much work to do...) 

Adding on, not just the pain of losing lectures and tutorials due to CNY, I also had to set aside one of my weekends to go shopping for clothes to wear during this festival... And I suppose I am not used to spending whole day shopping that it gave me a headache after coming back home... I think I need to buy CNY clothes earlier(maybe during my one month break in December) so that I need not worry when CNY is around the corner and during my semester study...

To add onto the load I've at hands, there's the En and Jap SIF events;

En Maki token event is currently carrying on while Jap Nozomi Scorematch will start tmr... Ugh, damm my life... 

Aside from all these gloomy stuff, I've decided to continue my mini manga, Unrequited Love; made for Valentine Day.

Part 2; Please Notice me,  せんぱい~ ( せんぱい means senpai)

Part 2 is on the girl's perspective and well, you can see the love isn't all that unrequited. FYI: I was working on this manga with a headache; the words used and sentence structure may be a little awkward...)

And then, part 3, "I'm not the one you like..."(Did this until 3am...-.- Freaking tired right now) This part is on the guy who confessed and well, you would now(after reading) know who's the one with the unrequited love... 

This is my first time making an manga, using Japanese words.(Grammar may be wrong...) Translation for those who can't read Japanese:

Panel 1-3: Boku wa Anata ga suki desu.- I like you

Panel 4  : De Mo...-But...

Panel 5-6: Anata ga suki no hito wa-The one you like-

Panel 7-9: Boku Janai- Is not me...

With that, left one final one to wrap up everything!(Likely to finish either this week or next week)-Please Look Forward to it! For this short manga, I am thinking of doing a mini story write-up for better understanding.-Again depends on my work load...

I think I will upload all parts of the manga in Pixiv and DA when I'm done with the final part!

And so, that's about it and (this may be a little late), Happy Chinese New Year to all Chinese ppl! This is Will signing off, ja ne~

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Valentine Day Special: Unrequited Love~

A random idea; it started with me drawing the dejected guy at the first panel(while bored during lecture...) and then it followed with y the guy is dejected, thus forming the first panel. After that, (since I drew this like last week) I thought of Valentine Day's coming and make it into a romance manga but a sad one(I suppose?)-Don't know how my lecturer will react if he knows I did a manga on the lecture notes... (FYI: I did this manga with a headache so the words used may be a bit awkward or don't flow well; can't think properly)
Before u think this happened to me before or anything, I can firmly say this: THIS IS JUST A RANDOM IDEA! I just simply wanted to try making such a scene where if you realise you r not the one able to bring happiness to the one u loved, will you give up or continue trying? In this part, obviously the guy gave up and in a way, if I met such a situation, I too will give up... B'cos loving the other person means seeing the person happy and instead me but another person who could play that role, then I will gladly give up. Well, that's easy to say since I've never been in love before so no idea if I really will act that way...
Regarding this manga, I was thinking of making sub chapters like the perspectives of the girl and the guy who could make her smile. If I do, the whole story may not be what it seems and that's the power of perspectives sometimes~ May or may not do, depending on my work load...

Hope all like the manga~(and also don't be saddened by it *8*)

And with that, Happy Valentine Day! Here's a rose for ya~

Rose bought to help raise funds for Overseas Community Involvement Programme(OCIP)-Don't think I bought it cos no one gave me one(though it is true that no one gave me one...T^T #foreversingle)

This is Will signing off, ja ne~

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Cold mornings and nights~Dengki G's magazine march issue(Honoka figurine)&SIF updates~

Right now, my workload is slightly better; in the sense that I don't have to rush my assignment much and can do at my own pace. And with the yesterday quiz done, for now I've no tests until after my 1 week break in the first week of march.-After that week, March will be a horror for me with 2 presentation to do and 2 tests to take.(-.-;) In a way, before I can turn 20, I need to go through all these ordeals...Sigh~

Oh yeah, recently the weather has been quite cold in the morning and at night.

-Which is quite weird, considering that I stayed in Singapore, one that has no 4 seasons and is usually quite hot... Every morning I woke up for school, I always wished I could stay in my warm bed but sadly, got to be disciplined and with strong willpower, got up to prepare the day even though I'm like half-dead most of the time...

Okay some stuff to share:

I bought Dengki G's magazine on Monday for the Honoka little figurine. Realised while my fave's Umi, I have none of my second fave, Honoka...(-_-'') It was a great addition to my figurine collection and next one to come is my fave and just so happen is in her(and also my^8^) birthday month; Umi dah!- Another motivation for me to survive through the ordeals!(Fight dayo, Will!)  

The contents of the magazine is great as well since I actually could see these:

Sonoko joining the group! And even better is Togo's new hairstyle or should I say her old hairstyle when she was Washio.-She looks so much more mature and handsome  pretty! And so is Sonoka wih longer hair. Glad to see Yuna in high spirit as well!(She looks nice with her hair down!)
About this chapter, it is something like an aftermath story, focusing more on Sonoko. You can read the english translated version here:http://pastebin.com/rKp6rzfF
To add on, this chapter confirmed that Togo gained back her memories; remembering Sonoko and of course their fallen friend, Gin.(Sad that she can't be back T^T)
The chapter is like a touch-up but I felt it is showing some foreshadowing, especially when Sonoko can't help but feel something off of Yuna(Really hope it is nothing bad; going to keep it as a happy ending until the sequel comes out in a month's time?)

Updates on SIF:

Finally gotten her!

So for EN, I'm done with the event and now with 4x hard and expert modes available for Jap Honoka token event, I'm like a few more pts to her(most likely getting her ltr!) before finally able to rest until the next event. With school work to do, I'm more than glad I was able to get the event cards for both my EN and Jap so doubt I am going to continue to stay in ranks; only playing when I've the time to...

That's about it then. It's nice to blog once a while and with that, this is Will signing off, ja ne~

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Updates: Presentation 1 over, Naruto Movie The Last, Shirobako ep 7 and 8 ramblings

This is like the 4th week since my school starts and I am getting less and less sleep, partly from coming home late and not able to do my work except in school...
Also, my presentation was done on Monday- I wouldn't say I did well since I stuttered and presented my part quite fast in my opinion... Luckily, it wasn't graded but this is just one presentation; I've 2 more to go...Sigh~ This is going to be the last time I am taking a business module.-.-')
While this week has been a horror, rushing my assignments and tutorials, I'm glad right now all has been settled as I managed to finish most work on Saturday. It was tough but this is University life so got to step up to the game.

Moving on, as said, I was going to watch Naruto movie The Last.

It comes with a goodie bag with movie merchandises; a folder, a fan and a poster.

TBH, while I enjoyed the movie, I had a few regrets of not staying home to work on my assignments so that I could help my aunts to do pineapple tarts for CNY in the weekends; partly that I enjoyed making them last year and also that I heard from my aunt that she may have to do until quite late; much later last year... I felt a little guilty since I readily accept her offer to help out when she suggested yet here I was cancelling the promise(-_-;
In the end, I stayed home to finish up my assignments, thus able to blog a bit today. A little something about the movie. I don't want to spoil much but all NaruHina fans should really watch; fans of this pairing will surely all 'Kyaa' and laughing most of the time since it focus a lot on this pair. Though I wished it focus on other pairings so that at least we know how the pairings even come about like Sai with Ino...Oh well, there's the next movie about Bolt, Naruto's and Hina's son to know more.

Lastly, I initially wanted to pen down my thoughts yesterday after watching Shirobako episode 7 and 8 but it was quite late already... So these 2 episodes focus a lot on Ema and also an animator's life. And all those things that Ema was going through, I can clearly relate to them. I once thought of myself going into the field of animation.
I had been fantasied by animation since young; the first anime that got me interested was Inuyasha but it was not the first anime I watched.-I think Digimon or Futari wa Precure was the first but at that time I see them as any children shows or what most adults would say at that time, cartoon...
I loved drawing since young but never drew well until one of my Secondary School friends taught me a bit of anime/manga style drawing and from there, I slowly improved. Since then, drawing had been a great hobby for me and I went another step up to draw manga after reading so many manga myself and of course watching anime as well. As such, I dreamed to see my drawings come to alive; moving than struck on the piece of paper, hence wanted to be an animator.
However, as I read up more, see more, hear more... Been an animator isn't like normal drawing; there're deadlines and then one has to draw accordingly to the storyboards done by the director... There's not much freedom and I doubt I can do it. Art is a time-consuming and patient work in progress. Having to be rushed to do, I'm worried I may end up hating it...
That's why what Ema was going through just showed my fear if I've chosen to go into arts... It is one thing to do what one likes but it is whole different thing when one makes it into a job...
It's good that Ema has a good senior to help her get that artist's block. Going for a walk or doing something relaxing like riding a bike can get a person's mind clear.

Drafts....

Finished but not cleaned...

EDIT:

Improved version...(The left leg should have been in front instead of at the back, my bad-.-;)

For me, going for a bike ride does help me clear my mind when I am frustrated over not able to solve maths and physics questions. But lately, b'cos of the busy schedule, I seldom does that... Riding bicycle is somewhat like drawing to me; it allows me to get away from reality for a period of time.-While it is short, I treasured it a lot. Sometimes when reality is too much, moving away for a while helps de-stress one.
I guess in a way Shirobako comes to show me the future if I've chosen to go into arts and well, there are bad pts and good pts that I really have no idea whether is it really good... Nonetheless, this show is great with its showcase of reality and humor added. It is a good show to watch after finishing my work!

One last thing, I finally has a complete set of tools to play with:

Went shopping on Wednesday to get the necessary components. I finally could make a decent circuit but... I kinda blow off 2 of the LEDs from not putting resistor to limit the amount of voltage and current going through the LEDs... Too excited and that's it... The LEDs can no longer light up(*-*;) Look's like I may have to make another trip when I got the time...

That's about it for this week. The weeks after will be going tougher but I will get through this!
This is Will signing off, ja ne~

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Ramblings-Slight regret over the past...

Just going to write down some of my thoughts~

I had been thinking how was that I didn't treasure the time I had in my younger days... With so many assignments to do in University, I wished I had spent more time doing what I want in the past; especially drawing. I kept telling myself I always have time to do yet as time passes, I realised that the time I have to do my own stuff is during semester break(or maybe not with taking part time jobs to earn some expenses or going for overseas overseas...) Right now, as I see artists coming up with fanart, I can't help work on my thought-out manga idea yet I can't with so many work to do...

I suppose what I have chosen to study is really going to dominate my 4 years of life till I graduate... In a year, 80% of my time will be on my course(engineering) while I guess about 5-10% will be spent on my drawing...(The other 10% is on small stuff like watching anime, playing game, daily stuff...) Part of me kinda regretted not choosing art course yet... I think taking such course may make me dislike art... While I love drawing a lot(since it allows me to bring out my ideas), I doubt I like it as a job... Working on an art work with the freedom of time as compared to one who has deadline and specific instructions of  how a piece of art work is to make-I would prefer working freely instead. For me, art is like writing, you need inspiration to make one piece and it is not something one can just do with knowledge like maths but rather with one's feelings, emotions. If one does an art work as instructed, that art work may very well be a good piece yet it has no 'life'...
That's just my opinion(at least I know I really can't do that) since each artist is different; there could be artists who still could put their souls into any drawings they are told to draw whether they like or not; b'cos this is how serious they are in art.
My belief is to always do my best in life yet I think I am an emotional person who though tell myself that I have to do this(Brain) yet fail to do or do badly depending on my mood and interest in that task(Heart). My brain and heart are mostly sending conflicting instructions and I'm sure I am not the only one but I really hate that yet if I really function based solely on my brain then I might as well be a robot; I am a human and (I guess?) it's normal to work according to one's heart.-The heart never lies in how one feel towards something.

So you can say the above explains how the other part of me is glad I didn't choose art courses. Even so I still dream of being an animator until I recently started watching Shirobako...

Shirobako opening 1: Colourful Box 

It is an anime series about the production of anime or life in an anime industry? Just the first episode itself amazed me; still rmb the video I watched that showed a bit of anime production of an anime I watched.-The amount of frames animator had to draw really blow me off my mind and during my secondary school time when there was a showcase of how to make frames, it was boring to the pt I fell asleep while watching the animator did the frames one-by-one(it was only about 4-5 frames...).-I think cos the guy did the frames in digital yet I can't imagine myself repeatedly drawing one thing for about 32 times with different poses, expressions just for that one small portion of that character changing expressions or just simply running...
Watching Shirobako shows me how hectic an animator's life can be and from the blog write-ups about the anime industry, the amount of money paid isn't a lot despite how much overwork one need to do... However, being an artist, I always dream of one day to see my drawings come to life yet knowing this harsh truth just kinda shatters my dream a bit and make me see the reality that in the end... Society values more of the brain...
In conclusion, I shall stick back to working hard on my course and only draw when free or during my semester break. It is a little sad not to be able to draw as often as I could in the past but I have to think of my commitment to my course. I may not like science as much as art(from the amount of calculations to do but the experimenting part get me interested as much as making an art piece!), I had made my choice and maybe through this degree, get a stable job. earn enough money to pursue my dream career of an animator? (Maybe as I watch Shirobako, I would think twice about it...)

Well that's quite a fair bit of ramblings. I had been thinking of how little time I could spend time drawing and worried that the manga ideas that I am so excited about to do, will lose my inspiration in them... By then, to me, it means dropping off this idea which is a waste since I really thought of it real hard yet just dropped it cos I lost my inspiration; thinking how did the past me even think this idea was great...Sigh... I suppose I could only work on my manga idea during semester breaks but for small events like Love Live members' birthday, I will still make a fanart to 'celebrate'. On this topic, SIF EN Rin scorematch has just started. Hoping Jap event don't come too soon.(School's getting a little more busier with each semester...)

And so this is pretty much what I wanted to pen down and it is great to write while thinking through this. With that, I'm going to get inactive; maybe blog when the need to pen my thoughts or some random stuff I did. This is Will signing off, ja ne~

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Busy life~(Slight regret of not going for the LL 5th live screening...)

Had been busy over the week, working on my assignments due on next week. Right now, sleep derived from rushing to finish my assignments yesterday(spent about 4 hours; from 2200-0200 to finish a maths tutorial-.-) And with a presentation to do for tmr, let's hope I survive my next week...

Yet at the same time, next week is the week I can finally watch Naruto movie the final!-Already bought the tickets for both myself and my friend. That's something to look forward to I suppose!

Beside this, I(or rather my father did) recently bought these:

Breadboard

Components- Resistors, capacitors and LEDs  

Just this week, I started my first lab session and it was kinda a pair work but unfortunately for me... My partner didn't come.(T.T) I was quite lost at the start, considering this is like my second time using a breadboard and I have no idea how it really work until the pair behind my table explained(asked by someone who was also unpaired and paired with me). In addition, using the multimeter for a first time wasn't easy too with the change of ammeter, voltmeter and ohmmeter until the lab attendants helped. After getting the hang of it, the whole lab session was fun! And now, I decided to buy a set myself to try out! Sadly, there are still stuff I lack of; going to go buy next week. The most impt; the power supply or batteries aren't bought yet so you can say I can't really build a circuit yet. But by this week(after I go and find the stuff I lack of), I should be able to start experimenting! Can't wait to play with it!

Moving on, not sure if you rmb, I participated in the Deviantart Christmas card making event last year and sent my cards before going for my trip. I was worried that my card didn't get sent in time with no news of whether it was received until this showed up a few days ago:

I was relieved that yes, my card arrived in time and now, I get to enjoy 1 month premium membership! Once again, hoping whoever receive my card likes it! And maybe I will join again this year's event as well!

Lastly, these weekends were the 5th live of U's performance!

As a Singaporean, I have the privilege to watch the live screening... However, I didn't go since the cost of one ticket was quite expensive... Plus the fact it was a live screening and not a real performance... Part of me was glad I didn't go since I was busy with my school work for this week yet another part regretted not going after seeing the list of songs U's performed... Sigh~ I suppose there's always the BD/DVD set to watch... 

While I may have missed the 5th live, the announcement of the movie staged in June this year and the 6th live in Winter next year got me hyped! If the movie really comes to Singapore, I will definitely go for it! And maybe the 6th live as well! 

And so despite my University's life been stressful, these upcoming events keep me looking forward for it and move on in my life!(Not just Love Live's news; News of Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Vivid airing in April and then if I'm not wrong, Nisekoi second season scheduled for this year. Also, hoping for psycho pass movie to come to Singapore!) But before that, let's hope I will do fine for tmr's presentation... This is Will signing off, ja ne~

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