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Hello there, my crowd! Welcome to my Weekly Musings: Orange Edition. 

[I ❤ JAPAN] -- [I ❤ THE COLOR RED] -- [I ❤ CELESTIA]

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Did you find all the hidden treasures, my crowd?  Let's review.

 The biggest thing that happened this week was EASTER!  Everything went exactly as planned. I went to church. Had a huge lunch with my family (I made avocado hummus). Had a small amount of candy (as per tradition, though I don't search for eggs anymore). Took some time to just relax and have a break from the normal weekly activities. It was good!

 Worked really hard this week. Had to do some lawn care. The belt I use nearly every day broke on me. I need to get some new socks. There's been some minor inconveniences here and there too... 

 But there were GOOD parts of the week too! I got a replacement belt, and it seems to be a better size too.  I'm working on some new art just for fun. And speaking of fun, I have a Derpibooru account now. Not sure how active I am going to be on there. I am just thankful no one has uploaded my art there. I decided I wanted to do it myself before anyone else decided to repost my art without my permission (which I hear is a big problem over there). Plus, I would not be surprised if some of the less-active friends I've made here are more active on Derpibooru.

 Also, I got to try a new soda flavor, Mtn Dew Frost Bite! And oh my gosh my crowd, it is so worth it!!  Maybe I am so deprived that I am fooling myself, but I swear it tastes just like Pepsi Blue. Not completely, it's still trying to be Mtn Dew at the end of the day, but the flavor is SO similar. The differences are minor at best.

 NO SUPERHUMAN SAMURAI SYBER SQUAD THIS WEEK!  I got so busy preparing for Easter and having to deal with everything else, I just ran out of time. However, I want to make note of some changes going forward... I've noticed by now that this show has recycled monster footage multiple times. Gridman episodes 4, 5, 13, 14, 21, and 33 have been repeated twice now; sometimes for a cold opening, sometimes for the episode events themselves. As such, the way I make personal notes is going to change. I will still make comparisons to Gridman, but the point is to see if SSSS ever commissioned new monster footage from Japan for not. I doubt it, but since there is no documented record of this, I will find out for myself.

 ReVice 29: Closed For Review.  Oh great, a clip show episode... And they did throw in a little bit of plot, but not enough. Worst of all, they brought back Hiromi. It really cheapens the ultimate heroic sacrifice when you bring a character back to life like this. I just hope that they actually make up for it in the episodes that follow. ReVice was doing SO well with its story up to this point. And I'm not exactly looking forward to the next episode either.

 Vail 02: A Painful Connection.  Who knew these little snippets of story would end up being more entertaining than the weekly episodes? Not much happening here other than some build up. George's young father is having second thoughts about working for Noah, and now Yukimi is mixed up in all of this to the point where she's a prisoner. It's a transitional episode mostly, the next one will matter more, but at least it's not bogged down by a clip show or sudden character revivals.

 DonBrothers 06: Real Men Wear Pink!  This was a humble little episode that focused on Kiji Brother. The lore drops were the underpinnings of this episode, something about the DonBrothers earning points. The ending is what caught me by surprised. I kind of new Don Momotaro would win. He said he succeeds at everything and Kiji Brother says he fails at everything; who did you think was going to win? But I didn't expect Don Momotaro to admit defeat when he saw how happy Kiji and his wife are. For the sake of the series, I really hope they stay married. It would be so easy to ruin his life and make him single just to appeal to a younger demographic or some other shallow reason. Oni has lost her fame; being accused of plagiarism. Inu has been framed for a crime he didn't commit. Saru is holding his own bad luck at bay by being a freeloading hippy. I'd like to think that Kiji's natural bad luck and awkwardness counts as enough bad karma as it is. That should be enough to keep even more bad luck away, right? Hope so.

That's all for now, my crowd.  Take care, and stay sweet.

This video might be long, but it's good to see just how far CGI cartoons have come, and how far back it actually started! I am happy to say that we are entering a time where people are complaining less and less about CGI, to the point were people are only criticizing if it was somehow bad enough to ruin your immersion. Also, I think I grew up with half or less of the CGI cartoons mentioned in this video. This is "Early CGI Was Horrifying" by KnowledgeHusk.