ᴄᴀʀʀʏɪɴɢ ᴀ sᴡᴏʀᴅ ʙᴜᴛ ɴᴏᴛ ᴀ ɴᴀᴍᴇ, ᴀ Fɪɢᴜʀᴇ ʀᴜɴs ᴀᴄʀᴏss ᴛʜᴇ ʙʀɪᴅɢᴇ ʙᴇᴛᴡᴇᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴇᴀᴠᴇɴs ᴀɴᴅ ᴇᴀʀᴛʜ.

Oh, ᴀ ᴍᴇssᴇɴɢᴇʀ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇɪᴛʏ ʜᴀs ᴄᴏᴍᴇ!

Tuesday, 3 February 2026

All 'Yoshiro in Trouble' Voice Lines! (Japanese and English)


Should I add downloadable links?

I will consider it...

Monday, 2 February 2026

Making Youtube Thumbnails is hard.

Because of datamining, I have more stuff to share so I've begun using my youtube more.

@blademaiden

I post random gameplay clips from the game or Otherwordly Venture but also things I find in the game files. I've managed to pull a lot including music, vocals and voice lines.

I've posted the vocals only version of the two theme songs but there's still more!

After much thought, I decided to verify my Youtube to get access to custom thumbnails but making them is really hard.

I finished my 'Yoshiro in trouble' vocal compilation and wanted to make a thumbnail.

Here's what I attempted:

the very first...

graphic design is my passion

It's...not working. Frustrated, I asked ChatGPT how can I improve this? It's a mess.




You are so diplomatic lol.


This looks much better but it's a whole different image! And that's AI Yoshiro!!
She's lovely but Yoshiro's face is a little different to that. Alas, I am a sucker for beauty...

(I want to use this one...)

She's so pretty here.

I'm gonna use Youtube's A/B testing where it shows different thumbnail you select to check which is better.

But it's also unfair because ChatGPT's is obviously clearer and more neater than mine so its designs will win. But I'll do it anyway.

I did more edits, one being this:

when will the suffering end?

Gah. You do not want to see the other one I tried making. God help my soul.
(I simply have no eye for such things...)

I asked it make a Yoshiro vocalizations thumbnail for me to look at it.



Don't really like them...

Anyway. my youtube is just a supplement to this blog so I won't get too finicky about it.

I am going to try and make my own still. Maybe I should restart and try and use the aesthetic I used on the 'vocal' thumbnails?

Sunday, 1 February 2026

Origami.


祇力.  Giryoku. A pig. Strengthens offense. 力 means force/power/strength.


祇硬. Giko. A kabuto(Samurai hat). Strengthens defense. 硬 means hard.



祇速. Gisoku. A cicada. Increases movement speed of the villagers. 速 means fast.

They all have the kunitsukami(祇) kanji in the beginning. 

Are we invoking the strength of the Goddess through origami?

Yoshiro also has origami butterflies surrounding her during battle:


I was confused when I first saw their render. But now I'm quite sure they're origami.

In Japanese culture, butterflies hold various meanings. Origami butterflies symbolize the souls of both the living and the dead. This symbolism is evident in an ancient wedding ritual where origami butterflies represented the bride and groom, marking their transition into married life. (X)

Friday, 30 January 2026

Kunitsu-Kami (Vocals only)


From the game files, again, and edited.

Unfortunately has soft strings on the vocal track.

Thursday, 29 January 2026

Kunitsu-Gami (Vocals only)


Taken from in-game files and edited.

The Instrumental I will have to make using Audacity.

Sunday, 25 January 2026

Soh with Yoshiro's animations.


It's cursed, isn't it? I hate it.

Friday, 23 January 2026

Moon of Musashi. Soh Under the Moonlight.

Vixen with a full moon behind the tall grass of the plains of Musasahi, looking at her reflection in the water. (X)

 In this serene and haunting image, a fox turns in a strikingly anthropomorphic pose to gaze at her reflection by the light of the full moon. (X)