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Well now. This sure has been quite a year. Good and bad things I can tell have happened all over the world. Mostly though, I like to think of the good things and not the bad. Good things I could say was that this year, there were some cool and creative games of my favourite franchise that I've enjoyed playing such as Xenoblade 3, Mario Strikers, Sonic Frontiers and others to name. Alongside that, were my favourite animes and mangas, whose stories have gotten further to the near end. Example? The Pokémon Anime with having Ash and Pikachu as the main characters will finally come to a close after 25 years, as next year after a last special, we'll be heading into a new story with a new main character that will focus on the events close to the Pokémon Scarlet and Violet games, which I'll be looking forward too. Also, the One Piece series has entered the final saga, which should be exciting since this will also be nearing towards the series' end in a few years now. Sad as some of these sound, I am well prepared for these sorts of things. Now then... here on DA, I will continue to present my fan-made works whenever I have the motive and time to do so. So far, I am focusing on getting more of my episodes of my fan-made continuation of Sonic X up for those to see and read, as well as the drawn fan-art of original characters I've made to interacted with the main in-game cast including the anime's own. This year had me in a wide gape of time to get the recent one I made to get uploaded, because I had my hands full with helping someone from another website to help them with their own story. I am taking a brake from that at the moment until mid-April 2023, but will still be around to upload work of my own, including my own fan-fic. Also, this year will Sonic X's 20th anniversary ever since airing on April 2003. Wow...! 20 years...! That's about all I got to say, as a reminder to you all. So, I hope many of you will still be around as I'm not going anywhere. Well, not leaving DA of course. But I will be going to places around the world though, which I look forward too, along with the next line of upcoming games, anime episodes and certain movies and TV shows I'm a fan of. Well then... Happy New Year, Everyone!!!

I thought I’d write to let you all know that a the moment and for the time being, I’ll be coping with a great lost… My grandmother has past away… not by COVID-19… it was liver failure… 😔😢😣😩 First my Mum’s dad and now my Dad’s mum… I was hoping that I didn’t have to go through with this again… but I have to face up to it no matter what… and say my goodbyes to my loved ones… Nan… wherever you are… I hope you can finally find peace…😔 I’m sorry if I had to share this with you all… but I feel it’s important to let many of my close friends here know how I feel and share the sympathy of their loses… That won’t stop me from continuing on here on DA… as I will dedicate anything I can come up with in my Nan’s loving memories… For the time being… I must regain my confidences… I hope you all understand…

Okay, so for awhile now, I am still active on DA, but have not uploaded anything in weeks since the last piece of work I have uploaded which is an Ep of one of my fanfics which I am still focusing on. But some stuff has happened that I should tell you all. Don't worry it's nothing serious or bad. What's been going on is I have just recently a few weeks back bought the new PlayStation 5 and have gotten so far 3 games for it being Final Fantasy 7 Remake, Kingdom Hearts 3 and Marvel's Spider-Man. Games that I've wanted to play for some time, but did not have the correct console to work them until at long last. So... I kinda gone off the works from my fanfic writing and drawing for the time being. What I should also mention is that I've been helping somebody outside of DA with another fanfic project of theirs through roleplaying which I decided to help them with as it may come of use to when at certain points with my own fanfic that I will need to roleplay with many of those who are close to me here on DA. Better example, is that if I needed to borrow or allow other's Original Characters join in the plots for my fanfics, it would have to be done by roleplay as the original owners would know their own characters better as I do with my own OCs. Anyways, I hope you all gotten the message. In fact, I am almost about done with helping my associate with his fanfic project which I hope to help him get finished before the start of December. If not, well sometime between that month. Can't say what his project is about. I know what it is, but I can't share it with anyone else as it was my associate who said not too until it is done and ready. Anyways, thank you all for reading and understanding as I hope to get back to you all soon.

A little something to share with my fellow waters here on DA. I will be away for 2 weeks starting from the 18th of Jul to 1st of Aug for a romantic getaway with my wife in Croatia. Despite Covid-19 still going on, it's been confirmed that airports will be open on certain days since it looks as though the percentage levels of the virus has dropped. We were originally scheduled to fly out earlier than expected as it was meant to be the 21st of Jul, but had to be changed down because of which flights will be available on certain days and the 18th being one of them. Not sure how well the Wi-Fi will be where we'll be staying, so I'll be off of DA for awhile, so I hope you all understand and wish me a safe journey. I'll be back by the start of next month, so I'll see you all then.

Oh and a side note, I'll be visiting a certain location in Croatia that was filmed for a certain fantasy medieval drama and I'm sure a few of you know which one.

Quite recently, I was finally able to watch a certain anime film, One Piece: Stampede. My thoughts on it... IT-WAS-AWSOME!!! This goes far beyond anything I've seen so far within one of my favourite Japanese anime franchises. Even if the story is consider non-cannon, it was amazing seeing Luffy and many of the main series full list of casts of heroes and villains alike going up against one powerful villain with such a destructive power and fully twisted and distorted personality. Quite a few of the things this film offered shows some things that could even forshadow the main story arcs within both the Manga and Anime which I'm still currently reading. I haven't been watching the anime since the Wano Arc started, cause with a lot of events I've seen in the Manga books being unfold one chapter after another, I decided to wait it out until the real action gets close; just before the beginning of the big war to start. But due to the Covid-19 still going on in the world, the anime is put on hold temporarily so who knows when it will be back. We'll still need to follow the safety rules with this outbreak still on the loose in this world, even Luffy and the others say so during a recent commercial. Anyways my thoughts on the film is a 5 out of 5, but I'm sure Oda and the rest of the staff that work on the series has a lot more in the future to show us that far successes this; hopefully in a bright and clear future for us to breath the fresh air again once this virus is gone. Anyways, I hope One Piece continues until the time for it comes to a complete end. Keep going Oda-sama! We'll support you through times of need no matter what or whatever it takes. :D