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Welcome! Here you'll find essays, analyses, reflections, and technical write-ups—primarily on philosophy, media, and software, with the occasional detour elsewhere. Do note that there might be unfinished articles, or rather, articles in the middle of being edited, just bear with me.
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2026-10-08
The God That Learned the “I”
Examining the Enemy’s emergence through Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit and Gotthard Günther’s cybernetic ontology, with particular attention to the “I,” the Other, recognition, and self-reference.
#Philosophy#Visual Novel#Analysis
Examining the Enemy’s emergence through Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit and Gotthard Günther’s cybernetic ontology, with particular attention to the “I,” the Other, recognition, and self-reference.
#Philosophy#Visual Novel#Analysis
2026-09-26
A Reading of The Cherry Blossoms and Sunflowers Sequence
Tracing how the final lines of the cherry blossoms and sunflowers sequence in D’où venons-nous ? Que sommes-nous ? Où allons-nous ? complete the implicit promise between Naoya and Kei, culminating in their convergence.
#Philosophy#Visual Novel#Analysis
Tracing how the final lines of the cherry blossoms and sunflowers sequence in D’où venons-nous ? Que sommes-nous ? Où allons-nous ? complete the implicit promise between Naoya and Kei, culminating in their convergence.
#Philosophy#Visual Novel#Analysis
2026-09-03
The Infinite is Still Too Soon
An interpretation of Kusanagi Naoya’s end-of-series philosophical development in Sakura no Toki.
#Philosophy#Visual Novel#Analysis
An interpretation of Kusanagi Naoya’s end-of-series philosophical development in Sakura no Toki.
#Philosophy#Visual Novel#Analysis
2026-09-01
Why Fictional “Ranking” is Ass.
A deconstruction of ranking.
#Literature#Reflection
A deconstruction of ranking.
#Literature#Reflection
2026-08-25
An Afterword on The Poem and Time of Cherry Blossoms
A reflective review of Sakura no Uta and Sakura no Toki.
#Visual Novel#Reflection#Review
A reflective review of Sakura no Uta and Sakura no Toki.
#Visual Novel#Reflection#Review
2026-08-11
Strumming the Miracle of the World
An analysis of Ken’ichirou and Kei’s Vespa ride in Mon Panache!, exploring art, transience, and the experience of the present moment.
#Philosophy#Visual Novel#Analysis
An analysis of Ken’ichirou and Kei’s Vespa ride in Mon Panache!, exploring art, transience, and the experience of the present moment.
#Philosophy#Visual Novel#Analysis
2026-07-16
An Absolutely Wild Derangement of Hyperlinks
A spoiler-free review of Tanaka Romeo's 『最果てのイマ』 (Saihate no Ima), one of the most ambitious, complex, and unconventional visual novels ever written.
#Visual Novel#Reflection#Review
A spoiler-free review of Tanaka Romeo's 『最果てのイマ』 (Saihate no Ima), one of the most ambitious, complex, and unconventional visual novels ever written.
#Visual Novel#Reflection#Review
2026-07-15
A Structural Analysis of the Final Painting in Sakura no Toki
If every encounter is destined to pass, then can art still contain something beyond representation?
#Philosophy#Visual Novel#Analysis
If every encounter is destined to pass, then can art still contain something beyond representation?
#Philosophy#Visual Novel#Analysis
2026-03-26
The Equality of All Things
A reflection on Chapter 151 of Reverend Insanity and its challenge to the contradictions within human morality.
#Literature#Philosophy#Reflection
A reflection on Chapter 151 of Reverend Insanity and its challenge to the contradictions within human morality.
#Literature#Philosophy#Reflection
