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Hocus in Focus: THE PHANTOM THIEF GENRE IN JAPANESE FICTION From Maurice Leblanc's Arsene Lupin to modern depictions in Persona 5 and Detective Conan's & Magic Kaito's Kaito Kid, join us for a discussion on the hallmarks of a Phantom Thief, the makings of their thrill-filled capers, and barriers to entry for a genre we can't get enough of! [Day 2] Jan 9 10:30 PM Live Programming 4

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Join us for a crash course on the Phantom Thief Genre in Japanese Fiction, it's history, and all the things that make this niche great!

Date: Fri, Jan 9 (Day 2)
Time: 10:30PM
Location: Live Programming 4
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A frame from the official music video for "Wolf in Sheep's Clothing", featuring its vocalists Kobo Kanaeru and Kasane Teto.

H.C. goes into the opening for the Gnosia anime, "Wolf in Sheep's Clothing", and why its selection of vocalists (Kobo Kanaeru and Kasane Teto) is actually ingeniously relevant to the game's themes. leakedexperience.xyz/gnosia/

Ever since I wrote these articles, a new project called Princession Orchestra has been airing on TV Tokyo since April 2025! It's a non-PreCure magical girl show for girls, and... oh, right. English speakers don't care enough to look into it, do they~? (H.C.) bsky.app/profile/leak...

Screenshot from Persona 4 Golden of the protagonist working a part-time translation job: "You had a hard time translating expressions in the foreign language..."

H.C. discusses the infamous controversy regarding Persona 4 character Naoto and how it probably wouldn't have ever been as much of a problem if the official English translation hadn't made some abysmally transphobic-sounding wording choices.
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“We Should All Go Back to Coding Our Own Websites!” Is Easier Said Than Done The sample page used by the GeoCities Website Maker, a site that generates mockups of what modern websites would look like in the GeoCities era. For the last several months, D.A and I have been workin...

After an ordeal of having overhauled the entire website's design, H.C. goes into the rose-colored way people talk about the "GeoCities era" and how beginners can get into making their own personal websites in this day and age.
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The site has been going through a lot of remodeling lately because both admins are working on major projects that require special formatting. We don't know when either of us will be done... 😅 but thank you for your patience!

In Case of Despair, Break Glass: Anime for the Tired Soul - Leaked Experience Sometimes, life not only gives you lemons, it runs you over with a citrus truck... And that's ok.... let's patch up the cracks in your cup and fill it again with some hope as we laugh at the absurdity...

Today, D.A. has returned from the anime mines to bring some levity to us all with a new anime recommendations list for tired souls in trying times. leakedexperience.xyz/in-case-of-d...

Why You Don't See New Magical Girl IPs the Way There Used to Be (It's Not Because of Madoka) - Leaked Experience Contents Contents Reason #1: Nakayoshi‘s current nostalgia milking fixation The role of the “media mix” Reason #2: The PreCure market monopoly Mythbusting: No, Madoka had nothing to do with it Do you ...

Debunking the "Madoka killed the magical girl genre" myth, how even well-meaning people keep spreading ignorant myths about the genre as a whole, and PreCure's influence being downplayed by Western anime fans:
Part 1: leakedexperience.xyz/magical-girl...
Part 2: leakedexperience.xyz/madoka-and-p...

How to Criticize a Translation Effectively (and How to Identify Bad-Faith Criticism) - Leaked Experience Contents Contents How to spot bad-faith criticism How to criticize a translation effectively Focus on criticizing the translation itself, not the motives/ethics of the person who did it Be clear and t...

How to write a translation criticism that points out legitimate problems without devolving into "translation is evil and localization is bad":
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A Deep Dive Into the Saint Tail Manga First Half - Leaked Experience Around a year ago, I made a series of recap-and-analysis posts for the Saint Tail manga in light of the fact it was in a very bad situation in regards to translation: the manga’s sole license was out ...

H.C.'s analysis of the Saint Tail manga, chapter by chapter:
Part 1: leakedexperience.xyz/saint-tail-m...
Part 2: leakedexperience.xyz/saint-tail-m...

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