One Year Anniversary - A Stalker’s Work is Never Done.
Subculture at its finest.
With the evil dictator of an editorial blogger Owen celebrating his anniversary only three days earlier, I suppose my anniversary had to come today to balance the world with great justice. I feel kind of awkward for releasing this when the new season is still pumping out a few shows, but what can I do? This was when I decided to start my blog. I almost held this off for awhile, but I ended up finding enough time between class to dish out a half way decent post for the occasion. Without further ado, let’s take a look at some of the major events that have happened during this past year!
Pre-subculture, the awakening of Totali
Totali is a regular punk in high school; sleeping through class, skateboarding, and wasting life on MMO games.
Totali’s interest in anime is revived by the likes of Bleach, Full Metal Panic, Samurai Champloo, and Beck.
Totali is Introduced to Random Curiosity through Blood+ in 2005; subconsciously becomes inspired.
Totali picks up Japanese as a hobby.
Totali realizes that other anime blogs actually exist, such as Cinnamon Ass, Memento, and Wakaranai.
Spring ‘07: The Beginning, and the Touka Gettan Era
Totali lurks in AB IRC; is disturbed.
Totali is granted the gift of blogging by Maestro, master of ABnet.
Viewers take interest in Subculture as one of the only blogs that was not confused and disgusted by Touka Gettan.
Totali meets hashihime, seiyu blogger with the power of AniSuki.
Through IRC and aggregators, Totali is introduced to many new blogs; isolationist mindset is broken. The stalker inside awakens.
Totali becomes a late AnimeNano Podcast dai fan.
Totali thinks Moyism is the coolest raw provider ever; sends fan mail.
Totali preaches the greatness of love power.
Totali meets Hinano through talk of mushroom cocks; becomes instant fan.
Totali meets Aroduc, unknowingly creating what would become the greatest gattai the world has ever known (T&A).
Summer ‘07: The Nice Boat Era
Totali takes Anime Blog ga Arimasu’s 2,000th comment and receives prize. C…..can I call you sempai??
Totali goes to college to learn how to make pretty things.
Totali is interviewed by Sea Slugs; life story is revealed.
Totali plays a part in inspiring; is shocked.
Kabitzin posts Subculture’s 1,000th comment.
Mermaid gagsters, suicidal teachers, and nice boats are all the rage.
Fall ‘07: The Rise of Slice of Life, The Fall of Fanservice Anime
Totali declares it slice of life season; introduces several of the genre.
Totali takes Sea Slugs’s 7,000th comment.
Totali is revealed to be a “Top 10 Babbler” on Ex-Fan.
Rentington posts Subculture’s 2,000th comment.
Totali takes Dangojoubu’s completely random 600th comment.
Zyl begins spamming Subculture with pingbacks. Totali fights back.
ef- a tale of memories is all the rage.
Totali joins the Anime Blogging Collective; pretends not to be a member by not participating.
Totali celebrates several blogger birthdays for the first time; in particular, everyone’s favorite trap Impz.
Totali hits in America. Subculture is transfered to the Minami server with older veterans. C….can I call you oneesan?
Goshusho-sama Ninomiya-kun single handedly ruins love comedies for Totali, resulting in a season of abstinence.
Winter ‘08: The Boku Boku Era
Totali falls in love.
Despair is brought back to needy souls.
Totali is declared High Warlord of commenting by Zyl; roars.
Subculture’s 3,000th comment is posted by Di Gi Kazune.
Totali receives dangojoujoubu gift art; cherrishes it.
Totali receives Sea Slugs gift art; wonders what science has done.
Kimikiss is all the rage.
Spring ‘08: The Ressurection of Love Comedy - present time
Totali returns to his roots. Love power reappears to overtake the blogsphere.
Hinano ruins Totali for marriage.
Totali participates in the first annual anime blog awards.
Totali becomes the apparent scapegoat of the blogsphere.
Hinano posts Subculture’s 4,000th comment…on this very post. (see comments.)
Blogs now on the stalking list: A hella lot.
I might have left out or forgot about some things during this past year, since I didn’t really have any notes to refer to while writing this post. With just a year of blogging, I’ve already seen a lot of community activities. Bloggers come and go, burnout happens, and drama is started. Subculture has grown tremendously, especially coming from something only meant to be a side hobby. But some things never change. I still go “kya~” when another blogger mentions me, I’m still too intimidated to post on blogs that get hundreds of comments on a regular basis, and I’m still in denial about the success this blog has received. As much as I love writing, I still see this website as a hobby. It’s impossible to deny that anime has taken a pretty big place in my life though. In my circle of friends, there are the movie buffs who have seen any film you can think of. I’m considered to be one of those, except for anime. The only problem is, it’s impossible to find others who watch current anime in the States! I guess that’s why I enjoy this so much. Being able to express my thoughts and interacting with people that have similar hobbies just makes my day.
And of course, it is that interaction that keeps me going. Even though I started this blog as a personal project, and still go into writing with this mindset, I probably wouldn’t have made it this far if it wasn’t for the community and those who have enjoyed my presence. From those I have met in IRC, to those who stand out in the blogsphere, and to those I have more recently interacted with in the ABC, I’ve had a ton of fun stalking everyone hanging out with everyone in the virtual community that is the internet. Then of course, there are the visitors that have stuck with my blog and enjoyed it throughout this past year. Some of you have even kept up since the beginning, which is just amazing to me. You all know who you are. This is a big shout out to everyone, so let’s hope for more fun in the years to come.
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FIRST. In before timeline!
Glad that all that angsting about university holding you down didn’t come to fruition, and that this rampant flaunting of love power is still going strong. Grats on one year.
Congratulations on your first year of blogging.
Congratulations!
1 year..is long..and I’m far from it..
Hope that this year will also be a good blogging year for you.
>> Totali takes Anime Blog ga Arimasu’s 2,000th comment and receives prize. C…..can I call you sempai??
Good times. That was probably the most research I ever put into a single post, ever.
Anyways, congrats on one year of blogging, may your inspiration to write and comment stalk the anime community never wane.
PASHA PASHA UUU! Hey yes, congrats! I guess I was just stopping my days in #ab when you came, no wonder appeared to me out of thin air. Cheers cheers and many beers to many more entries of lulz and boobz.
“Totali Hits in America”… Dude, I love it.
A year… it’s been a year already!? I remember seeing you start off… confusing me with your understanding of Touka Gettan which reminds me, I should actually watch that in its entirety…. and you making up nearly half of the total comments on my blog… Stalking indeed >_
Oh, and I agree about people watching current anime in America.
I go Jap-lit class, and there are kids who totally think liking anime and japan is part of their identity. They wear Anime shirts, hachimaki that probably read “serial rapist” in kanji, and are a part of the Anime and Manga society at college. They are all poseurs. They watch dubbed stuff from 4 years ago, and have never heard of Gurren Lagann, teh hotness from last year. I thought a lot of anime fans followed fansubs! In reality, there aren’t that many of us.
If we absorb Hinano into the hivemind, then we can change to HAT, and from there, the sky’s the limit.
And find another nice T guy for THAT? even better.
Anyway, first year anniversary banzai, ze grand meister!
“Ex-fansubber + Erojiji + Shota”? Dare I ask what this will result in?
Pssh, Impz trying to recruit people AGAIN.
Spring ‘08: Hinano ruins Totali for marriage.
“The Rise of Slice of Life, The Fall of Fanservice Anime”
I thought we were gonna get some Aria/Sketchbook links, but oh well ^_^! BECK REFERENCE FTW!!!
“I’m still too intimidated to post on blogs that get hundreds of comments on a regular basis”
same here, Word is bond ma nucca! and 3000 comments already? WHAT??!!! You should be proud of yourself! Don’t be MAD O D cause its hard to find current-watching-anime friends in the states. Like, I barely have any friends in rl, but its all good, you know why, cause I got you *blush* Keep stalking, Keep blogging, and most importantly, Keep SMASHING!!! CAUSE WE’RE SMASH BROS FOR LIFE!!! XD
Actually we’re like 50 from 4,000…..but who’s counting…. t.t
TOTALI awesome!!
pardon the pun… xD
This deserves more dango art!
http://www.unowen.net/tegaki/dblog.php?u=8426&e=78650
Congratulations!
noob
Happy First Blog Birthday!
Omedetou!
Not just stalker but also Flash Gordon stalking! Man, sometimes your comment appears within seconds of me publishing a post!
Omedetou!
1 year is really long and I actually read through the whole thing, not knowing half of what it was though lol.
Congrats~
>> “Totali lurks in AB IRC; is disturbed.”
~LOL, I can relate to that. xD
Looking back, I stumbled across your blog last summer season in my search for sumnmaries of despair… and have been hooked ever since.^^
Congrats! Wishing you more fun
stalkingblogging days to come. Keep up the good work!Great work and happy anniversary! Keep on blogging for the greater good! Keep on being inspiring!
(Love the new layout, by the way, makes me want to watch XXXHOLiC now~)
Congratulations, my (self-proclaimed) rival! Happy one year anniversary, and may we continue blogging till the glorious motherla- I mean, till the end of time or something. Love the way in which you laid out the timeline; now you need to retcon your past using the Cassiopeia. Gogogo!
I’ve been reading your blog for a few months now and i really am entertained especially the way you and arudoc play off each other.
Also! I play on Spinebreaker….AND am currently in Phantom Elite. I remember your HWL grind. I hit 60 on my first character about the time you hit HWL.
And yeah, is there anything more nerdy than saying you know someone from World of Warcraft on an anime blog.
Congrats on your first year my cute little brother! nyahaha :3
(but drats totali! I’ve been making a timeline post for my 1st year anniv tooo~~ now I’m not original heh :P)
Has it really been a year already? Certainly doesn’t feel that long to me. Congrats on one year of blogging.
/me sends the shota lolis and traps as presents. Hinano has the camera.
A little late, but happy omedetoh and keep gambattaning on your blog!
“The only problem is, it’s impossible to find others who watch current anime in the States!”
Wonder who you’re talking about here? You aren’t alone.
Congratulations on your first year. I actually thought you were older than this myself.
Congratulations on the first year!!
Sorry I missed this. I was out of town Saturday and when I came back I thought my head was gonna burst x_x;;
Congrats on the 1 year! With many more to come
P.S. I feel left out of your time line. :\
Taka: Wow, that is amazing. It must be fate! Quite honestly, I had an awesome time while playing that game. I just decided I needed my time to do other things =\. Tell WnL “hi” if he’s still around…along with all those other cool peeps. If you see any noobfaces named Iceninja, Killamic, Kleric, or Crowen…those are my RL friends….they’re nubs.
TheBigN: I’ve never met someone IRL that has kept up with current anime…unless it’s Bleach. People on teh internetz don’t count!
Hinano: Haha, I originally had you in like three more places, like with the fated meeting through mushroom cocks around the same time I met Aroduc and what I mentioned earlier in the comments. I thought it would be too random though and would kill some of the jokes xD. Oh, but you just got added again cause you got my 4,000th comment….er, and 4,001.
I should probably actually start doing something about those one day….
EDIT: Oh screw it…those days were hilarious. I went ahead and put them back in.
My headache was fate!
Fate/Stay Hinano
memo me: too lazy to take care of a blog. Have the space but too laaaazy. Way too lazy especially after work.
Why the fuck am I not on your stalking list, totali?
I hereby refuse to recognize your blog.
i’m late u_U sorry, my english isn’t very well, i’m from peru xD congratulations for your 1st year xD nice job!!! ninomiya kun rulz!!! xDDD
lolikit: Don’t go emo and quit your blog next time. I put it back on there….along with some other new additions. *yawn*
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