The New Leaf Journal

Episode 5 of the A Sign of Affection anime adaptation provided definitive proof that one of the two main characters, Itsuomi Nagi, has been dying his hair. I examine the evidence.

I compare my al|together visual novel rankings with the Visual Novel Database average user scores for all 31 pieces.

Examining overwhelming circumstantial evidence of Yuki Itose’s use of hair dye in the first two episodes of the A Sign of Affection anime adaptation.

Sharing my system for organizing my personal RSS/ATOM feed collection and discussing other systems seen around the web.

January was highlighted by a surprise newsletter share and Hacker News page 1 appearance early in the month, but we also published 17 new articles on many interesting topics.

I rank the top 10 visual novel translations to emerge from the 31 pieces translated for the 2005, 2006, and 2008 al|together festivals.

I recently learned about some shopping app called Temu. I contemplated my obliviousness and determined that I owe my lack of knowledge to good internet usage.

The second part of my al|together visual novel ranking covers the ten translations I have ranked 20-11.

I offer my opinion on whether Google’s promoting new AI tools with Chrome for drafting forum posts and reviews will contribute to making the internet a better place.

The first of three legs of my al|together visual novel ranking covers novels 31-21 on my list.

Introduction a 3-part series wherein I will rank the 31 al|together visual novel translations from 31 to 1.

I apply the term “survive and advance” from March Madness to describe a common visual novel choice structure where multiple choices have at least one game over option.