The Spectatorial

  • What is Hatsune Miku?

    What is Hatsune Miku?

    Originally designed as a humble mascot for a Crypton Future Media voicebank used by digital musicians, Hatsune Miku has become one of the most recognisable…

  • Meandering Monsters: A Yume Book Review 

    Meandering Monsters: A Yume Book Review 

    For the first time, I decided to go against Goodreads reviews and trust my gut. Lo and behold, it was wrong. Considering my own tendency…

  • From Hate to Love: How Oathbound Changed My Mind on The Amnesia Trope

    From Hate to Love: How Oathbound Changed My Mind on The Amnesia Trope

    Article contains HUGE spoilers for the Legendborn series by Tracy Deonn, including Oathbound. With the latest release of Oathbound, the third book of the Legendborn…

  • If Dogs Could Talk

    If Dogs Could Talk

    Remembering Penelope Delta’s Μάγκας (1935): translation, children’s literature, and growing up When my family picked up and moved across the Atlantic ocean, we brought our…