u/shizucube

Yt music is hopeless. This happened for every single recap playlist I got last year, where I could tap through the slideshow of my top songs, artists, etc, but never get given an option to save a recap playlist to my library. As you can see at the end of the video, for my dec-feb 2025 and 2025 overall recap it got fixed eventually, but it's nearly June and it's clearly not getting fixed again.

And yes, I have been spamming the absolute shit out of them with feedback through the app, but still nothing has been done. Ffs, seems like I just can't get recaps at all anymore every since 2025 except maybe the yearly recaps. Really pisses me off, as I got my 2024 recaps fine, and I love being able to see what music I was listening to at different times.

The only other permanent scars I have are on my arm, they're a lot less noticeable, but more importantly, they were from an extremely significant moment in my life, not just a random day of my being careless. Those arm cuts got me hospitalised, and indirectly led to my parents separating (which is something I'd wanted for a long time, and has ultimately left a positive effect on my life). After that incident I 'stopped' shing completely after my family kept guilting me. Which is code for, I kept shing, but only doing it on my leg where it's not visible to them.

In comparison, these cuts were just me being careless and angry at myself on a random morning before uni because I wasted so much time on my phone scrolling instead of going to uni early to study.

The arms cuts told a story, an important piece of my past carved into my skin. These newer cuts aren't worthy of that. They're honestly just embarrassing, me not being careful on 'just another sh day'.

I do like having the cuts on my body, but I like them to FADE eventually. I never want permanent cuts in case I regret it long after the cuts are done, the only exception was the arm cuts because of their significance.

These cuts are at least on my upper leg, so never noticeable to the public. But still, if a future partner sees it, what will they think? I mean if someone is going to judge me for old sh, they're not someone I'd want to be with anyways, but still. These cuts don't even tell a good story, they're just embarrassing marks which never needed to be put there in the first place. They're meaningless, unworthy, and now I can never get that clear skin back again.

I've wanted to sh several times since these cuts were done (probably abt 2 months ago now), but I've acted on it very few times solely because I'm scared of leaving permanent scars again. I also feel like I can't cut on that same leg again because there's already scars there.

This is all no huge deal, but still, it's just disappointing...

Credit to dailykanader on Instagram for the image. The only thing I'd add is Failure Girl. She literally was the focus of the 3dmv and then they just... didn't give her an alt??? 😭😭😭 Like I think Ena fits the song more, but why couldn't we have both? We rarely ever even get two alts of the same song anymore for N25, it's ridiculous.

Saihate they have absolutely no excuse for. The song fits Kanade better than anyone else. An alt by her would've been so good!

Bug idrc abt especially given how old it is. But it is strange that every other member got an alt but Kanade.

And lagtrain and cute na kanajo are the ones that annoy me the most as they were duets given to the other character in the duet but not Kanade. And also, Kanade sounded SO GOOD in both of them, better than Ena and Mizuki respectfully. ESPECIALLY lagtrain, her breathy voice is actually so incredible and fits the song so well. Mizuki's loud voice just does not fit imo. And cute na kanajo... Just compare Kanade's bye-bye to Ena's bye-bye and I think that makes my point clear. 😭 ofc, no hate to the other vas, they're all amazing at their job, it's just Kanade's voice is so afichwifnrinrcuebcyebf (I may be a slight tinge bias).

WE WERE ROBBED, I DEMAND MORE KANA ALTS! SHE ONLY HAD TWO LAST YEAR (excluding the anni song bc every leader gets one). JUSTICE FOR KANADE AND HER PEAK KANAVOICE

You may have seen me posting on this sub before, if so I apologise, but since my last post I have a more consistent hair routine, and I'm hoping to make this one last post to explain to-the-point what my problems are and get some solid answers on what specifically I need, because I think I'm finally close to getting there.

First photo is my hair at night shortly after drying from the shower.

Second photo is my hair when I woke up in the morning.

Third photo is my hair after getting home from being at uni all day.

Brief context: for a long time I had extremely dry, knotted hair because I used cheap products. Since mid-March, with the help of my sister, I've been using a proper hair routine, have now gotten it cut twice, and my hair has noticeably gotten way more healthy. However my main problems are still:

1. FRIZZ! No matter what I do to my hair, it always seems to be extremely frizzy, ESPECIALLY by the end of the day. Even when I've used curl products, it gives my curls more definition, but usually doesn't do anything for the frizz.
2. Knots. I'm unsure if this is an issue which can really be solved, but while my hair is significantly less knotted than in the past, I still notice knots in my hair practically all the time. Unlike in the past, they're very easy to break from running my hand through them, but regardless it still annoys me that they're there in the first place.
3. Dryness. I have very high porosity hair, and I still worry that it's too dry. Again, my hair has significantly improved from using proper shampoo and conditioner, it is much softer now compared to in the past, which is why this is the least pressing matter. But due to how dry my hair is, I also have to keep that into account when choosing a holding product (which I know you're all going to recommend). I CANNOT use anything that will dry out my hair further, and that's really what's made me so hesitant in what curl cream/mousse I buy in the first place.

Now as for my routine:

I'm washing my hair 3 times a week at the moment, but I will drop that to twice a week when I don't have uni (semester ends in two weeks). The reason I wash it so often is because I have severe OCD, go to gym 3-4 times a week, and uni 3 times a week, so I feel the need to 'clean' it often. Even on the days I don't wash my hair, I still rinse it. Again this is due to my OCD, but also I can only comb my hair when it's wet and I really need that reset at the end of each day to get all the knots out and reset the curls (since they've usually lost definition completely by the end of the day). I always take the knots out of my hair in the shower with my fingers, on both the days I wash it and just rinse it. I usually try get rid of the knots before applying shampoo.

When washing my hair, I gently massage shampoo into my scalp then rinse twice. The shampoo I use is Redken all soft moisturising shampoo. After using the shampoo, I temporarily turn off the shower and squeeze the wet ends of my hair dry with a shirt before applying conditioner from mids to lengths, and leaving it for a few minutes before rinsing. My sister said drying the wet ends of my hair would help it absorb the conditioner. The conditioner I use is Redken frizz dismiss.

As for after the shower, if it's after washing, I again squeeze the wet ends with a shirt just to dry it a little. After rinsing, I also squeeze dry but with a micro-fiber towel this time. I never dry my hair violently. Regardless of if I just washed or rinsed, after the brief drying, I comb out any knots, and then apply a leave-in conditioner. The one I use is the Hask brand curl care 5 in 1 leave-in spray. I do this to add more moisture to my dry hair. I then always let my hair air-dry, I never blow dry because it makes my hair frizzy, and also I never need to do it because my hair dries naturally extremely fast. Also I'm unsure if this is irrelevant, but I'm wearing headphones basically all the time while at home, so my hair also dries while I have headphones on.

I never comb my hair when it's dry as that just removes my curls and creates frizz. And so I never even touch my hair at all in the morning, and basically just have to hope I wake up with it looking good. I also never wet my hair except for in the shower, because again, this just creates more frizz.

I also sleep with a bonnet on, but it rarely stays on throughout the whole night. But I do also have satin pillow cases as a backup.

Now I think (and do correct me if I'm wrong) the only thing I'm missing from my routine, is applying a curl gel/mousse/cream alongside the leave-in conditioner. As I said, I really don't know what to use, as given I'll be putting it in my hair daily after every shower regardless on if I wash or rinse, I don't want something really expensive, but I also don't want something cheap that'll just dry my hair out. Do let me know if there's anything else wrong with my routine, and anything I can change, as while it has helped, it clearly isn't working completely given I still have the problems I mentioned above. Any help is greatly appreciated thank you!

This Shizuku cover is now a year old, and in that time we haven't got a single character alt of a commissioned song which isn't from one of their own events. (Ultra C doesn't rlly count bc they're duo covers and that song makes sense to have a cover of every vbs member.)

At the start of the game they did it often. Songs like ID smile and Peakanadetomousara had a cover by every N25 member. But in like the last 2 years the only examples I can remember is a rui cover of filament fever, and this shizuku cover of supernova. They have seemingly stopped doing it entirely now for some reason.

It makes sense for a comm song to only get alts by the vocaloid and the character who's event the song is from, but come on, not any comm songs can get extra alts anymore? I thought it was a nice bit of variety, and sometimes actually made sense from a narrative perspective. For example, I really like how lower has a mizuki and ena cover bc the event it's from is heavily mizuena focused, while reborn has both kanade and mafuyu covers bc that event was a kanamafu event.

This isn't a big deal or anything, just something I noticed and wanted to comment on.

For context, I have very thick, coarse hair, and for the longest time it's been extremely dry, knotted, and frizzy as I was only washing it with shitty hair products my mum bought me. Early March this year, with the help of my oldest sister, I switched over to good quality hair products, got a haircut, and started taking much better care of my hair. The improvement is very noticeable, compared to earlier this year, my hair is much softer, and while it's still knotted, the knots come out much easier now too. However, it's still a bit dry, the knots are still very frequent and a problem, and the frizz is practically just as bad as it's always been. Now, one thing I still do now that I've always done, is rinse my hair in the shower almost every day.

I've recently dropped my hair washing days from 3 to 2, but I have severe OCD and have to at the very least rinse my hair as a way to 'clean' it. This is because I got to gym 3-4 times a week, and go to Uni 3 times a week (for one day I do gym and Uni on the same day). Whenever around the general public (especially in the gym or on public transport), I feel the need to fully clean myself in the shower after, which includes my hair. I can deal with not washing it, but at the very least I need to feel like I am cleaning it by rinsing it thoroughly.

However just today, my sister has told me by rinsing my hair so often, I'm stripping all the natural oils from it, and that's the sole reason my hair is still frizzy, dry, and knotted despite ​having a good routine now. Is she correct?

If she is, I don't know what to do. There's no way I could imagine not wetting my hair at all on the days I've been in public. My hair would feel so dirty, and I'd be uncomfortable letting it touch anything in my house. I know this is a mental issue as well as a hair issue, but is there somehow any way around this? Can I get away with still rinsing?

My routine is:

When washing my hair, I gently massage shampoo into my scalp then rinse twice. The shampoo I use is Redken all soft moisturising shampoo. After using the shampoo, I temporarily turn off the shower and dry my hair with a shirt before applying conditioner from mids to lengths, gently combing the knots out of my hair with my fingers. The conditioner I used is Redken frizz dismiss.

After washed, once out of the shower, I dry my hair off again with the shirt, then let it air dry (it dries pretty quickly).

When I just rinse my hair without washing, I again comb the knots out of my hair with my fingers, but once getting out I don't use the shirt to dry, just a hair towel or my body towel, before again leaving it to air dry.

Both when I rinse and wash my hair, I always comb it right after drying it with the shirt/towel, again getting any knots out. I NEVER comb my hair while it's dry as all it does is make my hair even more frizzy and get rid of all my curls.

When washing my hair, once I get out of the shower I also put a Elvive sublime hair serum oil in my hair, combing it through with my hands or the comb. 

I also sleep with a bonnet on, but it rarely stays on throughout the whole night. But I do also have satin pillow cases as a backup.

I usually don't touch my hair in the morning, as putting in any of the de-frizz products my mum got me through my hair does not do anything to actually get rid of frizz. Also it's curliest in the morning, so combing it again just removes my curls, and doesn’t actually get rid of my frizz. I also avoid wetting my hair in the morning because it's just a brief band aid fix temporarily wetting down the frizz before it just comes back even worse within like an hour.

(Photos were taken at night after my hair had fully dried from having a shower in which I didn't wash it, but just rinsed it).