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Mitchell "Manafa"
@manafa.bsky.social
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31 He/Him. Proprietor of the fictional alchemist atelier "Mana's Potion." Which is the namesake of my YouTube and Twitch channels.

https://manaspotion.wordpress.com
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We'll do a new tag for this one, #weeklyschedule!

So I tend to post my schedule of Twitch streaming on Discord and neglect BSky, without further ado here's the schedule!

01/13 - Aether Gazer

01/15 - Kenshi (Adventurer's Guild Run)

01/18 - New Game Clearing Game
A picture of this week's schedule posted on Discord. All times are in EST. It says: Schedule for the week! January 13, 2026 6:00 PM - Gaming Stream: Aether Gazer per point redeem January 15, 2026 6:00 PM - Kenshi Adventurer's Guild! January 18, 2026 2:00 PM - Game Clearing 36 Winner (Part 1)!
January 12, 2026 at 2:04 PM
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Got a new #GamerSupps Waifu cup of one CottonTailVA!

Why yes, I DID pick the lewder side to show off to BlueSky, why do you ask?
A picture of a GamerSupps shaker full or Raw Meat flavored water with the image of CottonTailVA's Wrath model (no armor) printed on the side. The red coloration of the flavored drink showing through the parts of the art that are translucent such as the buttons on her top, her eyes, and the highlights on her crown and hair.
January 8, 2026 at 6:18 AM
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Nevermind that this post, which was used to also defend not leaving Twitter, presently has outreach that encompasses an additional 5% of your follower count without being a quote repost - which muddies the view/like count of the post from Twitter. Imagine if you got your Twitter followers here too!
An image of a post made by Flake in which a Sceptile is jokingly asking a concerned, borderline frightened, Swampert to just touch some grass. Which for context of the joke, Swampert is Water/Ground and takes 4x damage from Grass type moves. The post in question has 405 likes and 116 reposts. At the time of taking the image, Flake has 382 followers. 23 additional likes over 382 followers is about 5% additional outreach over the 95% likes from followers if all of these likes are JUST from followers.
December 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Four games that defined my 2025

P5R for getting me into a franchise that I now love very deeply for its depth and freedom.
ISaT for being a beautifully written and moving indie RPG.
BG3 for being an excellent and addicting CRPG.
Crow Country for instilling my now genuine interest in horror games.
Splash art of Persona 5 Royal, which features the cast of characters in the game and the title of the game in the center of the shot. Splash for the game In Stars and Time, featuring the main character Siffrin front and center with his friends and party members in the background, from left to right, Isabeau, Mirabelle, Odile, and Bonnie. Splash for Baldur's Gate 3 with some of the party members front and center with the title of the game to stage right from them. Splash for the game Crow Country, with the title above the scene with some bloodied letters, and a trashed theme park the titular Crow Country below, with the main character with purple hair holding a handgun visible.
December 28, 2025 at 4:55 AM
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That's uh... Those are totally normal gamer stats.
Manafa Zhed's Steam replay 2025, 102 games played. 729 Achievements, 926 Sessions, 53 New Games. Most Played Games: By % of Playtime Uma Musume: Pretty Derby (18%) Kenshi (9%) Deep Rock Galactic (9%) Baldur's Gate 3 (6%) Megabonk (5%)
December 17, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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Back when I had her hairstyle rough and frazzled looking with a hastily tied tail to the front, to help signify she was busy helping the world over. While not a WoL (no echo), she's a helluva hero. And self-proclaimed Dawn Warrior but that bit's more my nod to FFV.
A screenshot from Final Fantasy XIV depicting a blue and red-eyed, black-with-red-highlights-haired catgirl, also known as a miqo'te, with the caption in the top right reading "The Warrior of Light, T'manafa Zhed." T'manafa has her right eye an ice blue and her left eye a cherry red, wearing a white coat with black feathers or fur on the shoulder and hood.
December 8, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Uh, hi! I'm Mana, and I like to livestream on Twitch! And game.

I also like to read and build Gunpla when I'm not streaming or playing video games.

Old shot, but the HG (high grade) I built a while ago.
An image of a little Gundam model from a model kit. The white, red, and gold-trimmed robot with tonfa emanating green plastic lasers is Blazing Gundam.
December 3, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Hey, stability is good! Didn't feature a lot of growth this year, but between not streaming consistently and... Well all my top games are RPGs, that's fine! We still have a good time here. #twitch #recap2025 #twitchrecap
An image of the Twitch Recap 2025 for ManasPotion, my Twitch.tv channel. This year I had 35 new followers, 1.05k total hours watched, and 3 new subscribers. Top five categories (games) are Persona 5 Royal, Dragon Quest XI S, Kenshi, Etrian Odyssey HD, and Final Fantasy V. I had 138 total streams, 6.92k chats received, and the top emote is a chibi emote of Mana being angry, and while it's not shown this version that is the top used emote shakes around to intensify how angry she is.
December 2, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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I could speculate that perhaps it's because black or dark colors are more closely affiliated with the Nazi regime, but if that's all it was then are we concerned with how the Thai general looks? Is it just that it's silver on the uniform? Germany seems to still do that just fine on gray/green. 8/14
Image yoinked from https://efe.com/en/latest-news/2023-05-12/thai-army-chief-rules-out-military-coup-after-elections, which is an image of the 2023 appointed army chief general of Thailand. Who is wearing a dark-colored military outfit adorned with a myriad of tags and badges.
November 29, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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In the same clip the original art of her model had a red armband and she asked for its removal. She wasn't unaware there could be comparisons, I feel she rightfully didn't think they'd happen by her outfit alone. I don't blame her considering that Matara a few months earlier had a similar look. 7/14
VTuber Matara Kan atop a giant bug mascot known as a Momo. Matara is wearing a predominantly white military outfit that's a tight-fitting coat-dress, black hat with a pink background emblem featuring a mom, with white stockings on her legs and black metal-plated toe-less boots that let her appendages move freely.
November 29, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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Taking a more direct look at what might be issues, the flags being carried by the army is black on red. Concerning maybe, but aside from Zen marching alongside an army or the symbol on her hat being silver, I struggle to see where more similarities can be drawn personally. 3/14
A still of the loading or stream starting screen for Zentreya and her new model/outfit. On either side of her is "The Army," a massive group of small mascot looking creatures with red X's on their faces, marching alongside her with two red banners with black edges and a black worm-like dragon as its symbol. A full view of Zentreya's military general outfit. Which can be generously described as a coat with a hat, though really it's a tight-fitting dress with a red-tinted cloak or cape with a white fur rim hanging off her shoulders, and it is red on the inside. Her hat is black with a silver dragon head and smaller dragon wings. She's wearing thigh-high stockings and boots with red heels and soles, as well as white gloves. The soldier on her left has a metal helmet with horns, a red X across their face, and is primarily black with red hands and tail. He appears to be carrying a wood-stocked rifle with a scope.
November 29, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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Top of the article intro-graf style statement, yes her outfit looks kinda-sorta like a Nazi SS outfit. So I can see why folks are upset.

Then again so does the US' in a way, a lot of military outfits actually. Many are of a very similar style, just different colors and symbols are used. 2/14
An image of a US Military uniform pulled from army.mil. With the third soldier on the right in focus wearing a cap with a round and tall eagle symbol adorned on the front. The uniform itself is a black coat and cap with a symbol in the high-middle-front, with a gold or black and gold belt worn around the waist of the coat. Medals, tags and badges adorning the shoulders, pockets, and lapels of the coats. A mannequin wearing what is to be believed to be a Nazi SS uniform. Which is a gray coat and hat with a silver Aquila with wings opened on the hat. Three symbols are on the collar, from left to right the Nazi SS lightning bolts, the Iron Cross, and a three-dotted symbol that I am not familiar with.
November 29, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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Paraphrasing the very words that they are quoting, the taking of one class of citizen for the benefit of another would fall under socialism. Taxes! Funding stuff!

Same with this idea of taking from he who has thought to have earned too much. Y'know, get taxes, then give another business a bailout.
An excerpt from H.Con.Res.58, denouncing the horrors of socialism. The excerpt reads: "Whereas President Thomas Jefferson, the author of the Declaration of Independence, wrote, 'To take from one, because it is thought that his own industry and that of his father's has acquired too much, in order to spare to others, who, or whose fathers have not exercised equal industry and skill, is to violate arbitrarily the first principle of association, the guarantee to every one the free exercise of industry, and the fruits acquired by it.'" "Whereas President James Madison, the “Father of the Constitution”, wrote that it 'is not a just government, nor is property secure under it, where the property which a man has in his personal safety and personal liberty, is violated by arbitrary seizures of one class of citizens for the service of the rest'; and..."
November 22, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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I absolutely look forward to the day I'm open to playing through it again as a different character. Because this was my TAV being a Fighter, and making frequent use of character swapping from the party to grow with everyone and experience everyone. Though I know it won't be like my first time again.
A photographic screenshot of Baldur's Gate 3, featuring four characters. From left to right, Karlach, my TAV Manaswel, Shadowheart, and Gale.
November 18, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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To pull from the article, this article doesn't cite that it's definitively generative AI.

Wouldn't put it past miHoYo, but I will fess up in saying I made a mistake with this post without having fully read the article. I do think it's worth being wary, not at the expense of being defamatory.
A screenshot of the article listed in the previous post. Which says: Spotted by users on ResetEra, miHoYo's hiriing department posted a video and additional project information on Xiaohongshu (a Chinese social media platform). The post lists out a number of key quirks of the game, including MMO, PvP, Open World, "Artificial Intelligence Stimulated Eco System", All-Terrain Battle AI, and "Intellectual NPC". It's worth noting that these are translated, and therefore the exact wording must be taken with a grain of salt. However, it does provide some manner of insight into one of miHoYo's big upcoming projects. First of all, one immediate thing one can see from the post is that the aesthetic of this mysterious new project isn't miHoYo's typical anime style. Instead, you see the obvious marks of Unreal Engine 5. A screenshot of the article from the previous post. Which says: What might raise an eye brow is the mention of AI there, which miHoYo has used in the past in Zenless Zone Zero to "smoothen" the development process. The company has previous(ly) drawn a line in the sand where it comes to AI art and voicework, and claimed it had AI voice protection in its contracts when a contract dispute led to the recasting of SAGAFTRA members.
November 7, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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Never knew the goddess of wisdom and war was just a combination of an ant and a hyena. Just ignore the fact the name is "Antena." #badjoke #screenshot #videogame

I'll be here all week!
A screenshot from the old game Impossible Creatures, combining an ant and a hyena, and the auto generated name being "Antena," which is two letters off of Athena.
October 31, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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Related but not, I was in there to turn off the Gemini setting. If you hate AI that use large language models and are being shoved down our throats because tech bro grifters are hemorrhaging money, maybe go turn that off in Settings > Manage Apps > Gemini and make sure it's not used by default!
A screenshot snip showing the Settings menu on Google Drive. Under Settings sub menu Manage Apps is a list of apps that have permissions on your Google Drive. Third from the top is Gemini, which shown in screenshot is NOT ticked as Use by Default. It is recommended by the user who posted this photo to untick it if your box is ticked.
October 27, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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This was a fun way to basically get an answer that I didn't think they'd have. Because yeah, that's kinda accurate.

'Course this could be horoscope-esque, but where's the fun in that skepticism?
An image displaying a "Quantic Gamer Type." For me it is Bounty Hunter. It says the following: Your Quantic Gamer Type: Bounty Hunter Gamer Type Motto: "High-Octane, Solo World Exploration." Your primary (dominant) player type is the Bounty Hunter. Bounty Hunters are solo, action-oriented explorers who want game worlds that they can make their own through customization and discovery. They also enjoy power progression and unleashing mayhem. Learm more about the 9 Quantic Gamer Types. Your Gamer Motivation Profile: Spontaneous, Independent, Deeply Immersed, and Expressive Your profile consists of your percentile rank across a broad range of gaming motivations. Your scores are based on how strong your motivations are relative to other gamers. In the customized report, we'll explain how to interpret these scores and what motivators we measured. A graph showing six dominant motivators to determine a "Quantic Gamer Type." 58% lean into Action, 29% lean into Social, 32% lean into Mastery, 40% lean into Achievement, 58% lean into Creativity, and 66% lean into Immersion. A graph showing the twelve secondary motivations for the "Quantic Gamer Type," from the prior image they take the place and are related to the six primary motivations. The graph displays the secondary motivations in two colors, the first for each point is blue while the second is gray. Excitement has 45% lean while Destruction has 67% lean, Competition has 18% lean while Community has 53% lean, Challenge has 23% lean while Strategy has 49% lean, Completion has 36% lean while Power has 49% lean, Discovery has 28% lean while Design has 78% lean, and Fantasy has 65% lean while Story has 64% lean.
October 26, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Oh, well...

Honestly that makes sense, yeah. I'd be the pragmatic one that goes "like we could just... Go." And then die to that hubris.
Text that reads "First to Die" in relation to what the poster's (my) role would be in a horror movie.
October 9, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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The take is a bit more nuanced than that with the full context of the interview provided here. Though the nuance kinda starts and stops at loving an abusive parent kind of love far as my take goes.

If I could say anything to Emma, it's do not love the intolerant, for they will not love you.
September 26, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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If money were no object, as I'm starting to go through Narita Taishin's career in Umamusume... I'd commission an artist to draw her with Cloud Strife.

You look at this horse girl and how she poses, and you tell me she doesn't give you angsty dorky cool-guy energy!
An image of Narita Taishin, an "umamusume" or otherwise known as a horse girl. She's wearing a yellow shirt adjusted into a crop-top, a pink coat with a white fur hood, a flannel shirt wrapped around her waist, and one-legged jeans where the other leg is presumably torn just below the leg joint but is hidden.
September 18, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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I'm sorry, it's HOW MUCH!?

Like yeah I pay this much for a 1/7th scale fig, and I think this is absurd as an accessory to play Virtual Boy games. FYI the cardboard one is $25 US.
An image of the webpage for Nintendo.com displaying the preorder for the upcoming Virtual Boy for Nintendo Switch (2). It's being listed at 99.99 USD.
September 12, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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A random person has appeared!

I don't play FFXIV at the moment so I am woefully behind, but these card makers seem super neat! I wanted to join in.
September 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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My fiancé showed me a Tiktok about someone playing with a tarantula hawk, which led to me bringing up FFXIV tarantula hawks, which lead to them commenting the image I sent them looks like a wrestler.

Followed by "I'd rather be hit by that with a steel chair than stung" AND I WISH I COULD DRAW THAT!
The tarantula hawk as depicted in Final Fantasy XIV (FFXIV), which is a gigantic black and yellow insectoid. The perspective of the image and the size of its twin stingers made my fiancé initially mistake them as legs.
August 31, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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I too will join in on this, since I'm seeing it and well... Trends are neat.

25 Games to Know me! Really it's repurposed from a top 25 games (in no particular order) list, but it was really a matter of a couple of recent changes to it, because everything on this list defines me in some way.
August 7, 2025 at 5:08 PM