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Make Believe Melodies For October 1, 2024
Sometimes You Have To Give It Up To Enon Kawatani


Make Believe Melodies For October 28, 2024
Unwrapping Gliiico


Make Believe Melodies For October 7, 2024
More concerned about sounds than names


Make Believe Melodies For October 21, 2024
An Edition Big On Collaborations


Make Believe Melodies For November 4, 2024
Movement For The Moment


Make Believe Melodies For July 29, 2024
Right After Fuji Rock, So Apologize For Exhaustion / Briefness


Make Believe Melodies For December 16, 2024
Can I Get The Year-End List Out This Week??? Well, Hopefully A Shorter Round-Up Will Help


Make Believe Melodies For September 23, 2024
The "Is J-pop Having A Hit Drought Season?" Edition


Make Believe Melodies For August 26, 2024
I'm GOOFY (And SLEEP EXHAUSTED)


Make Believe Melodies For December 9, 2024
Trying to keep these shorter as the year wraps up and work piles up but...lolz we will see how that goes


Make Believe Melodies For November 12, 2024
Excitement from the far end of the archipelago


Make Believe Melodies For September 9, 2024
Get That Body Moving


Make Believe Melodies For September 16, 2024
Wherein "Hyper" Takes Many Meanings


Make Believe Melodies For December 2, 2024
I'm falling for you (after largely dismissing you)


Make Believe Melodies For August 6, 2024
Continental Chaos


Make Believe Melodies For November 25, 2024
Another Examples Of Why I Can't Make Year-End Lists Until...Year End


Make Believe Melodies For August 19, 2024
Summer Sounds For A Fading Season


Make Believe Melodies For February 18, 2025
Lots Of Favorites, A J-pop Highlight And Two Viral Cuts (For Very Different Reasons)


Make Believe Melodies For February 24, 2025
Goofy With A Heart Of Gold


Make Believe Melodies For January 27, 2025
Blame The British For The One Song Title


Make Believe Melodies For January 13, 2025
Out Of Body Experiences


Make Believe Melodies For January 7, 2025
I Actually Had A Proper Vacation...And Feel Completely Out Of The Loop


Make Believe Melodies For February 4, 2025
For Synthesized Voice Freaks!


Make Believe Melodies For February 10, 2025
All Albums Edition


Make Believe Melodies For January 20, 2025
Sounds Of Pop To Come (I Hope)


Make Believe Melodies For March 17, 2025
Last two editions have been very alternative, returning to our roots!


Make Believe Melodies For March 10, 2025
The Familiar With A Twist


Make Believe Melodies For March 31, 2025
Be On The Look Out For April Fool's Stuff In The Near Future, tuki. Almost Got Me


Make Believe Melodies For March 24, 2025
Mekdachi Khalil Appreciation Post


Make Believe Melodies For March 3, 2025
A Couple Big Names, Both Digital And Flesh-And-Blood, Return


Make Believe Mailer #133: Make Believe Melodies' 100 Favorite Japanese Albums Of 2024
(More Than 100, But Ehhhhh All Good)


Author Journey (October 14, 2024)
Last week reminded me how ridiculous it is that I’m being forced back to a physical office. We finally achieved a great work-life balance, but that’s being tossed…


Make Believe Bonus: Shibuya / Shinjuku Halloween Weekend 2024
Kabukicho Is Always Kind Of A Zombie Wasteland


TSUTAYA Weekly Manga Sales Ranking: October 14 – October 20, 2024
There have been some changes to the reporting style here on the Blog. Please refer to the post here for further information. All of the data you find…
Auto-tagged MAJOR 2nd, The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses, Nora, Noraneko, Tying the Knot with an Amagami Sister


Make Believe Bonus: Five Extra Japanese Releases Of 2024
Not Quite Ready To Let Go Of Last Year


Make Believe Mailer #125: Bandcamp Friday Special September 2024
The "heavy Vocaloid" edition


Tokyo Events For October 2024
It's finally fall in Tokyo! Enjoy the cooler weather and check out our monthly roundup of Tokyo events for October 2024.
Monthly Report for October 2024
Monthly Report for October 2024 Added local government page links to each of the 23 ku main pages. In time I'll also do this for the Tama A...


Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: October 14 – October 20, 2024
The Xbox Series witnessed a sharp increase in sales thanks to the release of the Xbox Series X Digital Edition that made its debut with 2,831 units sold,…


Make Believe Bonus: Tokyo Swindlers
The Show And The Soundtrack


Make Believe Bonus: The Church
I Broke A Glass Here Accidentally So I'll Probably Never Go Back...But You Should!


Make Believe Bonus: "Valentine's Radio"
A Few Variations On A Valentine's Favorite


Otaku Collection Haul for October 2024
For this haul, we have a lot of iconic anime arriving in the post but there’s also a new batch of Japanese films, mostly from J-Horror, and recent…


COMIC ZIN Weekly Manga Sales Ranking via Natalie: October 14 – October 20, 2024
There have been some changes to the reporting style here on the Blog. Please refer to the post here for further information. It is thanks to the amazing…
Auto-tagged Himegoto


Make Believe Bonus: Shibuya's Last Saturday
Chaos In Front Of The Family Mart


Make Believe Bonus: Tower Records Shinjuku
From Experiences To Tourism