Konnichiwa, Minna-san! (Hello, everyone!)

As you probably noticed, I haven’t updated Anime Rants in about a week. Consequently, I’ve fallen even further behind than before on the new Winer 2025 anime series. I am planning to catch up starting tonight. I should have the next episode review for Orb ready shortly. This post is just to reassure everyone that I’m still here and still ranting about anime. 🙂

Some might say this is too personal for a blog that’s not about my daily life, but I want to be honest about something. It’s the reason I have neglected my blog this time (and virtually every other time in the past since I started Anime Rants). I deal with a substance abuse disorder. I form addictions quickly and have struggled consistently as an addict to multiple substances/habits throughout my adult life.

Although I am making excellent progress on stopping my alcoholism (I’m one month sober as of a few days ago), I have seen a drastic increase in a separate addiction. It’s currently kicking my ass. That’s why I have neglected my blog. It’s been hard to even shower or brush my teeth lately from how thing have been. Nevertheless, I will keep plugging away at the blog whenever I have the mental energy.

(In case anyone is worried or anything, I do have a good support system in place to help me, including a new therapist. I’ll keep trying to improve my mental health.)

Thank you all for letting me be honest. Now, we’ll get back to anime content. I included the schedule I will try to maintain for this season. See image below. (Sorry for the dificult-to-read text, but I was in a hurry, and this image was supposed to just be for my personal use.) Anyway, Sayonara until next time!

~Thanks for reading~