 Well, hello, hello everybody. Welcome to another live edition. It should be working just fine If I go in cold like this, right? Welcome to another live edition of the manga geeked in here. I wanted to make this quick I've streamed Just to give everybody some updates on the channel because that's what I've been doing once a month for However long I've been doing this since the start of the year, I guess So welcome aboard everybody. Thank you James for joining can't stay long. I have to get up at 7 a.m I'm sorry you're dealing with overwhelming struggles after you look into playing more video games to relax I see what you did there, sir. Yes. I appreciate that. Thank you for reminding me What's up? Just sat down and this alert up. I wasn't going to live stream The reason I choose to do the stream is because I am so busy these days I don't feel motivated to record myself with a regular camera and at the video Posted, I don't know. I just think it's easier if I just whip up something real quick and go live talk with all of you and Tell you what what's been happening, but so that's the reason because I do know that You know the whole live stream thing doesn't mesh well with the Algorithm and the channel blah blah blah the channel is not about Livestreaming it's about manga content But thank you everybody for Joining those of you that are watching live and if you're watching this later, I appreciate that as well. I Named I think the name of the video of the stream is a little over dramatic and It wasn't I don't want to stress anybody out thinking that I'm having a tough time is we are all If you do YouTube stuff, you're very blessed to have the opportunity to do stuff like this, you know It's a blessing considering how messed up the world is But I did want to mention a couple things what's been happening with the channel unfortunately since June June was extremely hectic and busy for me and July was even worse August started out The same it was very intense. I can't I don't feel comfortable going into detail because it doesn't involve me per se It involves other people and I Don't think they would be happy me sharing that information So I've been dealing with some stuff that does not concern me, but I've been helping out with some things and It's been a little stressful not gonna lie, but fortunately Most of it's done But it's still kind of a mess one day. I'll explain not now So that unfortunately just zapped most of my free time so I was committed to filming whatever I could and Making Omnibros live streams because those are all Already set in stone. I was gonna say something else. Sorry. Those are already set in stone So I can't change from that. There's a schedule there and then sponsor and all that stuff So I got to do that But for my channel it suffered a little bit and I was really frustrated especially July when I missed like two weeks where I didn't post anything and I was able to get I Got the regular videos, you know the halls and the anticipated books and a couple YouTube shorts or whatever, but I Didn't get to post the essay video that I'm working on and I didn't get to post a first impressions on a book that I got That sucks I hate when that happens because I want to be as productive as possible Which leads into the topic I guess of the struggles of creating content here This is not a weekly or a daily channel Sorry, this is not a daily channel and I have a life outside of YouTube It's not the main thing if you're joining for the first time I do apologize because this is kind of a weird live stream I This is my hobby and my main hobby and passion. I love creating content for YouTube And I hope to one day make it a full-time gig that would be amazing or at least for this to fund the hobby That would be phenomenal. I don't ask for much I don't ask for money or anything, but it'd be pretty sweet if I can Generate some type of income and it can help fund the the channel and all that stuff. That would be great For now adding happening anytime soon. I'm working hard towards it. I finally broke 3000 subscribers that was a Really exhausting experience. It took I think a year and a half for it to happen Which I don't know why I did everything that I could to speed up the process and play towards the algorithms Favor, obviously one of the best defining things that I did in this time period was The the channel rebranding which really did help and it's helping a lot I do see the subs coming in slowly, but surely But lately or this year they've been coming in a lot quicker So that's awesome Thank you comic art channel, thank you so much brother congrats on 3k on a roll Hell yeah, my goal is to reach 5k and I know it's a small one and pretty Intimidating because I'm not asking for 500. I'm not asking for an extra 1,000 Asking for an extra 2,000 subscribers, but I feel that's past 3k more people are gonna start discovering the channel hopefully and Joining and as soon as I saw the As soon as I saw the 3k I got a little bit emotional because I remembered back when I was gosh Love but 10. I love I don't know one of the smaller grades in elementary or middle school. I don't know. I don't remember. I'm old and I Oh my gosh, I have I guess I have to tell you the whole story dang it. All right, we got time Don't worry about it. It's only 10 o'clock in the in the evening on a Friday night. What? So, okay, let's go back a little bit story time. Let's rewind I wish I had some background musings, but I I don't have anything. Sorry And probably the microphone has some issues as well. I just figured so if it does I do apologize I I've been so busy that I haven't resolved the issue yet. Anyways, going back to the story real quick when I graduated from Either element. I think it was middle school and I was going to high school. I studied in a private school so all the grades Were in the same building So it wasn't like I was moving towards a different school or whatever. Anyways it was a private school and Catholic private school and with the graduation ceremony came a mass and all that stuff and I remember one of the priests giving a inspiring lesson for all the kids that were in attendance us but my class and I and He made the analogy of you're walking up a 12 a really long 12 ladder 12 steps on a really big ladder and Every year that you finish one of these grades you move up the ladder you I'm up a step I should say and That just means the next one's gonna be harder But if you keep going you can climb that ladder until you graduate blow up So for some reason that always stuck with me and whenever I do Small accomplishments I go back to that ladder and I always think it's a ladder and and I'm in the middle of it And I can't go back down. I got to keep going up So I got to keep climbing when I reached the 3k. I got a little bit emotional and I went back to the ladder Thing and I and I was Smiling and said, you know what? I know it's crazy Well, that's let's put on the big boy pants now because back then when they said that about the ladder It meant that you're now moving to a different grade. So the You know gonna be harder you're gonna The tests and the classes and all that stuff It's gonna be a little bit harder But you can make it because you're gonna try and you're gonna do your best So I apply that logic to this and I thought you know what 3k. That's awesome I'm gonna climb another step in that ladder gonna get harder So I got to put on my shoes and big boy pants and and work hard for that 4k 5 6 blah blah Come on our channel 6k doubles hell friggin. Yes, let's do this So I am motivated Unfortunately, I am a person that suffers from Represonation Bells here and there and I've been dealing with that all my life I think I've gotten a little bit better But sometimes I fall back into that and that's on me. That's something I got to work on So I am really excited about that timing that ladder and it's all because of you guys I also tend to suffer a little bit from imposter syndrome every time I post a video I don't understand why people subscribe and like, but I'm thankful and As people like the channel and I'm very grateful and I give thanks Every morning that People are tuning in and enjoying the content So I'm happy for that obviously with each video. I try to learn and make the content better and better May not have All the books in the world like other channels, but I got all of you watching and that means a lot. So thank you Uh, that's one of the struggles The other struggle is that uh, there are things outside of my Uh circle, I guess I I don't know. I don't know why I did this motion. I apologize There are things that are happening that are beyond my control All we can do is react accordingly when the pressure hits and uh Like this summer this summer has been pretty chaotic and hectic and has not let me You create the content that I want Uh, there are staple videos that aren't going anywhere because I really do like doing the hauls and the anticipated releases Those are really fun. I want to give more to the channel. It's not about hauling books You know, it's about the reading experience And I want to do that Which leads into the third topic that I wanted to talk about and it's the many distractions that I've been facing one of these distractions Untradicts my channel and that is the anime watching I realized The channel's taking off I'm talking about manga I don't mind doing the anime season reviews, but unfortunately I think I'm not going to quit but It's going to slow down considerably. Thankfully. It's only four videos a year. So it's not a huge commitment but I realized that I'm not in this like I'm not somebody that has 100,000 subscribers and everybody's tuning in to hear what I have to say about everything out there So there's really no point in me Uh, there's really no point. Sorry uh for me to watch What 30 shows like I did the spring season that was insane that took a lot out of me Uh, and it affected me in unexpected ways because I was not creating the content that I wanted to I was not reading and the channel's about manga It's about reading stuff. Even if it's online. Even if it's physical. It's about reading And and talking about that stuff recommending stuff reviewing analyzing Doing video essays. That's the stuff that I want to do And uh, I feel like last year I did more of that than this year so 30 shows is counterproductive to the goal of this channel so what I'm getting at is that I'm going to Decrease the amount of shows that I'm watching I still love anime. That's that's my favorite genre and that's what I mostly watch um I have a lot of the streaming channels just to watch all the releases So instead of doing 30 shows What I did for the summer season, which if you followed me on social media And I think I talked a little bit about it on omni rose. Maybe on the manga streams I cut back considerably and canceled or dropped shows and and whatnot and from like 26 or 27 I think I'm currently watching 13 or 14 something crazy like that And it's been super helpful uh for for my anxiety and stress of Worrying about producing content because that means I have more time to read unfortunately So yeah, that's a thing and unfortunately The gaming channel is gonna have to take a backseat because I I don't I Finally understood and realized that as I thought I had time You manage everything I don't I sincerely don't and most like uh this week I spent a whole lot Worrying about other stuff that's unrelated to youtube Doing the omni bro streams and then realizing that I didn't get through any of my like uh games or uh watch anything outside of anime Or movies and I kind of want to do that While also maintaining a healthy habit of reading. I didn't read anything during this week Nothing what's what well, that's a lie. I did read the two uh manga that I discussed on screen last night on omni bros That's I did read that But like physical books and stuff nothing and I was really disappointed with that and I realized that I'm just um spreading myself too thin is that the proper term here to use and uh worrying about the gaming stuff and the omni bros and and uh watching all the shows and uh wanting to make content as quick as possible because there's always that fear in the back of my head that I'm not posting videos, so people are gonna unsubscribe But that's not really the case it happens. Don't worry. It does happen, but not uh on a massive scale as uh As I would think or people would like you to think but it does happen so I guess um All my uh, yeah Also doing this stream I I struggled so much and I was really embarrassed because I said it was the end It was going to be at the end of july And I was so busy. I couldn't do it And by the time I was able to do it. It was so late and I was so tired I didn't have the energy to uh Go on here and talk to you guys about what the hell was happening in my life So then I I I made a community post and I said, you know what? I'm going to talk about it Uh, sorry. I'm gonna do with the live stream next week. That was uh last week as of this stream I don't know what I'm saying and I did he I was very close to making it put in And I was really annoyed because I am the type of person that wants to please everybody and I will tell you I'm doing this. I'm doing this and I'm doing that and I end up doing uh And uh, I really need to stop doing that I really need to stop telling you what I'm going to do Because I just set up myself on high expectations only to fall back and fail And uh, I I mean you guys don't mind you are super supportive and you don't really Like oh, he didn't do it whatever but to me it chews me up that I couldn't do it So I need to stop letting you guys know The schedule of what's happening in my head. It's chaotic sometimes um, so uh The gaming stuff is gonna have to wait the twitch channel I've been I did a couple streams in 2021 that hasn't gone anywhere I want to start doing that When I have time But I don't have time hopefully now in the fall things get a little bit easier. We'll see what happens This week I posted the whole video and I was supposed to post post To upload there we go a uh video on a manga that I'm supposed to read I didn't read it So there's nothing and I was upset because I'm like I don't want to do a whole week and nothing else So I decided to go live now and talk to you guys about it. Also. It is extremely late. This was supposed to be at 9 or 8 30 but Didn't happen Yeah, what's up in the chat. Hey, I got some cool people in the chat. That's cool Uh, and man, thank you for joining. You know, I had some expectations when I was making videos in 2012 And I had a bit of a relationship with a former youtuber Who claims she could get me views that didn't work out well That sucks, brother Unless you are doing this full time or have a ton of money to pull back on it won't be a full time thing to me Uh, again, I'm not I'm not interested in and getting rich off of fame or for internet stuff That's not me But if the channel could keep growing where I it can fund the hobby I would help out a ton and I could keep doing it. Uh, not having to worry about budgets or money and Uh, how do you edit? Uh, love it. Love it, man. Keep going. I'm here for the ride. Thank you You're in condition. Thank you so much, brother Uh, brother, I love you. It's difficult to balance everything and then put out content Not just on your channel, but I only bros and the gaming channel. Yeah Yeah, yeah, I Sometimes I fall under my own Buckle under my own stress of things and uh end up doing nothing Uh, and the thing that sucks for example the essay video that I've been hinting on I That was an april idea and I've been moving it to uh, may june july now august I did start working on it. So it Technically should come out before the month ends. But again, like I said I'm gonna Go too much into detail because I'm gonna fail and not meet that expectation Um, what else is happening? Uh, you're not failing geo if you have a great normal job that is fine I always get annoyed when certain people pressure you with that game that you need they just Yeah, also I don't uh, there was there's something I'm missing that I wanted to talk about Which is funny that an hour ago as of now that I'm live I I was just dozing off And I naturally just I kicked it into overdrive with some adrenaline So now I'm hyped up to talk to you guys about it. So after I'm done with this stream I'm probably gonna crash and burn and I'm gonna fall asleep. So that's always good Um, but yeah, I talked about the Uh, dang it. All right, I talked about the anime stuff. Uh, let me Where do I check this real quick? Okay, so my list of shows decreased, uh, significant Live sorry any open this tab One two three four five six seven eight Yeah, uh, 22 shows out of 30 Most of 30 it's insane I couldn't do that anymore So what's gonna happen now in future seasonal reviews? I'm just gonna Try and get like the best of the best and not worry about every single show and I was afraid of That if I didn't review everything People would call me out and think like I'm not Really a Connoisseur or reviewer because I was just talking about like five popular things. I wanted to get Uh, as much as possible And last season, uh, it was just too much 30 30 31 shows whatever it was It was insane and I couldn't I can't handle that output anymore So for this, uh Summer season I have already dropped One two three four five different shows And that opened up a window to actually relax and not feel so, uh, stressed Lower the anxiety a little bit. So that was good. Really enjoyed that So, yeah What else The live streams at the end of the month I'm thinking that after this year, I'm not going to do them On a monthly basis. It's just going to be whenever I feel like it Because that's another thing that that pressure that commitment of going to live stresses me out a little bit and The podcast idea that I talked about on the June at the end of June That podcast, uh, I said it was supposed to be for September, October It's gonna debut at the end of December. I already talked to one person Who is cool to guest star with me to talk about a thing that I want to I don't want to reveal yet So the podcast is being worked on, uh, but it's a secondary thing The main focus will be the manga content. This is just for fun to, uh branch out a little bit and Talk about other stuff. So instead of September or October whenever I said of it's going to be in uh, December last Couple days of December somewhere around there. I don't know So, uh, yeah, it's going to be like a one hour podcast. I'm still debating if I want to do it live and have you guys chime in or I pre-recorded with the guest like 40 minutes and, uh, get some questions from you guys, maybe I can Make a community post and you guys can send me questions or something about a particular topic And discuss it in the episode. I don't know yet Because I don't have StreamYard for, uh, my channel. I'm using OBS and streaming through YouTube directly So I can't I don't think I can Feature a second camera here with another person unless it would be through discord And I'm too old and I'm I've tried to figure out discord and I I don't understand I'm on there somehow miraculously. I'm on there, but I don't know how to feature like all the pro Ubers and and how they feature the voice channel and and you hear the other person I don't know how to do that. I would love to have two cameras set up High resolution not the StreamYard quality, but like actual webcam resolution To talk about a topic be anime or Like retro anime or current manga stuff But it's exciting. I'm hyped up for it It's in the back burner for now, but uh, I think it's going to be a fun idea If it's pre-recorded I can take more care And like do intro videos and eG stuff the footage So Right now it's leaning towards that But I do love doing live streams and talking with all of you and getting that instant feedback, you know I do like that a lot Um All videos they're fine uh I gotta say I gotta call them out. I don't think I mentioned it on the actual haul video But I stopped ordering. I stopped pre-ordering from write stuff because all they were shipping was through media mail And the second option zoom for priority, I don't know was Like say I made an order of $60 free shipping included and uh through media mail cool, whatever it takes forever at least minimum 14 days. That's a lot I've had like three Times now where packages have been lost One of them was actually lost the dude just took a really long ass time So for the one that was actually lost I had to get a refund. I talked about it, I think So I stopped I stopped because I remember in may they ordered a couple books and it took Almost all of june for that to arrive. It's insane. I can't do that anymore um The stress of just that box dangling and and sliding across a container in the middle of the ocean on a uh On a boat. I can't so I started using the bezos website to sort for all the Pre-orders and new stuff. I get it through there. I'd literally got Last week's new releases that I was interested in which was just three books I Reordered that And got it in less than a week. I haven't talked about it because I'm going to save it for the whole video, but that's Wonderful So I'm doing that and and it's been great I don't I don't think I save a whole ton because um Obviously rice stuff has deeper discounts And suck trades blah blah blah but I I'm done. Let me email So that's exciting. I won't Uh, I'm not getting as many books as before Being a little bit more selective It's easy to fall into the trap of Let me get that new book and talk about it for the people instead of me actually If wanting to get it because I want to read it own it experience that So it's a constant balance in my head of Do I buy it for that or do I buy it for this reason? So I'm leaning more towards me genuinely wanting to read For me However, I did so I did order some things that are out of the channel's Comfort zone. So I'm excited for that to come in and talk about it with you guys I'm teasing a lot of stuff But I'm being vague on purpose so that when it fails I won't feel too bad because I didn't mention the exact details Okay So I mentioned that I mentioned the halls um live video I think I covered everything If you guys have any suggestions any comments In the chat you want to let me know Feel free to do so I need This is a reminder live You actually I need to fix up that banner and I need to fix up the The whole microphone and music issue I don't know if it's Streaming mono and I don't know if it has the ground static. It probably does and I do apologize I figured out what the issue is and I think I mentioned it on one of the streams. I need to get This microphone is hooked up to a phantom power, but I need to get an actual Uh, what you what do you call it? I do have it saved here somewhere An actual interface For the microphone. It's just really expensive You know the mic is fine today. Yay. That means I set it up in mono So it's working just fine. I would love for it to be stereo as god intended so I I I need to ignore several book releases in order to get the money to uh buy the interface Your audio and picture quality is great. Thank you. Yay Appreciate that. Thank you internet for working today Which is insane, right because I do omnibros It goes to shit. I hate it when I freeze up For no reason I right now. I don't even have like full Wi-Fi signal because I'm uh, this setup is uh Several feet away from the router so I can't I do have a cable for it, but it's cumbersome. I don't want to do it But when I'm doing omnibros and using stream yard, it freezes up and it makes me look like I'm using archaic Technology and freezing up like come on man. That's not that's not nice. And it's the software obviously You know so many thousands of people are using it But to go live directly through youtube, I do like that a lot and I love using obs Great, so that's that's that's awesome for my self-esteem to know that the audio and picture quality is great yay Right stuff lost most of my business Back in 2021. Whoa when they wouldn't ship my demon slayer box it Oh, oh, I see what you mean. I thought you had an actual business and they were shipping you stuff to sell my bad Um, it's late. Uh lost most of my business back in 2021 when they wouldn't ship my demon slayer box it for free I bought it cheaper on ebay. I did buy I did buy likes from them. That's sadly I'm still using write stuff to get like the blu-race And older bonga stuff. That's not available on basil's website because Because I think I've talked about it. I'm this close to writing an email or chatting with somebody on that website If there's a pre-order right now for something that's brand new I can go in and see it just fine and pre-order it from the website but Once that item releases on that same day if I go back to it I can no longer order it it says it's not available from from the website There's no prime option to it and I have to look through third party sellers However, if one of you guys looks for the item It sends me the link. I open it. It works just fine and I can order it. I don't know why that is. I don't know if it's uh Like a black listing thing I don't know if it's a setting because of my area But then again other people from here don't have that issue. So I don't know what's happening I didn't tinker with anything. I don't know sometimes I'll go in an incognito tab and it works It's fine. Other times it doesn't so yeah it missed out on a whole bunch of stuff because The website just doesn't work But for older releases, like I said, I'll use uh write stuff and newer stuff either the bezos or uh In stock trades or sometimes ebay sometimes, uh, I like to get stuff on the cheap side Uh james, maybe omni dog is messing up your stream during omnibros because you haven't bought mario party Listen, I have until I couldn't get it today because I had some bills to pay but I have until the 21st I'm gonna get it During the week next week And that's gonna be glorious. I don't know when we're gonna Uh stream. I don't know how that's gonna work out I I my temporary idea is to stream Using the omnibros account Using my omnibros account on uh, which Right, I think if I can use I think if I use stream yard Wait, no, I think if I use the the the What what do you call it the After device there we go if I use the capture device I think I can get the video signal Through stream yard as a separate window Right, and then we can have the two cameras along with the The game that's happening If that doesn't work I'll use this. I also have uh stream labs, which I can use. I don't know just uh, it's spitballing here We'll see we'll we'll cross that bridge when we get there. Let's just focus on actually getting the damn game first Uh in man, I used to buy from them all the time. Don't cross me my grandmother always said that is We said that is the Sicilian in us I assume the oh boy here we go is because I'm talking about future plans I tend to do that a lot that stems from of I guess anxiety issue of Leading a boring life and wanting to Get excited about future stuff that I find exciting. I I don't Probably shouldn't be diagnosing myself on the air on this stream um but yeah That's sort of it. That's all all I wanted to talk about I went in like super fast and and covered everything Is another streams I tend to forget and like 30 minutes after I'm done streaming I'm like damn it. I forgot to talk about this or that x or y thing I hate that um No one had to do with the mario party talk and give it a rest Uh, sorry and man. I know I know You're probably sick and tired of hearing it Uh omni bro stream, but I am a very forgetful person So that shtick reminds me to fulfill that promise to uh Uh, let's see I talked about the halls. I talked about the live videos. I talked about my anxiety I guess and what's been happening Uh, that's it Uh, how long have I been going for? Really an hour? No way. It's an hour away. Have I been streaming for an hour? No, probably like 40 minutes 30 minutes, whatever That's it for now Sorry, it's a short chaotic episode. That's I'm in I'm in that mood today. Sorry about that I will be back towards the end of the month which would be That's Friday would be Two weeks from now I'll be back two weeks from now with an actual topic or something longer late I don't want you to arrest you. It's the others who need to do that. No, I got you buddy. Don't worry about it. I know Uh, we're just goofing and gapping Uh, spirit circle. Hey geo dropping in by to say hello. Thank you so much spirit circle Appreciate all the nice comments. Uh watching all the videos really means a lot brother. Thank you so much Uh, so yeah, I'll be back two weeks from now live And I promise I'll bring a manga topic to discuss about and or maybe talk a little bit about uh anime. Why not? I haven't done that in a while I Do have a first impressions video that I'm working on And an essay when will they show up? I don't know Just do an in hit the notification bell if you're not subscribed. I'd appreciate it the bell alerts you when new stuff drops uh, so I uh Look forward to that I hope you do as well And uh, we'll see what happens there Although maybe I'm dropping by to say good night and take care of yourself. Love your videos. Thank you so much Uh, unfortunately, I am a little tired. I just uh gathered all my remaining energy for today To do the stream. I've been awake since like 5 30 in the morning So I didn't want to miss it because I already said it that I was going to do the stream Yeah, it's a whole thing. You can go back and and and watch the chaotic intro that I did Being queenie. Thank you so much for watching My channel. Thank you. I appreciate that. Oh, no, I joined this stream too late Don't worry. Uh, I I wanted make it a habit of announcing it A lot uh before the actual date so that all of you can tune in And I like streaming for my stuff. I like streaming late at night. I dig it What happens is I'm Up super early and working since uh, like six in the morning So, uh, by this time I am super tired, which is part of the reason I don't I haven't done the twitch thing and might have to stream during the day, which I don't like But we'll see The promise two weeks from now. I'll be back live It should be at 9 p.m. Eastern standard time and the two videos I think you'll see one of them next week when I don't know like Russian roulette over here. We'll see what happens So, uh, thank you everybody God bless. Stay safe out there. I love every single one of you You mean a whole lot more than and you might think, uh, I appreciate every one of you I think for all the likes Comments, thank you for subscribing. 3 000 people joined this channel. I still can't believe it that people want to watch me Uh, so as a promise, uh more stuff coming soon Better and better as we go along Oh, thank you everybody. Thank you chat. Thank you everybody watching later I hope this didn't turn you off and you Unsubscribed I hope uh, it encouraged you to watch more videos. I guess I don't know showing the flaws beneath the, uh The ship here Stay safe everybody. I will see you on the next video. Which should be next week I keep it up and Ah, ah, ah, right. Here's the man. Give it up for him. Thank you. Thank you Uh I'm gonna have to check this out. Hold on. Wait a minute. What are we talking about? Hold on. I am Old, I don't know what this means You're probably laughing What this AMF BB I don't know Have a good weekend Thank you. Likewise Everybody. Have a great weekend In man comic art beanie queen. Uh near men. Thank you so much brother for joining. I appreciate that Uh, james was in the chat Uh, Javier, thank you so much. I I'm sorry that the stream wasn't like two hours long like omni bros But uh, that'll happen adventure Thank you everybody. Goodbye for reels now Let's uh close this out Uh, I'm a baby messing up with my phone. Don't worry. I got you. I thought it was one of the newer slang that people came up with some I don't know, but I figured it was a mistake Uh, have a good weekend everybody. You got blessed. Stay safe out there. I will see you all Next video