Looking at Various Illustrations of the Hakkenshi / the Eight Dog Warriors
I have always told myself, “Politics and the economy are not things I can do anything about by myself. All I can do is focus on what I am capable of doing right now.” And yet, look at the mess I have made of things this month. “I couldn’t stop myself from overspending on PixAI, nor could I control the money I wasted on overeating and excessive drinking. In the end, I even had to sell some of my stocks just to cover my credit card payments. That goes against the principles of dollar-cost averaging, and it also goes against my own belief in contributing to society through investment. I’m really disappointed in myself.” Recently, I have often been calming myself down by listening to The Song of Hakaider while carefully looking at the group illustrations I commissioned from that artist: “The Hakkenshi of the Harem Protagonists” and “The Hakkenshi of the Girls und Panzer Captains.” (I mean the versions in which each of them is showing their spirit bead.) Apparently, though, even that is not...
