Yesterday, I posted a chapter of Yuki’s Story. It was a long hiatus. I did a lot of things during it. After putting the previous chapter from March, a while later, I switched my laptop’s OS to Linux. I got important files and moved from Windows to Linux. The laptop is sevel years old, but eight years old for its hardware. The first Gen AMD APUs have been unsupported for at least four years now, and Windows 10 updates seems to slow things down, and I didn’t want to have lack of support for the laptop. I decide to switch to Linux since it supports my laptop much better than Windows 10 and even Windows 7 and 8. It’s much better. I did experiments to install needed software and I was happy of how the laptop turns out.

I also was doing MMD HDR tests since April, and I did post an HDR test on my Youtube Channel, reusing clips from Randomness 9. HDR10 for MMD is my biggest experiment for future video content that makes the videos looks much nicer. Better contrast, and I’ve been experimenting and see what settings should I use on Raycast, also known as RayMMD. Iris Goes to Court and Miraculous Ladybug Alterations are my two main videos that uses HDR10 so far, and I notice some odd black details that seems a bit greyish. I solved it with the tools I need on recent tests. My Work in Progress on Raycast in HDR10 is almost complete! I reached a part to where I am totally satisfied with the settings I use on Raycast for HDR10 output. I did also have to find the LUT shader, and I found ikCLUT shader from bowlroll website. It uses a similar LUT texture that Reshade uses. I have to do some testing before I call it finished and that everyone can use it. I will also provide few tools to use for it.

Finally, I was making models for MMD from Vroid Studio. Making Miraculous Ladybug models was amazing. I think they turned out great. They have few adjustments before I consider it done. I have them on Miraculous Ladybug Alteration video, mostly dances from Fortnite. I plan to make more characters, and I mostly did missing ones that aren’t up for DL yet. I plan to release the models when adjustments are done and another feature video is made. I am glad my latest MMD video got 2K views already for three weeks. It is small, but I got the viewers faster with the cover I made when the video was uploaded. Quicker than Iris Goes to Court. I need to make covers for the videos I made for the past year. Youtube favors monitized videos and will recommend a monitized video much more often than non-monitized ones. Even the search tab can be either hard to find or barely on the top. It can be easily seen on the subscription or looking at the youtube channel. I did hear about subs falling issue that has been happening to Youtube. That’s why I made covers with many credits listed so more people can see it.

After all of that, let’s get to the main topic. Yuki’s Story. It was about five months of hiatus. I was testing things while thinking about the charateristics of each character of Yuki’s Story, with possible interesting stories. It’s about four years since I created my own series. I’m glad I made the series existed, even though barely anyone read it. I don’t mind, but I just like to share the stories out there, especially the MMD Panel Strip version. While thinking about the series, I thought to myself, I created the characters to the way I want it, and as we progress, we give them an interesting personality. They seem to look interesting to your head. Yes, I was thinking a lot about Yuki’s Story that I feel like I can use my ideas to write stories more often. The current season of the jorunal entries shows more to the other charactersby giving each an important role and understanding them. Rin, Shirou, Eru, Team Phase, and even the classmates got development in my head. All the characters actually. Since I got the needed development and ideas for the current season, and the next season for Yuki’s Story MMD, I can’t wait to finish them. I am going back to Yuki’s Story MMD special chapter very soon.

What about the MMD animated of Yuki’s Story I mentioned since two years ago? I did post them on my progress reports that I will delete them very shortly for not being relevant anymore. I planned it two years ago and said I wanted to show the audience about Yuki. I am not done on the script yet, and I may rewrite to better reflect Yuki. Also, I’m not an expert on 3D animation to where I have to move the bones a lot at once. I do use the walking animation I found, but I gotta think about all the materials before I start that project. I don’t think I am ready to spend a few months making it yet because I do want to learn more about animation and 3D modeling before starting it. I do want to make my own models for other characters there with Vroid Studio since I found that program reliable for character creation. I have a lot to learn and needed before I can start doing an animated video of Yuki’s Story.

I couldn’t make a clear release date of my projects since I kept delaying some, but I can tell you the expected timeline at least. Yuki’s Story MMD special should last until by the end of October or somewhere in November. Season 2 of Yuki’s Story should start in Late 2019, likely the holidays. I bumped up Season 2 of Yuki’s Story journals twice. I thought it would end by late 2018, and late 2019, but I hope it can last until somewhere in 2020 this time. Not that I want it to end sooner because I love working on Yuki’s Story. I know, it should end by 2018 since I have in my mind that the planned ending takes place in first half of 2018, and that Yuki and Minoru started Sophomore year in 2015. I just want to write my own story, and have the time stick to the plan. That’s all.