KONBANWA MINNA-SANNN~~

Okay so, i know you guys probably hate me.. i know i know. I am so super gomen ｡ﾟ(ﾟ´Д｀ﾟ)ﾟ｡ it's been over a year since i started this blog... crazy, right?
Truthfully guys, i have but a few weeks until I'm finished with my first semester of senior year.
And so much has happened.

So. Much.

To start things off, as you lovely people may or may not know, i was homeschooled last year~ i developed super crazy social anxiety, went outside my house like once a week etc etc so going back to public school this semester was pretty much absolutely terrifying for me, especially since I've never had many school friends.

But this year has been absolutely amazing to me, it was my fresh start and it went so so so much better than I had ever hoped all because of improvements i made to myself - which I'm planning on making a separate post for.

Bottom line is that this semester has helped me grow, be happy, experience new things and I just feel... free. And so very blessed, and for that I'm forever grateful. Going back to public school was the best decision I've made in my school career. (✿ ´ ‿ ` )

Which brings me to my next point hue hue hue.......




I feel extremely bad for not updating because one thing I haven't told you guys is i've gotten REALLY into cosplaying. Like... it's my number one passion, I can't see myself doing anything else status.. and I've done quite a few since the last time I updated~ here's some of them!! :3 (in order all the way back from AX omg..... im so sorry guys i've been such a bad blog owner OTL)





Thank you so much for reading!!!
♡ -Tofu

Hey everyone!! :3

So this past weekend I've been at Anime Expo! So much amazing crazy fun stuff going on including all the pictures from the convention, my very first public cosplay debut (with a fancy professional picture from the Cosplay Photograpers booth ;_;) meeting so many awesome people and cosplayers, the Valve gathering, Comic Con coming up and my first YouTube video coming very very soon so stay tuned, eeeee!!!! ^ w ^

xo Tofu

I know i've been gone for quite a bit, but - i'm finally finished with 11th grade! Eeehehehe ^^

So now i've had quite a bit of time (a bit too much time, really) to play my favorite game for the past few months, Team Fortress 2 on Steam!
(if you already know what it is / don't care to read about my backstory then skip below to the kawaii border~ LOL)

"Schadenfreude (ʃɑːdənfrɔɪdə) is pleasure derived from the misfortunes of others. This word is a loanword from German, the direct English translation is 'Damage-Joy' or 'Fail-Joy', it is the feeling of joy when one sees another fail, and is also borrowed in some other languages."

I really love this taunt cause it's just so absolutely hilarious! The way the Scout laughs, as shown in the video, is just too funny hehe. Plus doing it after you kill someone will totally make them angry! o(｀ω´*)o oh how i wish it wasn't almost $8 ;__; I'll probably end up buying it anyway...

2. Ham Shank




This melee weapon is pretty much for novelty, but don't you think it'd just feel so satisfying knowing you hit someone with a ham shank~? °˖✧◝(⁰ ▿ ⁰)◜✧˖° hehe. *whack whack whack* this is $2.49.

3. The Atomizer




I really like this bat! Scout uses this one (he's known for his baseball bat) and basically it's a pretty standard weapon, but it also grants you the ability to triple jump. Each average hit knocks off about 28-32 damage, which is not too bad! Also, it grants you the Home Run taunt kill, shown at 0:30 in the video which i'm DYING to have! :D

Well that's pretty much it~ this was a pretty lengthy post for just a wishlist, I know LOL. But man, it sucks being on a new Steam and barely having any items :C all I have are random weapons but, I'm gaining achievements pretty quick, I've unlocked about 25 in the past two days.
I really really encourage anyone considering this game to play it! It's SO much fun, and so soooo addicting.

And last but certainly not least, if you have Steam, feel free to add and we can play a round or two! :D
My username is racheltofu, & my display name is mahoushoujo. (✿◠‿◠) since Steam is registering me as a F2P account i can't add people myself yet :c but if you friend request me, I can accept! :3

Talk to you all soon~
♡ Tofu

Hey party people~~

I got random inspiration to make a blog post today, weird huh? O_____O ;

So my friend Kiersten showed me some items on Rakuten, which is basically like Japan's eBay / Taobao. I stay far away from shopping services (to buy on Taobao, which is China's eBay, you have to use a shopping service and the site is only in Chinese) but she told me a lot of Rakuten sites do international shipping, + the site has an English version! Score~

So, after doing some investigating of my own, welp.... ;_____;

Good evening cupcakes ~

Apologies for not posting in a few weeks, but I just thought I'd let you know I haven't abandoned ship, I'm just currently in the last few weeks of school and things are kind of crazy right now, including 12 + hour school days. e______e '

So anyways, I thought I'd make a music related post because I don't really think I have before! I used to have a new YouTube video on the side of my blog every week under Song Of The Week, but the way my layout is there isn't enough room for it ;__; so I decided to make my first post about this since I've been listening to music practically 24/7 recently! ♥

Hi everyone!!

I apologize if this post seems sloppy, but I was literally supposed to start getting ready 10  minutes ago and I need to write this quick!! Σ(゜ロ゜;)
Why, you ask?

I'M GOING TO A CONCERT TONIGHT~~~~~
I'm seeing Crystal Castles ♡ with my dear friends Caroline + Sophie. For those of you who aren't familiar with them, Crystal Castles is a two-person group that makes quirky, electronic, witch-house type music. It's really loud, digital, and BEAUTIFUL. Caroline and I have both loved them since around 6th grade, late 4th grade for me O___O and I'm just extremely excited. 

Now, on to the review!


If you've read my other posts, you'd know I recently received an Amazon gift card from my super generous auntie. With this I bought a super duper gorgeous pair of creepers:

• Shipping / Packaging: They came in a huuuuuge box! It was delivered right to my door (I live in the 3rd floor of an apartment) and it was pretty exciting seeing the giant box :3

• Shoe Packaging: I thought the shoe box was pretty cute. Karmaloop included a sticker with ahem.. drug depictions ;______; I am 100% above the influence so I'll give it to a friend or something, LOL.

• SHOE SIZING / FIT: Okay guys, this is pretty important if you're considering purchasing these. One, they're listed in MEN'S SIZE. Meaning if you're female, you'll have to look up a conversion chart. I recommend this one.
  There are no half sizes available, so if you're a half size like me, SIZE UP. This is my first pair from this brand, and i'm glad I sized up, because with socks it's almost perfect, just a few centimeters looser than a normal pair of shoes. My guess is they run small, so size up!

((let's pretend it's morning))

Hey guise, so my sweet auntie send me an Amazon giftcard today for my birthday yesterday and I was sooooo excited to use it, I used it right away
BUT I GOT SOME REALLY CUTE STUFF. And I wanted to share!! ヽ(*・ω・)ﾉ




 T.U.K. Lilac Creepers (sold by Karmaloop) - $65 




  Opalite Stone Plugs in 1 Inch (25mm) - $10 


  Light Pink Ruffled Elastic Shorts - $12.48 


 Street Punk Eyeball Leggings - $18


 Pink Collapsable Wig Stand - $4.38 

I also bought two songs - Vampires Will Never Hurt You + Surrender The Night by My Chemical Romance, my favorite band since 4th grade

Also, I had a bunch more stuff in my cart until I found the shoes.. and well, these are things I just simply couldn't get due to limited balance on the giftcard (´°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥ω°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥｀)

 Tamagotchi Gotchi Gear Kuchipatchi Plush Pouch

 Sheer Horizontal Black Stripe Tights 


 Kitty Face Tee Dress (in XS ;_____;)

Aaaaand that wraps it up! I'm just sitting here eating matcha pocky LOL.

I'm sooooo excited for everything to come, i'm laughing @ how thanks to my generous family - with this, my mom's birthday present to me i told you guys about in my last post, and my birthday circle lenses coming, i'm waiting on 7 packages at the moment.

DON'T END UP LIKE ME.

Hope you enjoyed!!~ talk to you soon ♪(´ε｀ )

xo Tofu

KONBANWA MINNA-SANNN~~

Okay so, i know you guys probably hate me.. i know i know. I am so super gomen ｡ﾟ(ﾟ´Д｀ﾟ)ﾟ｡ it's been over a year since i started this blog... crazy, right?
Truthfully guys, i have but a few weeks until I'm finished with my first semester of senior year.
And so much has happened.

So. Much.

To start things off, as you lovely people may or may not know, i was homeschooled last year~ i developed super crazy social anxiety, went outside my house like once a week etc etc so going back to public school this semester was pretty much absolutely terrifying for me, especially since I've never had many school friends.

But this year has been absolutely amazing to me, it was my fresh start and it went so so so much better than I had ever hoped all because of improvements i made to myself - which I'm planning on making a separate post for.

Bottom line is that this semester has helped me grow, be happy, experience new things and I just feel... free. And so very blessed, and for that I'm forever grateful. Going back to public school was the best decision I've made in my school career. (✿ ´ ‿ ` )

Which brings me to my next point hue hue hue.......




I feel extremely bad for not updating because one thing I haven't told you guys is i've gotten REALLY into cosplaying. Like... it's my number one passion, I can't see myself doing anything else status.. and I've done quite a few since the last time I updated~ here's some of them!! :3 (in order all the way back from AX omg..... im so sorry guys i've been such a bad blog owner OTL)





Thank you so much for reading!!!
♡ -Tofu

Hey everyone!! :3

So this past weekend I've been at Anime Expo! So much amazing crazy fun stuff going on including all the pictures from the convention, my very first public cosplay debut (with a fancy professional picture from the Cosplay Photograpers booth ;_;) meeting so many awesome people and cosplayers, the Valve gathering, Comic Con coming up and my first YouTube video coming very very soon so stay tuned, eeeee!!!! ^ w ^

xo Tofu

I know i've been gone for quite a bit, but - i'm finally finished with 11th grade! Eeehehehe ^^

So now i've had quite a bit of time (a bit too much time, really) to play my favorite game for the past few months, Team Fortress 2 on Steam!
(if you already know what it is / don't care to read about my backstory then skip below to the kawaii border~ LOL)

"Schadenfreude (ʃɑːdənfrɔɪdə) is pleasure derived from the misfortunes of others. This word is a loanword from German, the direct English translation is 'Damage-Joy' or 'Fail-Joy', it is the feeling of joy when one sees another fail, and is also borrowed in some other languages."

I really love this taunt cause it's just so absolutely hilarious! The way the Scout laughs, as shown in the video, is just too funny hehe. Plus doing it after you kill someone will totally make them angry! o(｀ω´*)o oh how i wish it wasn't almost $8 ;__; I'll probably end up buying it anyway...

2. Ham Shank




This melee weapon is pretty much for novelty, but don't you think it'd just feel so satisfying knowing you hit someone with a ham shank~? °˖✧◝(⁰ ▿ ⁰)◜✧˖° hehe. *whack whack whack* this is $2.49.

3. The Atomizer




I really like this bat! Scout uses this one (he's known for his baseball bat) and basically it's a pretty standard weapon, but it also grants you the ability to triple jump. Each average hit knocks off about 28-32 damage, which is not too bad! Also, it grants you the Home Run taunt kill, shown at 0:30 in the video which i'm DYING to have! :D

Well that's pretty much it~ this was a pretty lengthy post for just a wishlist, I know LOL. But man, it sucks being on a new Steam and barely having any items :C all I have are random weapons but, I'm gaining achievements pretty quick, I've unlocked about 25 in the past two days.
I really really encourage anyone considering this game to play it! It's SO much fun, and so soooo addicting.

And last but certainly not least, if you have Steam, feel free to add and we can play a round or two! :D
My username is racheltofu, & my display name is mahoushoujo. (✿◠‿◠) since Steam is registering me as a F2P account i can't add people myself yet :c but if you friend request me, I can accept! :3

Talk to you all soon~
♡ Tofu

Hey party people~~

I got random inspiration to make a blog post today, weird huh? O_____O ;

So my friend Kiersten showed me some items on Rakuten, which is basically like Japan's eBay / Taobao. I stay far away from shopping services (to buy on Taobao, which is China's eBay, you have to use a shopping service and the site is only in Chinese) but she told me a lot of Rakuten sites do international shipping, + the site has an English version! Score~

So, after doing some investigating of my own, welp.... ;_____;

Good evening cupcakes ~

Apologies for not posting in a few weeks, but I just thought I'd let you know I haven't abandoned ship, I'm just currently in the last few weeks of school and things are kind of crazy right now, including 12 + hour school days. e______e '

So anyways, I thought I'd make a music related post because I don't really think I have before! I used to have a new YouTube video on the side of my blog every week under Song Of The Week, but the way my layout is there isn't enough room for it ;__; so I decided to make my first post about this since I've been listening to music practically 24/7 recently! ♥

Hi everyone!!

I apologize if this post seems sloppy, but I was literally supposed to start getting ready 10  minutes ago and I need to write this quick!! Σ(゜ロ゜;)
Why, you ask?

I'M GOING TO A CONCERT TONIGHT~~~~~
I'm seeing Crystal Castles ♡ with my dear friends Caroline + Sophie. For those of you who aren't familiar with them, Crystal Castles is a two-person group that makes quirky, electronic, witch-house type music. It's really loud, digital, and BEAUTIFUL. Caroline and I have both loved them since around 6th grade, late 4th grade for me O___O and I'm just extremely excited. 

Now, on to the review!


If you've read my other posts, you'd know I recently received an Amazon gift card from my super generous auntie. With this I bought a super duper gorgeous pair of creepers:

• Shipping / Packaging: They came in a huuuuuge box! It was delivered right to my door (I live in the 3rd floor of an apartment) and it was pretty exciting seeing the giant box :3

• Shoe Packaging: I thought the shoe box was pretty cute. Karmaloop included a sticker with ahem.. drug depictions ;______; I am 100% above the influence so I'll give it to a friend or something, LOL.

• SHOE SIZING / FIT: Okay guys, this is pretty important if you're considering purchasing these. One, they're listed in MEN'S SIZE. Meaning if you're female, you'll have to look up a conversion chart. I recommend this one.
  There are no half sizes available, so if you're a half size like me, SIZE UP. This is my first pair from this brand, and i'm glad I sized up, because with socks it's almost perfect, just a few centimeters looser than a normal pair of shoes. My guess is they run small, so size up!

((let's pretend it's morning))

Hey guise, so my sweet auntie send me an Amazon giftcard today for my birthday yesterday and I was sooooo excited to use it, I used it right away
BUT I GOT SOME REALLY CUTE STUFF. And I wanted to share!! ヽ(*・ω・)ﾉ




 T.U.K. Lilac Creepers (sold by Karmaloop) - $65 




  Opalite Stone Plugs in 1 Inch (25mm) - $10 


  Light Pink Ruffled Elastic Shorts - $12.48 


 Street Punk Eyeball Leggings - $18


 Pink Collapsable Wig Stand - $4.38 

I also bought two songs - Vampires Will Never Hurt You + Surrender The Night by My Chemical Romance, my favorite band since 4th grade

Also, I had a bunch more stuff in my cart until I found the shoes.. and well, these are things I just simply couldn't get due to limited balance on the giftcard (´°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥ω°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥｀)

 Tamagotchi Gotchi Gear Kuchipatchi Plush Pouch

 Sheer Horizontal Black Stripe Tights 


 Kitty Face Tee Dress (in XS ;_____;)

Aaaaand that wraps it up! I'm just sitting here eating matcha pocky LOL.

I'm sooooo excited for everything to come, i'm laughing @ how thanks to my generous family - with this, my mom's birthday present to me i told you guys about in my last post, and my birthday circle lenses coming, i'm waiting on 7 packages at the moment.

DON'T END UP LIKE ME.

Hope you enjoyed!!~ talk to you soon ♪(´ε｀ )

xo Tofu

Hello hello~~~
I’m Rachel, your average magical girl :D super highschool level cosplayer / heichou's girlfriend / drumline extraordinaire <3
I‘m a shy little dreamer with a big heart~ I love cosplay, horror manga, Tokyo street fashion, doodling, Team Fortress 2, purikura, bubble tea, cute things, and video games amongst other things;; as well as making people smile! ^u^

I hope we can be wonderful friends!

FAQ:

Name, age, location?

-I go by either Rachel Tofu, or Tofu. My starbucks//boba house name is Saki LOL. I'm 16 from LA!

How do I learn to start being myself and not afraid of what others think?

-It's really hard, believe me. More so if you're still in middle/highschool. I know. But what I realized is, you only have one life to live as yourself. You mine as well do what makes you happy, WEAR what makes you happy, express yourself and never ever ever conform. You are unique, don't be a follower, stand out and shine with all your beautiful uniqueness and show the world who you really are :3 and that's pretty much what I realized.
Wear what you like, and wear it with CONFIDENCE! ♡

What animes have you watched? Any recommendations?

- Click this! ((NOTE THIS IS EXTREMELY OUTDATED I WILL UPDATE THIS SOMEDAY OK))

What kind of music do you like?

- Old school hip-hop, Vocaloid (especially Gumi & Gakupo~) EDM, j-rock, j-pop,
piano/orchestra, death & black metal, cute anime music,
& all sorts of random songs here and there hehe.

Future goals/plans?

-Intern making costumes amongst other things~ my ultimate dream is to be a voice actress :)

Wanna know anything else? Don't be shy ♥

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