Comments on: A miniature version of Sailor Moon’s Tokyo and Crystal Tokyo will be displayed at Small Worlds Tokyo next Spring

By: Rucardo

Rucardo — Sat, 24 Aug 2019 18:48:50 +0000

What About Viz

By: Joseph

Joseph — Sat, 17 Aug 2019 11:35:43 +0000

Salutations!

By: Joseph

Joseph — Sat, 17 Aug 2019 07:10:43 +0000

Ohhh, I see! Yeah, I had to get help because spiders were freaking me out on a deeply psychological level. But if we’re talking about spiders simply being ugly, repulsive, alien-looking freaks, then yep. I definitely agree with you!

By: Aurélia

Aurélia — Fri, 16 Aug 2019 23:19:27 +0000

I 100% agree with you on that point!

By: Aurélia

Aurélia — Fri, 16 Aug 2019 23:17:28 +0000

Congratulations for lowering down your arachnophobia, Joe! You’ve come a long way and your experience is as amazing than it is inspiring.
Reading you, I realized that my disgust and fear of spiders are not that intense, when compared to what yours were before you got a large part of your arachnophobia desensitized. Finally, I think that we both are now at the same “level” of arachnophobia. And we can only get better!

I think that if spiders were not that repulsive in terms of appearance, arachnophobia would not exist.

By: Noname9q

Noname9q — Fri, 16 Aug 2019 18:16:15 +0000

Cute and all Toei/Kodansha, but all we need is a trailer… Stop the milking or at least back it up. Hated or not Crystal is the only thing that keeps ot going on. Use it properly.

By: Adam

Adam — Fri, 16 Aug 2019 01:13:22 +0000

Yes and I sometimes try to use other words so she understands that’s not what the word means. It’s normal for children to refer to all classmates and friends and it’s nice for them to get along. Eventually a child needs to learn that not everyone is or needs to be their friend, as sad as that may seem. It’s okay to be closer to some kids than others. In daycare it’s way to early to think about introducing that concept!

By: Merboy

Merboy — Fri, 16 Aug 2019 00:40:52 +0000

I want to LIVE there. Preferably in Crystal Tokyo but as long as my girls are there it’s all good.

By: ewfiufugdung

ewfiufugdung — Thu, 15 Aug 2019 08:06:10 +0000

By: Joseph

Joseph — Thu, 15 Aug 2019 03:46:28 +0000

I’m afraid this message might end up being long, mostly because I’m very invested in this topic! I feel for you about arachnophobia. Starting at a very young age, I was absolutely terrified by spiders. This continued into my adulthood. If I saw a spider, I would instantly crush it, no matter how big or small. I couldn’t watch a spider scene in the movie without either shielding my eyes or flinching hard at an unexpected sensation on my body. The final straw for me was when, a few years ago, I locked myself in a bathroom for an unreasonable amount of time because there was a spider on the corridor’s wall. I decided then and there that I wanted to get help.

I’ve worked with desensitization, which, to make a long story short, had me gradually be exposed to spiders, to the point where I could actually catch a big one with just a single, flimsy sheet of paper and a glass, to release it outside and not kill it. Not to mention, seeing a spider freak out made me empathize with the little bastard, which shocked me–I actually felt for it. It must’ve been way more afraid of me than I was of it.

Though I would say my biggest surprise was when I, at a convention, encountered the biggest kind of spider in the world (by mass, not by leg-span). The goliath birdeater! CAUTION, the following image is the real deal: I actually peered down onto one of those tarantulas.
https://u.cubeupload.com/Magic_Emperor/Goliath.jpeg

There is no shame in having arachnophobia, and I empathize completely with people who fear arachnids. I, personally, wanted to do something about mine because it interfered with my life, but everybody’s gotta have at least one intense fear! Also, I still panic if a spider suddenly appeared on me or very, very close to my face. But if I see one from a distance, I can act accordingly and catch and release. I try not to kill now. Though I get tempted to kill the black widows we have around here, I admit. Those spiders are different.