[Name] *secret*
[Nicknames] 本屋, Honya, Honya-chan
[Date of Birth] January 17 1989
[Nationality] Filipina
[Languages] English, Ilocano, Japanese (learning), French (3 years high school)
[Location] Virginia, USA
[Occupation] Full-time student @ UVA
[Likes] Anime/Manga, Touhou, Visual Novels, Nerdy / Shy Girls, Drawing, Computers, Learning, Singing
[Dislikes] Bullying

I’ve been told that despite being such a laid back person, I am quite ambitious even though sadly the time is not always there. I am easily influenced by anime/manga so I end up doing strange things to satiate my boredom like Nagi from Hayate no Gotoku! Then again, even without those influences I still end up being a weird person who is weak at socializing and immerses in watching too much anime and drawing all the time. I also enjoy singing in Japanese although it is quite embarrassing to do so in public.

Currently I just finished my second year of studies as a Biology major at the University of Virginia. When not doing schoolwork I serve as Director of the University’s Comics and Animation Club, CAINE, as well as the Lead Artist for one of the Student Game Developer’s projects, The Imperium Project. Through various artistic pursuits in these areas I sometimes think of switching to an art major despite over half a decade of saying there is absolutely no way I would attempt to get college recognition for such a useless degree.

Of course I still refuse to become a traditional artist and instead want to study computer generated/aided art to perfect my Photoshop skills and learn how to create 3D models. Ideally I would like to pursue my dreams of working at a video game company or having my own “manga” published without worrying about other things. Of course my main goal of obtaining a medical degree is fine too though I just want to stay at home and draw.

tl;dr lol Honya

My Favorites

[Anime] Kanon, AIR, CLANNAD, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni, K-ON!, Shuffle, Shigofumi, Maria-sama ga Miteru, ARIA, Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu, Lucky☆Star, Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha, Full Moon wo Sagashite, Jigoku Shoujo, Mai-HiME/Mai-Otome/iDOLM@STER: Xenoglossia
[Manga] Mahou Sensei Negima!, Mai-Otome, Aishiteru ze Baby★★, Full Moon wo Sagashite, Hayate no Gotoku!, Kodomo no Jikan, NHK ni Youkoso!
[Seiyuu] Noto Mamiko, Mizuki Nana, Kugimiya Rie, Tamura Yukari, Horie Yui, Chihara Minori, Tanaka Rie, Sugita Tomokazu, Shiraishi Ryouko
[Music] Mizuki Nana, I’ve Sound, Yousei Teikoku, IOSYS, iDOLM@STER, Hatsune Miku, BeForU, ave;new, Kuribayashi Minami
[Artist] Hinoue Itaru, Noizi Ito
[Game] Touhou, Phantasy Star Online, Metal Gear Solid, Fire Emblem, DDR, Zelda
[Color] Purple, Blue, Yellow, Pink

About Lyrical☆Spark!

Lyrical☆Spark! was launched on September 11, 2007 originally as an assignment for my Japanese 101 class hosted on Google’s Blogger Service. Before entering college and enrolling in Japanese, I had never thought about starting a blog and only occasionally read anime blogs. When blogging started to take off, I initially blew it off as nothing more than a weird trend. However after writing my first anime-related post and getting comments back from like-minded classmates, I fell in love blogging and soon quickly outpaced the output of my classmates.

I didn’t realize that my new found obsession with anime and blogging was getting attention from outside my school sphere until I noticed some other anime bloggers started commenting on my articles. I had done nearly nothing to attract other anime bloggers besides adding the blogs that I did read to my blogroll and keeping up with them.

Soon afterward I decided once and for all to join the greater anime blogger community. After struggling with the limitations of the Blogger platform for several months, I decided that I would have to switch to WordPress and get my own domain if I really wanted to get serious about blogging. On February 18, I took the plunge and bought honya-ch.com and two years worth of hosting from BlueHost.com.

That brings me up to the current state of Lyrical☆Spark! Nowadays, I tend to blog about otaku culture in general from anime to visual novels and recently I have also started to actively transliterate and translate anisongs. Being a relatively new blogger with limited Japanese knowledge makes things difficult but I will keep Lyrical☆Spark! updated and a joy for me to write and a fun experience for my readers!

「リリカル☆スパーク!」を読んでくれて本当にありがとう！

Why Honya and Lyrical☆Spark!?

Honya literally means bookstore in Japanese and comes from the nickname of my favorite anime/manga character, Miyazaki Nodoka from Mahou Sensei Negima! She is referred to by many of her classmates as “Honya-chan” due to her love of books. She is very shy but despite this is able to express her true feelings to Negi. I really admire her and in many respects wish to be like her. My love for Honya-chan can be seen in many aspects from my e-mail address, online user names, and even the domain name that this blog is hosted under.

Lyrical☆Spark! is named after a doujin of the same name which is itself a reference to two of my favorite series. The “Lyrical” obviously refers to Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha while “Spark” comes from the Spark line of spells from Touhou. My love of Nanoha is most evident in Lyrical☆Spark!’s logo which is heavily modeled after Nanoha A’s and Nanoha StrikerS’s logos while my affection for Touhou is most clear in this blog’s Touhou-inspired headers.

My Wish List

• White Clover -Itaru Hinoue Artworks-
• Shuffle! VN
• KEY 10th MEMORIAL BOX
• THE iDOLM@STER
• iDOLM@STER SP: Perfect Sun
• Touhou Fumofumo Plushie Series
• Saki MahJong Set

My Other Accounts

• My Anime List – honya-chan
• Gamertag – Honyachan
• pixiv – 本屋
• AnimeSuki Profile – Honya
• Manga Fox Profile – Honya
• Technorati Profile – Honyach
• Anime Nano – Honya
• DC Network – Honya
• LiveJournal – honya_ch
• Nico Nico Douga – honya
• YouTube Channel – honyatan – Account Suspended
• Blogger – 本屋
• MyPersonality.info – Honya