User blog:Staraptor Kwan/Announcement: Reviews for Episodes 14-18 are complete

Hello everyone. I'm Staraptor Kwan. For those who have been on this wiki for some time, you might have noticed that I've been kind of falling behind the pace of the newly released episodes when it comes to posting my reviews. The reason for that is for the past few weeks, I haven't had much time to focus on my reviews due to a busy schedule. You might also have noticed that as of late, when I post a new review, it's not complete, as in it's missing a lot of paragraphs and pictures. Well, the thing is that as I mentioned earlier, due to my busy schedule, I don't have the time to just one-shot and finish a review instantly.

However, as you guys might have noticed, starting from Episode 14 I switched to a new style of writing; my objective was to improve upon the messy and convoluted style of my previous reviews ranging from Episodes 1 to 13. The thing is, after some trial and error, I finally released that the large and convoluted size of reviews wasn't the way I had imagined it to be. Truth is, my primary goal is to write reviews that elaborate upon the events of each single episode and explain them in clear detail to my readers, as well integrating them with some  pictures and captions to brighten the mood. That was until I realized that in order to obtain my primary goal, I couldn't just continue on writing such convoluted reviews for the netizens of this wiki to read; everyone would become bored due to having to read a gigantic amount of content.

And that was when I realised this: I had to change things. If I was to attract more readers to give their own opinions and comment, I had to scale things down; last time, I prioritized quantity over quality, which I believe led to a lot of messy paragraphs in my previous reviews, making it difficult for readers to properly understand what I was trying to elaborate about. But at the same time, I didn't want readers just to skim through my reviews in a instant if they were too short. So, I did my research, and after some more trial and error, found a way to integrate both quality and quantity together. I chose to cut down on the number of photos used and expanded the size those that I found to be suitable, which gave me some space for longer captions. Then, I restricted the amount of paragraphs that I wrote between each paragraph to three or four; each paragraph had to be short or medium-sized while being concise and clear enough to give readers a better inkling of what message or meaning I was trying to convey about each episode that I reviewed. Afterwards, I cut off the good and bad points that I usually wrote out, preferring to list them subtly (and to free up more space for my conclusion and afterword). In short, all these measures I took were enough to demonstrate the clear balance I had managed to implement between quantity and quality; there are still plenty of paragraphs, but they are more neatly structured and easy to read. The pictures are now larger in size, which adds more visualization and colour to my reviews, along with more space for some humor in the form of captions below them.

The main reason I'm doing all of these is not just to improve my reviews; what I really wanted was to post episodic reviews that had both quantity and quality mixed together-which meant a seamless transition between me summarising the events of said episode and my views and opinions about it. Also, I did this so I could give my readers of satisfaction of being able to read my reviews with appreciation and precison without getting confused. On a side note, like I said earlier, in addition to having a busy schedule, the other reason for the late posts is that I didn't want to compromise the quality of each review, and planning and preparing for the outline of each review can also take it's time: I always make various changes and cuts to constantly ensure that my reviews didn't include any unnecessary lines that would take up to much space. That's why I'm so far behind; I always make a priority to ensure that my readers come away satisfied and content after reading my latest reviews, even if it means taking a lot of time to do so. Yeah, sure, I could just have uploaded quick and short reviews to allow me to get up to speed with the latest episode, but that wouldn't have been a very professional decision, right?

So that's all I have to say for now. As the title above states, my reviews for Episodes 14 to 18 are finished, I'm going to start work on Episode 19 soon, so don't you guys worry. If possible, I would appreciate it if you guys left a comment on my reviews after you have finished reading them; it would motivate me more to continue soldiering on. Take care for now, and thanks for the support!