Well guys, 2025 is coming to an end, and I really wanna thank you all for being here with me through this tough year together, even with the ones I might've forgotten overtime, but there's still more to come. You see, I've been into a lot this year, and boy was it more busy than I expect. One of my favorite accomplishments of all time this year was the Torinoko City cover music video I worked on, which was actually my first time making a 3-minute video using hand-drawn animation, and that's a first for the accounts that I made. Not only that I was working on that, right after I recorded my 2K9 album for YouTube, I've been struggling with some real life dillemas this year.

First off, my grandma had a stroke in the beginning of the year, who I love so much, and it was hard for my mom to take care of. That's why I've been stuck with my dad most of the days going forward. Right now, my grandma is in a nursing home, and hopefully she's doing alright. Second, I've been looking for ways to get out more, and apparently, things are gonna change for me going forward. I've been seeing a pyschologist every Thursday of the week to check in with my behavior and what I'm gonna do in the near future. I've also been looking forward to actually getting a citizen ID for almost months now, and this has been ever since I graduated high school last year.

Going through all my archives, I've had recorded and produced a lot of demos and unused stuff for future content, as well as trying to get back into more animating, which takes a lot of work and effort, especially for a person who has autism like me. But as we head into 2026, there's going to be some changes in my life, including some new content. Here's what you'll expect from me and my life next year:

- My Hardvillage project - I've been developing artwork and animation for Hardvillage and it's mascot, "Harvy", that I created this month. Eventually, I've already recorded "Delirio" back in 2024, during the early production of the "2K9" album and my Torinoko City cover with Rubby. Now, I'm planning to make a full-length music video featuring 3D psychedelic-futuristic like graphics, 3D rainbow animations, and of course, my mascot for Hardvillage, Harvy the Dog, will be featured in the video, all hand-drawn and animated by yours truly.
- Going out and about - I've talked with my psychologist about my care manager and going to a day program. Now by next month, I'm gonna spend time going out to see what a day program is like and how I may fit in for people with autism, and also how it'll feel like to go away for the weekend, like staying somewhere else and spending time with others. Eventually, you might not see much more artwork, music, and/or animations that I used to this year (which was a lot of time and thinking, and of course sketching). Things that I make will depend how long I'll finish them, so there's really no due date, except for my first single of 2026, "Unmei", which is coming out on January 30th on Newgrounds, so I'll think of something.
- Physcial media - I've been collecting a few DVDs this year, some of them were The Minimighty Kids DVDs that I got from France off eBay in the beginning of the year, as well as that Hoops and Yoyo Ruin Christmas DVD I got that Christmas, but I've been seeking more CDs than usual this time of year, and it's about time I'd listen to them while I work or move in any condition, but I can only do that indoors because I'm more concerned about the weather. Not sure if my CD player is in good condition, but at least I have my region free DVD player that can play CDs as well!
- More content? - Well, hopefully I got a brand new remix of Schnappi das Kleine Krokodil that I'm gonna hopefully release on Newgrounds as soon as possible by today or tomorrow, but it'll eventually get to YouTube by next week, since I gotta make the visualizer for that as well so look forward to it! I've also been improving my music with some more effects and some tinkering on the plugins in LMMS, and I may start doing Frutiger Metro-styled artwork in Inkscape rather than GIMP, just to save up storage and space from my laptop. Speaking of my laptop, my laptop is struggling to get used to Windows 11 after I upgraded to it in October. It's been taking forever to startup and constantly keeps crashing sometimes whenever I try to boot it up. I'll try to figure something out for that. I am expecting to make more Powow and Reptiez art in the near future though.

Well, there you have it! That's all I wanna say for 2025. Thanks to all my followers, my subscribers on YouTube, and to all my friends on Discord, including everyone else on the internet for making my life possible. I really couldn't have done this work if it wasn't for you guys! Stay tuned for my music video of "Delirio" by Hardvillage, which is currently under pre-production. I'll post some updates whenever I can. Until then, I'm Brayden Nohai. Thanks for reading, and have a great 2026!