Prenatal Checkup and Voltage | Casual Diary

I went for my prenatal checkup!

I'm relieved to see the baby is growing steadily.
However, up until the last time and the time before that,
I could see them moving around on the ultrasound,
but this time they were staying still ☺
Thanks to that, the gender is...

apparently, probably a girl!!!

Yay!

I immediately told my husband about this joy,
and he said, "Didn't you say you wanted to do a gender reveal?"
I suddenly realized.
I let it slip... (´;ω;｀)
(I'd like to write an article about this sometime soon)

Since it's a girl, I'd be happy if our tastes in clothes match,
and I hope we can enjoy drawing and fangirling together in the future!

Thinking about that,
on the way home, I used up the Quo cards I'd been hoarding to shop at a convenience store.
I get Quo cards quite often as shareholder perks, but
I often end up not using them because I feel like it's a waste.
Especially since convenience stores are expensive... and there isn't much I really want...
So, in the end, the number of unused Quo cards just keeps growing every year... (lol)

This Quo card is one such example,
a Quo card I received in the past from Voltage (3639)!

In the past, in addition to these Quo cards,
we could even get things like Love Game books.
It was a perk I was grateful for as a fan.

Now, if you hold 300 shares in December, you get a 500 yen Quo card.
It's been hovering around 20,000 to 30,000 yen recently, so there doesn't seem to be a risk of a major crash,
but I evaluate it as not great for long-term holding. I'm pretty sure there's no dividend either.
Sorry 💦

It's a stock that I can't help but feel will follow the same fate as Broccoli.
Uta no Prince-sama and Di Gi Charat were great.

Back in the day, I really
spent a lot of time on Voltage games.

Starting with "Kichijoji Love Days" and "My Forged Wedding",
I would cycle through stories on Mobage and GREE,
and after smartphones came out, I enjoyed them on individual apps too.
It was normal for me to use up my stamina while commuting to school or work.

Even I, who was such a user,
stopped playing once the stock price started to decline (゜-゜)
Maybe the biggest reason is that I don't commute anymore?
Also, (except for Doubt) many of the story developments are monotonous 💦

Since they have wonderful illustrations, IP, and story production capabilities,
personally, I hope they can make a comeback somewhere.

I took a peek at their official website for the first time in a while,
and it seems they are now developing a vertical-scrolling manga business!
I wonder when they started that?

I do think Voltage's works are suited for vertical scrolling,
and above all, vertical-scrolling works have a higher chance of being read overseas,
so I really hope they do their best...!

By the way, when I was a high school student,
I once applied to be a scenario writer here.
Of course, I was rejected.

I have time now,
so maybe it wouldn't hurt to try something again,
but my drawing skills and composition skills haven't grown, so it's probably impossible...