{New Management} wip 04

Oh my, it’s already the end of the month? Let me tell you what I’m thinking right now—you guys are here for this, right? Last Saturday on my Discord server, I mentioned that I’m contemplating some decisions about my video content. I believe everyone would agree that if you want something to be polished and high-quality, it takes a long time. On the other hand, if you want to produce something quickly, the video might lack some content. Of course, advancements in technology can significantly improve quality. For example, the animation I made two years ago in eight hours would definitely look different from what I can produce now in the same amount of time. So, balancing these choices is part of my job. I casually asked for everyone’s opinions on Discord, but I didn’t hold a formal poll because I don’t have the time to wait 24 or 48 hours for everyone to make a decision. Plus, I believe you all prefer to leave the decision-making to me since I’m the one creating the animations. I asked for your opinions on whether I should have the character start fully clothed and then undress or begin semi-nude. Why did I ask this? Because animating the removal of clothes takes extra time. If I want more content, it means longer production time, but there are pros and cons to each approach. Pros of Starting Fully Clothed: We can animate the removal of clothes later, which I think looks pretty good and is something I’m excited to include in the video. I’d love to see those scenes. Cons of Starting Fully Clothed: It takes longer to produce, so the video will be completed later. Pros of Starting Semi-Nude: Obviously, Ikazuchi not wearing clothes looks pretty good, and I don’t think anyone would have an issue with that. Watching semi-nude Ikazuchi struggling on the ropes probably wouldn’t bother anyone. Plus, without having to animate the removal of clothing, the video can be released sooner. After translating your feedback, the general consensus was, “I’d like to see scenes of removing clothes, but if you think it’s not feasible, I can accept that.” but you know, I want to show you everything you want to see. I believe I can make this happen and show the undressing scene without delaying too much time, so I've decided to include this in the video. Back to our main question—should I include this content or not? Actually, last night I was working with my mentor on new techniques and learned a way to improve water flow animations, which I’ve applied to my current video. Honestly, I feel like I’ve lost track of time because I spend most of each day in front of the computer. The pressure I feel now is different from what I felt in the past. I’m still stressed about not having any new works for nearly half a year, but looking at the 60-second animation I’ve completed, I firmly believe people will like it and that it can definitely represent KosoruCG 2.0. I think if everyone can give me this much time, polishing this work before releasing it will make it even better. So here’s my decision: I plan to postpone this animation to around February 10th. I had promised you all that I would explain the reasons behind each of my decisions, so let me break it down for you. First and most importantly, if you all can wait six months and stay here with me without anyone leaving, I believe waiting an additional ten days shouldn’t be a problem. Thank you for your trust. When this work is released, I will make you believe that the wait was worth it. Second, the production of {New Management} started as just an image to attract people to join Discord, then I decided to turn it into an animation, almost leading me to retire, and now it has become the first video of KosoruCG 2.0. This has taken a long time. I think setting the monthly update date to around the 10th of each month might be more reasonable (unless there are special reasons like the July plan). Once {New Management} is released on February 10th, I can take another whole month to carefully polish the next video and release the February video on March 10th. Moving forward, producing videos at this pace—a non-rushed release process—can get the entire channel back on track. So, I’ve decided to move the monthly update date from the end of each month to around the 10th of each month. Of course, if I finish early, I will release it directly rather than holding onto it until the 10th because there’s no benefit to delaying it—it won’t add value. That evening, I thought about the possibility that this video might not be released on February 10th. The only reason that could happen is if my computer explode, destroying all the files and my external backup hard drives. So that evening, I started regularly saving the latest progress to the cloud drive, ensuring that even if my computer does get destroyed, I can borrow someone else’s computer, download my scenes, and continue working. Considering that my KKSE version is circulating online, there shouldn’t be any issues. Okay, so to sum it up: This video won’t be released at the end of January—you’ll have to wait until February 10th. But you might have noticed the WIP (work in progress) images look a bit different—I dressed her in a skirt because I’m adding more content, making the undressing scenes more interesting. I don’t think there’s any possibility that I won’t be able to release the video on February 10th. There aren’t that many things left to do. The technical challenges I anticipate for this scene are animating urination, texture changes, and production difficulties due to a large number of keyframes. However, my mentor helped me solve these three issues. I believe the remaining necro part of this scene is within my expertise, so I really don’t think I won’t be able to finish it within the nearly 15-day deadline. I’m confident this will be completed smoothly; I just need you to give me another ten-some days. That’s about it. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment below or ask in my Discord. I’m available there except when I’m sleeping, and I’d be happy to answer your questions. https://discord.gg/AVm3TGhdYC