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The Dead End of the Iberia Riddle

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The infamous  fourth riddle  of the Seisen no Iberia bonus track website, while seemingly like the others, is different in one important way: it has no answer. Whatever is put in the answer field, the visitor is redirected to the same error page. It's not even done through JavaScript, although such a function is defined in the main.js file - instead, the button after the answer field is not even a button, but a direct link to the error page. There is absolutely no way to proceed from the riddle to any other page than the error one. There's not even any hidden server-side code that could be triggered - it's a static HTML page that does not make any kind of request to the server except through the link to the error page. No <form>, no Ajax. To sum it up: it's a complete dead end.  So, what now?  If the expected route doesn't work, the only choice is to look somewhere else. But where? The earlier riddle pages and their branching alternate pages and error pages h...

Additions to My Collection: April-May 2022

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It's once again collection update time, and this time I've got some special stuff to show. Let's get started.  Astra: Lost in Space  vol. 5 (Finnish edition) I've been collecting Astra  since it started being published here in Finland last August, and I'm pleased to finally have completed my collection. I originally watched the anime back when it was airing in 2019 (through... less than desirable means as it wasn't simulcast on any official service in Finland) and while I kinda liked it, it didn't really become a favourite of mine. However, last year I rewatched it right before the manga's Finnish run began, and I loved it. So, now I have all of it in manga form, as well as the British blu-ray release of the anime. Excellent feel-good shonen series, which is something that I think we all need during these difficult times.  (Bought from my local supermarket on Sun, Apr 10th, for €7.90.) Violet Evergarden  (UK Collector's Edition Blu-ray) I originally ...