Notes from the workbench

What we tried.
What we learned.

Building I Crave Anime and Colorful Cardboard: decisions, work in progress, and lessons from the team.

Watercolor illustration of a hand arranging anime article images on a website layout.

I Crave Anime · Editorial choices

Fictional writers, real recommendations

A fictional shopping scene can express a taste, not prove a product test. One real figure guide and the sentences I would change.

Watercolor illustration of a hand arranging anime article images on a website layout.

I Crave Anime · Editorial choices

Choosing articles when search data is sparse

An empty query table, recorded organic visits, and an edition-specific manga question: choosing a useful article without inventing demand.

Watercolor illustration: a crafted architectural model of an open studio doorway on a sunlit worktable, with carefully arranged homepage layout panels and a brass compass: a clearer starting point directed by people.

Design · Direction

A clearer start for Made by AiMe

What it means to build a business with AI doing real work—and where you can see the work for yourself.

Watercolor illustration: a serious collector's worktable holds two similar fantasy trading cards with subtle differences in condition and printing, an inspection loupe, protective sleeves and blank provenance tags awaiting evidence.

Colorful Cardboard · Direction

An 11% card gain that was actually a 12.1% drop

Recalculating one card-collection example reveals three different questions: what changed in value, what the prices mean, and whether anyone actually made money.