I'd like to share a very important update about the future of the Library of Ohara. I'd appreciate if you could give it a read if you have the time (TL;DR summary at the end):
I'll try to keep this as brief as I can, but unfortunately The Library of Ohara is at a very real risk of having to shut down in the future.
For starters, on the good side, I'd like to say real quick that my health over the past few months has been slowly recovering. I have a long way to go but I'm slowly improving and getting better. I still have a long way to go as I'm still suffering a lot from symptoms, but I'm trying to take it slowly.
Unfortunately though, this health relapse has made things quite difficult for me recently as the increased medical costs have also taken a hole in my finances, and being able to work less has caused my earnings to plummet considerably too.
The issue is that this comes during a period of time in which views for One Piece videos have been considerably decreasing over the past year or two across the entire platform. This isn't a phenomena limited to just my channel, but one I've discussed with creators of all sizes and places, from creators with over a million subs to creators from places like France or Spain. Other people have made better explanations on the subject, but we largely believe that the YouTube algorhythm is being oversaturated with low quality and AI generated content that has caused a lot of our collective views to decrease over time.
And while I'd like to think I'm not one to obsess over views, this has had a real effect on the earnings of my channel, to the point I've been secretly producing the Library of Ohara at a loss (losing more money than I make just from survival costs alone) for the past couple years. Thanks to the savings I've built up over the time it was profitable, I've been able to get away with losing money so far, but now coupled with the rising costs my health has taken, it's not becoming sustainable anymore.
I don't like having to ask this, but if you are able to help out, I would appreciate if you considered pledging to my Patreon to help keep the Library of Ohara sustainable. Of course, if you yourself are struggling as well, please don't worry, but if you can afford it and would like to help content like mine continue to be made, I'd appreciate if you could help out during this difficult time!
For those who pledge to my Supernova tier or higher ($10 a month), you can get early access to the Interactive One Piece World Map Project. This is a massive project I've been working on for the past 5 years to make a fully interactive map of the world with an incredible level of detail and extensive features to help you learn more about this beautiful world. The map will be available for free as an open resource for the community at some point in the near future, but you can access it right now by pledging to the aforementioned tier! Link to Patreon can be found in my Twitter bio!
I'm really sorry about having to ask help like this, but I would like to keep betting on making high quality content and special projects like this one rather than start creating low quality entertainment like YouTube now increasingly demands. And again, even if you can't help, just being there for me this whole time has been an incredible honor. Thank you for being there with me on this journey and I hope that you can find all the joy in your life as well!
TL;DR: My current health issues and difficulties over YouTube's oversaturation of low quality content have made it difficult for the Library of Ohara to remain sustainable long term. If you are able to help out, I would be very grateful if you could help support my content through Patreon, and you can get access to my Interactive World Map Project early through it! Thank you for all your support!!
Barbara Troy, my mother, is a One Piece character now 💙🏴☠️ Be sure to pause on the newspaper in One Piece Season 2 Episode 5 to see an on-screen "One Piece-ified" tribute to my mother's life. My mom bought me my first volume of #OnePiece in 2003 and watched as I maintained being a fan over the years. She knew exactly what the story meant to me and got to see the first season air, loved it, wore T-shirts supporting the show, and was sure to tell anyone who came into her bar to watch every episode and get ready for Season 2 to see what her son was helping write. I have no doubts that I gravitated to One Piece precisely because of her, because I admired how inclusive Eiichiro Oda's story was for differently abled people. It was the first story I saw with characters that had parental figures like mine. See, my mother lost her leg and mobility in her arm when I was young, but just like all of the strong-willed characters in One Piece who continually push, smile, and laugh through adversity, Mom never gave up. Even when told straight to her face, she'd never walk again. In the same way "never" and "no" wouldn't work for Luffy, Barbara Troy learned to walk again-- and even dance, but most important of all, she laughed. A lot. Whenever I'd be feeling down, I'd look to her, see her smiling through everything, and it would put me back on track. She inspired me the same way Luffy and the Straw Hats inspire others, and I'm so proud to see her name up there. I know she'd get a real kick out of it. I sure do. Special thanks to the showrunners for offering me this space to honor her, easily one of the most generous and meaningful acts anyone has ever done for me, not only in this business, but ever. And the biggest thanks of all will (of course) always go out to Mom, whose immeasurable love, support, and determination were always my compass-- and even though those don't work in the Grand Line, I've got an Eternal Pose now that points right to her. 😁🏴☠️💙
I'd like to share a very important health update for the Library of Ohara. I'd appreciate if you could give it a read if you have the time (TL;DR summary at the end):
As some of you know since I've brought it up before, I've been suffering from severe health issues across the past decade of my life. A lot of it involved physical problems, such as chronic fatigue that left me bedridden, incessant physical pain that tortured me continuously, and many more issues that made it hard to live a regular life. But at the core of it all, so much of it was caused by a complex post-traumatic stress disorder caused by harsh childhood abuse, one far more severe than most average cases.
Over several years though, I always held the desire to never give up, to overcome both my mental and physical health issues. Through years of work on therapy, medical work, and personal life improvements, I kept making progress, even if the journey took many years and many setbacks. However, this past year, I feel I made the most considerable step in my life. Despite some lingering issues, I was starting to see results, starting to live a life in which I didn't live spending every day in constant fear. Thanks to that, I've been able to achieve incredible things this year, including getting to travel cross-country across Japan, work on personal life projects such as learning how to draw, and more than anything, just learning to live in peace. Quite frankly, during this year I felt the best I ever have in my adult life. It's been incredible.
Unfortunately, over the last months of the year, I had the misfortune of suffering from a couple of health incidents. Things that aren't very serious or permanent medically speaking, but that I feel unfortunately caused that trauma to stir again, which resulted in a serious relapse of my health issues as my trauma reactivated again. Thanks to all the work I had done, this didn't hit as quickly or as strongly, but sadly it still aggravated itself to the point of now being in a state where I keep having daily panic attacks and feel so emotionally disassociated that it's hard to keep things in balance, on top of the physical symptoms.
Medically speaking, it makes sense: for all the progress I've made I'm still only halfway in my healing journey. And momentary relapses, especially under misfortunate circumstances like these, can happen. But emotionally speaking, I can't deny the frustration that it is to have achieved such incredible highs this year and yet being unable to appreciate them now during its closure. Like previous times it's happened, relapses like these are such a tough blow to motivation because it gives the false illusion that it's an inescapable cycle of suffering. And the thing is, I know it isn't, I know I'll get better again, but it's hard to really have confidence in that when you're stuck in the toxicity that is the negative headspace caused by constant anxiety on a clinical level beyond normal control.
As a result of this situation, you may have realized that a few of the latest videos have struggled a bit in their release schedule. Similarly, projects like the map, which is practically near completion, have also been delayed as it's hard to work on anything at the moment. This has been adding extra stress, because while I don't want to force myself to make content if I don't feel well, lowering ad revenue and financial struggles burdened by rising costs make it so that it's harder for me to not put out videos, which is all the more frustrating. Still, I hope you can be patient if there will be delays or other issues over the coming weeks because of my current condition, and I'm grateful for your understanding.
What this year has taught me more than anything else, is that happiness and peace in life don't come from reaching a point where everything is perfect and all your issues vanish away. But it's about learning to let go of trying to control everything and accept that things will happen in life, good and bad. That real joy isn't about achieving a perfect utopia, but learning to enjoy life even when things don't go right. So for as harsh as this period has been, I want to keep believing that things will continue to improve, and that even among this struggle there are things I can cherish and look back on. For as much as the mental negativity within me would have me think otherwise, I believe in the strength that took me this far.
So I hope that, whatever struggles may befall you, that you can continue to believe in that hope as well! And I hope as things improve again, that I can continue creating a lot more over the coming year and beyond, as there's still a lot of ideas I have in store and would like to share! Thank you for your endless support across time and I hope that we can continue this journey together until the end, and beyond!
TL;DR: Though this year I have made incredible progress with my health issues, an unfortunate relapse has left me once again in a debilitated position that makes it harder to publish content. However, I have faith that like in the past, I can recover once more and be at peace with myself. Thank you for your understanding and support!
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Aprieta el ❤️!
Lunes decimos ganador!
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#50EC | Concertàs de @partiperes on hem descobert la cançó del 50è 🎤
“I ara em diu que en fan cinquanta,
tants dissabtes que ni els pots comptar.
I em diu que m’hi passi alguna tarda
I entendré per què no ho pot deixar.” ✨
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The OLYMPIC UPDATE for HADES II is here!!🌒
Our first Major Update in Early Access is practically mountain-sized!⛰️🦅
📝Patch notes:
https://t.co/XloaPOAYSu
Play now:
🌜Steam: https://t.co/MwAiwL8ZeW
🌜Epic: https://t.co/bKD6BvLhw6
#HadesGame#Hades2
It's been over 10 years since we released Rogue Legacy 1, and in the pursuit of sharing knowledge, we are officially releasing the source code to the public.
https://t.co/BwIYTBIn7X
Eternal thanks to @flibitijibibo for setting this up, and being with us since the beginning.
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Lunes decimos ganador
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Llega el finde y toca repartir alegría.
50 euros para gastar en Amazon van a ser para una de las personas que hagan RT🔁 y sigan a Chollometro
PD: Si me amas dale ❤️ para que el poder del chollo te acompañe . Y atentos porque... El lunes decimos ganador.
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🙀Si superamos los 20K RTs y los 10K ❤️sortearemos 3 cheques de 75€. Miércoles decimos ganador.
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OJITO! Un cheque de 50 euros (para Amazon España) va a ser para una de las personas que haga 🔁RT a este tweet y nos siga.
Dale mucho ❤️ para que el poder del chollo te acompañe. El lunes decimos ganador/a
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50 euros para gastar en Amazon van a ser para una de las personas que hagan RT🔁 y sigan a Chollometro
PD: Si me amas dale ❤️ para que el poder del chollo te acompañe .
Y estate atento porque...
El lunes decimos ganador y...
Puedes ser tú!
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50 euros para gastar en Amazon van a ser para una de las personas que hagan RT🔁 a este tweet y sigan a Chollometro
PD: Dale ❤️ a tope para que te acompañe el chollo power! El lunes decimos ganador
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Queréis la consola de moda, así que vamos a sortear 3 consolas R36S, con sistema de código abierto, 64GB y un montón de juegos retro
-Haz retweet para participar y síguenos
Dale todo el ❤️!!!!
Lunes decimos ganadores!
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Un cheque de 50 euros (para Amazon España) va a ser para una de las personas que haga 🔁RT a este tweet y siga a Chollometro.
PD: Dale mucho ❤️ para que el poder del chollo te acompañe. El lunes decimos ganador/a
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Un CHEQUE AMAZON 50€ va a ser para una de las personas que haga 🔁RT a este tweet y siga a Chollometro.
Dale mucho ❤️ para tener de tu parte el poder del chollo. El viernes decimos ganador/a.
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¡Un cheque de 50 euros (para Amazon España) va a ser para una de las personas que haga 🔁RT a este tweet y siga a Chollometro!
Dale mucho ❤️ para que el poder del chollo te acompañe. El lunes decimos ganador/a.
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Un cheque de 50 euros (para Amazon España) va a ser para una de las personas que haga 🔁RT a este tweet y siga a Chollometro.
PD: Dale mucho ❤️ para que el poder del chollo te acompañe. El lunes decimos ganador/a
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