Day 96 of 243: the clues

Prepare for day 96. As usual, I couldn't help but drop some clues over social media even though I'm supposed to be on a self-imposed break. It culminated in this minor variant of the color-bar header, where a character silhouette stands inside the vertical blue bar at the right. I'll touch upon this later.

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Throughout the last two weeks, I've been following up on a series I was indirectly exposed to on October 17, 2015. I binge-watched it over the course of nearly two days, while leaving the last two episodes of its 2nd season for a few days later.

This is all because of two reasons:

1. Cineplex's website and app listed the movie, which takes place after said series, in mid-January 2016. At first, there had been no showtimes or ticket links listed, but two screening dates for early February soon showed up.
2. On October 17, 2015, I did get a cosplay character from that series to "do the usual"; you know, waving at my camera. Next thing I knew, someone in the room was playing the series' mobile game, which involves a mix of collectible cards, it being a rhythm game, and... what I refer to as LhS's, or light-hearted songs.

I even went ahead and claimed that it'd be tough to remember nine characters at once. But then again, this is not about Team Fortress characters now, is it? (There, I said it.)

While I refused to confirm or deny the matter at the time, I claimed the character in question had a fictional birthday two months after a certain bassist character from a different series. Hence the clue "January 15 + 2 months".

Speaking of which, if I didn't ask which character that was back on Oct. 17, I would have mistaken the aforementioned cosplay character for that bassist, probably because they have similar hair colors and wear similar outfits. And because both characters in question were shy to perform in front of an audience, plus they write lyrics to the LhS's their respective groups perform. Wow, I'm harsh.

This brings me to chapter 3a of Opposition/Resurrection episode 8, which I released today. Maybe my rotating interests in regards to these past few weeks as well as that first-encounter (there's that phrase again) on October 17, 2015 had something to do with an unnamed cameo. That is correct.

Take a closer look at this paragraph:

I even teased that there would be a character silhouette in the color bars, and now, here we are:

So which character:

• has a birthday on March 15,
• has long hair,
• is associated with the color blue,
• performs light-hearted songs, and
• is part of a nine-character group...?

I've given you the clues. Now find out for yourself. Just be wary of the LhS's they perform. They can be very mind-numbing. Here's the info.

-Jack

MMD model by Rondline, used for the character silhouette.