Vaoger.ron l Moki SZN ✨

I told my parents work has been hard lately. They texted back a childhood photo of me and just two words. Seeing the pic reminded me of my childhood, where I moved around quite a bit and dealt with a lot of racism when my family came to America. It was hard to make friends. but I had DBZ. I had Pokemon. I had Yu-Gi-Oh. Those worlds and games gave me somewhere to belong when I felt like I didn't belong anywhere. Now I'm building the thing I wish existed when I was that kid. An anime world with characters and cards and stories that people can play with, collect, and share with each other. And through that connection, be able to find a community. That's what Azuki is to me. Sure, we used NFT technology to create PFPs. That's our origin story that I'll always stand behind. And I'm fully aware of the negative perceptions that people have of it. But that doesn't change the quality of the physical card game that the team has poured our all into, the stories that we create, or the passion that people in the community have. We all sit down at a table to play a game of Azuki TCG just like every other player and game. Some days are harder than others. But I look at this photo and I know that kid would be proud of where I am today. Oh and the two words from my parents (in traditional asian parent fashion), were simply: "Be strong." 😂 IKZ! ✊