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Originally this site was named VMWJ, after me. Between v2 and v3, I changed the name to Weakling, because... I am one. And also because it's more memorable than VMWJ.

v1: Summer 2023: I don't have any screenshots or code from this version, but it was very simple. Each page had one big centered image. All the text was centered. The background and text colors were selected from the image. The most complex page was my Mankatsu shrine, which I also don't have any images of (I still have the code, but I don't care enough about archiving to recreate the page just to screenshot it.) (I made it because there's weirdly little info about Mankatsu in English online.)

v2: Summer/fall 2023: Pretty much the same as v1, but I tried to make a nicer homepage with iframes and "featured images" and stuff. And a marquee. The Mankatsu shrine is still featured.

v2 homepage, but the monitor size got all messed up for some reason
I'm hesitantly dating these concept drawings as having been made between v2 and v3, since Mankatsu isn't mentioned, but the site's name is still VMWJ

v3: Sometime in 2024: I changed the url to weakling. I decided I didn't care enough about Mankatsu to keep a shrine. The homepage looks radically different because I realized I didn't have to try in vain to copy other people's websites. My Lupin III shrine was massive and full of unimportant opinions. I kept a media log.

v3 homepage. The background image was fixed. The top image went to my Lupin shrine, the left to my about page, and the right to my media log.
v3 reading log. I did end up submitting to peer/fatherly pressure and making a Goodreads and a Letterboxd.
Old Lupin III shrine. For some reason the logo image (the one that should be to the left of the video) was a webp?? How did I let that slip through?
I used to have short reviews of, like, every single Lupin thing. Why??? Who cares??? (This is the page on theatrical releases, but there were also similar-looking ones for TV specials, TV shows, just Part I, and chapters of the manga (never finished that one))

v4: Summer 2025: CURRENT: I realized that a) my site didn't really feel like it was "mine" and b) the primary reason I wanted to have a site was to share my drawings, whether or not I'm confident in them. Everything was redone: the Lupin III shrine was shrunk, other shrines were added, this archive was added, the gallery (most importantly) was added, I started using my own photos and pictures of my clothes and my quilt as backgrounds, and I made a button. Now, Weakling feels like MY site, and I love it very much.


Below is the SCM playlist below used to accompany the Lupin III shrine. I wanted to preserve this playlist publicly because it absolutely slaps. If you're not inclined to listen to the whole thing, I would specifically recommend "M1 full size" as it is criminally underrated (probably because of the lack of name). Also the Bossa and Fusion album. I like that one.
"Afro Lupin '68 (Mellow Version)" - Lupin ZERO soundtrack
"Funny Walk in Old Fashion" - Lupin the Third Original Soundtrack 2
"Just Fall in Love - LUPIN THE THIRD JAZZ ~ Bossa and Fusion
"Lonely for the Road (Unedited Version)" - Lupin the Third Original Soundtrack
"Lonely for the Road" - LUPIN THE THIRD JAZZ ~ Bossa and Fusion
"Love Squall (Po do amor)" feat. Sonia Rosa - LUPIN THE THIRD JAZZ ~ Bossa and Fusion
"Love Squall" - LUPIN THE THIRD JAZZ
"LOVE THEME" - LUPIN THE THIRD JAZZ - the 10th - New Flight
"Love Theme (Single Version)" - Lupin the Third Original Soundtrack
"Lupin The Third (A Tarde Cai)" feat. Sonia Rosa - LUPIN THE THIRD JAZZ ~ Bossa and Fusion
"M1 full size (Bonus Tracks)" - Episode 0: First Contact soundtrack
"Magnum Dance (Unedited Version)" - Lupin the Third Original Soundtrack
"Magnum Dance" - LUPIN THE THIRD JAZZ ~ Bossa and Fusion
"Manhattan Joke" - LUPIN THE THIRD JAZZ ~ Bossa and Fusion
"Memory of Smile (Pequena luz)" feat. Sonia Rosa - LUPIN THE THIRD JAZZ ~ Bossa and Fusion
"O Meu A Mor" - LUPIN THE THIRD JAZZ
"Silhouette (Unedited Version)" - Lupin the Third Original Soundtrack
"Stolen Moments (Flor espacial)" feat. Sonia Rosa - LUPIN THE THIRD JAZZ ~ Bossa and Fusion
"THEME FROM LUPIN III (2011 Slow Version)" - Blood Seal- Eternal Mermaid soundtrack
"Urban Shadow" - LUPIN THE THIRD JAZZ ~ Bossa and Fusion
"You Are Like Breeze" - The Castle of Cagliostro soundtrack