The Missing Manager's Fanlab

**The Missing Manager's Fanlab** (Japanese: **失踪管理人のふぁんらぼ**) or just **Fanlab** (Japanese: **ふぁんらぼ**) was an online activity record for the manager and companion site to Lomando.com hosted on the URL http://warotopi.shime-saba.com/. It began in 2013 and was last updated in December 2017, later declared inactive. The site was initially created to house blog posts written by the manager, though it was progressively updated to include much more content. Some of the site's contents were reintroduced in Lomando.com during the HTML5 update.

On November 30th, 2023, the site was officially discontinued and all of the pages excluding the homepage were deleted, which now contained a blog post about the future and cancellation of the site. The manager revealed this was due to most of the contents being integrated into Lomando.com.

## Pages

The site contained four sections (formerly six), each linking to another subsection or page. A list of every page currently known to exist on the site is listed below. Now, it only contains one section which is Index.html.

### Index.html

The homepage for the site and the only currently available URL. It contains a blog post titled "当サイト『ふぁんらぼ』の今後について" (About the future of this site, "Fanlab"), which reveals that most of the contents of the site that were still up had been moved to Lomando.com and the site was discontinued as a result. The manager also reveals they had intended to rework the site into something else, including a diary, a news site, or a blog about ramen, but couldn't think of any content that would bring in any traction. However, the manager states that he has decided to keep the site in case he gets an idea for what to use it for. Additionally, the manager encourages any visitors of the site to visit Lomando.com instead. The page was last updated on November 30th, 2023. The top banner contains a thought from the manager, wondering of any good ideas for the site that would give it popularity.

## Old Pages

These were pages that were either removed or replaced in 2023 and are no longer available.

### Index.html (old version)

The homepage for the site. It contains a link to Lomando.com with an image of Mimi and an update log for the game below it, including the PC and Mobile versions. There is also a mention of Lomando.com's appearance in magazines published by Tetsujinsya and My Way Publishing. The manager later added this blog to Lomando.com in the page Koushin.html. The page was last updated on December 2nd, 2017. The top banner contains a description of the site and a message stating that the site is no longer active.

### Kouryaku.html

This page contains a chapter-by-chapter walkthrough of version 1.47 of the PC version of Lomando.com, which is now outdated. The page also has an entirely different theme from the rest of the site, black and red, and has a banner containing Ichimatsuko. The manager later added an updated walkthrough to the game in Kouryaku.html. Each walkthrough chapter has a different .html page attached to it, from Chapter1.html-Chapter7.html. The page was last updated on September 24th, 2015 when it was first created. The top banner contains the text "タスケテ・・・," meaning "Help me..."

### Kouryakusmp.html

This page contains a chapter-by-chapter walkthrough of an earlier version of the smartphone version of Lomando.com, which is now oudated. The page has a similar theme to Kouryaku.html, with each walkthrough chapter also having an .html page attached to it, from Chaptersmp1.html-Chaptersmp3.html. The page was last updated on September 24th, 2015. Unlike every other page on the site, this page does not have a top banner and simply has a red-colored hyperlink back to Index.html. It is also the only current page that is not accessible from the buttons, only being found through a link in Kouryaku.html.

### Lsticker.html

This page contains information about each LINE sticker set and preview images for each set. There are also charts that reveal the initial application, review, and eventual acceptance dates for each set. The page was last updated on September 24th, 2015, when the final sticker set was approved for release. The top banner contains an advertisement for a book about creating LINE stickers.

### Link.html

Houses links to sites with materials used for Lomando.com, the manager's favorite Flash sites, and a link to his Twitter page. The page was last updated on September 28th, 2015. The top banner states the page's purpose.

## Older Pages

These pages were originally included on the site but were removed in late 2015.

### Fancyisland.html

This page contained an exact duplicate of the top page. It was originally meant to house the update log instead of the main page, which would display one of the manager's blogs.

### Nekoshow.html

This page contains a list of videos that the manager has uploaded to YouTube, including now unlisted and private ones. The videos are divided into four sections: "Rhythm" (リズム系), "Surreal FLASH Animation Nekoshow" (シュールFLASHアニメねこショー), "Fancy Island Walkthrough Videos" (ふぁんしーあいらんど攻略動画), and "Other Videos" (その他の動画).

### Zakki.html

This page contains a complete list of the blog posts uploaded to the site. A full list of blog posts can be found below.

#### 131026.html

This entry serves as an introduction to the blog, stating that it has been set up to post release notes & updates for Lomando.com and miscellaneous writings.

#### 131027.html

A blog post titled "I have completed SIREN NT" (SIREN NTクリアしました) that is currently lost. The blog likely discussed the manager beating "Siren: New Translation", a horor video game released on the PlayStation 3.

#### 131102.html

A blog post titled "SPEC" that is currently lost. Its contents are unknown.

#### 131104.html

A blog post titled "This year after all" (結局今年も) that is currently lost. Its contents are unknown.

#### 131108.html

A blog post titled "I photoshopped skin off..." (フォトショで皮膚が剥がれ…) that is currently lost. It's possible that the blog post was about the manager designing a character for Lomando.com in Adobe Photoshop.

#### 131110.html

A blog post titled "I created a wooden hallway in Photoshop" (フォトショで木造廊下を作る) that is currently lost. It's possible that the blog post was about the manager designing a new area in Lomando.com, specifically the brown-colored hallway in Pdaieolyaam.html and Dpiaoeyla258am.html as the description is similar.

#### 131211.html

This entry describes a walkthrough video for Ver. 1.37 of Lomando.com that was uploaded to mousoumanager's YouTube channel. It states that the video takes a direct route to the gallery and is helpful for those who are stuck, also noting that it contains spoilers and may reduce enjoyment if watched before playing the game. The video itself is currently lost.

#### 140812.html

This entry contains very similar content to the previous, instead describing a walkthrough for Ver. 1.47 of Lomando.com uploaded to YouTube that also takes a direct route to the gallery.

#### 150722.html

An announcement for Fanlab being upgraded drastically. The manager thanks the fans for their continued support and promises new content for the site.

#### 150723.html

An announcement for a new campaign called "Cool Summer Plan" and a new celebratory day for Lomando.com, called "Fancy Island Day", which takes place on August 14th, the day the Fancy Island Amusement Park was founded in the game's Story. The campaign aimed to reduce temperatures by 1℃ across Japan. To participate, visitors would have to tweet #ふぁんしーあいらんど (#Fancy Island) on August 14th either manually or using the share button on the page.

#### 150729.html

This entry contains a word of thanks to fans of Lomando.com and specifically Mesa-san, a content creator who made several videos about Lomando.com, for helping Volume 1 of the LINE sticker sets to reach the Top 500 sticker ranking on the app. The manager greatly thanks Mesa-san for boosting the game's popularity and fans of the game for their continued support.

#### 150912.html

This entry is a non-Lomando.com-focused blog from the manager about the Japanese late-night show "Milleniums" ending on September 14th, 2015. He shares information about the show and his feelings about the discontinuation.

#### 150913.html

Another non Lomando.com-focused blog about the Japanese TV drama show "Lonely Gourmet" premiering its fifth season on October 2nd, 2015. He describes what he enjoys about the show and other information about it.

## Gallery

An image containing three Nekoshow LINE stickers added to the end of the 2023 homepage.Negative-styled 2023 logo.Site logo used from 2015-2023.Old logo/banner for the site.Header image for Kouryaku.html.An advertisement for Fanlab used in the old version of Smpindex.html.Another advertisement for Fanlab.Ditto, but with different text in the first slide.
## References

1. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20231203174812/https://warotopi.shime-saba.com/
2. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20151005221303/http://warotopi.shime-saba.com/
3. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20131230013106/http://warotopi.shime-saba.com/fancyisland.html