Denji got to do a do-over with making out with Himeno at the 2023 Christmas party, but now he can go all the way with her. That won’t stop him from holding some things over her head, though.
I don’t know how many people will remember Marko here, but he showed up in an Applebridge Snapshot back in 2020. I know a lot of people immediately associate him with Mirio from MHA, for obvious reasons, but he’s actually based on both Mirio and a Pokémon character named Milo. Both have a number of things in common, and the idea for Marko was just that he’d be the same type of boy as them, even down to his name having the same similarities. Marko has a larger role to play much much later on down the line in Sunkissed Youth, so I thought it might be prudent to get a bio out for him. I have a couple more bios planned for characters who will eventually play a role in SY, so look for those sometime in the near future.
Although Asta established a connection with Inosuke in his last Ask, I don’t really picture Inosuke getting his bod from a gym. I do picture that quite easily for Obi, though, who Asta has worked with before. I figured he’d be a natural workout butt for Asta, and I thought they could try out a bit of an adventurous pose to really stretch and work those muscles.
This Scenario marks our first new character debut through this reward since I introduced the option. With the way the initial prompt is worded I think this could have been interpreted as them both riding solo dildos stuck to the ground or something, but I liked the idea of this double-ended dildo position better. Jasper’s a character I don’t have much personal interest in, but I like Garnet a lot and thought it’d be fun to see her with a larger woman like this. I stopped watching Steven Universe before Jasper became part of the group, but I tried to go with designs for the characters that would make sense for something like this to be happening.
So we’ve occasionally done these sorts of Asks, where the premise is built on two characters bearing a resemblance. Once of the points of comparison for Ed and Link, the prosthetic arms, isn’t really present in the Studio, but they’ve still got the blonde ponytail thing going on. I don’t think they’re quite close enough to warrant confusion, though, but I did think the idea of them being seen as a good pairing for a bigger top sounded fun. I actually had something I was toying with for a bit featuring these three characters specifically, and I thought this Ask would be a fun way to test the waters and see if y’all like this dynamic or would want to see more of them.
Of the three Eizouken girls, Tsubame’s the only one I expect to see make an appearance in this series. Kanamori’s mom doesn’t show up (I thought we did see her once from a distance, but it turns out that was her older sister), and I think we only really see Midori’s in the past, so there’s not really a modern design of her to use.
Tsubame’s on the other hand, plays a large role in the climax of the school festival arc, with both her and her husband seeing Tsubame’s animation for the first time. She’s a famous actress in the world of the show, and she seems like a pretty good mom (albeit one who’s too busy/distracted with work to spend much time with her daughter usually). At least she can make time for her here.
Kind of a simple little Ask here with maybe an obvious joke, but I feel like it’s been a minute since we’ve seen either of these two and I thought they’d pair well together.
Here’s another Near Pokédex F entry. Ampharos just kinda seemed like a fun one some people might enjoy seeing, so here she is.
So Corey and Loren don’t really have much in common. Even within the Applebridge canon they’re removed by the tax brackets of their parents, plus Corey’s like three or four years older than Loren. Still, I thought there could be some fun in highlighting how different they are, especially since Corey recently made acquaintances with someone who’s way more Loren’s type. As for Corey’s partner here, I couldn’t think of anyone tied to Loren who would fit (unfortunately Loren doesn’t have a grandma or anything who’s been introduced), so I instead partnered him with someone I’ve meant to pair him with for a while but never had a good chance to.
For our second “Damsel” ClashMe profile, Subscribers voted for Princess Jasmine from Aladdin. In the Studio, Jasmine’s gotten a bit into exploring a safe version of what would otherwise have been a traumatic experience. The ClashMe app is a useful way for her to find partners for it. You can view this profile as a bit of a preview for her DVD cover, too, whenever that comes around.