This is a Master Mini Commission for one of my Subscribers, featuring Frieza getting it from best pals Goku and Krillin.
The Near Hentai Monthly Lady for May 2025 is Rias Gremory, a character I think some people are pretty fond of. Personally I never saw the appeal to High School DxD, it always felt to me sort of like an imitation of anime… Like the characters, world and story all give me the impression of a cheap knock-off of tropes and trends that were already dying out by the time it aired. I guess for that reason it’s always felt more like the anime you’d make to be on a TV in a different show, something familiar but without any real depth, character or charm of its own. Sorry if that’s too harsh, that’s just kinda how I think of it. At any rate, I didn’t want to just draw Rias with Issei, so I through in Akeno to spice it up a bit.
With this post, NHML nominations for the month of June are now open. For those who don’t know, I’ll run down the rules real quick. Nominations are limited to one per person. You can nominate any female character you want, provided I have not drawn her within the past calendar year (though I prefer characters I’ve never drawn, period). Previous NHML winners are not eligible for a second time. Nominees must also not be from the same franchise as this month’s winner, High School DxD. If you violate any of those rules, I’ll let you know, and you can nominate someone else. I know it can be hard to keep track of these things. You may nominate by either commenting in the cBox, commenting on this post, or emailing me (Nearphotison2010@yahoo.com). I’ll compile a list of the nominees in the sidebar of this site, and then on June 1st I will use a randomizer to select the winning character who I will proceed to draw sometime that month. I look forward to seeing who you all nominate this time around!
This is pretty similar to an Ask I did for Natsu a while back. I had a good idea how Kizuku would answer, though, and we haven’t seen him in a minute.
And with this we officially wrap up our second straight ongoing comic through SubscribeStar. I took a few liberties with the script here, but I think we’ve got a nice full circle moment I hope everyone will appreciate. I don’t know yet what the next comic for this slot will be, but I hope it’ll be a good one!
It’s honestly an insane bit of coincidence that our April One-Shot winner ended up being this April O’Neil-focused script, but I’m here for it. April has a unique presence in the Studio, showing up in a lot of roles (such as the Spotlight Interviews or hosting Chi-Chi’s Fan Appreciation Tour) while only getting the spotlight shone on her occasionally. For the script here it was said April should be showing up in locations from the game, but I ended up not going that route as I had some other ideas I thought would be fun. So I put her with A-ko and Goku in the room where she MC’d A-ko’s ToL match with Krillin, had her crash an Ask that didn’t happen last month, and also made use of the couch seen in the aforementioned Spotlight Interviews. I did use a game location for the last panel, though. Also they asked for some dialogue, so I provided a bit.
Anna was the last of the three-way tie for this First Shoot poll. While I don’t feel like I do a ton of Shaman King stuff these days, I did have a while where I was doing it somewhat regularly, usually with Yoh. Since almost all of the SK content I’ve done was yaoi, though, Anna just didn’t come up much. I had one Subscriber who pushed for her a lot, though, and she ended up in NHML nominations and similar things. I put her on the poll and, well, she just barely made it in with Nolan and Namari. With her random partner here, I thought they might connect over some shared frustrations with their respective partners/love interests/whatever.
This is a Mini Commission for one of my Subscribers, featuring Fasha with Bardock and King Vegeta. I can’t imagine any way this situation would’ve come up canonically, but it’s fair game in the Studio. Mini Commission selection is random, and if I’d known we’d be getting this pic so soon after the Dare with Bardock and King Vegeta I might’ve picked a different one, haha.
For the Near Hentai Studio Tour, I have lists of characters who I think would be good fits for different locations. Both of these ladies are on the list for the library, and if there’s every a focused library update they’ll likely both be involved. Either that, or there’ll be a voyeur scene not unlike this one. Either way, I thought it’d be fun to see both Belle and Sylvia again with this Ask.
This is a first-time commission from a new Lord Tier Subscriber, a rarity ’round these parts. They’re a big supporter of Bolin, and wanted to see him with Bryce Callahan from Jock Studio. Jock Studio’s a new game from Mikkoukun, the creator of Camp Buddy (which I’ve drawn a couple times in the past). Where Camp Buddy was about gay camping, Jock Studio’s about gay jocks, which I guess you could figure out from the name. I mostly know Jock Studio through buzz about it on my Discord, so I hope fans of the game will enjoy seeing Bryce debut here with Bolin.