Denji’s Celebration

When I first introduced the idea of Denji waiting for his first time to be with Makima, I didn’t really plan to ever draw Makima so that was just gonna be the joke. She ended up winning NHML before that Ask even went public, if I remember correctly, or just right around that time or something, so the joke got ruined pretty quickly. After that, I leaned more into the idea that Makima would want to string him along a bit, tease him slowly for a while. That ended up lasting longer than I’d originally thought it would, but the time’s finally come to wrap this arc up. So Denji’s fully on the market same as any other guy in the Studio now. Power was a little impatient and insisted on being involved in this shoot. For those interested in the minutia of lore, Denji and Makima decided to have his first time be a private affair, just the two of them without cameras present. This shoot is more a public announcement of his losing his v-card, or just a celebration.

Nobunaga MC

This here’s a Mini Commission for one of my Subscribers, featuring Nobunaga and Phinks from the Phantom Troupe in Hunter × Hunter. Every member of the Troupe has a spider tattoo somewhere, but like with a few other members in the past, Nobunaga’s is never shown so I didn’t include it here. The Subscriber who submitted this MC idea didn’t specify that Nobunaga should have his hair down, but of the ways he does his hair in the series I thought this look would work best for this pic.

Kintaro Oe’s First Dare

There are some men in the Studio who are so in love with women that, even if they awakened as pansexual in the Studio, it’s a little hard to picture them choosing to go after other men for sex. Kintaro has at least kissed a guy once, canonically, but I’ve always tried to pair him with women who don’t feel too far off from the types of women he chased in Golden Boy. This Dare puts him out a little bit, but luckily for him there are some guys in the Studio who are also not too far off from his established type.

The Eizouken’s Closer, Page Seven

Here’s the final page for this little comic! I really enjoyed this one, and I hope y’all did as well. I feel like I haven’t gotten Kanamori out of my system, though, so I’m sure we’ll see more of her in other projects going forward. I know a few of you became fans of Sowande during this comic, too, so maybe we’ll see more of her in Asks or something down the line. I had originally only planned for this comic’s spot in my work schedule to be temporary, and to open up when it finished, but due to a few factors it’ll instead be replaced by Seiko’s Special Training, the first real page of which will be coming out before too long, I expect.

Eiko Magami’s First Dare

So, on the surface this is maybe not the most daring dare, and might seem like it’s just pairing two random strong characters. However, an important part of the lore here lies in a background gag in Project A-ko. We only see Eiko’s parents in passing, but it’s a running joke that her parents are Superman and Wonder Woman, though they never state it outright. Now, obviously her dad isn’t the Superman from My Adventures with Superman she’s paired with here, but I think she might be able to recognize even an alternate-universe version of her dad, glasses or not. It just took her a bit for it to really click, which we see here.

Cheelai and Toji

Cheelai won our Superstar Tournament on Discord, which gives her the right to pick any Studio member she hasn’t worked with before for a shoot. I did this one a little different than previous winners, but hopefully y’all won’t mind. Cheelai was looking for a specific experience with her victory shoot, but Toji wasn’t really willing to give it to her until she egged him on a bit.

Really, my initial idea for these two was just this second panel, but I was worried it wouldn’t be clear enough who she’d picked. Adding a panel to the scene allowed me to tell a bit more of a story, though, and it fits with both characters’ Studio presentation so far so I think it worked out.

Yoruichi Superstar

We did another one of our Discord voting tournaments, where 512 different Studio members were pitted against each other. Like before, our runner-up gets a pin-up while our winner will work with someone they never have before, of their choosing. Yoruichi was our second place winner this time, which feels a bit overdue as she’s been in or around the final four of every tournament we’ve run up to now (if memory serves). Since Yoruichi debuted in a pin-up I tried to do it a bit different for her here, from the other side and with a toy to vary it up.