This is a Master Mini Commission, the last one done for 2025. This one simply wanted to see Eren, Yuji and Denji shoot together, so here that is. I was a little unsatisfied with the view of my initial sketch, so I added a quick undercarriage view so y’all can see the action a bit better.
Mikasa and Ember are an interesting pair, as they have a sort of two-pronged path bringing them together. On the one hand, Mikasa’s partner Eren has worked multiple times with Ember’s partner Silas, including one foursome that involved both girls. Beyond that, Mikasa’s been exploring this goth arc recently, and while I don’t intend for it to be a main feature of her character in the Studio, it is a fun angle to revisit and one that fits well with Ember’s spooky Halloween roots.
I very nearly did something similar to this for Yelena’s Ask a while back but went a different way, but I used this project as an excuse to go back to it. As for the dialogue, I think there’s a couple different possible interpretations for what Yelena could be referring to when comparing the Jaeger brothers, but I’ll leave it open.
So there’s been a couple times where Silas and Eren have ended up sharing screentime together. I was just kinda tickled by the idea of Silas answering how he does here, and Eren showing a bit of a different side as well. I’m not sure exactly what it is about these two that I think is cute, but I hope some of y’all will agree.
Also, for anyone interested, here’s the Q&A video I did for Subscribers last month:
In Erwin’s last Ask I mentioned he was somewhat like Nanami, so I figured there wasn’t any better candidate for someone he could unwind with.
So Hange and Ilse never got to meet in the actual canon of Attack on Titan, which is sort of the basis for this Ask. Hange finds and studies Ilse’s journal, which has valuable information on the only recorded instance of a titan talking, so I think it’s natural to assume she’d seek Ilse out for more info as soon as she heard she was in the Studio. Hange may not have to deal with titans in the Studio ever, but I doubt her fascination would die any with the separation.
In Attack on Titan, Erwin’s very driven, but the thing that drives him is a lack of understanding about the world he lives in. Spoiler alert, but the tragedy of his character is that he dies like right before they get a lot of the answers he was looking for. In the Studio, of course, that burden would be lifted. Studio Erwin has access not only to information about his world, but worlds he never could’ve even imagined. I imagine he’s somewhat like Nanami, in that he’s able to unwind a bit more in the Studio, even if he remains a somewhat serious person. I won’t get into why I chose this method for him to unwind, other than I think Armin owes him one.
Also, for anyone interested, here is the Q&A video I did for Subscribers last month:
This page and the last both cover schtick I’ve had in mind for this match since the inception of the comic, so it’s nice to see them finally put to paper. The rest of the match will be all action, though, and we’ll see how Wolf handles Gojo’s natural advantages.
For those who don’t know, there’s a gag in Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out where her brother, Kiri, goes to a gym with Sakurai in it (without knowing who he is) and keeps getting incidentally aura mogged by him. This Ask is basically playing into that. I considered using Jun from Tomo-chan as Kiri’s partner, playing off the Ask he and Sakurai appeared in together, but in the end I decided to go with a completely different guy who still feels kinda comparable physically.
