Bayonetta

Bayonetta NHML

The Near Hentai Monthly Lady for August 2024 is Bayonetta. I drew Bayonetta a handful of times back in 2020, but I don’t have a strong connection to these games so I haven’t done anything with her since. For this NHML pic I decided to stick with her Bayonetta 2 design, since that’s my favorite of her looks by a good measure, but decided to pair her with her best friend, Jeanne. What I have seen of these games makes me think I’d ship these two if I played them, and I figured this way we can still get some fresh blood into the Studio even if Bayonetta’s been around for a bit.

With this post, NHML nominations for the month of September 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, Bayonetta. 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 September 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!

Bayonetta Character Ask 2

This Ask was pretty straightforward. A lot of Bayonetta’s animations in her games are based on pole dancing and the like (from what I’ve seen, I’ve never played them), and it makes perfect sense she’d make use of the Near Hentai Studios strip club to put those talents to use.

Also, here is the Q&A video I did last month for subscribers, if anyone’s interested:

Princess Peach Character Ask 1

So this Ask presented a unique problem for me, and that was that I had too many answers I liked. Really, I think you could pair Peach up with anyone on the Smash roster and get something good. She’s just that versatile. However, I decided to narrow my options down to the female roster, which is where her line about catching up with “the girls”. All the characters listed here are runner-ups for this answer, basically, since it would’ve been impossible and impractical to just throw in everyone I like in the game. In the end I went with Bayonetta as the one pictured, just because she’s one of the few options who I’ve drawn before (and after talking with the asker of this question, she also seemed to be the one that this person was most interested in). I always want to do Smash content, but I end up stagnating on it just due to having too many enticing options (basically the same issue I described before). I will never have enough time to do all the ideas I have for Smash Bros., and as a consequence I end up doing none of them.

Also, I’m happy to announce that chapter three of my ongoing story Stained Capes has been added to the literature section. You can read it here: https://nearhentai.com/literature/stained-capes-chapter-three-the-butler-did-it/