This Ask jumped out to me for a couple reasons, which I tried to include here. First, this is just kinda a weird crossover, which I like. Mikasa, for as long as she’s been in the Studio now, still hasn’t picked up on every little fashion trend or whatever from other worlds. I thought her initial misunderstanding would be cute but understandable. I also think this could, potentially, spin into a follow-up Ask or something later if there’s interest. It’d require someone to Ask the right question, but maybe we’ll get to see Mikasa try out a goth look somewhere down the line.
I’ve drawn Vegeta with Goten at least once for the NHS Calendar (need to get back to that soon) but it was the shota version of the latter. Of course I’ve drawn Goten topping Gohan a fair bit, though again it was with different versions of the characters. I don’t believe I’ve ever drawn him with Gohan, and technically I still haven’t drawn him inside of Gohan due to how the dynamic of this threesome played out. I figured this might be a fun chance to explore a little something here with these versions of Gohan and Goten, and I hope people enjoy seeing them like this.
I haven’t seen Shikimori’s Not Just a Cutie in a while, but I feel like she’d be fine sharing her boyfriend in the Studio. These two have a cute friendship in the anime, and we haven’t really seen Izumi since his debut. There’s actually a bit more Shikimori content planned that you might end up seeing come out in, like, a month.
For Subscribers, this Ask went up on Easter. I’ll often avoid holiday-themed Asks since they go public so much later, but I feel this one won’t be too out of place even in July. I had an idea for how Chica might feel about this question immediately, but then I thought her being a chicken might also inform her opinion on the proliferation of egg imagery in Easter. I also just haven’t gotten to do much with Chica outside of her game content, so I thought seeing her again might be fun.
So this Ask focused on Cabba and Vegeta’s student/pupil dynamic, but I thought that King Vegeta might have some other thoughts he’d want to get off his chest. Cabba’s worked with Tarble in the past, so he knows him, but I imagine King Vegeta would have some complicated feelings about his other son now that he’s settled down in a different environment.