I know the art on this one’s a bit simple, but when I thought about Jiro applying her love of music within the Studio some interesting things came up I thought would be interesting to share. While I have no immediate plans to do anything with the concept of Jiro putting together a Studio band (mostly ’cause I’m not really sure how I’d use the idea, although I have a couple ideas), the concept sounded fun and it’d be kinda interesting to see who she recruits down the line.
I was considering this Ask at first purely just because I like Gamo-chan and haven’t drawn her in a bit. As I thought about it more, though, their dynamic fleshed out a bit in my mind. Kobeni does kind of naturally lend herself to being bullied, so it wasn’t hard to fit them together like this. I think this is a bit of an unconventional crossover, but I had fun pairing these two up.
It’s always tough writing for characters from shows I know nothing about. When I was looking up Sister Ivry clips on YouTube I saw comments where people were talking about being her pet… I don’t know if that’s a thing from the show or just normal internet thirsting, but I also saw a lot of shots of Rebecca with kitty ears and I drew my inspiration from there.
I don’t know if I’ve addressed it before, but there’s been a bit of a pattern of me answering this type of Ask (pairing up “science” gals with other “science” gals) with this position. I thought it’d be fun to do the same with Hange, and Thomas Edison came to mind as someone who might be closer to Hange’s level than a lot of the sci-fi mad scientist characters in the Studio.