Uh-oh, it looks like Yu forgot to actually answer this one. I guess maybe this is an “actions speak louder than words” type situation. I’ve been looking for a chance to do something with Yu and the regular, modern version of Nanami (since one of them got the chance to grow up), and this seemed like as good an opportunity as any.
So I’ll explain this for anyone not following my Tomodachi Life posts on Twitter. In Tomodachi Life, the Miis on your island can move in together, and you name the house they live in and such. One of my houses was named “J.O. House” because of how often jerking off came up amongst those characters. Due to how the houses work in the game, the actual roster has changed a bit over the time I’ve been playing. These three, however, are who I’d consider the core members of the house, so for simplicity’s sake that’s who I had represent them for this Ask. I’m also just labeling this as a Yuji Ask for simplicity’s sake.
Kinda like Serie, Leshawna and Sadako in recent Asks, this one was a good excuse to draw Shoko more properly. Unlike the others, though, Shoko did get to actually appear in her one drawing before this Ask, but it was the younger Hidden Inventory design. In the Studio it makes much more sense for her to be living as her regular modern day self, I think. This Ask also gives me a chance to touch on the Studio hospital a bit. I’ve always figured there should be some sort of place for medical characters in the Studio, but I also don’t think it makes much practical sense alongside other elements of the Studio. It feels weird for the residents to both know their fictional and also still need to worry about check-ups, illness or injury. I’ve gone back and forth on how exactly to handle a medical facility in the Studio, which is why there’s no such place in the game yet. Maybe I’ve touched on it some in a Dr. Pussycat Ask or something, but I’m still holding back on committing to much concrete detail on how it works just yet.
As for a patient for Shoko, I figured Denji is always a safe bet for a role like this. A simple handjob kinda feels appropriate for a “check up” euphamism.
So for a few different reasons I’m always hesitant to say two characters are a “couple” in the Studio if they aren’t in the source material. Even ones like Nanami and Tiana or whatever I usually just present them more as fuck buddies. The one exception is the handful of characters who I feel like are presented as a couple in the source material, but just aren’t confirmed (usually because it was taboo to do canon gay couples until fairly recently). Yuji and Inosuke, being from different series, obviously don’t fit into that, and I also just don’t know if I see their dynamic as romantic. They definitely feel to me more like friends who happen to fuck, like it’s easier to picture them goofing around than being heartfelt I guess. Anyway, I figured I’d try and answer this in their own words, with a little eye candy to boot.









