Jujutsu Kaisen

Cheelai and Toji

Cheelai won our Superstar Tournament on Discord, which gives her the right to pick any Studio member she hasn’t worked with before for a shoot. I did this one a little different than previous winners, but hopefully y’all won’t mind. Cheelai was looking for a specific experience with her victory shoot, but Toji wasn’t really willing to give it to her until she egged him on a bit.

Really, my initial idea for these two was just this second panel, but I was worried it wouldn’t be clear enough who she’d picked. Adding a panel to the scene allowed me to tell a bit more of a story, though, and it fits with both characters’ Studio presentation so far so I think it worked out.

Yuki Tsukumo Character Ask 1

For Yuki’s spotlight One-Shot, an element of the script I ended up not utilizing was a request for bi elements. I felt like it distracted from the focus on her, and I ended up just not doing it. I figured this Ask would be a good way to make good on that a bit, and I tried to use characters who wouldn’t have been out of place in that OS.

Hot Yoga, Page Three

Here’s the third page of Hot Yoga! It took me a little longer than I’m comfortable with to get around to it, but this page kinda transitions us into what’ll be the main meat of the comic in the next page. Our boys seem to be having fun, and I hope y’all are too and will look forward to seeing what they get up to in the next page (whenever that comes out).

9S Character Ask 1

So while I played Drakengard a bit as a kid, I’ve never played a NieR game so if I misunderstood something about their androids I apologize. This answer makes sense to me, though. Mostly I thought this Ask might be a good chance to pair 9S up with one specific big-dicked guy in the Studio who seems like an obvious crossover partner for him. I don’t know if I’ll draw more of these two again, but I have a pretty good idea of what Gojo might think of 9S, and I think they’re a fun little pairing.

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

Tournament of Lust, Page Eleven

Sorry for the wait, but we’re now ready to officially start the third match of this tournament! We’ve got a new debuting character for our announcer here, and if you know anything about Ilse’s story then I’m sure you can surmise why she’s so excited to be here calling this match instead of what she had going on before. This is our first match with no Dragon Ball characters, and we’ve got a bit of a mismatch here. Wolf’s a scrappy underdog, but she’s also a wild child and is looking to get the drop early on Gojo.

It’ll probably be a bit until the next page, currently I’m not even really sure when I’ll start it. Hopefully it won’t be too long, but I have a lot of other stuff I’m wanting to work on in the meantime.

First Shoot #28 – Ylva

Ylva’s the third Vinland Saga character to win a First Shoot poll, and probably the last. I can’t really think of any other characters from that show I’m likely to include in one of these. Spoilers, but I’m aware she eventually reconnects with Thorfinn, and I’m sure her Studio counterpart will learn about/future remember that encounter eventually, but I thought it’d be more interesting if we got her between his leaving the family and then. It also allows her something to talk about with her random partner, who’s had her own complicated sibling relationship in the Studio.

Leave It All On the Court, Page Ten

And with this splash page we officially wrap up “Leave It All On the Court.” I hope people enjoyed this one. This is the second comic I’ve approached in this style, the first being “Closing Time,” and I think they’ve been largely successful comics both in audience reception and in overall turnaround. That being said, while I would like to do more like this, I will probably wait a bit before starting the next one until my schedule clears up a little bit.