So there’s probably more restaurant owners than I can think of in the Studio. Off the top of my head I can think of at least one other one, but when thinking about this Ask I was kinda drawn to bring back Himeka Manaka, the mother from PriPara who works as a chef at an Italian restaurant with her husband. Her husband isn’t in the Studio, but I liked the idea of her and Tiana’s restaurants being close enough to consider each other rivals. Now, for a few different reasons there wouldn’t be anything resembling a real rivalry there, it’s not like the real world where there’s a risk of going out of business or anything like that. But I figured it was a good excuse to bring back this character I haven’t drawn in ages, and give Tiana another left-field anime character she interacts with in the Studio.
I started this picture almost a year ago in June. I don’t know what made me want to come back to it and finish it, but I decided to go ahead and do just that. I haven’t done much with PriPara in a while, and this is the first time I’ve done anything with characters besides Gloria.
Since I know most people who follow my blog probably won’t be familiar with this show, I’ll try and explain the relationships here. On the left we have Laala (the main character) and her mother Himeka. On the left is the school’s principle Gloria and Mirei, the class representative and Laala’s close friend. This is spoilers, but Himeka and Gloria were best friends in childhood, and reconnected as adults because of Laala and her passion for PriPara (the show’s central location, a place where girls can become idols).
I really, really want to do a lot more with this show. It’s super cute, and I even made an AMV with it a while ago. I stopped watching it about a year ago, and I know there have been a lot of new characters introduced since then. I don’t know whether I’ll get around to drawing any of them, but I for sure want to do more with Glora (maybe something solo with Himeka, but I’d also like to pair her up with more of the students). I also would like to do a picture similar to this with Laala and Mirei both paired with their mothers, and the group’s third member Sophy paired with her big sister Cosmo. Who knows when I’ll get around to any of that, but I’m sure this won’t be the last time this show pops up on my blog.


