I mentioned wanting to pair Jiji and Yuji up back when I did that Ask with the two of them, but one other character I felt would pair well with him was Kirishima. Kirishuma doesn’t have quite as many obvious parallels to Jiji as Yuji does, but I just kinda feel like they make a good crossover pairing. This Ask seemed like as good an opportunity as any to test my theory.
Also, for those of you who’re interested, here’s the Q&A video I did for Subscribers last month:
I always figured whenever Jiji made it to the Studio, one of the first people I’d want to cross him over with would be Yuji. I’m far from the first to notice the parallels between them, to the point I wouldn’t be shocked if Dandadan’s writer some day said Jiji was directly inspired by Yuji. At any rate I thought this Ask would be a fun way to do something with them.
The winning One-Shot comic that’ll close out 2025 featured Dandadan, which I think is quite appropriate. Dandadan was a newer anime that I really took to, but I’ve only done a handful of pics with it so far (aside from one side project comic). This comic brings in most of the main cast that I hadn’t drawn yet, with a focus on Okarun and Jiji. The script made no mention of Turbo Granny, but I threw her in purely of my own volition.
