For a few years now, I’ve had a tradition of doing little pics pairing up my top male and female performers with their “rookie” counterparts. These are the characters who appeared the most in my work in 2025, and we had a lot of ties this year.
Seiko came away in the clear as the top rookie woman, thanks in part to the start of her own comic on top of appearing in a lot of other things. Our top non-rookie was a three-way tie, all of whom also had some comic pages come out during the year. Kanamori and Butt Witch were the stars of this pic last year for Kanamori’s debut, and I mentioned at the time that she actually beat Butt Witch in appearances. This year they both tied with Bulma, who funnily enough has worked with each of them in the past. Now all three of them are kinda ganging up on Seiko, ’cause lucky for her they’re all three known for topping other women. I think this is a fun pic, and as a fan of Seiko’s I’m happy to see her in such good company.
Like with the female performers, we had some ties with our top male performers, but at least here there was more symmetry. Yuji and Goku both tied for our top returning males, while Al and Sero tied for our male rookies. It honestly didn’t feel to me like I drew Sero as much as I did Al, but that’s probably in part because he served a mostly-anon role in one of his appearances. Regardless, I decided to pair Al up with Goku, since last year’s version of this pic had Goku with Ed. That left Sero with Yuji, naturally.
