Crawling up the stairway to happiness

Just a girl who loves drawing and reading manga. Currently my favorite are Garasu no Kamen, Monster and Logh. https://www.etsy.com/shop/AlicePilouShop https://ko-fi.com/alicepilou

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Reading 20th Century Boys made me wonder what Johan would be like decades later. 🤔🤔

I found myself thinking: "What if one day someone met a middle-aged man and then discovered that man was Johan?" Or something along those lines.

As usual, the woman is the librarian from the canon, Yvonne in my headcanon.

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I made a figure of Josuke and Yasuho.

I wanted a figure of them but I couldn't find one, so I decided to make one myself 😅

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The Fall of the brothers

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I recently read the Marmalade Boy manga and was surprised I liked it so much, since I used to dislike the anime when I was a kid.

It’s one of those series that made me think, “I wish I were as good as this author.” Every now and then I get these bittersweet feelings with stories that really stick with me.

This is my first attempt at drawing Yuu.

I’ll probably draw more, because the series has stuck with me.

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Johan and the librarian

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Nina Anna Fortner Liebert (a name like a duchess, lol).

I had drawn her before but I don’t know why, while I was drawing her this time, it really struck me that she looks exactly like Johan! 😅 Beauty twins

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Someone is drunk.

Lotte is annoyed that they interrupted her date with Karl 🙈

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My favorite profiler and detective

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It’s a drawing from at least a year ago, inspired by a canon-compliant dream. Johan was leaving, as he often does in the manga, and Yvonne wanted to follow him, but he told her not to.

Every time I dream of them within the Monster canon, Johan is always trying to avoid Yvonne and is shocked to see her following him, lowering his gaze and all while she tries to confront him about what he’s doing.

In one dream, for example, Johan appeared on a talk show as a political or business figure, secretly carrying out one of his shady plans, and Yvonne was in the audience. When he noticed her, he immediately averted his gaze.

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Experimenting a bit with different techniques. The composition is taken from Eliseu Visconti’s self-portrait.

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Vagabond art I made while I was reading the Yagyu arc

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The monster of Krakow [chapter 5 - part3]

Part 3/3 of Chapter 5 of my Monster comic where Johan tries to start a new life, even if he’s not entirely convinced, after the events of the original series.

It’s read from right to left, like in a manga.

I’m explaining this because I’m not sure it comes across clearly: in the final part of the chapter, Yvonne hears Johan struggling and is about to go in. In the end she decides not to, out of respect for his boundaries, thinking that he might not want to be seen while dealing with his own pain.

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The monster of Krakow [chapter 5 - part2]

Part 2/3 of Chapter 5 of my Monster comic, where Johan tries to start a new life, even if he’s not entirely convinced, after the events of the original series.

It’s read from right to left, like in a manga.

It’s always a bit awkward to post these chapters. May Urasawa forgive me if I fail to do him justice. 🙏🏻

I have a long story in mind, but of course I’ll make it only as much as I can, since I'm aware of my own limits (it takes me months to finish a chapter).

So far I’ve drawn 8 chapters (I’m finishing inking the eighth).

Yvonne is the librarian who appears briefly in the canon.

You can find the first part of the chapter here.

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The monster of Krakow [chapter 5 - part1]

Part 1/3 of Chapter 5 of my Monster comic, where Johan tries to start a new life, even if he’s not entirely convinced, after the events of the original series.

It’s read from right to left, like in a manga.

It’s always a bit awkward to post these chapters. May Urasawa forgive me if I fail to do him justice. 🙏🏻

I have a long story in mind, but of course I’ll make it only as much as I can, since I'm aware of my own limits (it takes me months to finish a chapter).

So far I’ve drawn 8 chapters (I’m finishing inking the eighth).

Yvonne is the librarian who appears briefly in the canon.

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I was thinking about how the neighbors would probably see them.

I imagine Yvonne (the librarian in canon) as the friendly type who always stops to chat with the neighbors, while Johan comes across as distant and reserved, yet somehow still charming, seeming difficult to approach.

The idea for the drawing came from imagining them coming home when they notice a neighbor struggling with her groceries. Yvonne would step in naturally to help and Johan would end up carrying the bags upstairs, leaving the neighbors with a good impression of them.

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This Aki/Himeno amv is so beautiful! 😭

I think they're my favorite couple in chainsaw man. 💔

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Johan and the librarian (Yvonne).

I just realized her sweater is very Christmassy.