Xu's Art Blog

Xu♛.92-liner. Hi there! Welcome to my personal/art blog. This is the place where I dumped my artworks, sketches, fanarts and reblog things that I like. Thanks for dropping by!

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Artist: Arxxu

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Everyday routines 

Seriously, why need to go to the spa when you’ve already had Zen?

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I 've just received my prize for participating in GintsuWeek! Thanks @saitouh for sending them over to me!

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a softer sequel to this

(please dont repost without credit)

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The exploration of Tsukuyo’s character arc

I want to start this meta by saying this – I love Sorachi Hideaki! He is one of the best mangaka in the industry and I am so glad that despite everything he managed to keep Gintama alive in the industry where corporate heads prefer to prioritize money over original ideas and artistic freedom.  

Instead of going for typical “hero’s journey” narrative where everything serves to progress main character’s power trip, Sorachi tells more introspective story. At first glance, Gintama is not that different from any shonen manga: it has its big fights, heartfelt speeches about power of comradery, the Main Villain of the Arc narrative, etc. However, there is something more going on in this story. Unlike other manga that tend to focus solely on the Main Protagonist (or at best the MC and his closest friends/rivals), Gintama uses the fact that it doesn’t have the main goal that characters want to achieve (or does it?) and takes its time to focus on every character in this story. Everyone has the time to shine in Gintama, but there are certain characters who receive much more focus than the others do.

These characters serve for Gintama in three ways – they progress the main plot, they serve as the way for Sorachi to explore certain themes and their character arcs help Sorachi to structure Gintama in a certain way. Gintama isn’t just chaotic parody galore – it’s a very carefully structured narrative but instead of using the main plot to make us invested in it, Sorachi uses his characters to make this job done.

While we can clearly understand that the focus of the story is Yorozuya trio, they are not the only main characters of Gintama – you can actually see the whole main cast in this last poster.

And I want to talk about one of these characters in particular – the one character who sparked a lot of controversy in this fandom – Tsukuyo.

Keep reading

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19/03/2018

I think I’m ready to get back on that path. 

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Intense hair ruffling for a wholesome week 🌸 🌸 

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Gintoki’s expression during the latest chapters makes me think that he’s already wholly exhausted.

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JAM LADY×JOYS

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*~!DRAW RESULTS!~*

Hi guy! Those who participated in all the prompts were entered into a random draw to decide the winners of the three main prizes.

Here are the results!

Congratulations to all the winners! To claim your prizes, send a message to @saitouh with your name, mailing address and the links to your contributions. 

Have a nice day!~

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OMG agsghkl thank you!! I can't believe my luck ( ；∀；) I have already sent the details to @saitouh !!

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Day 7 - Perfect

Just take my hand and take me home tonight.

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Tsukuyo: What do you want to eat?

Gintoki: You.

Gintoki: I mean, you decide.

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Day 6 - Red Velvet

Drew this while listening to Red Velvet.