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she/her

filipino-american

illustrator & comic artist

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#pinned #don't mind me just putting this up for formatting purposes lol

i needed you guys to meet her expeditiously

#rgg oc #usui anju #who’s she the secretary to?????????#dw about it for now :3 #usui my goat ✋ ✋#i love making female ocs theyre so fun #also thank u miss handler sxf and mr endo #i promise i wont copy off your homework too hard i just thought sylvia was rly pretty

i miss my kids 🥲

#i sure wish there was a game where i could spend time with them again #too bad that doesnt exist huh!#(sarcasm)#i’d tag them all but i do nawt want this in the tag #this isnt for the release this is for my own fic LMFAO

SUMMARY OF ART 2025

JAN / FEB / MAR / APR / MAY / JUN / JUL / AUG / SEP / OCT / NOV / DEC

#summary of art #summary of art 2025 #another year…#i wish i did more full illusts but c’est la vie #also these r based on when i drew them mostly #some things took me longer than others or i waited until later to post them #i also wanted to do a diff format for this post #i had a funkier design in mind but it was too busy lol #anyways here's to making more art this year

happy holidays from the cast of last year ^_^

#rgg #rgg oc #miyata kenta #karasuma kazue #oda jun #tachibana tetsu #what’s funny is that i drew this around halloween instead of drawing something for halloween ToT #fic: last year

resolve

last year - ch 2. the glass ceiling

#rgg #rgg oc #tachibana tetsu #karasuma kazue #a little different from the written version but ykw i like it when adaptations differ from the source material #and im the one who wrote it in the first place so i can do whatever i want #anyways still trying to figure out the general workflow and look i want to achieve w/ comics #i had a two month block bc i wasn’t satisfied with the paneling composition and flow #and while im happier with what i ended up with im still looking at it with scruitiny #the epic highs and lows of drawing #the amount of restraint im putting by not editing the chapter like (spritzes self with water)#stop. bad. the whole point of putting it out was to stop you from continuously editing it!!!

control

#rgg #rgg oc #nishitani homare #karasuma kazue #last year #alt caption is pov these two spot you from across the room and hate your vibe #ahhhh who’s really in control here the yakuza patriarch or the hot and talented hostess #personally if i were nishitani i would be on all fours and barking but that’s just me #‘is that—’ ‘the dress sabrina carpenter wore to primavera sound 2025? yeah. it is.’#wondering if i should’ve had one of kazue’s main accessories be a choker but it’s okay it’s okay i swear #also this isn’t a dress she wears in the fic i just wanted to draw her in it LOL

Remembering that he didn’t have his right hand anymore should have been easy. It wasn’t exactly a thing that someone could just ignore. Yet, Tachibana had tried to, anyway. While he had adjusted to exclusively using his left hand, he had ignored the reality that he would never get his right hand back. It was gone and its absence had weakened Tachibana’s defenses. Even if Tachibana wanted to soothe the cuts Kazue inflicted on him, he couldn’t. His hand may be gone now, but he survived. Tachibana wasn’t going to make the same mistake twice. He wasn’t going to wallow in his regrets or wish that he had done things differently. Whatever Tachibana had left—time, resources, money, his own life—he was going to use it all to save Xiao Qiao. If it was the last thing he’d ever do. “You think you can do this all by yourself?” Kazue taunted as they circled around each other. “Then you’re gonna have to convince me!”

last year, chapter 2: the glass ceiling

#rgg #rgg oc #tachibana tetsu #karasuma kazue #fic: last year #y'all cannot imagine how geeked out i am by my own creation :3 #like okaaaay some of the timing is off and i wanted to use a diff effect idk how to make but i'm still happy for this #i dont know if i'll do this for every fight intro #also hmmm maybe i should draw fight scenes more #spoiler alert: this illust isnt portrayed word for word in the fic #oops! maybe next time

(late) cover for chapter one of last year: the wolves’ den

#tachibana tetsu #rgg #rgg fic #last year #it’s LATE but it’s HERE #the bg is a bit plain but whatever i like the colors so it’s okay

have you checked out the fic site yet? it's been updated to include some info from the current chapter!

#last year #i have a clear favorite character blurb to write can you guess which it is lol #it is not any of the main cast i can tell you that

Previously, on last year…

After a group of Kijin Clan men stir trouble with his subordinates, Tachibana searches for their patriarch in order to settle matters before the flames can grow out of control. He ends up at The Grand and is led to Maharajah by Kazue, an enigmatic hostess. Tachibana encounters Nishitani, ending the night with a fight and a tryst. Tired of his life in Sotenbori, Tachibana resolves to leave for Tokyo to search for his family, unaware of how much changed since he last saw them…

chapter two: the glass ceiling ->

#rgg #rgg fic #rgg ocs #tachibana tetsu #karasuma kazue #last year #yaaaaaay it’s here #i’ll edit some more if need be bc i was in a rush and i rly wanted it up today #pls enjoy nonetheless!!!!!

last year

“How far are you willing to go for her?”

Sotenbori, April 1988. A rise to influence, a descent to revenge. Nothing is ever straightforward when it comes to yakuza affairs. The overture in the race for the Empty Lot has begun and Tachibana Tetsu becomes a late participant to ensure his sister’s safety. With limited time and next to no resources, he enlists Kazue, a woman who seems to have a pulse on the city’s secrets, to help him stand against the country’s most influential yakuza factions. However, he is unaware that she has her own goals to achieve and that it may conflict with his own.

begin.