“Through the taking off and letting go”

average side character who floats around. :P

[everyday-castaway]

After blinking several times, I venture to call his name. "...Sh...Shiroya?"

He looks at me in a sluggish manner, and he is not smiling as he usually is.

Where did his cheerful smile go....? I feel as if my chest were being pricked by a tiny thorn.

"Ayame..."

—Shiroya's route, Destiny Ninja 2 (belongs to NTT Solmare/Shall We Date)

I played through a lot of Shall We Date's mobile otome games back in high school before many of them were shut down a few years ago. My second game was Destiny Ninja 2, and my first route within that game was Shiroya.

Shiroya has become one of my favorite fictional characters, and by far my favorite system that I've seen in fictional media (read about DID/OSDD for more info on what being a system means). I was so surprised by how an otome game company depicted the complexity and nuance of DID more kindly than I've seen in media in some other places.

I get that DID tends to show up as a character trope that writers in the past liked to tag on to people to amp up drama, especially in the mystery, horror, and thriller genres. It also sometimes shows up as a trope in the fantasy genre (in which, I think, Destiny Ninja 2 would fall). However, there's a surprising amount of care and depth that Shall We Date put into their system characters (those being Shiroya/Other Shiroya in DN2+, and Kagura/Homura in Ninja Shadow+). I have so much more I could say, but I'll save that for another place and time.

Anyway, the first time MC encounters Other Shiroya has lived so vividly in my brain for YEARS, so I've always wanted to try to illustrate it. I don't usually have energy to draw fan art, but I realized recently that I had developed my art skills enough to attempt drawing out this scene, and so here is the result. I'm honestly pretty happy with it. :) —🏵️

[andatsea]

Twenty summers past.

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[arcalaho]

columbina and sandrone redrsign except its not rly a redesign i just like drawing whatever tf i want cause i have artists free will

[prinnay]

Quick art

[avendell]

Inej Ghafa 🗡

[crow-keys]

princess Pomni and thief jax. Please

Some hetslop for ur Friday 🙏 thank you for the suggestion!!!!

[crow-keys]

Presenting the 10k raffle prize for the winner, @neeonsfanart ! They had the big brained idea of Jax n pomni doing graffiti together and I love when they both commit crimes so ofc I had to oblige. I’m extremely happy with how this turned out! I feel like I haven’t done a fully rendered piece in a minute. I also hid a lot of little references and Easter eggs in the surrounding area for funsies

[crow-keys]

Hi!! Random request: im am horrible at Tadc fanart (currently the only person i can draw is Pomni) and I’ve always wanted this au but am too lazy for it, could u maybe draw a…uh, 😓 like pirate au for them, like the whole cast in pirate outfits

Don’t quite have the time for the full cast but take this pirate Pom! (Thanks for the suggestion! Also, don’t give up! Keep drawing!)

[teenytraveler]

Little mimir getting some sleep (this is what I default to when idk what to draw…just ppl sleeping OTL)

anyway I LOVE STARK HES MY PRECIOUS BOI

putting all the versions out there under cut cause i can no longer decide which one i like the most or which one looks the best :")

[crow-keys]

Here's the third comic in the Open World AU. I decided it would be more interesting if the cast also had some limited ability to conjure and worldcraft, so I wanted to explore that. This comic is both the longest I've done yet and is the most involved painting-wise. I hope it was worth the wait!

[blamedorange]

[zzzenmui]

Univeil Drama School: Quartz

[singing-swan]

In retrospect this is the funniest part of his route. Local acting genius unable to tell the difference between lovesickness and actual oncoming flu symptoms, someone please save him from himself.

[f-salmon]

Fumi x Kisa fanart that I drew for Fumi's birthday a while ago :3

[raidoki]

More Mitsuki and Kisa but in street fashion I found in a magazine 👻

[ghost-liiii]

Rolling girl

[mewries]

like moths to a flame