Drawings and doodles

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Kind of want to take revenge for missing kiss day last month, but I'm feeling a little low on drive and creative juices (hay fever is a butt).

If anyone's got an idea that can help my creative spark, I'm willing to listen. June is the start of the rainy season in most of Japan, it's also the end of Hijikata's route. I don't necessarily want to draw anything based on the ending (I don't think I'll be able to surpass the life-saving kiss I drew a couple of years ago any time soon (╯▽╰ ) ), but the rainy season seems like a fun start.

I finished Hijikata's route in SSL as well, so modern days might be fun.

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🌸Ephemeral Blossoms 🌸

I'm very honoured to be have been able to contribute some of my work to 🌸 Ephemeral Blossoms Hakuouki zine ( @ephemeralblossomszine ). This is my first contribution, the cover!

I received a few guidelines for what the mods had in mind, but I was otherwise free to interpret and draw as I saw fit.

Those who got the zine (thank you!) might notice that thanks to this illustration I did manage to squeeze in Kazama and Chizuru somehow. 😄The early bird sticker is a little nod to the cover.

Many thanks to the mods of @ephemeralblossomszine for letting me draw the cover. I hope you like this as much as I had fun drawing it.

The zine is currently holding a leftover sale. If you haven't managed to get your copy yet, there are a few hours left!

Yes, I dew Chizuru's flower pattern by hand

The flags in the background are the makoto no hata and the Aizu flag

PS: happy birthday (according to the new calendar), Toshi!

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22.05 - Happy HijiChi day! 🍙🍵

You know how you will often find people drawing reports after attending live events with some of their favourite or most memorable scenes? I tried to do so after watching Live 4, except it took me 4 months to draw these. Part 1 was posted last month, and here is part 2!

I forgot which show each interaction was from, but these all happened during the character introduction when Ruri ran on stage to introduce herself as Page of the Vice Minister of the Army, Hijikata Toshizo. I always looked forward to the Chizurus' first appearance on stage.

Shion always getting thrown off that the Sannan in front of her (Maruyama) was not her Sannan (Teruma) and Maruyama waving it off as her being mistaken. Shion didn't quite know how to take it, but she'd end up clinging to Maruyama's sleeve anyway when the Demons and Koudou came on stage.

Mayuko making Yuuta choose between the onigiri and water, and him always picking the right thing, or her also taking off to go make food for Heisuke.

When asked for the pamphlet interviews what she was looking forward to during Live 4, Ruri replied how Hijikata was so often frowning during the main route, so she wanted to do her very best to make him smile and have fun. I think she succeeded-- I don't think I've ever seen Kubokata trying that hard not to laugh too much.

The Chizurus themselves also just seem to really hit it off with each other. I hope their friendship can persist during the years like Shion's and Yuzuki's seems to have.

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It's my birthday today! Yay. And although I wanted to upload my zine work today, I'm still waiting for the official confirmation to go through with it. Maybe tomorrow?

But, you'd make me very happy to reblog my art and/or tell me why you like it, or what your favourite drawing of mine is. (￣y▽,￣)╭

I look forward to your support another year~

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"I just want you to live"

I started drawing this for kiss day (23/05) on the day itself, so I'm a little late. I debated drawing a happy kiss, but I just really wanted to draw the sunset scenery from the movie.

Next time, I'll draw something that does not involve Hijikata drinking blood.

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It's been (almost) a year, but I still really like this picture.

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大切な人の腕に

Happy (correctly converted) birthday, Toshi 🎉

I know I've drawn their hug before (and this probably won't be the last time either), but it's such an important moment, I just had to. It's the moment where Hijikata accepts that he needs her by his side. Life -what little he has left - is better with her. Now that she's here, he can't imagine having to live until his last battle in pain and agony. Every excuse he's used in the past three months to convince himself it was the right choice to leave her behind, was countered by her. No, it's the right choice to let her stay. To keep her with him. The crushing weight on his shoulders feels lighter when she's with him. It's right now. He can breathe a little easier now.

I always liked how Chizuru says that his hug felt like "now he had [her], he didn't want to let go any more." The distance that had been there before, is gone. In the few moments of peace they have, he's no longer (just) the Vice Minister of the Army, but Toshizou, and she's Chizuru. Disregarding the spin-offs, it's the first time he addresses her as such in the main story as well.

It only gets a casual mention in Chizuru's narration (I got spoiled [ ] Hijikata-san was nice to me), but that causal time is so important to Hijikata's mental state of mind. He's no longer thinking about dying alone on the battlefield, but instead wishing for a chance of living a life with her by his side.

Ootori will have to find a wife of his own, after all.

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Day ?? of HakuMyu cast keeps inspiring me to draw dumb stuff. Context: [x] and [x]

(Imata Taira (Kondou), Sasaki Yoshihide (Kazama) and Kubota Hidetoshi (Hijikata) were all born in a Rabbit year... and for your information, so was Ruri (Chizuru's actress)

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"I could never grow tired of living with you. Sometimes, I wish I could live forever--"

Hijikata mentioned that he hoped that their next kiss would taste a bit better than whatever Chizuru's life-saving kiss was. Well, I hope that they get many more opportunities to kiss. 😙

I originally drew this for completing the good ending of Hijikata's route (and thus completing the drawing marathon I'd been doing for the past few months), but then I missed my timing for HijiChi day due to glaze not working that weekend.

I've now fully finished Hijikata's route, including the bad endings-- and replaying the good ending because I really couldn't leave them on that sad note.

In his dying breath, he wants to comfort her-- but doesn't even reach her before the wind takes him. As beautifully tragic that ending is, they're much better off greeting the cherry blossoms once more when spring comes again and again.

Life in the north won't be easy, but at least they have each other.

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祇園精舎 鐘が止まって 春の夢 終わり告げる 諸行無常 おごれる者は 夏の夢に 酔いしれ 沙羅双樹が 赤く染まって 始まるか 秋たそがれ 盛者必衰 夢が散る冬 見せてやるぜ 夢の行く末

The livestream archives have expired, so Heisuke hen is officially, completely, over. The impending cast changes have put quite a bit of mixed feelings over this production and the (near) future of HakuMyu, but I think that's also a testament of just how much this cast is loved by its audience (me included).

Thank you, HakuMyu. Thank you, Shinkai cast.

(I had to redraw a little moment that Kubohide and Yuuta had during the special curtain call. I saw the way they cheered for each other in Hijikata hen, and it's nice to see the sentiment return in Heisuke hen.)

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Happy 17th anniversary, Hakuouki~

Today, 18/09/2025, marks the 17th anniversary since the first game released. With every year Hakuouki adds to its life cycle, I can't help but think how impressive it is that a series manages to still stay relevant after all these years. It's a testament of how good this series really is, and how respectful to the history it so heavily borrows inspiration from. Maybe the cherry blossoms bloom and scatter beautifully for yet another year~

I haven't drawn any big illustration because I've been so busy this summer with the zine prep (now that is a big illustration), being busy at work and dealing with the physical downsides of stress. But hey, I'll always find time to draw Toshi and his flowy hair.

Shinkai's 10th next week!

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Autumn is here 🍂

Just a little something for September's HijiChi day. It's been a bit cold and quite rainy lately, quite a contrast with the warm and dry summer we had. But layers and a cup of tea work wonders.

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🌸🌸Happy 10th anniversary since the release of Hakuouki Shinkai, and happy first anniversary of the Blu-ray for Musical Hakuouki Shinkai - Hijikata Toshizou hen. 🌸🌸

I drew it as a companion piece to the picture I drew for the general anniversary, where he's dressed in his original colours. Design-wise, I still prefer the original coat, but HakuMyu really made me appreciate the Shinkai version. It's had such a big influence on how I depict the coat as well (might not always be obvious, but it's there).

I'm happy I've finally been able to start playing the Shinkai routes, and I'm looking forward to continuing those soon. But they'd have to be exceptional to dethrone Hijikata as my favourite

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After seeing Ruri in a super cute cat-themed kimono, I wanted to draw Chizuru wearing it, and with Kubota looking so good in his Hagi-play kimono, I drew her with Hijikata wearing those clothes.

It's been a while since I drew normal-sized humans, but it was mostly a fun exercise to draw the clothes. No story here, just power couple looking good together.

Happy belated Valentine?

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🌸As a proud demon, I have lived my life accordingly 🌸What little there is left of your life, live it to the fullest 🌸Hakuouki

I don't think I can adequately describe how much I love Shinkai Hijikata Toshizou hen. The actors, the music, the scene, the delivery, the chemistry of everyone, but especially Kubota and Ruri. For me, as a fan of Hijikata and HijiChi, who also really enjoys Kubota Hidetoshi's Hijikata, it truly did feel like a dream come true.

I don't know what awaits HakuMyu in the future, but I consider myself extremely fortunate to have been able to see Shinkai Hijhen live, and live through it.

I drew this picture based on the final scene in hijihen, using the pictures on Twitter and my own memory of the show. I don't want to explain too much, but the scene is so good.

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🌸さくらびと🌸

Happy birthday, Toshi!

We share the same birthday month, and while it's not worth a lot, it still makes me somewhat happy.

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桜の人

Could keep adding to this, but since this is a warm-up to get back into the groove of painting, I consider it finished. March 27th is sakura day, and I felt inspired.

Drama.

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また欲しいのか…🍙

Little doodle inspired by yesterday's interaction between Kubota and Ruri (I translated it on my other blog yesterday). I had a few ideas, but I assume they're in their after story era now, so I settled for this. I've also been really tired lately, and they're pretty easy to draw.