This drawing has a long history. It’s an old piece, to say the least. I finished lining it around October 2021, after it was first announced A3EN was going to end. But I could never bring myself to color it, even after Hydrangea and I decided to make it into a 5th anniversary piece. And you all know what happened on that day... ^^’
I didn’t want to change anything about it, so I took out the old lineart and colored. And thought. There was lot of thinking while coloring this.
I’ve got a lot I want to say, mostly my personal experience, but for the sake of the viewer’s time, I’ll stick it under a cut.
Thank you A3 EN, for everything. Thank you CYBIRD for your troubles and thank you to the localization team for many, many laughs. I don’t think any of us can say that enough. Cheers to all the memories...The show must go on, after all. - Mod Peony
Hey, it’s Peony. I’d assume that if you opened this, you were willing hear some dude talk about his A3 experience for a bit so...
Honestly I never expected to get into this game. I’d have to thank Marigold and Hydrangea for that. Hydrangea in particular dragged me headfirst into this clown car on what coincidentally was Omi’s birthday. No wonder I’m an Omi oshi...
A3 has really been the only mobile game that I’ve ever latched into this hard. I love everything about it, the lovable characters, the absolute banger songs, and especially the impeccable found family dynamic, better than anything I’ve seen in any other media so far. It’s helped me through some of the hardest times in my life, and my art’s gotten significantly better over the two years I’ve been playing it. This blog obviously wouldn’t exist, and neither would the current dynamic between us mods, if I’m being honest. Going through ranking hell together, yelling at gacha pulls, checking on the funny leaderboard gimmicks, participating in that infamous Gem Heist, watching the game crash over and over during KniRou...it’s been quite the journey, hasn’t it?
As you can tell, mod is not very good with words, though I think I’ve gotten my general feelings across...basically, I’m a sentimental sap. I owe A3EN a lot. Saying goodbye to something like this...hurts. Nothing’s going to change that. But being able to sit down and write out my thoughts (no matter how convoluted they may be) while seeing how many other people loved this game the same way I did makes everything sting a little less. What a fun community this game has created.
And if A3EN ever comes back...I’ll see you all on the leaderboard for Stranger 3.0.
Isuke, to all of Mankai: So I went outside the dorms this morning and basically the entire front lawn is covered in gummy bears. I think that involves you guys.
