(otherwise known as: I Bloody Lied. THIS will be the final minicomic. . . for now)
from a series of minicomics, work backwards from [part 3] for the context
Next week: Daiya and Takaaki visit a Gay Bar for ‘research’
It’s amazing what a solitary 9 hour shift can do for the imagination.
This isn’t as meme-esque as the others, but It occurred to me that Takaaki’s discovery of “The Shirt” might be the perfect vehicle for paranoid, over-protective Detective Ishimaru to put 2 and 2 together about his son and his ‘kyoudai’.
Frankly, he’d be out of his depth. He holds no bigotry, but he knows almost nothing about the lgbt+ community. Nevertheless; He’ll be damned if he lets that get in the way of being there for his boy when he needs him.
Even if that means sleeping with the enemy.
Daiya meanwhile, bless him, was so busy teasing Mondo about his new best friend that he fully missed the forest for the trees.
(Oh my god they were Roomates)
He can also never allow Takaaki to find out that he was the one to actually give the shirt to Taka.
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as I mentioned before - I’ll probably dip in and out answering the asks in text format; If I’ve an idea for a little comic I might save it up! I’m so pleased with all the asks, sincerely! - I don’t mean to leave anyone hanging!
(I’ll also pool any angst asks together for a separate post so I can keep the feels and the memes in their respective lanes)
Before I pause tho, I wanted to answer a bunch of asks in text format!
Since it got long I’ve sorta grouped them together and put them below the cut >>
(also next set of ask comics are in [this big ol’ ask dump!])
@ladymage
1.) I may have slightly forgotten my own timeline- Before seeing Takaaki face to face Daiya had a hard time trying to picture that demon as the dad of Mondo’s dorky kyoudai, and might have allowed himself to let his guard down before being HARSHLY REMINDED.
2.) occasionally, when Takaaki is relaxed and content a rare, almost fatherly expression can be seen on his face. However if you were to blink - you’d miss it
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‘Friends with Benefits’ is such a bloody useful phrase!
Just. .the image of Daiya and Mondo entering a dark hall only for Takaaki to turn on the light, sitting reclined in a chair like a bond villain, and Taka is nowhere in sight. A long dormant survival instinct immediately sets in. The Oowada boys are the prey in the presence of an apex predator
(Thanks so much!)
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Takemichi will always be the exception. Takaaki doesn’t see a volatile delinquent, 2nd to only Mondo himself in the Diamonds heirarchy; instead he sees a pre-teen who has lost their parents in the shopping centre, and must be helped.
@yaysof11037
I guess Fluttershy has tamed the most chaotic of delinquents.
Although Takaaki would not take that shite from her rabbit.
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Bruh, I found out this man was 6′5′’ and I was ruined. I cannot help but stan. I get the feeling neither Ishimaru is internet savvy enough to have seen the shift in opinion - it’d probably come as a vindication for Taka that his hard work to clear the family name is working.
I think fandom wise; he’s too much fun to play with! Even his design isn’t really set in stone, you could make him Dad of the Year or a Bastard of the Highest Calibre, and you’ll get something interesting outta it.
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I must honour their origins by giving Daiya the most luscious of JoJo lips.
(tho’ I must argue on the practicality of knee-high boots they’re an utter nightmare about the ankles)
Takaaki would not survive such chicanery
I’ve not thought of Daiya with anyone in particular, I see him as a bit of a slut(affectionate) playing into the image Mondo has of this super suave ladies man ultimate gang-leader. He has a lot of non-committal short flings from town to town. They go out, have a good time, maybe spend the night maybe not - no pressure. He looks far more successful than he is since he can read a room well and won’t approach a lady in such a fashion if she’s not interested/ wouldn’t appreciate a casual thing. This is whilst he’s still the leader of course. . . before the accident.
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(!! Thank you !!) Ahh Sakura, my Beloved.
I need to draw her more - her design is PEAK. Toned musculature, strong features, battle-worn but no less feminine? Please and thank-you!
Her character has some wonderful depth: The expectation of acting the zen martial artist, whilst still having the uncertainties of a teenage girl - knowing she’s physically large and intimidating, and actively mitigating that with a calm, patient personality - being utterly passionate, and incredibly practical, with a playful streak! Like with most of the DR1 kids, I wish we could really seen what she could do outside the killing game.
@future-connected
(!!!! Thanks so much! These are really so very very sweet! :-D !!!!
It’s really wonderful to receive such bloody lovely thoughts! AHH!)
The mini-comics were originally just a stop-gap whilst on dayshift but they’ve kinda taken a life of their own! I’ve a few longer things I think folk would like; but I have but 2 hands and a single brain-cell, so it seems I may have to put them on the backburner, for just a little bit :)
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I’ve not read ‘Jealousy’ (I think by chinateacup?) but I’ll deffo give it a look see! Don’t hesitate to give me fic recommendations! Reading fics is one of the few things I can do during turnarounds at work. Internet connected devices are banned, but I can pre-download a bunch of fic onto my work I-pad, and use it like a kindle.
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Thank you for such a genuine, kind message :-) I appreciate how rough having to endure depressive episodes can be, and although it isn’t much, I hope the little sparks of joy that you can find will help you through today, and tomorrow and beyond. I’m glad that my comics could be one of those sparks for you.
so you like leon too huh. good taste!!!! love that funky lil punk baseball lad
yeah!! he’s got a lot more depth than people assume, he’s a really interesting character and i love him a lot :] and ty!! you have excellent taste too. a fellow daiyakure connoisseur... ty for doing the hard work of digging up all of bileshroom’s old daiyakure stuff o7 i salute you.
