Chibi-fying Hidetoshi is such a process, cause keeping in his eyelines and dramatic eyebrows in while balancing everything is a test lol. But Hidetoshi for some reason? I immediately got the hang of him the 1rst time I drew him which is. Unheard of from me, doubly when his design is nothing I typically draw. I still don't have a hang on Makoto who I've drawn 20+ times
Speaking of Protags. Kotone! I haven't figured out which palettes and colors I like using for her. But I'm slowly figuring out her ponytail? Like I love fluffy ponytails but maybe that's why I can't stop fiddling with it...
Did you think your absence could make me forget you?
You are sewn on every inch of scenery I see.
Something something the phantom of what's lost hanging over everything you have, but you carry it fondly all the same.
Keisuke's scarf and jacket based on Peien516's art
Kotone's jacket from bakafurai's Reversed Fates AU
Based on this message I sent in the Hidetoshi discord. But obviously I changed some things
"Hidetoshi walking with Keisuke in the winter, sun is setting. Keisuke getting ahead enough that he turns back to Hidetoshi, grins as he teases, snow sprinkling in his hair. Hidetoshi struck by such a sense of familiarity, how the sun frames his friend. Comes back to him, how perfectly it fits with an image of Kotone in his mind, calling ahead for him just like this."
This took me 8 hours, I will never be a comic artist.
At least I feel like I've finally figured out how to draw Keisuke! (Until I forget)
Second time drawing Hidetoshi and first time drawing Kotone, don't look at 'em too close
Base by wo_habum
This was supposed to be a warmup, but then suddenly it was 2 hours later. That was partially because shadowfreak kept distracting me, but still surprised it still took so long.
Anyways hamtoshi!!! Graaargh I go feral over them, like. Look at all the dialogue. Look at the potential. If Atlus wasn't a coward they would've let the protags romance him!
Hidetoshi feels the type, if he did write a confession letter, to just. Keep it in his pocket forever. It's never the right time or place to slip it into the locker, maybe he should reread it to triple check his words, what if... it all goes wrong?
He'll do it later. When the time is right. The problem is the time is never right.
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the
Organization for Transformative Works
The End is Never The End is Never (The End)
Summary:
Here he was again. Like the rotation of the planets, he simply couldn’t escape the path he was set on. Was he the earth, was he the moon?
Either way, he’d be sent careening off course.
Chapters: 2/2
Fandom: Persona 3
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Odagiri Hidetoshi/Shiomi Kotone, Arisato Minako/Odagiri Hidetoshi, Female Persona 3 Protagonist/Odagiri Hidetoshi, Male Persona 3 Protagonist/Odagiri Hidetoshi, Arisato Minato/Odagiri Hidetoshi, Yuuki Makoto/Odagiri Hidetoshi
Characters: Odagiri Hidetoshi, Male Persona 3 Protagonist, Female Persona 3 Protagonist, Shiomi Kotone, Arisato Minako, Yuuki Makoto (Persona Series), Arisato Minato
Additional Tags: Love Letters, Doomed Relationship, Time Skips, No Dialogue, Hurt No Comfort, Pansexual Character, (my signed pansexual hidetoshi print says so), Persona 3 Spoilers, (this fic vaguely talks about Dec to March)
Because I have lots of ideas, but don't have a great enough grasp on Kotone's voice to write fic. Please see the vision.
As all things involving Hidetoshi, these are all collected from my ramblings on the Hidetoshi discord!
As always you're free to be inspired or make fic / art based on this stuff just show me, I beg!!
Kotone constantly fiddling with Hidetoshi's fly away hairs and his curls. He grumbles about her "messing it up / this takes a lot of work you know", but secretly is ok with it because seeing her happy / having fun makes it worth the fixing
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Hidetoshi finding appearance so important, due to his dad, and his roles at school. Kotone having to fix her hair and asking him to help put her ponytail back up.
And that just bowls him over. That she'd trust him with her appearance, she trusts him to make it look like she does it.
And he does fix it, very carefully, maybe so much she finds it funny that he's fretting over the details. But he does it perfectly nonetheless
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Kotone not able to reach something, so she asks Hidetoshi for help.
He just thinks he must be tall enough to reach whatever she needs.
But no. She lifts him up to get something off of the very top shelf, and he's left just wow. I'm too impressed to be embarrassed.
But then later he can't stop thinking about it because how was she so strong? What did she do, to be able to do that? And why wouldn't he mind if it happened again?
Thunks his head against the desk, aghast he would think of her like that. Unprofessional!
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Hamtoshi fic wherein Hidetoshi hears Kotone's been hanging out near the alleyway. Decides it's up to him to investigate
Finds out she's just taking care of the cats there.
Convinces him to play with them, and he gets stuck when they fall asleep in his lap.
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Post-canon, Hidetoshi lighting candles for Kotone with the lighter he gave her, keeps her caught up on what everyone is doing. Even when it's empty he keeps it until it can be refilled.
Doesn't care if it's not a good lighter, it's the last connection he has with her, he's going to take care of it until he can't.
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Hidetoshi learning to do things for Kotone. If her skirt ripped he'd learn to sew it for her, if she slipped or hurt herself he'd be there to patch her up.
Something something Hidetoshi loving through acts of service something something, he believes his actions will speak more for him than his words.
Still surprised when it's done to him. Kotone making sure he eats when he gets too busy, or fetching Keisuke when he's not feeling well. Kotone doing her best to give back everything she's given.
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Hidetoshi, far in the future, wanting to marry Kotone, but she has no parents to ask for her hand in marriage. So of course the next person he thinks to ask is Mitsuru (and maybe Akihiko). Who else holds such authority and respect, who had vouched for Kotone's character and helped her a lot?
The bonus of he didn't assume an easy yes, but Mitsuru - being a single woman in charge of a business who gets endless marriage things - puts him through the wringer to make sure he'll take care of her.
Kotone hearing about all this afterward and laughing for minutes on end over how silly it all is. But she appreciates the effort, if nothing else.
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Hamtoshi wearing matching Yukatas for a festival, because Hidetoshi is a person properly dressed for every event. Kotone managing to get him a hairpiece that matches her, because she wants him to be pretty, too.
Hidetoshi refusing to take it off even if he's teased or riddled, because Kotone was so happy he wore it. And he likes it, thank you very much!
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Hamtoshi dancing, Hidetoshi trying to remember all the rules and where to step. Doesn't want to mess up.
But Kotone just tells him that he's too stiff, have fun!
Changes so she's leading and spinning them around, just doing what seems right. Gets him to smile, maybe, just a bit.
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The most self indulgent childhood-idea, Jockey AU
Wherein either they're rival jockeys, or Hidetoshi is investigating illegal betting and Kotone is his person on the inside for information.
Her horse is absolutely named Orpheus.
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Kotone slipping in a love letter or something accepting Hidetoshi's feelings in with the forms he needs to go through - because she knows he's just gonna tell her to take her time / don't rush if she tries to talk about it.
So Hidetoshi, head in his hands as he's just red after reading it, only halfway done with the work he needs to do.
Chihiro a bit worried, asks him if he needs to go to the nurses office.
He assures her he's fine, just a bit under the weather. But now he can't focus on work cause he keeps rereading her words even though he knows he needs to focus.
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Hidetoshi trying to plan out the perfect way to ask Kotone on a date.
He'll wait until they're alone so she's not embarrassed or pressured, maybe after a patrol or after club activities so she's not preoccupied. Keep it very casual, don't want her to feel forced, make sure she knows she can decline. Make sure she knows you don't expect anything. Okay, he's finally prepared, he just has to wait.
And then one day Kotone just walks up in a free moment and asks if Hidetoshi will get coffee with her on Saturday?
(… He thinks, it's that easy? People act so casually about these things?)
… Ah yes, of course, he will! Text him what time and place.
After they're separated Kotone smiling to herself while Hidetoshi embarrassed sinking into his hands.
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Hidetoshi is the one who overthinks everything and Kotone is the one who does things
He'll glance at their hands, wondering is it now I should hold her hand? Should I wait until later?
She's the one who notices his indecision and grabs his hand, smile to make sure he knows it's okay.
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Angel and devil/demon AU could work for hamtoshi
But Kotone is such a good demon, Hidetoshi thinks she's an angel.
She's a grand help to him, knows exactly what needs to be done, and is very kind, why would you dare accuse her of being a demon?
Meanwhile she's way off in the background all "oh… I never actually told him I was a demon" (he assumed she was an angel)
Keisuke doesn't care, because she doesn't cause them any trouble, so he never corrected Hidetoshi either
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A textpost had me thinking more on trans Hidetoshi as I've only written it once. And then I was thinking about the protags, who I constantly think about but haven't written, not as a main point.
And realized I could combine that.
Hidetoshi figuring out Kotone is someone just like him, he isn't alone. If he was any sort of uncertain on his feelings, he wouldn't be any more.
Both pass very well but are able to be more lax when they're alone, neither would judge the other.
