The most strategic decision would have been to organize my time so I could have done stuff for 3 days instead of having 3 pieces for one day but that's just how my mind works
Why 3 pieces tho? Well...
1. The mini comic one is the scene situation I wanted to tackle.
2. The other one came into existance as a product of my own complex feelings about the quality of the first one.
It's now my personal hc that this is how Miya would saw the situation if he happened to catch a glimpse of it.
That's why it's so out of character shoujo roses coded, my guy had his fudanshi glasses on, as he always does.
Also, since he's big brained enough to even come up with a love triangle in the last manga episode, I think he could get invested in Niibashi x Kagi x Hirano. Even if he pretty much acts like Kagihira is his otp.
3. The third one is pretty much an extra but it functions as an aftermath of the scene, and while not providing much clousure it provides fun ideas about how the guys would deal with each other.
Aditionally, have I mentioned how much I love the way Harusono draws chibi Kagiura? no thoughts just a big pure heart.
I have lots to say so I divided it in two big subjects:
✦About the characters:
If you asked me whether or not this could happen withing canon I would tell you that:
1. I rarely think about rarepairs
2. I'm very particular about who I ship with Niibashi. You know the "you swan, he frog" meme? That's how I feel about him.
Anyway, I don't think Niibashi would fall for whatever responsible sempai that takes care of you trope that Hirano has going on.
However, Hirano has a certain ... unaware of his actions charm(?
Think of the balloon puppy he made for Kagiura.
So, while I see Niibashi as someone who always has his walls up against more typical approaches Hirano is anything but typical.
So he could momentarily get niibashi to fold.
Another varible one has to wonder about is: How frequently does Niibashi receives praise? Specially taking into account he goes to an all boys school. Something something I don't expect young men to be particularly honest much less about the things they admire in their peers so whole context thing weights in this discussion.
In conclusion, I think he would get surprised by the situation but he would accept it cus his pride is on the line, ofc his hair is soft and silky. Nonetheless, his sempai is patting his hair like if he were a dog so... there's that.
About the little extra:
Niibashi's the kind to think that there's a right way to stuff when it comes to apperances.
Don't think it as a "there's just one way you can look like" but more of a "you should never look like this, no matter the circumstance". Something something decency and being prim and proper.
He got the handbook so interiorized that he gets restless when someone isn't following it (refer to his nagging towards Kagiura and his attempts to repair his sweater's button).
So I think Hirano's hair situation would make him fret enough to momentarily forget their awkward situation and he would want to help. He would tell himself is more for him than for Hirano, something about how it's an eyesore, but he would help nonetheles.
It's very: that one hair stylist that cut my hair and almost didn't let me get out of the salon cuz he couldn't accept in good conscience that I would keep living with fried bleached highlights- core.
✦About the drawing:
I have gone a LONG way with Niibashi, I mean it wholeheartedly.
My first attempt ever looks nothing like him (although I maintain that I swear I know there's a mangaka out there who draws just like that despite me not being able to pin point who it is. My bestfriend and I's best guesses are: Fujitobi, 2010's Yodonaga Yuo, 2000's Tomoe Kiko)
My best attempt came after my essay on him so perhaps the key to learn to draw a character is thinking a lot about them(? LOL
Aditionally, I still don't get his haircut. Harusono sometimes draws it so pointy, almost mountain top/ mushroom haircut like(? and then there's a ton of stuff going on on the top of it. It's so complex it's almost Genshin™ character-esque. Which kinda helped me out, since I settled on thinking it works a bit like Scaramouche's haircut.
Continuing on, I need you to understand that I've thought about Niibashi and dogs since June 30th. As a self proclaimed dog expert, I juggled many breed options such as: Pomeranians, Cavalier king Charles Spaniels, Cocker Spaniels, Shih tzu, Maltese, or a Yorkshire Terrier. I guess I was mostly going for breeds that are tiny, cute and either read as regal or happen to be expensive. (I find it funny that I ended up with a ton of dogs that can have copper reddish fur since you know, Niibashi has pibk hair)
So, Why did he ended up as a Pomeranian? Honestly, cuz it's easier to get references. Also, Kedama <3 (he very much was the inspo behind my first sketch)
Lastly, I hated this pose. Whoever came up with the idea of having Hirano touching Niibashi's hair had it against me (it was me). This was so difficult for no reason. I have like 500 references and I still don't get it.
Which leads me to, when I tell you that I approached this x2000 times I mean it
I have the receipts (heck now I'm kinda mad that I like this more than I like whatever we ended up with but whatever)
In the first one I traced up the hands from some of the manga panels that I had as reference to later re-do the lineart by myself using the traced lines as a guide; however, I felt Harusono very detailed hands didn't mix together with my style. For the 2nd one I was fed up with the pose so I messed up with it and ended up with something that felt charged. like intimacy through the roofs kinda thing.
Finally, at some point I remember people have free will and acces to that one petting gif maker so:
Count this as Hirano's pov ig lol (+the other other other Niibashi I drew)
making notes to produce an actually usable cv when you have Done Quite Literally Nothing In Life will have you grasp @ straws so creatively. like "i exhibited the ability to present complex information in a clear and cohesive manner" (shared my notes with the class)
rare artlusts L reporting about fsspx… thechnically nothing she’s said is wrong but it feels like the wording is optimised for shock value and like :/. it’s not useful information like this
Tahu: Lava board that splits into four; giant dual greatswords, and slightly less giant dual backup swords. His extra weapon? Dual backup backup swords. And as a bonus, he gets a pair of battle flags, that are also dual backup backup backup swords. And if he ever runs out of physical swords, he can use his elemental powers to make a flame sword. Sword.
Ekimu: Giant forging mallet, with an adjoining circular buckler shield with a sawblade function. The two can be combined into a weird tricycle for mobility. No swords in sight, except the ones that come out of his forge.
Jaller: Big circular shield that can be thrown like a disk, and an adjoining Laser polearm of some sort, with a green core. His extra weapon is one(1) singular, reasonable shortsword. (And obligatory Cordak Launcher)
You mentioned how Ghirahim would be able to sense Hylia ergo Zelda's soul, and that gave me the funny mental image of him having a panic attack the first time he saw the Light dragon.
Then that gave me a much less funny though of "what if that's how Link learned that Zelda became the Light dragon?"
Tbh idk what the worse way to find out would be. Having to piece it together from memory fragments and a quest given to you by a tree, or your sword who hates you has a meltdown because now he has to call her a dragon instead of a dog
