#kokochiyo

[cxffeek]

The 3rd official redraw of this Chiyokoko piece!

January 2025 & September 2025

VERY Long yap below 👇 (brace yourselves)

I already know that tonnes of people are going to prefer the September version, and they have every right to, of course. I coloured the September version in a different way; I placed the base colours on before I added the actual colour, whereas in the new April version I immediately began with the actual colour without the base (which was a mistake). I wanted it to give the same sort of vibe as the September version did but I realised too late that I did not colour it in the same way. I tried my best to fix my mistakes, and in the end it turned out alright! (I HOPE so at least lol) I know some people will say: "Ohh but the September version looks more dynamic and has a more interesting perspective!!" That is correct, but honestly I think that the piece looks a lot better at just a side-on perspective, like the OG. This is also the first time I drew this and DIDN'T trace over a base I made in a posing app. I actually was able to, for the first time, draw everything by myself and all of the proportions are stylised in my style — if that makes sense!!

In alot of ways, I do prefer the September version over my new version. But, the September version was rushed and i was using random, muddy colours. I took a lot more care in the new version and used softer colours that complimented eachother. I know some people like the more messy look, and tbh I like it too. Infact I love it! But this time I wanted to take a different approach towards this piece.

I really like the thick, dark lineart in the September version, but I was also inspired by the thin, light lineart in the January(2025) version. I liked the bold colours but I also liked the soft and airy look that I was aiming for in January last year.

I was inspired by both past pieces and in the end this is what I came up with. I hope you guys like it. : )

[dramaticwriter]

look, there are a lot of reasons why i love kokochiyo so much but the main one will always be that when looking at teruhashi, everyone sees the perfect pretty girl but yumehara only sees a teenage girl like her, her classmate, her friend. yumehara isn't afraid to call her kokomi despite them never really having talked before because to her, teruhashi is just like anyone else and the worst thing that could happen if she uses her first name is that the situation gets a little awkward. she asks about teruhashi's crush like they're just two teenage girls at a coffee shop which they are but no one else would think of teruhashi the same way. to yumehara, they're the same, to yumehara, she's not a goddess but a human. everyone else is blown away by her beauty but yumehara and it's not because she doesn't think she's beautiful, it's because she sees her as human before she sees her as anything else. dare i say yumehara humanizes teruhashi.

[kadedrowned]

i think i've lost enough sleep to this now

[zukkaoru]

kisses still taste twice as sweet

“I heard you were sick,” Teruhashi says, her melodic voice interrupting Chiyo’s mental spiral. She tucks a strand of hair behind her ear, and if Chiyo didn’t know any better, she’d say Teruhashi looked bashful. But that’s impossible, because Teruhashi doesn’t fluster—certainly not with Chiyo as her only audience. “Is it alright if I come in?”

teruhashi visits chiyo while she's sick

🍓 2.8k words || kokochiyo 🍓 written for @ael-me1ko through the @femslashevents multi-fandom femslash exchange

[rootoftaboo]

teruhashi and yumehara being positive influences on each other and giving one another the tools to grow by giving them the room to express and explore parts of themselves they had been pushing aside..... teruhashi accidentally letting her perfect pretty girl persona loosen a little to make room for her more genuine feelings, and yumehara just becoming a full person rather than just a girl who's always wrapped up in failing romance by befriending teruhashi and connecting with other girls...... they complete each other......

[thedisastrousgirlsweek]

interest check :)

please take the interest check for the disastrous girls week 2026, a fanweek for the female characters of the disastrous life of saiki k here. it shouldn't take more than a few minutes and it would help me a ton in organizing this event ^^

open until september 20th

[extenentialcrisises]

has anyone considered that CHIYO has two hands? kokomi 🤝 chiyo 🤝 shun?

[ael-me1ko]

the similarity......

theyre truly besties omg