#umezo

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In the back of the House of Five Leaves manga, there's a portion that explains that the grouping of Matsu (pine), Take (bamboo) and Ume (plum) is called Shochikubai and is considered to be a symbol of good fortune. They're the Three Friends of Winter :)

Anyway, I felt like drawing them in pretty Shochikubai kimono <3

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Came across a Kissing meme thing and just turned it into a Matsu Kisses Everyone meme hehe. Plus two Everyone Kisses Each Other drawings :3

HCs and og prompts for the meme below the cut

Cheek and nose. BFF Matsu and Otake of course! I've had the B99 "aren't you forgetting something?" bit in my head with them in my head for years. Both would be the one to walk away without paying their bill - although Matsu would more often walk off in a rush.

Back for more and throat. I've said it before when posting wips for this, and I'll say it again: post-canon non-romantic UmeMatsu ftw! I'm actually trying to write a fic about how that happened in my head, but who knows if that'll ever see the light of day lol

Belly and from behind. Post-canon Masa deserves to relax so much that he grows a nice soft and round belly. Matsu will be very fond of it <3

Corner of the mouth and lower arm. IchiMatsu will take years and years to become a thing, and before they do I imagine they'll have a lot of tentative conversations about their individual pasts and what happened between them after Masa joined the Five Leaves. Like an exchange about the wound Matsu had the night they met.

Knuckles and forehead. No HCs about these two pairs regarding these particular drawings really

There were three prompts that I didn't really feel like doing, so I left two out and changed one to something else. :3

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I've been thinking about non-romantic UmeMatsu for quite a while, but I've never drawn them. Now I'm doing a sort of kiss meme and I'm excited to finally do it!

It's one of those templates where you draw a ship kissing in several ways, but instead I'm just drawing Matsu with each member of the Five Leaves that he's kissed (post canon and according to me.) Spoilers: there's four of them hahah

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I've wanted to redraw something old for a while now :))

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In less than two weeks I would’ve gone to Japan for two months. As expected, that party is off. Thankfully, the trip could be postponed to the autumn. One of my first (positive) thoughts upon hearing that news, was that it’s kind of amazing and quite fitting that I get to go in House of Five Leaves season now. :’)

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Oh, also did a lil Ume & Okinu redraw from this adorable comic. A while ago I started working on a Ume bust too, so maybe that got me in the Ume mood heh

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Ume bust! I didn’t get the pose I wanted right, but I like it anyway :))

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Never mind me, I’m just forever emotional about Matsu. My headcanon that Matsu had an asshole dad is so persistent that I forget it’s not exactly canon. Also, Ume has very strong paternal instincts and sometimes - just once in a blue moon - Matsu just can’t help giving into it.