yutomi (aka. what could've been if level-5 rethink themselves)
I made this drawing as a message to a series coded as YW, because I refuse to say that title out of my resentments and it has been eating me alive ever since.
(Just Stop's latest video about it, is what drives me to finally be outspoken towards a series I used to adore but hated it now)
Revisiting a monster collecting franchise from my late teens made me feel icky in disdain and disgust, not gonna lie.
It was akin to someone paying a visit to their former spouse who can never change for the better.
Back when I first saw it on Cartoon Network, it was very intriguing and had potential. Summoning coins, specter-detecting watches, world-building between the living and the underworld, and the specters themselves.
However, the lack of attention to character dimension and interactions towards humans, overeliance on repetitive gags are what hinders my appreciation at first...but the main boy being simping on his twin cousin to the point it became abominably like Oshi no Ko at the end...are what made me sign a divorce and restraining papers afterwards.
The image below summed up my feelings once I completely left YW.
I tried to be optimistic amidst the betrayal, but the sight I have seen is too gross and hideous to bear.
Me and YW are over since 2017, the year Level-5 introduced the "30 years in the future continuity of the series."
I'm terribly sorry that I come off as bitter and pathetic, but I want to vent these out.
I only drew these illustrations about YW once and never looking back again. I swear from the bottom of my heart.
With that out of the way, I can move on to later art pieces I will work on.😌
