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Just a little Dragon ball art since I drew them heavily in 2020 before I did digital art I never forgot how to draw them like I thought I did🥹 crazy how much time goes by I love it when my old favorite things come back to me also fanfact TT is the middle child of Goku & Chichi haha I loved her design & personality so much I reused it for Acier (my Black Clover Oc) also I am working on other arts so dw!
The things that Alessandro Sisti told me yesterday... #mindblown
Online chuds are claiming it's lesbian propaganda
This is so funny. Well, to me at least.
a man claiming to be a lesbian is saying this mind you, like who the actual fuck do you think you are you disgusting misogynistic lesbophobic predator
always a TIM with 'yuri' on his name. of course he sees lesbians as nothing more than a sexual manga genre.
Yall are equally fucking stupid as the OP, this is literally TERF rhetoric and why trans men don't like any of you. Seriously, it's gobsmacking how much you have in common with radical feminist trans women. If yall just hung out for a day at Starbucks we might have peace in our time.
“terf rhetoric” do you even know who’s post you’re on?
@velvetvexations men can't be radical feminist and radical feminim is gender critical. If a "trans woman" says he is a radical feminist he is just lieing to you.
And op is jealous because lesbians welcome "trans man" lesbians because like they are factually homosexual even if they are deeply annoying.
I also think it's wild some trans women take your ideology and madlibs themselves into it, but it's not any less wrong and dangerous than it is when yall say that shit.
And op is jealous because lesbians welcome "trans man" lesbians because like they are factually homosexual even if they are deeply annoying.
Don't let the ego go to your head, IDK about OOP but I don't even identify as a woman anymore and I can still pull lesbians left and right. Bioessentialism and even identity-based sexuality in homosexual spaces is outdated.
if you’re not female then the women you’re “pulling” (highly doubt anyways) aren’t lesbians to begin with btw
velvetvexations is a loser male who couldn’t cope with the fact that he was unsuccessful in high school sports so he trooned out hard in the hopes of finding success in women’s spaces. All insecure men will do anything but accept life for what it is and be a parasite to surrounding females.
Ok but why is almost everyone neglecting to mention OOP's blatant Neonazism?
I can only see accusations of "projection", which only amounts to not-so-subtly agreeing with the tweet's antisemitic stance, just inverting its parts.
"Why does cropped clothing feel inherently so much more feminine??"
Because women were literally groomed to see it that way. We were raised being surrounded with images of female characters wearing crop tops for no apparent reason. The only way for girls to justify it was to come to conclusion that such clothing is simply "more feminine", but this obviously wasn't the real reason at all. Remember, this happened during the time such clothing was barely mainstream at all, and yet in cartoons it was omnipresent. I find it harder to remember female characters, who weren't wearing cropped shirts or any other kind of revealing clothes (like mini-skirts) to be honest 😕
It's honestly pretty freaky how prevalent crop-tops were in cartoons in the 90's and early 2000's. I remember in around 2006 or 2007, low-rise jeans were popular so sometimes when teenage girls wore them you might see sliver of her belly- but usually just an inch or so between the hem of her shirt and the waistband of her pants- never as much skin as you see in cartoons.
It's bothered me for a long time now that in shows like Pokemon, Ash and the other boys get to wear full-length pants but the girls are always stuck wearing mini skirts or tiny shorts.
Compare what Ash and Brock might wear in your average episode...
To Misty, May (who at least gets shorts to wear under her skirt), Dawn, and Serena...
These kids are going off on adventures! They're walking through forests with tall grass, trekking through caves, climbing mountains, etc., and the girls don't even get to wear clothes the'll protect them from the elements.
Is there any reason why their skirts have to be that short? Can't they at least be mid-thigh or knee length? Poor Dawn's pink skirt looks so short that it'd barely cover her butt. I'm also concerned that whoever designed Serena gave her a mini dress and thigh-high socks because they had a thigh fetish or something. Otherwise, wouldn't it make sense for her to just wear stockings or leggings that cover her whole leg? Or ankle socks or something? What's the point in wearing really long socks with a mini skirt, so that only some of one's thighs are left exposed?
Agreed to hell and back, this is just creepy and I hate whenever someone inevitably tries to defend it.
Continuing on with Pokémon, while it doesn't feature any of the creepier undertones as Ash's travelling companions because of the very different age range, the difference in clothes between Jessie and James, well... simply speaks for itself!
That aside, I'm frankly flabberstagged by the fact that OP decided against including in her original collage the example of semi-naked propaganda in children's cartoons:
Which is the very reason why I was not allowed to watch the Winx as a little kid. Thank you, mum, you're the best mum in the world.
Heeey great news everybody!
Terumi Nishī, a famed and talented animator, character designer and activist for the unionisation of animators, is currently offering subscriptions to her Patreon account for half the usual price (which was already very small to begin with). This is a great chance to grab it, if you want to see tons of amazing sketches not available anywhere else!
It's also worth mentioning that her self-published manga Crown of Ouroboros (a science-fiction yuri story) has since long offered its first chapter completely free of charge on her website.
If you've got the means to do so, please spare a thought about supporting a female artist who's actively working towards building a better future for industry workers in the field of animation. :)
Time Sensitive: what's your opinion about the US/Israeli attack on Iran?
- I support it
- I oppose it
- I don't care
what's your opinion about the US/Israeli attack on Iran?
I support it
I oppose it
I don't care
I don't believe it was from the US (support) (?)
I don't believe it was from the US (oppose)
Not a radfem/lean / results
I think the claim that it was not from the US has largely been debunked but I did see it so I included it anyway. for anyone unaware a girl's school was targeted by an airstrike on february 28th 2026, and 168-180 people who were largely young girls were killed. The primary consensus is the Israeli and United States Military are the perpetrators.
now the US government is openly stating they're wanting to end the Iranian government with violence.
Under President Donald J. Trump’s bold command, the United States military is unleashing overwhelming force in Operation Epic Fury — proving
I don't want to hear from any of you "feminist" online posers ever again about how much you supposedly care for Iranian women. Go throw a party with all the others misogynist pals you pretend to hate, whatever.
Maybe I would be marginally less enraged by the existence of those endless Yu-Gi-Oh! spin-offs if they had dropped the name Yu-Gi-Oh! and instead picked up the name Duel Monsters for their shows. You know, so that they would: A) not lie out of their arse about their content, and B) not contribute to give Kazuki Takahashi's work the horrible reputation it's already got undeservedly with the general public. Win-win situation, right? It would've been such an easy and logical move.
Recently I started a little project on my Neocities site of making an Yu-Gi-Oh focused page! I wanted to have to have an place where I could archive a bunch of interesting things I've found online that not everyone knows about
There are links to interviews with people who worked on the series, a bunch of interesting trivia and a tiny section on the fandom, and I hope to add even more stuff in the future, including stuff related to the sequel series (unfortunately I don't know as much about them)
It is still under construction, so if anyone wants to give me any suggestions of things or topics to add here, please go for it! It would be of great help
The Early Works of Kazuki Takahashi
So, here we go…
Recently i started trying to research about Kazuki Takahashi’s work from before he created Yu-Gi-Oh, since i find it pretty interesting to see how manga author’s art styles change over time and what elements reappear often in their works, but i soon learned that it is kinda hard to research about his works: not only have most of them never been released again anywhere after they were first published, but there is also not a lot of informations and pictures of them online.
That being said, I did find a lot of things during my research, including a lot of stuff I don't think has even been translated from japanese, so I'm putting them here for more people to see!
BIG WARNING THOUGH: I do not speak japanese, and most of this information was found translating with Google Translator and DeepL, with me joining them up and fixing some grammatical errors, but there might be some big translation mistakes that i didn’t catch, so if you know japanese and sees that something is wrong please inform me in on reblogs; i will put all my sources here to make it easier too.
- The Hajime Miyabi days
In his earlier works, Kazuki Takahashi submitted his stories by the pen name Hajime Miyabi, so this section is named after this first name.
His first published work was a one-shot for the Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday magazine in 1981, and was named Ing! Love Ball; it was made for Shogakukan Newcomer Comic Awards and won first prize! The only picture of it I could find was the cover right here:
I also found this site called Kazuki's Elements and Words, which ended up being essential to this research since it has interviews, synopsis and little descriptions of all of his works! So thanks to it, we get some information about it: There are synopsis to all works on the front page of the site, and here’s the one for this manga: Three guys who love cute girls target a heroine who has a boy crush on her. Knowing her pure heart, they decide to support her, but the story goes that students from another school who target her break in and wreak havoc.
There’s also some Story Previews for this one, that say: A trio of unattractive/unpopular high school students cause havoc at their school! Three guys are always getting dumped. This time, they make a fierce attack on the female manager of the soccer club. However, the girl has a secret crush on the captain of the soccer team. And since there is another rival besides the three of them, they are in big trouble.
Since this won first place, there are reviews of it by a bunch of famous manga authors, like Leiji Matsumoto and Fujiko Fujio: many of them complimented the love story, but the art was criticized for being hard to follow and messy, and the characters were considered shallow.
His second work was Ano Ko ni Scramble (Scramble for that girl), a one-shot from June, 1982. Found the cover here, and the synopsis is: Dan fell in love with Rio at first sight. The story is about a heroine who doesn't really want to be an idol, and who puts her body on the line to rescue Rio. Seems to be a romance drama.
According to the site, the main guy's name is Gojo Dan (he is described as being “hard-edged”) and the main girl is called Kisaragi Rio; there’s also a dog named Koro. The owner of the site complimented this one for being very sentimental, and also commented: There were many scenes that come to mind for Yu-Gi-Oh! fans, such as the handkerchief with tear marks on it and the episode where the dog bites the buttocks… I’m not sure what he means by that to be honest.
His next work was Kyogaku Sensen SOS!! (Co-educational front SOS!), another one-shot from 1982. Found a cover here:
Synopsis is: A boys' school and a girls' school decide to merge, and the hero and heroine team up to prevent it! In the end, the hero and heroine are unable to prevent the merger, but love buds between the two.
The site says that it is a romantic comedy,that the main dude's name is Yuya Hitoyoshi and the lady is Chiharu Kazama. This Yuya is described as having selfish and passionate beliefs. Also found this blog from a Yu-Gi-Oh fan that read both this manga and the next, having this to say about this one: A love story. The content is so hot that even I blush when I read it.The heroine is cute!
(BTW I tried researching a bit, and I'm unsure if the “hot content” part is saying that the story is sexy, or if it is sentimental… who knows, maybe it’s both)
Next we have Yu Yua Yu, a one-shot from the end of 1982. This one I could only find a picture on this video by youtube channel Yaku Mitsuru's Secret Treasure House, so sorry by the stuff over the picture:
Synopsis is: Isamu lives with his mother and sister. The mother is a detective who loves motorcycles and Magnum. This is a heartwarming story in which the affection between parent and child deepens through the case.
Main character seems to be a guy named Isamu Uesugi, the mother is called Yu Uesugi and the sister is named Yua Uesugi, and she’s apparently older than him. Apparently a point of conflict in the story is the mother being very busy with work and the son wanting to spend time and get pampered by her. Both the owner of the site and that blog post praised this one for its sentimental moments, and the parent-child dynamic.
This one was his last work to be published in Weekly Shonen Sunday; from 1983, it’s a one-shot called Hajimemashite Ran Desu!! (Nice to meet you, I'm Ran!). I found a cover here:
Synopsis is: When a mysterious teacher wearing a gakuran arrives at a new school, he falls in love at first sight with a beautiful teacher. Her rival is the gym teacher, Mr. Tsukinowa. This is a story of a heated love battle between teachers.
Some story elements from the site: the main guy is called Rindo Ran, and was created to be an ideal teacher, being really nice and cool; his love interest is named Mii Aima, and is a music teacher, and she has a younger brother named Hayal Aima, who is also very cool apparently. The owner of the site mentions that the story being focused on teachers was pretty rare and refreshing, but the main character acts pretty childish.
- The Kazuo Takahashi days
Now we move to the next era of Takahashi’s work, where he started to use his real name in his manga, Kazuo Takahashi (yeah, Kazuki is not his real name!). His first work under this name was also his first serialized work: Go-Q-Choji Ikkiman, released on Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine in 1986; that being said, it was not an original creation of his, but an adaptation of an anime of the same name. This one actually has a lot of pictures online, starting with some cover pictures:
Synopsis is: A story about Ikki Sawamura, a.k.a. Ikki Man, who saves the earth from extinction by playing "Battle Ball," a sport similar to baseball. Myanimelist above also mentions that there are aliens on this, and that Ikki himself is an alien… so this is pretty different from his previous down-to-earth romance stuff.
The site has two pages about it, and says that having the anime and manga being made at the same time made this a “tightrope walking project”, but they still enjoyed the manga on it’s own right, especially because of the development of the characters, like the main character Ikki and his rival Samson, who they find one of Takahashi’s best characters (maybe because of his appearance being attractive?? the translator is kinda weird on this part).
Here’s some pictures of the interior (i believe Samson is the buff guy in that second picture). (sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
His next work was the first of his manga to be released in 1990 on Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump, where all of his future manga would be published; it was called Tokio no Taka (Eagle of the King of the Flame? this title is complicated to translate). Cover from this Twitter post:
Synopsis is: A story about cool people fighting for justice and leaving for the wilderness in the end… Which is kinda vague, and there’s not a lot of information on the site besides some comments that it is more serious than his previous and later works, how it was clearly inspired by Jojo's Bizarre Adventure and that it’s page count was impressive. We do have an interior picture, and one photo that shows a little interview that Takahashi did, with a cute doodle of himself. (Sources 1 is that twitter post, 2 is here). This is also the only one-shot to be re-released after its first publishing, on an issue of his next serialized work.
His next work was a one-shot called Battle Mind, from 1991; we have only a cover for this one, but I find it very interesting, since the design of the lady is very similar to Tea/Anzu, especially that hairstyle, and her clothes kinda look like what she wore in Death T!
Synopsis is: A story about a boy whose homeland is invaded by a dictator, who awakens with supernatural powers, fights alongside resisters, and drives out the invader. According to the site, the hero's name is Kurenai Shinku and the lady who looks like Tea is "Lime". Also, the page mentions that Takahashi talks a lot about a guy named Antonio Inoki on this, a wrestler that notably inspired that face that Joey makes a lot in the anime. At first I thought he might have helped in some way in this, but reading better I now believe it was just Takahashi fanboying because he met him before finishing the manuscript for this.
And now, his last work before Yu-Gi-Oh was serialized from 1991 until 1992, this time a completely original work of his: Tennenshoku Danji Buray (Man of Natural Color BURAY? Another one with a weird name to translate…) This one also has a ton of images, beginning with all the covers, with this main character that looks a lot like Mako Tsunami/Ryota Kajiki in some pictures:
Synopsis: Buray uses his strong body to make money as a "hit man". His reason for making dangerous money is to support the orphanage where he grew up. However, the main reason is to attract the attention of Ms. Ruriko, who runs the orphanage.... This moving film follows Burai, who thinks only of himself, as he grows into a full-fledged man through the lives of the people he encounters through professional wrestling. Yeah, Takahashi loved wrestling, if this and the previous entry didn't tell you.
The site has three different pages for the Buray manga, and the second one is the most interesting for me: it shows that during the manga’s run, they released a survey asking the readers some questions about the manga, like what they thought about the art, the main character, the plot, and most interesting of all, what they wished to happen next (though according to the site’s owner, all options eventually happened in the story). Here are the options given:
And now we have the images from the interior of the manga, and they are fascinating for me for how different they are from the YGO artstyle, yet you still can find some familiar things; these older men from pictures 4 and 5 and some of the more expressive faces are very YGO, for example! (sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
- Kazuki Takahashi era, AKA Our Conclusion
A few years after Buray, in September of 1996, Kazuo would take the pen name Kazuki Takahashi and create Yu-Gi-Oh for Weekly Shonen Jump, which is where this research ends. His work from after YGO is a lot easier to find online, so I will not talk about it in here, but i think that seeing how much his artstyle changed over time:
Looking after pictures of those first one-shots, I saw that a lot of the covers for Weekly Shōnen Sunday from around that time had something related to Urusei Yatsura on it, and i’m guessing his manga were trying to go for that niche, with very a very rounded artstyle and romance and comedy as a big element. After he did Go-Q-Choji Ikkiman, which probably had to follow the look that the anime already had, he seemed to try a more Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure/Fist of the North Star with Tokio no Taka and Buray for some extent, while Battle Mind seems to have a more traditional 80s manga style, but in all of these you can see some elements that will be seen again in Yu-Gi-Oh beginning to appear (like those buff men from Ikkiman, Tokio no Taka and BURAY kinda reminding me of Ushiou and Goro Inogashira).
And then when you get to YGO, his style begins with traces of those previous works, but develops to become a lot more unique, a way more stylized look full of pointy chins and big hair; it was honestly super cool to see how much it changed from that beginning with his weird one-shot that somehow won a first prize in a Newcomers competition.
I’m not very good at finishing essays to be honest, so i’ll end this by putting a last picture in here: one of his way later works from 2020, coming from this account that used to translate his instagram posts:
Thanks for reading it!
Reblogging this again because I found the one cover I was missing (the one for Ano Ko ni Scramble (あの娘にスクランブル))!!
Really happy to finally be able to "complete" this in a way!
Btw I know I've gone a long time leaving many PMs unread. Sorry if you were among those!
In my defence, during the last few weeks, the majority of my free time has been devoted to watching The Knights of Zodiac on videotape, so I almost never bothered to open Tumblr before a couple days ago. It will happen again because it's a very long anime (...maybe the longest one that's ever received a full release in VHS format in my country?) and I'm barely halfway through.
goodness, you certainly like to wear your grumpy pants!
Yeah, I guess you could say so.
Btw, anon, did you decide to change tactics because you failed to elicit the desired response with yesterday's graphic rape threats?
Almost 13 years on this website and I can't still understand what receiving a ghost notification actually means...
I hate whenever I watch any piece of media that is in any way terrible for the average person or akin to a dystopia, I have to shut off the part of my brain that asks, "Why are these people reproducing?" Why did the couple have a baby in A Quiet Place when there's monsters everywhere that will kill you for making noise? Why were people having kids in Les Mis during the French Revolution where we're shown they do not have enough to provide for themselves? Why were the people in The Hunger Games having kids when their kids were literally being forced to kill each other? It totally takes me out of it. And I might be able to forgive them if it was clearly "so the story can happen" type of reason, but people just act like this everywhere, so really it's just a reflection of how the average person functions.
Just so y’all know OP is saying this because she blames the women like she always does lol
Manifesting a YGO dm light novel from Kaiba’s POV that follows the scrapped 4hr DSOD script
Thank you for the response! I did not know that, and no I am not good at spotting that type of stuff.
...Oh.
In this case, dear anon, I'll be the one who needs to be sorry for assuming your question wasn't a genuine one. You don't have to forgive me, of course, but please accept my apologies.
And you're more than welcome.
