ignore that this looks like it was taken w a tin can. been trying to do some midousuji studies from when he first joined kyofushi

also this one isnt mine but ive also obviously been studying a ton of baby mido and this is the perfect encapsulation

this side by side i WANNA BE CLEAR isnt to do a redraw to make it “better,” ive been legitimately learning and growing a lot by referencing watanabe’s work... just tryna figure out how to harmonize my models w his

chapter splash ideas for the baby AU doujin ive been doin..decided to call it kendama

that....weird circle is a red wooden ball

LOL obviously so unfinished, but...whatever

the...”completed” pages for kendama that i already wanna rework SJKGHSJKGH

just in terms of paneling and stuff. i wanted to keep it loose so i could move fast but ofc now im over planning and getting bent outta shape on quality control

oh i didnt realize i had more progress on that WIP... (this is flipped)

janky ass drafts for pg 4 and 5 of kendama LOL ....

now im doing drafting on paper cuz i keep it movin a bit more quickly ....pg 6, 7, 8...pg 7 i aCCIDENTALLY DID EASTERN PANEL ORDER im so mad

size ref

9+10 ... LMAO SO MESSY and did weeb panel order on 10 again so will reverse panel order there.....

11 and 12 so far...

my drafts are so chaotic and messy i apologize

misc concept for last chapter ... each chapter is told from either ishi or midos perspective as adults in present tense from when they met til “now,” so this is “now”

some misc stuff from when it goes into midos narrative after ishis

more misc concept from adult midos POV when hes reflecting on how he DID want to meet ishi again (they knew each other in grade school, were apart in middleschool, and meet again in high school)...but only so he could CRUSH HIM!!!!

to get him off his mind bc hes at that stage where hes using Be Alone And Also A Sociopath as a coping mechanism etc

oop ok was running around in procreate trying to round some stuff up

...i maybe shared this before??? my memory isnt great. anyways irl midousuji is a road in kansai btwn two great shrines.. so i think midousuji is representative of his own path to whatever shrine he beholds most to uphold his future: his grief or his happiness

lil doodle for midos bday, reffing ch634 where he was babbling confusedly about rebirth

send me to jail, i dont car

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mdsk WIP ...(was trying to guess how his awful sea urchin hair is gonna grow out)

another mdsk... hilariously just realized this could be a direct follow to the previous

opinions on babies. or something

im fuckin obsessed with festival ishimi and idk why

mask kiss

from a horrible OTHER au of mine where mido daddy doesnt leave, and also survives midomama and abuses mido thru his childhood, which gets worse after she dies...then mido watches him die cuz of an accident and doesnt do anything to help abt it. lil fun secret

mom supports cycling, dad hates it, mido associates cycling w support and love (and also its cool) cuz of his mom and it’s rly important for his freedom too cuz of his shitty dad..taking power back, blah blah. also mido is like, a carbon duplicate of his dad so he has weird self image issues

two version doodle

SEND ME TO JAIL I DONT CARE. this is almost done but not quite

i love being able to look at all of these

you are so talented as always!

WEH TY