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i was thinking about mr nikoniko again and i just realized how horrific his situation really was.

he was a normal human middle schooler, like 13/14/15 years old during 1982, around the time he became a nation. however, nikoniko republic only integrated back to japan in 2006.

so he has been a teenager for 24 years.

again, i'll remind you, he had a normal human family, human friends. he didn't even know he would stop aging once he became a nation.

imagine watching your friends move onto highschool, graduate, go to college, start their own families, watching your parents' hair turn gray and earn more wrinkles on your faces. meanwhile you are trapped in the body of your 13 year old self.

i wouldn't be surprised if nation business forced him out of school either.

also, remember that nikoniko halloween strip posted in 2013? the same one where they revealed he already had a son? ok so when you take into account that it takes place 7 years after nikoniko republic's dissolution...

he'd be 22 years old at most.

WITH A KID???

of course, himaruya never revealed this kid's age. it could've been a 1 year old, 2 year old, but still... isn't it too early to be having children in your early 20s?

i wonder if nikoniko's decision to have a kid that young is due to the pressure of catching up with his peers. all of his friends from middle school at this point would already be in their early 40s, and i don't doubt that a lot of them already had families.

there is probably also the pressure of giving his parents a grandchild, and i dunno maybe he just feels guilty about how his becoming of a nation essentially let them down. who knows, maybe his parents had great expectations for him, wanted him to go to college and get a good job. but with his nationhood potentially disrupting his education, the best he could do was a job at dakeonsen.

anyways yeah, i think you get my point........

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autisria 🇦🇹

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shark of the day: false catshark, pseudotriakis microdon

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false catsharks, also called sofa sharks, are large deep water ground sharks. the can reach lengths of nearly 3 metres(~10 ft)- much larger than true catsharks. false catsharks can be found along the deep water continental and insular slopes in oceans around the world. they feed on deep sea bony fish including grenadiers, snake mackerel, and cutthroat eels, smaller elasmobranchs, and invertebrates.

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that lil doodle got some attention so I decided to draw him again ^^

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merry kurisumasu

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😎 -> 😉

A little rough animation i did

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Russian man in his natural habit (holding sunflower)

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New neighbors!

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i have officaly procrastinated going to sleep for so long i have stayed up 4 hours past my desired sleep time.

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Pomegranate world

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Pomegranate world

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bugs when you lift up a rock

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theyre so stupid i love them

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love is like.. imagine four balls on a cliff

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love is like.. imagine four balls on a cliff

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love is like.. imagine four balls on a cliff