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hello everyone!! a final update post from the Rivals Zine team!!

As of now, all printable copies of the zine have been sent! Check your spam inbox if you ordered one and don’t see it!!

Additionally, with our rerelease the grand total of funds raised is $8109.94!!! Thank you so so much once again for all the support, we couldn’t have done it without you!! 💕🧤🃏

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Today is the last day for our rerelease, make sure to get the zine while you still can!

🥞 “I thought I heard something about delicious pancakes…” 🥞

WE’RE BACK!! In honor of Goro’s birthday, we’re re-releasing Rivals: an Akeshuake Fanzine for one month only! Donate $10 to a charity of your choice and receive an 160+ page zine featuring over 60 contributors!

We’re so thrilled about all the support you’ve shown for this project, and wish you all a rivals-filled pride month!

Purchase the zine here: https://forms.gle/anH1E9YWqPLkmMtj9

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🥞 “I thought I heard something about delicious pancakes…” 🥞

WE’RE BACK!! In honor of Goro’s birthday, we’re re-releasing Rivals: an Akeshuake Fanzine for one month only! Donate $10 to a charity of your choice and receive an 160+ page zine featuring over 60 contributors!

We’re so thrilled about all the support you’ve shown for this project, and wish you all a rivals-filled pride month!

Purchase the zine here: https://forms.gle/anH1E9YWqPLkmMtj9

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Hi! I know you guys said to check in at June about a re release :)! I’m someone definitely interested and would love some news if there’s any to be shared!

yes yes yes!! check back in at 12:00 am est for the official update post :))

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💥 “The show’s over!” 💥

Rivals: an Akeshuake Fanzine has officially wrapped up! Thanks to your support, we raised almost 7k for charity! Here’s our full breakdown of the charities we helped thanks to YOU!! We’re so happy to have raised funds for so many amazing causes!

Finally, just a couple of housekeeping notes: for those who have purchased the zine, we are making a printable version for PERSONAL USE. If you would like a copy, please contact us and we’ll send it out to you when it’s complete!

Additionally, quite a few people have asked about a rerelease of the zine! As of right now, our mod’s schedules are pretty busy, but keep an eye out around June, as we would love to do a rerelease then! Thank you again for all of your support!!

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He must have dozed off for a while because when something in the air shifts he bolts awake. He pushes himself up and looks over to the other two in the room. Morgana’s back is arched and his hair stands on end. Futaba is frozen next to him and Akira follows her gaze to the attic window. Through the frosted panes, he can make out a figure right outside. The window jostles in its frame. Akira goes for his knife. It slides open and he can’t help freezing in place. Because it’s Goro Akechi stepping through the open window and slamming it closed. It’s Goro Akechi standing at the foot of the mattress, red eyes ablaze.

The piece I wrote for @rivalszine!

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Even paradise has its regrets

Goro’s just begun to peel the gun from Akira’s grasp when he finally tears himself away. His whole body trembles violently, and he stumbles a little on his feet without his rival to hold him up. 

He raises the gun. And aims it right in the middle of Goro’s forehead.

“Akira…?” His voices comes out so small, so uncertain. He sounds abandoned, lost. But then that disappears, replaced by a certainty that breaks Akira’s heart. “You won't shoot me.”

“I will.”

“No. You won't. Because if there's one thing I know for certain, it's that you love me far too much to ever let me die.”

The tears fighting to escape Akira’s eyes finally win. His grip on the gun trembles. His vision blurs, but he blinks the tears away. He can't afford to miss.

“You’re right,” says Akira, and fires the gun.

My second piece for @rivalszine - this one was a collab with @akechi-stole-my-heart for the fic they wrote for the zine, it was a really fun one to work on, I enjoyed the background a lot

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so so excited to post my piece for the amazing @rivalszine on ao3 and share it with everyone!!

fandom: persona 5, persona Series rating: general audiences main pairing: akechi goro/persona 5 protagonist side pairings: none chapters: oneshot word count: 2,9K summary:

Under different circumstances, we could have been great rivals... or perhaps even friends."

Timid by nurture but friendly by nature, Ren had struggled to make friends when he first started school; he was neither hated nor beloved by his classmates, but that made him quite lonely, so a new student around was promising. He’d been in desperate need of a playmate and confidant.

A quick, keen-eyed glance around the patio led him to the one figure he couldn’t recognize: a scrawny boy with light brown hair and red eyes, sitting alone on a bench.

“Hi…” Ren gingerly approached the bench, fingers fidgeting.

“Hi,” he replied coldly.

“Do you… wanna go play?” Ren wouldn’t give up so easily.

you can read it here!!

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my piece for @rivalszine 💕🎯🧸

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Designed some digital merch for @rivalszine !

Thanks for having me; it was a blast 🖤❤️

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My piece for @rivalszine is now up on ao3!!

No Sorrow (spoiler alert, it's actually a lot of sorrow)

It was an honour to work on this massive zine with everyone! I really enjoyed examining the fated toxic yaoi in this one, there's something so deliciously painful about it ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

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In the Depths (of Your Embrace)

Wahoo this is my art piece for @rivalszine! Thank you for your hard work!!

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You're the one person I refuse to lose to! You're the one person I refuse to lose.

🧤 Ta-da! Here's the comic I did for @rivalszine

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Less Tell-Tale Than Previously Believed

My piece for the @rivalszine, now live on ao3!

Fic here!

Rating: T Fandom: Persona 5 Royal Characters: Akira Kurusu, Goro Akechi Relationships: Akeshu Notes: Anniversaries, Drunken Shennanigans, Reunions

Summary:

Akira Kurusu has days.

Dates of importance, each with their own special meaning. Remembrance must be observed. It has been observed just so for the past three years.

On February 2nd, three years after he lost Akechi, he finds him again. Except, this can't be real, can it?

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HEYYYYY here are the comics i drew for @rivalszine !!! i love messing with akechi 🫶

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life to flower; my spotlight art for batbeato's fic for @rivalszine

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Take My Rebellion💙 for @rivalszine