#[ THANK YOU AKANE !! ]

[abitoflavender]

@akanemnon so, I've been an avid follower of twin runes for months now. long story short, I have some really fun chronic nerve pain syndrome thing that's been going on for a few years, and the doctors are just now figuring it out. I start my second year in animation/art school in a few weeks, and figured it'd be a good a time as any to f i n a l l y make some twin runes fanart, to get my arm nice and anesthetized to pain as I hold my pen for hours on end.

I don't know when the hell I will finish this, because I've still got to do the flat color, shading, and whatever other details I decide to add, but I just wanted to post a wip now, and say thank you akane. thank you for reigniting both my love for this fandom again, and my hope to one day finally start the undertale comic/series I have been planning since 2016--when I was in 6th grade, and dooding chara in the margins of my science notes in shitty wide ruled notebooks. I haven't been able to draw much in a few months, but I looked at my wacom tonight and said,

"hm. I need to draw the lanky one and the nugget."

(frisk's face looks weird af right now and i do NOT know why but im hoping shading will fix it lmao)

(also i hate lineart, why cant things just stay sketches)

[hypogryffin]

every year on this date i redraw + add onto a comic i first made in 2019! lets get this started, shall we?

6 years in the making!

[2019] [2020] [2021] [2022] [2023] [2024: you are here!]

[akanemnon]

The seven anonymous posts

[fishkisst]

so ive been watching zero time dilemma

[fortist166]

Silly drawing on the bus

[spammiamm]

BAM BAM BAM DANGANRONPA DUMP

Art block is kicking my ass all i can do is doodles now its been like this for years…

[amanitacurses]

[mari-lair]

Something I found especially interesting after this chapter was the difference in views between Teru and Akane. More specifically I think it’s interesting how Akane claims to hate supernaturals, just like how Teru does but he still goes out of his way in this chapter to defend Mirai and Kako… Obviously we’ve seen in the court arc that he clearly does care for them but still I just think it’s interesting and was wondering if you had any good thoughts and analysis on it (after all your so good at that kinda thing :))))

Akane has a reluctant soft spot for the clock keepers, deep down, but I'm a firm believer that his lackluster attempt to defend Mirai and Kako wasn't born from a place of faith or care, it was out of fear. He shares the same fear as Teru. I talk about why I interpreted it like that here.

But the chapter still show a very interesting diference in view between Teru and Akane when they learn Yugi Amane used to be a teacher.

Akane is the one who calls this teacher a murderer. Teru's focus is on how he is an adult here.

Teru also calls him by name. Consistently.

Usually, he only refers to supernaturals by their role or their seat position. Doesn't matter if he is happy, angry, or neutral. It's never by name.

This shows Teru is still separating one timeline from the other. It's hard to say if he believes Amane is a bad person or not, but Teru does seem to have decided Amane Yugi is a person, not a supernatural.

He brought up Amane's happiness to make Nene reconsider staying in this world, 100%, but I do think there is a hint of honesty to this question. I wonder what he think of the idea of a ghost, a doomed being, having an actual life, with a job, and such.

It contrasts with how Akane is treating this timeline as a reality. deciding 'Hanako is still Hanako so he is a murderer' despite not knowing anything about Professor Yugi, and 'Aoi is still the same Aoi at heart. I love her' even after seeing her differences from og Aoi.

Akane is just following his program. ("Aoi is doubting my love!" -> "I will reassure her she is the only one for me.") Which falls on their old pre-severance routine, since the original Aoi main issue used to be her lack of belief she is lovable and while the New Timeline Aoi was acting differently, she still displayed the same possessive and insecure behaviors as pre-severance Aoi used to, not wanting Akane to be too close to a girl. Still, Akane has no way of knowing if this engaged Aoi is the same as the og one. He is just assuming based on the old timeline.

(unrelated but it's interesting that Akane went from "I'll love you my whole life" to "I'll love you my whole life... No, even after that" cause he is the last person to think about becoming a supernatural. It makes me wonder if part of him is aware each timeline is a completely different world, a different life... but I don't have enough insight on him yet for that, is just food for thought/headcanons.)

The main gag of this chapter is Akane treating others like their old selves while Teru treat them as separated from their old timeline counterparts.

Teru is being a brat here, but he is right. This Aoi has none of the experiences Akane has. Akane needs to adapt.

Similarly, when he talks about the person Nene fell in love with, he isn't talking about a teacher Nene never met, he is talking about the ghost murderer we are familiar with.

I think if I were to put the difference in their view (not their approach just their view) in a very simplified box, I would say Teru sees supernaturals as unsavable and dangerous, while Akane sees them as unforgivable and dangerous.

[iamhereinthebg]

Hi!!! I just wanted to say I love your art sm!!!

I especially love all your old Aus they are all so interesting to me. Like I still want more content from them 😭

Anyway I just wanted to say that I love your art and Aus! Have a lovely day!!!

Heyaaaa

thank you sm this is so sweet TvT

And yes sorry it's been a while since I did any aus :')) I do have some old sketches for AfterLifeCityAu (which is one of the old au I posted here I think?) but otherwise I don't have much :// I have a new one I like but idk if I will put it on tumblr or not bc I don't have much time TvT

ANYWAYS, once again thank you, this is super nice TuT Here are some old sketches that I don't think I ever showed here?

I am happy you still like my old aus it's been a while maybe I will redo some stuff for them idk TvT (the lore of AfterLifecityAu has changed sm lol ahah same for even a stupid au like mystery fam :'))

[skania]

aaaaaand as of this chapter this gorgeous song has officially become certified Aquaka™

If I could tear you from the ceiling I know best have tried

I'd fill your every breath with meaning And find a place we both could hide

Don't go and leave me And please don't drive me blind

You don't believe me, but you do this every time

Please don't drive me blind Please don't drive me blind

I know you're broken

If I could tear you from the ceiling I'd freeze us both in time

An find a brand new way of seeing Your eyes forever glued to mine

Don't go and leave meAnd please don't drive me blind

Please don't drive me blind Please don't drive me blind

I know you're broken

[inanewmoon]

Got some amazing art from @beedokart! 💙💙💙 No, this is not for a story, I'm just in an eara like this 💙💙💙 Inspirations:

By the incredible @beedok, she's amazing! Thank you!!! 💙💙💙💙💙💙

[koumeowkami]

PARADOX LIVE 3RD ALBUM "ANTHEM" TEAM VISUALS!

[tsutsumi-kurose]

Do you think Akane cares and tries to help people other than Aoi?

definitely!! I think this arc shows that more than ever before, honestly. he was fighting hard to keep this present even if he couldn’t be with aoi, as long as it was a safer present for the students of the school overall

but this arc isn’t the first time we’ve seen this, so i’ve collected some of my favorite examples of akane caring about/helping people other than aoi:

helping kou:

he is. trying his best lol. not an A+ performance in either instance but he DOES show up for him lol and he’s nice enough to kou that kou trusts him in a moment of distress—which honestly says a lot!! bc kou hates showing people when he’s in distress/hates asking for help!! (well… okay kou does ask natsuhiko for help too, so he’s maybe not the best judge of character… but hey akane shows up lol so that’s still a point for him)

tending to his boyfriend’s wounds caring about teru:

ugh. UGH. peak repressed yearning. “I want you to go to the infirmary bc it’s the rules and I’m stressed running everything NOT bc I care about you. actually I hate you, as you can tell from my super mean glare. now come with me I’ll walk you there <3” anyway yeah in summary I think he cares here lol. like yeah he’s in checklist student council mode but also—he’s in checklist mode!! he’s got more important stuff to worry about than walking a monster slayer to the nurses office!! and yet he does <3 he is bisexual and yearning cares!!

and my personal favorite, akane trying to help baby nene get out of jail time!!:

they were so cute here ugh. his little “yeah! yeah!” so encouraging so cute!! I love when people are nice to nene characters being nice to nene is my favorite thing actually everybody be nice to her she’s an angel!!!! she’s a star she’s doomed she’s full of love she’s just a girl!!!!!!!!!!!

sorry I got hit with a nene yashiro love beam at the end there lol but to answer your question: yes I think we see him going out of his way for other people a lot actually!! he’s probably the most reliable character in the entire manga tbh!! people are always going to him for help and I can’t think of an example of him not showing up for someone who needs him. I think aoi is obviously his priority, but he has his moments with other characters for sure!!

[akanemnon]

Also we do really love your art be proud of yourself

Thank you so much, guys! Have a teaser.

[rockwgooglyeyes]

what do you like Nyx and Dian (or maybe just one of them if you’d only want to do that!), would think of the other prominent/close relationships of their classmates?

(like Aegaeon and Saachi, Aurien and Solei, Akane and Naz, and maybe even Castor and Kyo! Though you don’t have to include all and each of these!)

To be honest, with all of the more romantic relationships (save solauri) Dian would probably be envious. He might even actively avoid the couple, only interacting with the duo when they're not in the same place, because it hurts too much to see them together and happy. With Aegaeon (@paradisedisconcert) and Saachi (@starry-skiez), he's relieved that Aegaeon has someone to even her out and they seem to love each other fervently, so he's happy for them. Aurien (@aurienneirua) and Solei (@solei-eclipse), he mostly just thinks of them as both of his friends who happen to be close to each other, too! He's just happy that his friends like each other. This is true with Himei and Tallis (@lookatmysillies) as well but he knows for sure that they love each other romantically which means he kind of avoids them when they're doing lovey-dovey stuff. Flor and Rosca (@sotogalmo), Akane (@aakaneeee) and Naz, Tallis and Himei, as well as Castor and Kyo, those are the ones he's more envious of. He's happy to interact with any of them individually but he avoids them when they're together lmao

Nyx is a little more complicated, admittedly. Aegaeon and Saachi, he could've give a rat's ass about, he doesn't really care because he's not close to either and tbh he gets into fights with Aegaeon sometimes so he really doesn't care about her romantic entanglements. Aurien and Solei, well, he thinks they're very funny because Aurien is so head-over-heels for Solei and Solei has no fucking idea. He knows that Solei will treat Aurien well if they ever actually do anything about their relationship (and even if it's never romantic, Solei treats Aurien well) so he has no qualms with it. He's on the fence about Flor and Rosca just because the balance seems uneven, the power of their dynamic skewing more towards Rosca than Flor, but he doesn't think it's his place to comment on any of that. With Akane and Naz, he doesn't really care, he's just kind of distantly happy for them, because he doesn't really know them. With Tallis and Himei, he's just unequivocally happy for them. He loves them both and he's grateful that they have each other.

Now, Cas and Kyo on the other hand, hoo boy, uh, Nyx has very complicated feelings about them. He loves both of them dearly and he wants them to be happy, more than anything else. If they're happy together, then, that should be great, right? But at the same time, Nyx had a crush on Kyo for a while and also Cas can be kind of weird about emotions (Nyx knows this, after many years of experience with him) so Nyx is honestly on the fence about them. He knows they love each other. He's happy for them. He's not happy about them being together. He's all torn up about it, worried and jealous, ugly feelings that he hates. I know that, in the modern AU, he gets weird about it when they get together and they have to have some kind of intervention with him, sitting him down and being like "hey wtf?" but in canon I think they either don't talk about it and Nyx gets over it or they do talk about it but it doesn't actually resolve anything.

[colourful-void]

Hm. I do not think I’ll be getting over the character that is Akane Kurashiki anytime soon.

There’s something so skin crawling about what it must’ve been like to be her in those nine years knowing what you’ve been through and yet what you’ve yet to do. Like… doomed to repeat your fate and yet that’s the very thing that’ll save you? Living in a half finished state, tentatively alive but knowing you’re not *safe* yet? Oh it drives me wild.