#Dandadan Mr Mantis Shrimp

[justabeewithapen]

Considering he grew up in a warzone and came to Earth for work I doubt he is any better equipped to handle Chiquitita’s homework than his son is. Also… do you think he ever stares at the stars and thinks about home, or his wife who he couldn’t save fast enough? I think about it

[spirit-0kami]

𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘦𝘯 𝘐𝘯 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 (𝘔𝘦𝘯 𝘐𝘯 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬) 𝘎𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘹𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 (𝘰𝘩, 𝘰𝘩, 𝘰𝘩, 𝘰𝘩) 𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘦𝘯 𝘐𝘯 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 (𝘔𝘦𝘯 𝘐𝘯 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬) 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 (𝘸𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳) 👽✨️🛸 First drawing of 2025 😩 This took me so long to finish, but I'm happy with the results. I've had this idea for days so I just had to draw it out.

[nousernameyet]

father and son

[giveamadeuschohisownmovie]

Restriction: No use of any special powers.

[justabeewithapen]

SOOO CUTE OMG!!! I love everyone’s Christmas sweaters and getting to see art of the Flatwood Monster is such a treat!!! Chiquitita’s little hat is wonderful beyond belief and it is very funny someone put lights on Rokuro’s head haha (the glow effects are delightful)

Merry alien christmas!

[missypanther]

All the easter eggs from Okarun's notebook

Chapter 167

Chapter 96

Osananajimi = childhood friend

Reference to Ultraman. Mr. Mantis's design is inspired by Kanegon. In the first version of the manga, his evolution went out with sunglasses to try to avoid copyright lawsuits. The number on his gloves is an addition to the anime and refers to the 3,510 yen that Kanegon must eat per day to not die.

Chapter 18

This is so cute.

[blastymcsplodo]

[strudeljell]

🦐

[justabeewithapen]

I WILL TAG THIS PROPERLY IN THE MORNING BUT I AUDIBLY GASPED SEEING THIS IT IS SO UNBELIEVABLY COOL OMG???? The joy and whimsy of a man who has been given a second chance in life and a way to ensure his son can grow up,,, chat I am going to cry,,, also I adore the setting you put him in, that looks so cool??? The little pops of purple are exquisite and his big smile oooog,,,wonderful amazing

I had to~...An end of the year on a good note y'all~

[justabeewithapen]

Can you draw Mr. Shrimp and Chiquitita going to the arcade and playing the punching game lol or just them having fun at the amusement park 🥹

Sorry for the wait on this! Artblock hit me hard haha. I feel like the squad(tm) love taking these two out and about as there are a lot of things neither of them have ever experienced. Mr. Shrimp is not very good at holding back his strength, he hasn't ever had a reason to. It took a lot of pleading and promises but Aira was able to get them unbanned from the game arcade. Okarun and Momo sat this adventure out, they're on a movie date.

[sir-incorrect]

had my friends send me random chapter numbers from the dandadan manga, and picked a panel from each chapter to redraw, hehe! I was just kinda messing around with these and getting a feel for the characters, so some are a bit wonky, but I had fun so that's what matters

original panels under the cut:

[justabeewithapen]

I had to stop and force myself to draw this because I was just saying oh my god over and over and walking in circles around my phone on the floor but OH MY GOD??? I can barely even think every time I try and say something I look at the art again and I have to just hold my hands to my face to keep from idk even know what!! Trying to hecking,,, itemize a list before I explode on the spot oh my god

Your art is doing things to me I am literally never going to recover from oh my god. Her colors perfect, shape literally perfect, human form???? Oh my god??? That literally the most perfect thing I have ever seen in my entire life, fully 100% canon she has thick wavy hair and glasses oh my gosh I am going to be on the NEWS. PEARL EARRINGS GOD I AM JUST GUHHHHH SHE LOOKS SO GOOD ISTG. I hope you are prepared for me to fall apart literally everytime if you draw her more ALSO THATS MEE!!! LOOK AT ME UP TOP!! Watch all the the anime only fans who realize next season that he wasn’t just a one off dude come to Twitter and see us 3 practically writing our own epics in headcanons

i said this in the comments but YES 100%!! Oh their planet strength is seen as very attractive, alongside richer colors (which is a sign of good health). Mr. Shrimp is not very attractive bc he is kinda short and not as strong or durable as much of his species. (I headcanon that a healthy crab alien can hold their strong form for a good chunk of time/indefinitely, whereas he struggles to hold it for even half an hour. Human form is much easier to hold bc it is considerably weaker than his normal form and consumes less energy).

BABY CHIQUITITA YAY HURRAY HURRAY!!! YOU GET THE TRANSPARENT EFFECT SO MUCH BETTER AND THAT IS EXACTLY HOW SQUISHY I IMAGINED HIM!!!! AND YOU DREW HER AS A KID TOO 😭 😭 SHE IS JUST SO PRETTY IN YOUR STYLE I AM NOT OKAY

I need to start dumping my headcanons about her on you guys asap I have been thinking about her so so much. She has had a mental design in my head for a hot second and I was genuinely feeling a little anxious sharing it bc we are so deep in headcanon land and then you hit me with this and I just 😭

my lisT fell apart I am god this is wonderful I owe you my life

@justabeewithapen SHRIMP WIFE 🦐🦐🦐 i was actually so locked in i sat and drew this for three hours straight THEY MEAN SO MUCH TO ME ive actually been waiting so long for someone to make a design for his wife so when i saw yours i practically jumped out of my seat HEEHEE also i hope you don't mind my interpretation of her earth disguise!!!! I just wanted to take a crack at it 😄😄😄🦐

Ft. You and @lilydreemur77 at the top... I really enjoy the doodle you made of all three of us in the motorcycle LOLL its so cute

Also another thought I had is that considering mantis shrimp aliens are a strong species it'd make sense if they had a preference for strong partners, kind of how saiyans like stronger women if you know Dragon Ball 😄😄 anyway thats my ramble... I'm gonna draw so much more of them if you're alright with that HEEHEEEE 🦐🦐🦐🦐🦐

[nousernameyet]

I’m gonna joyful when this get animated

[cryingpariah]

All the double spreads in Dandadan are sickeningly good but this one..I think we all agree this one just hits different 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️

[jobbot]

has this joke been made yet

[thatblueworld]

all the cool kids know these guys