#ITS NOT JOEVER YET GUYS

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EVERYONE SHUT UP AND SEE THIS

STEEL BALL RUN VOLUME 1 COVER AND RELEASE DATE!

Viz has revealed the cover for the official English release of Steel Ball Run, along with a release date: May 27, 2025!

Check the cover out here: https://x.com/vizmedia/status/1870257959567032409?s=46

[th3swarm]

you ever feel a hyperfixation coming on . like i thought my mom said the title of the thing and i was like 👁👁👁👁 . if i watch this its going to take over my whole brain and its gonna be awful

[consume6810]

character sheets for my fan iteration I like apocalyptic settings so I thought it would be fun to set a tmnt iteration in. The setting was caused by the discovery of a ruined krang ship (no one knows what happened to them) and the discovery of the tech set of an arms race so you know one basic ass humanity causing its own down fall later funny setting happens. The foot is a faction that controls the ruins of NYC and they used some secretions from the modified krang tech from the war to create mutagen. I haven’t designed splinter yet but these guys left after an accident that happened to Donnie.

the war time weaponry I wanted to make it look like they crammed the krang’s biomechanical tech into existing models. The tech in guns is mostly used as an ammo source that’s easy to fuel and also as a way to put more power in it.

this is very much a work in progress as I’m still doing some ideas for the world

Fun fact Oroku saki thought these guys would mature at the age of regular turtles so they got sent to fight rival factions at around 7 to 8 the only one who wasn’t deployed before leaving was Leo

also splinter taught them to prioritize stealth so the guns they carry are only for emergency purposes due to loud. anyway someone get them a therapist

Mikey:

for some stupid reason I made Mikey the oldest and therefore the leader (it’s so joever) he uses humor as a coping mechanism with jokes mostly making fun of hand he was dealt the such as “imagine being child soldier couldn’t be me” he also uses art as a way to relieve stress. He very much does not like being leader. He is the most agile due to his size.

Raph:

raph is the biggest guy who will willingly throw himself in front of his brothers for their safety. He seems to like gardening and helped Donnie make a greenhouse to grow food. It’s also a way to destress for him. (still figuring out stuff 💀)

Donnie:

ah yes the guy. The accident in question was due to him tinkering with land mines he was supposed to place and one fell and blew up (skill issue) since then instead of having a normal reaction it made him more interested in technology especially the war era ones. He does not care if he gets hurt while messing around with building things and due to this splinter has placed a rule where he has to be supervised which that responsibility usually falls to Leo.

Leo:

ah yes the only one without a body count. He wanted to learn more about medical stuff after Donnie’s accident as that was kinda his wake up call into noticing this world dangerous. He does not like the idea of killing. He’s kinda innocent to some things and a lot more optimistic than the others. (Still figuring things out for him)

a friend has been helping me with personality stuff as I’m not that good at this and I usually focus more on the world itself still figuring out how to tell the story :3

[ferrocyan]

i’d love to hear more about honey and yaana’s friendship :3 and any honeytart tidbits that come to mind hehe i love them

hello my friend you sure are asking the most. questions here ily okay first of all. um i dont know if theyre friends actually. while yaana is definitely the type to make friends w everyone in arcadia honey to me is the opposite. shes guarded herself w her nice cute idol facade and doesnt rly let ppl in for the sake of her work. like the fun thing that made me want to write the chatfic was that i thought the way honey chats is like. if you take a screencap out of context theres no way to make her sound bad. i just know she would be thinking of it that way www but like i cant imagine talking w someone like that is fun

tart got lucky w honey in that way bc in their match her mask already slipped off and then they met outside of the arena so she didnt bother covering for herself haha. and the way he thinks of ppls facades too is like, thats also the real them, yknow. the way ppl think honey is just being fake when shes nice, tart thinks like no she is genuinely that nice and cute. and also kind of an asshole haha (honey imagines beating him to a pulp like that kabru wanting to beat up laios panel wwww)

however it must be said. theyre so fucked. i dont know how the story is going to treat sphenes passing and i just. cannot stop thinking abt that post abt how honey b lovely constructed her fake queen persona to be a hated heel and then it blows up in her face bc the audience loves her, and then it blows up in her face again when the real queen died like a week before the honey b lovely comeback match, and then it blows up a third time when she catches feelings for this motherfucker. a bitch CANNOT catch a break. im like actually dying saying this i am so not strong enough to write this head on but what do you think was going on when tart is intoxicated on her venom and calls her your majesty. it has never been more joever im afraid theyre fucked beyond belief (...unless?)

this is probably psychological horror for honey but tbh its also rly funny to me im sorryy shes gotta be looking at tart like the best case scenario is this guys using her as a rly unhealthy coping mechanism. and the worst case scenario is when the government resumes working in a few days or so this man will be on the news for committing regicide and the robocops will be at her door. its so fucked. and yet i dont think she can resist the sirensong of "this person wants to be friends w me for real" so i dont think she would just. cut off contact w tart and never speak w him again. its not like she has m.any friends otherwise haha.. ha.

anyway though that becomes the impetus for honey to contact yaana like hey you might wanna reconsider partnering up w souleater. i think hes hiding something and he might be bad news (she doesnt like. have proof that tart killed the queen. its probably just her paranoia talking. but better safe than sorry right?? right???). yaana at first doesnt rly believe her, and then she does but decides she doesnt care if tart is hiding something from her. but what she does care about is that apparently miss queen bee gives a shit about people around her! who knew :3c she teases honey so hard abt this and thats how they become friends to me hahahah

okay but despite all that (gestures above) i still do have a couple honeytart things i wanna write about ehehe theyre not the most cooked ideas but i still wanna get them out >w<

[i-hear-a-sound]

I’M FREE!!!!!!!

CHAPTER FOUR IS READY

I REPEAT

CHAPTER FOUR IS READY

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dream needs to wear an emo collar choker asap. clawing at the walls thinking about it

my tierlist for scenemo items dream should wear:

F Tier: skinny jeans. HEAR ME OUT. his wide leg mall goth nu metal dragging on the floor catching under the heel of his shoe slay just fits him so well and as much as i would love to see his legs encapsulated by splitting fringing black denim i think his giant jeans are a statement and make him extra moe. he should wear more ripped and black jeans though ! ! !

D Tier: beanies and snapbacks. he already rocks the cat dreanies near daily and with the mask coming into the picture and everything being so joever for us hair appreciators, as sexy as he is with his beanies on and his curls peaking out me personally i just love when his whole ice cream scoop hair is on display ! can be improved with some rainbow cheetah print hair extensions and or a tiara : ) !

C Tier: off the hip belts, preferably studded. this is one of my most favorite and hottest things a person can do with their outfit ESP if theyre scenemo leaning but its not essential to make the scenemo kid style shine through. i can even accept some more normie type stuff like bb simons so long as its styled appropriately ! ! ! a want but not a need.

B Tier: tight fitted tees/band tees. droobs tastefully hidden behind an edgy stretched and distorted logo for pierce the veil or sleeping with sirens most likely purchased at hot topic 10 years ago, snatched waist on display for the whole world to admire and for george to grab WITH the added bonus that short sleeve shirts have a tendency to rise up due to their fit, so we could realistically even expect a glimpse of tummy and or boxers peaking out which only enhances the visuals on display. and his ARMS. preferably covers and curated by bracelets exclusively bought from spencers or gifted by fans if not by an either complimentary or uncomplimentary long sleeve/hoodie underneath.

A tier: eyeliner. a well understood and universally accepted staple in the scenemo community. and really the more the better ! ! a tasteful swipe of black pencil drug store eyeliner on the waterline of dreams bottom lids could only improve upon his looks as a 6'2" boy with glossy doe eyes and pink lips . but then you add to it, upper waterline to match the bottom, expand unto the skin of the eyelids, perhaps even try a wing if were feeling daring ! in an exceptionally crazy occasion we could go full raccoon, black from tail end of his eyebrow down to the start of where the crease of his bottom lid lies. he could eat jeffree stars ex scene queen ass up in about 0.5 nano seconds with that and some fake lashes, but thats just me ! irregardless, something so casual as a little makeup can go a long way in making someone hot 100x hotter 😋

S Tier: facial piercings. the possibilities here are quite literally endless. we start simple with nose, a ring through the nostril is a classic, super simple everyone is doing it, could have one of those and pass for someone who doesnt know jack shit about i set my friends on fire or dot dot curve, but then you go a little lower and things start to get fun. with a lip piercing, you can basically signal to any and everyone that youre an edgy kind of guy, not just anyone will put a needle through one of the most prominent and noticeable features of their face! dolphin bites, snake bites, shark bites, spider bites, literally any animal biting your lips will up your status as a queen of the scene. bonus points for a monroe or a tongue piercing, xxxxxtra hot imo😁 moving back up bridge is also a good option, particularly edgy and tough to find on anyone in day to day life, would give dream some uniqueness as if he was already in any need of that. eyebrow is always a safe option, anti eyebrow, tear drop etc all very very cool. but the most ultimate piercingf for dream in my opinion would be a simple yet head turning cheek piercing. a common factor to be found in most all of my scenemo dream drawings, it simply seems like it makes obvious sense for the guy whos whole branding is smiles to have piercings wear his dimples are ! ! when he smiles, the sun will not only catch on his astoundingly straight white teeth, but also on that of the jelwery adorning where his dimples lie.

GOD TIER:

[daily-bad-owynn-doodles]

moment of weakness when i cannot physically draw at all and yet i get vividly haunted by vissions of this guy. ITs so joever, he haunts me, when i close my eyes hes there watching me with his dumb mismatched eyes ToT /lh /j

[sorenblr]

Can we get your quick take on each Jojo part?

Sure thing. I'll try to keep it punchy (spoiler for every Jojo part, obviously):

Phantom Blood

It's so sick that Araki just started drawing like Tetsuo Hara while Fist of the North Star was at the crest of its popularity. Never underestimate the viability of naked imitation in feeling out your style. I love Phantom Blood. Really cool to see him work in a more traditional vernacular with reasonable pacing. Back in yon day people would try to turn you onto the series by suggesting you skip the first two parts and go straight into Stardust Crusaders. I always thought that was psychotic. Luck... and pluck??

Highlights: The rugby match cold open.

Battle Tendency

Araki was getting really into Antonio Lopez around this time and it paid off in a big way. Joseph Joestar is a top-tier protagonist. He's such a dumb piece of shit. The Pillar Men reveal spread is a watershed moment in the history of manga. Lisa Lisa rules but Araki was simply too Kojima-brained to make good. The last proper training arc in the series is Joseph and Caesar trying to climb up a big greasy pole. Hey, not bad.

Highlights: Kars doing pro skater 3 moves to avoid landing on a flower, Joseph and Caesar threatening to shoot up a post office.

Stardust Crusaders

Joseph Joestar is back, and his piece of shit grandson won't stop smoking Malboro reds as the Joestar bloodline's most bisexual nemesis reappears from beyond time. Everything from D'arby on is golden, but until then the pacing struggles as Araki feels out the structure of those succesive tournament-style battles that define the series from here on. Really fun cast. Jotaro delivers one-liners like someone who was very recently diagnosed with CTE. Kakyoin can only do that puppet thing when he's evil?

Highlights: All the luxuriously rendered close-up panels from the final act. Araki was pushing this practice to the absolute limit before transitioning to the new idiom in DIU.

Diamond is Unbreakable

Joseph Joestar is back again and ready to face his most fearsome opponent yet: age-related cognitive decline. Killer cast and tone. Kira is probably the most compelling overall antagonist. I think Jotaro as mentor is generally more compelling than Jotaro as Clint Eastwood. Him getting finessed by a rat undermines any conversation you can have about power-scaling in this series, which is pretty good. Read the original Duwang scans back when they were the only viable English language source and loved it.

Highlights: That thing Josuke does with the motorcycle, any time Rohan has to interact with any other character.

Golden Wind

Jean Pierre Polnareff (French Joseph Joestar) is back, and buddy, it is so joever. It was joever before it even jarted. I don't dislike this one nearly as much after revisiting it fairly recently. Funniest concept and setting in the series. The Squadra goons are great and the Diavolo sweater bimbofication reveal is one of the hardest transitions in the series. Giorno having the personality of a root vegetable is a real drag on the whole affair, as is Diavolo shedding most of the interest to his character post-Doppio.

Highlights: I wish I loved anything as much as Guido Mista loves shooting himself in the head.

Stone Ocean

Jotaro Kujo is back, and his emotional constipation is finally about to pay off in a way that will make him wish it was his soul in that fucking turtle. In contention for my favorite part. Planet Waves is the strongest martial arts sequence in the series. Very refreshing that Jolyne is an insane Florida sukeban- the coolest thing the last guy did was pretend to drink someone's piss. Best climax of any Shonen. 'Anakiss' macking on Jolyne in the new world is really bad. I'll just assume this incarnation isn't a huge fucking freak.

Highlights: Everything from C-Moon on, Dio's insanely ugly children.

Steel Ball Run

Intimate male relationships are back, and the revelation of the empty tomb? Total bullshit, apparently. My other favorite arc. I think Araki's character writing excels when he allows himself to focus on a smaller cast and set of relationships. Artwork is breathtaking, a late peak that the series will probably never rebound from. No one has ever been more committed to the bit than Mountain Tim. Blackmore, kill this man.

Highlights: Mandom, Hot Pants & Diego vs. Valentine, the little blurb at the end that tells you about how the kid Gyro was trying to save died of a head cold.

Jojolion

I really need to do a proper archival read of this. My impression is that it's very muddled and unfocused. The 'mystery' never really compensates for the lack of a compelling antagonistic force, and I refuse to learn this much about plant husbandry. The bad guy's motivation was that basically he wanted to make a bunch of money. Is it a crime to grind?

Some high-highs and low-lows. Curious to see how it all flows when read together, since monthly the pace was incredibly plodding. Think everything I've mentioned is exacberated by this being by far the longest part. Still, Araki starts to lean into these luxurious double spreads to push the action here, and it's some of his best work in that compositional mold.

Highlights: Flashback arc, beetle fight, the one-off chapter where Joshu balls out insanely and doesn't learn a lesson.

man you really have to work for it if you want the original scans and not these ugly fucking digitally colored things. one of my least favorite things about the modern era of manga. nerds want this to be anime so bad

[growling]

part 4 i promise i will be normal about tribe nine

......If that's Zero's house and bed I'm gonna holler. It will be joever for me and my mental state.

banger theme

BANGER THEME

huh so we're still in Shinagawa.... hmmm......

end of banger theme :((((((

AND they're plaguing him with visions!!!

did they clone her lmao

of course kazuki has a cat pfp

WAIT THAT CAT LOOKS LIKE SCOURGE WARRIOR CATS... Kazuki reads warrior cat..

banger theme

FIRST BANGER THEME IS BACK!!!

Have I said already how much I love this theme.. hehehe ear feel good

YAYYYYY WE LOST :DDD

Well I'm glad they are all being nice to him even if I don't really care about Yo! :3

trash tribe time

thank u manager. everybody say thank u manager

on second thought i dont trust the candy

no zero in sight i am so bored i do not care about any of these people except maybe kazuki

can we kill takinogawa yet

NEVERMIND BANGER THEME IS BACK

Todoroki not very fond of poor people strikes again

the music is suddenly getting good on this part lmao

OH NO THE ANIMAL MASCOT CHARACTER

why does it. kinda sound like zero.

im fucking serious it literally. sounds exactly like zero.

OH THAT IS LITERALLY ZERO DSJHGFDHSKFJHSJAIUS I TAKE BACK EVERYTHING BAD I EVER SAID ABOUT THE ANIMAL MASCOT CHARACTER. ITS OK IF ITS ZERO

ZEROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BABY YOU ARE MY ANGELLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

stop being rude that's his true form...

and he can cry and be pathetic on command. effervescent

#sillie.

i thinks its cool to have zero be both fucked up and evil final boss type shit and be some sort of guide to Yo. and get sentenced to mascot hell. I'm glad that the people who made this like Zero just as much as I do lmaoooo

we got gamer paradise. now we got capitalism haven

jesus christ sjdhgfjdsfhsjk. Ichinose what have you been doing here !!

I only heard these few lines about Ichinose and the twt info we got on him and I would already die and kill for him. fucked up president of capitalism haven that forces you to give him sweets also he's gay and has huge boobs

Zero is too silly for this world. born to dilly dally. forced to lock in. just play his games already cant you see he's in pain

"oh, boy. Did I overdo it? I didn't mean to scare everyone so much." no Zero don't worry everybody loves your mind lasers

AND he can revive people! he's such a great guy isn't he!!

ever since Zero left once again, I have stopped commentating. My heart has joined the thousand, for my babygirl fucking left.

I accidentially hovered over a timestamp for too long and though I only had but a slight glimpse of the beautiful man, I come to inform all 0 of you that Ichinose is rapidly approaching and shall appear Very Soon.

i don't care for this gacha shit show me ichinose

ill just wait till we meet ichinose and then im ending this part for now

JUST WHEN I SAID IT HE'S HERE. HIIIIIIIIIIIII :3

I have high expectations for you. You will come here, slay tremendously, then leave. Do you understand your position

he's so beautiful. catboy coded. rich fuck looking but also slightly out of place in a good way. i am disturbed by the absence of trans man rack but i shall complete this hole in my heart via drawing it myself next time

and he's an ass <3

HE GOT A DANGANRONPA INTRODUCTION SJDHFKJSFGYJSEKJEH

he also looks tired as hell... the eye lines.....

call me freddy fazbear the way i. whore whore whore whore whore whore whore whore whore whore

Zero naptime <33 goodnight king🖤

Ichinose's such a bitch I love it <3 I knew I picked a good url I mean erm I didn't who said that

"Despite I'm [sic] a mild-mannered man," doubt

well. rip in rest hotel manager!

oh nevermind he's a merciful soul <3

nevermind she's dead now. she could have just stayed silent and yet she had the audacity to be mean to my shit cat. mr Number One execute that woman

he's so fucked up. he's so extra. i am in gay, sexual, romantic, platonic, familial, sensual, aesthetic, alterous, evil love .

GUARD SEIZE THAT HARLOT

i just realized the guards have tags on their ears lol

I. LOOOOOOVE Ichinose's poses. slay. slay dude you were so much more than I expected.... you passed.........

I love how he tells them to come to the Plaza "sometime later" and to not take too long or else he's gonna get Angy...... but also doesn't even say at which precise fucking time they should come dkjhdskhgksjd just. use your intuition peasants

alright. that was a MAGNIFICENT slay. I must now depart like I promised. Until next time babes..........

I broke my promise to be normal about tribe nine

oh wait i forgor. tribe nine beta lol

Zero my angel I'd recognize that voice maybe not anywhere but like in some places

"kuronaka got 10 gold" *EAR BLASTING 9 HOUR LONG FANFARE*

hmmmmmmmmmm.. not saying anything but narrowing my eyes thoughtfully

they're trying to fnaf pizzeria simulator my ass, unfortunately for them I am an incredibly clever smart intelligent wise boy (looked at the art on tweeter)

they put kuronaka in the generic rpg torture dungeons💔💔💔 get well soon

shut the fuck up boyyyy look at the claypot. loook at my claypot boy

jesus stop jumpscaring me if i die my grandma will sue

im calling it now. lady goddess is just zero (and if so: gender win)

$laymate

if it does end up being zero it will be so fucking funny. please. let this manifest. me when i put some random dude in the generic rpg torture dungeons and make him look at claypots forever as form of foreplay also i pretend to be a statue

its that blue hair motherfucker from the promos or whatever

this is so fucking funny im tearing up. im tearing up. also they just implied that i was right. this is so fucking funny. vidio game brainwash yaoi. zero you silly man i desire you carnally

"well its not unusual for this man to do this kind of thing" please tell me more about zero's crimes against humanity .

forgot to mention this earlier but of course the protag has amnesia. not a proper kodaka game without an amnesiac protagonist. this is not a complaint

this is so funny. this is so funny.

redguy yellowguy leave that poor fucker alone. blueguy grayguy why are you just staring tell them to leave that poor fucker alone this is probably not how you approach a dude with amnesia who has been stuck in the generic rpg brainwash torture dungeon for an unspecified period of time

3d time. fuck that boy up guards induce a panic attack in this man

and the torture dungeons were just some random medium sized platform..... help me thats so embarrassing for kuronaka!!

"the village you were saying [sic] were all just drawings on the floor and on the walls!" THAT'S SO EMBARRASSING.... KURONAKA THAT'S SO EMBARASSING......

HE WAS 2 FUCKING YEARS STUCK IN THE GAME LMAOOOOOOOOOO THAT'S SO EMBARASSING FOR HIM

ok. ill stop being mean to him. i promise i will be nice and understanding of his situation from now on. it must be very hard and traumatizing for him.

LMAOOOOOOO HE LOOKS SO FUCKING STUPID THIS IS SO FUNNY. FUCKING IDIOT XDDDDDDDDD

also buy him brown contacts pls

ZEROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fucking look at him this shit looks biblical. look at him descending onto the mortals. this is fucking jesus imagery

nice robot hands. they're not attached yet but i will force him to become a cyborg no matter how many limbs i must detach from his body

i am not ready to hit unpause. but also im yearning.

wait look at his hand pose.... awww look at him i want him carnally

alright alright whatever im unpausing.......

so 24 city is just named like that because it's the 24th city and they ran out of ideas

24 city must be a shit place to live in, a strong breeze knocks you over and you fall one kilometer onto the pavement

"... but who would have thought that there is such a surreal area here, designed just like a video game?" zero. zero would have. that man is all about vidio game addiction i called it once and ill call it again

and he called him "the masked man" i fucking cant i need t. i need to take a breather okay i cant take this anymore

zero lore listen closely now this will be on the test (instead of listening starts imagining zero touching me in a bus and gets so hrard ii passkdf uout )

Kuronaka likes tea. +1 for Kuronaka I love tea

Zero the robot enjoyer

alright, Iroha is gonna return Kuronaka's smartphone next time and I'll end it here :] twas a pleasure. transcending experience