#M!IK Beem

[fan-of-chaos]

AAA!!!! Look at how happy they look!!!

[xxthefairywitchxx]

Them. I love them.

[incorrect-mairuma]

Beem: Hi... I'm Beem R. Judain, but most people refer to me as "The fuck is that?!"

[miano-oscarwilde]

I'm alive and I caught up till here 🥰

[asmodeusamaryllis]

[madmarchhare]

Oh I LOVE you already Beem!

[hiddenfolk]

Sylvia (a true art appreciator) has a pure heart and is therefore not affected by the evil painting or something. Also i love how shaped beem is, they're so funny

[umeji-writes]

Oh yes, I totally agree!

1. Yes, we saw that Kiriwo's pupils change shape when he's particularly excited, but I think Beem was excited here too. On the other hand, it may even be that not all RtO demons get that pupil shape, so yeah, we'll see! (The pupil shape change was implied by Balam's research, but the research itself may be incomplete for all we know)

2. Yeah I think Nishi wanted to blur the lines with this arc, you know? It has darker and creepier vibes than the previous ones, and once in a while we encounter... More demonic demons, like Beem

My interpretation is that RtO demons in particular have given in to their deepest and evil desires, and fully accepted to hurt others to fulfill them, in exchange for pleasure deriving from it, and don't want to stop

...so I can see how Beem could be close to this definition, tbh. Maybe their inaction was what avoided the full blown RtO? Say, instead of actually painting all the time and killing people in the meantime they decided to chill, lmao

I'm obsessed with them wow

(translation: And if anyone dies because of my art, you should join me in prison. In exhange, I, Beam, will complete the best painting ever.)

Also are they returned to origins? They kinda act like it, with their seemingly absolute disregard for the lives of others, but idk if they actively enjoy causing harm with their art(like someone returned to origins would) or just dont give af as long as they can draw and the art being cursed is just smth that happens unintentionally whenever they do art

[rathelmet]

hey hey, come on now, you cannot do this to me! Beem :'(

[fan-of-chaos]

They are such a creatur and I love it

[amykiriwosdefenselawyer]

They're so silly!!! The extended gang!

[kilfeur]

J'adore le symbolisme des flammes, le fait que les flammes ont détruits ses oeuvres mais que par la suite c'est Silvia qui a ravivé sa flamme pour dessiner à nouveau. Et maintenant, elle est déterminée à peindre Galna. Mais est ce que ce sera suffisant ? Je commence à les shiper de plus en plus ces deux là

I love the symbolism of the flames, the fact that the flames destroyed his work but then Silvia rekindled his flame to draw again. And now she's determined to paint Galna. But will it be enough? I'm starting to ship these two more and more.

[3nderart]

a lot of random shits ive drawn

[umeji-writes]

Why the manga Mairimashita! Iruma-kun is a masterpiece, part # (idk at this point)

Spoilers for the latest M!IK chapter (332) under the cut ♡

Okay, I was loving this art-focused arc already, as someone who after... several years (hi I'm old)... decided to learn illustration for good. But unholy shit I wasn't expecting an actual storytelling lesson from Nishi-sensei!!! I'm specifically referring to these two pages:

..........do you see what Nishi did????? See, I always found the characters in M!IK to be exceptionally alive, as if they had independent lives outside the pages we can read. Basically all named characters are consistent and three-dimentional, even if they appeared for a couple of chapters at most. And there are LOTS of them, I tried to compile a spreadsheet for personal use and we are well beyond 100 at this point (I'm not done yet). This is most likely Nishi's writing method. It fits: "when it comes to terror designing characters, what's important is the foundation. When, where, from whom, and from what was that terror were that character's motivations born? Without that, art doesn't live". See all the crumbs of information Nishi left along the chapters, in text or drawings, or in the Q&As. M!IK's characters are alive, like the Bowing Palome. Clearly this is not new when it comes to storytelling in general, and to manga specifically. As an example, there's a whole chapter dedicated to character design in Hirohiko Araki's Manga in Theory and Practice, The Craft of Creating Manga (most recommended read btw), that goes over the data to collect even before drawing a character. I imagine that's among a mangaka's best practices. But that's the point, Nishi actually follows the rules of the Golden Way*, and created a work which is nearly perfect from any point of view: the four fundamentals (characters, story, setting, and themes), and even rhythm, art, comedy... I'm in awe. I know I sound like a smitten fan, and I am at this point, but seriously, this manga is qualitatively great, and it's a pity it's so underrated. *The set of rules/tips Araki compiled, which if followed would lead to a manga being successful, according to him. I guess there are other sources as well out there, like illustration schools? But this what I can tell you, as an outsider :D

[madmarchhare]

They look so amazing!!!

[rave-meow]

Manga characters they could never make me hate

Do you think Sylvia would jam out to Kesha if shebcould