#ryo-chan

[deputyoptimism]

The artist: https://www.pixiv.net/en/users/153864

[matsssi]

my top 3 type of women

[modark]

More miscellaneous drawpile doodles

[intertwinedblood]

[lookeishart]

BOCCHI ZA ROCKU!!

This took way too long lmao, if anyone can figure out what cover I used as reference then they can receive a cookie.

[labyrinthinemole]

My tablet ran out of battery so I used my laptop to try out pixel art. Have some boppy

[kurisusteiner]

Manga: Bocchi the Rock!

I'm loving these colored panels

[screamingish]

[shysheeperz]

[lilyginnyblackv2]

Buddy Daddies and Existing Outside of Social Norms:

I love how all of the named characters in Buddy Daddies has something about them that places them outside of societal norms. Some of them are more integrated into the regular systems and flows of society to some extent, but others are very divorced from it.

1. Kazuki, Rei, Kyutaro, and Ryo: They all work within an organization centered around assassination. 

We don’t know as much about Kyutaro and Ryo yet, but facts like how their names (either last name in the case of Kyutaro or both their first and last in the case of Ryo, seem to be aliases, due to them not existing at all or in the way they are written and read phonetically, also adds to this).

Meanwhile, Kazuki didn’t grow up with his parents. It seems he was a child who was part of the system. Many of these children often slip through the cracks.

And Rei...Well, Rei grew up within a hitman-based organization and did not have a normal childhood. We don’t know much about Rei’s past yet, but I wouldn’t be surprised to find out that Rei didn’t get much traditional schooling (and therefore no traditional socialization) either because of this. We’ll have to wait and see on that though.

2. Misaki, Carol, and Dorothy: All women who work within the adult entertainment industry. This is an industry that faces discrimination in Japan still (for example, during the height of the pandemic, adult entertainment workers were excluded from the Covid Aid Package, thankfully, there was public pushback on this - link to an article discussing this topic will be in the comments below).

Misaki is also a single mother, which means she exists outside of the heteronormative “nuclear family” structure. Her being shown as a resentful mother is also something outside of the norm that is often presented of mothers in media (in general).

Meanwhile, in regards to Carol and Dorothy, we can see that Carol has darker skin. She may have naturally darker skin or she could tan her skin. Regardless, darker skin is often looked down upon on women (or fetishized due to the connection it has with the Gal street fashion, which is a whole other can of worms). And Dorothy’s two-tone hair makes her stand out instantly. 

Their names are also non-Japanese. They could be fake names that they use to sound more cutesy and appealing to customers (and for safety), but this could also be an indicator that they are biracial, which also makes them stand apart from “the norm” of Japanese society (despite the fact that number of biracial children in Japan is growing more and more with each year).

All of this is speculation that we may or may not get any further clarification on in the future regarding these two characters, regardless, their line of work and how they choose to express and present themselves makes them stand apart from the rest of Japanese society on some level.

The rest I’ll put under a Read More.

3. Yuzuko and Karin - Now, we don’t know much about Yuzuko, but her marriage to Kazuki instantly placed her outside of normal society, due to the nature of his work. 

And Karin states that she wants to study fashion abroad in France. The number of Japanese living permanently abroad is at a record high currently (as of 2023).

Her desire to learn and study abroad is an example of someone in the cast physically leaving the system and society in place in Japan. It’s for study, but it still shows her having a passion that requires her to exist outside of Japan.

5. Miss Anna - She works in childcare, an accepted field, and doesn’t have anything about her outward appearance that would set her apart (no tan skinned, no dyed hair). However, she isn’t skinny and that does set her apart from what is viewed as “normal” society. 

Being overweight in Japan is still viewed as rare, even though there are plenty of Japanese people who aren’t thin, however, the stereotypical image in society is still attached to thinness. That means Miss Anna exists outside of the societal norm. She won’t be able to walk into any clothing store in Japan and have any and all options available to her and there are also likely other issues that she faces in society because of her weight as well, that others simply would not, doubly so since she is a woman.

4. Miri - She is the product of a mistress and mafia boss. Her father was associated with the underworld part of society, and her mother is in an industry that is discriminated against (on a governmental level as previously noted). Now, she is living with Kazuki and Rei. She has always been in a family structure that was against the societal norms of the heteronormative nuclear family, but at least with her mother they shared a name. 

Whether Miri was registered under a koseki (family register) or not is unknown. But given the situation, it is possible she’s not or wasn’t. We don’t know exactly what Kazuki did for the forged paperwork to get her into daycare. But we do know that they all kept their own last names and that one of the themes the series wants to focus on is a “bloodless” family. So having a family set up like this and having Miss Anna point out that they all have different names, could be a social commentary on the koseki system, since it is so heavily tied to blood relation. (This is something I saw someone on Twitter mention).

Of course, we still have a number of episodes to go, so who knows how they will continue to handle Miri’s status in this regard, as well as the role of her mother, and if we will learn any more of how the relationship between Kazuki, Miri, and Rei is presented in the forged papers. 

We know that the “story” they are telling everyone is that Miri is a relative’s kid. Now, we know that Buddy Daddies takes place in Fukuoka, but what city isn’t made 100% clear (as of yet, as far as I know - if someone does know though, please feel free to share!). One city in Fukuoka, known as Koga City has a (ファミリーシップ) “Familyship” system in place (this is a system that allows same-sex households with children to be viewed as actual “families” and therefore have more access to rights, benefits, and tools that can help with childcare that a simple Partnership wouldn’t allow them access to).

In that system, the child in question has to be related to one of the people in the Partnership, either through birth or adoption (but in Japan, same-sex couples can’t adopt kids and adopted kids must change their last names to that of their adopted parents because of the koseki system). Miri could be viewed as being fostered by Kazuki and Rei, since same-sex couples are allowed to foster, but that still wouldn’t qualify them for the “Familyship” system. I’ll link to the Japanese page for Koga City that goes over the “Familyship” system for anyone interested. It also goes over the Partnership system too.

Anyway, given the nature of this series and how its focus is basically on found family and a bloodless family, I wouldn’t be surprised if Kazuki didn’t place them in a Partnership or Familyship and they are just existing as is. It would be the least “realistic” aspect of the more realistic child-care/SoL aspects of the series, but that may be due to the message they are trying to make. 

Of course, the above is all based on pure speculation, since we just don’t know the details of any of the forgery paperwork stuff. But, definitely some food for thought at the very least, and fitting for the “outside of normal society” message they have going on with all the characters thus far.

[deputyoptimism]

This one required some redraws. My first time doing that! I'm pleased with how it turned out. I'm new to this, so let me know what y'all think. :) Check out Ibuki/いぶ木 on Pixiv (https://www.pixiv.net/en/users/12070830). Great art style. I'm going to do all their Bocchi stuff then move onto something else.

[matsssi]

Ryo spinning in low quality just that

[weeby-monster-the-bastard]

some horror/gory animes i like to watch

i watch these while I draw, write, clean etc

junji ito collection

junji ito maniac

devilman crybaby

another

Tokyo ghoul (top tier btw :3)

angels of death

chainsaw man

corspe party

mieruko-chan

the og 'devilman'

idk if considered horror but dramatical murders (bad ends is gory in game)

bludgeoning angel dokuro-chan (i don't like the premises just like the visuals and background noise but its not good)

highschool of the dead (damnit bitch i said let go)

barefoot gen

perfect blue

monster

death note

idk would highschool DXD count? its eh gory but bad its h3nta1

[legend-mei]

Manifesting that Akiyama being a pound-mate in Infinite Wealth means that’ll he’ll get his own substory that involves him being in Hawaii because he’s celebrating his 10 year anniversary with his wife, Hana-Chan.

And yes they did marry in 2014, Akiyama thought it would be too inappropriate to bring that up to Kiryu during 6 due to the whole daughter in a coma while trying to find her baby daddy thing.

[durger101]

I might clean these up later ?

[momochimchim]

Another au jjk thingies

I'll explain it even if u don't want to know bc I want to 😈

First; This a MPreg au, There's NanaGeto (Nanami x Geto, yeah) and Goyu (Shut up)

Nanami is the biological father of Yuji and Ryomen (Sukuna), They're twins btw. Yes Nanami is a doncel what abt it. There's a tragic backstory abt him but I shan't say....

Geto is the brother in law of Satoru🤝 He takes charge of him after their parents die, Geto is an adult, Satoru is a child

Satoru is two years older than the twins btw.