箕島 綺譚(they/them) 💖 MOVED TO BLUESKY & IG NOW!!!さんのイラストまとめ

I'm not paid to promote this book, but there is a new drawing guide coming out in July called 『強い筋肉の描き方』 ("How to Draw Strong Muscles") which addresses drawing muscles in a way that can only be done in fiction & I thought big muscle lovers will appreciate this book 💪

also this:

~ Potentially useful JP fact ~
There are some JP words or phrases that are two meanings & hard to tell which one the person means.

In such cases, you can ask them:
Keigo:
どっちの意味でですか?
(Docchi no imi de desuka?)
Informal:
どっちの意味で？
(Docchi no imi de?) (1/x)

Bonus:

Angels can have little ribbons too 🎀

randomly coming across this 2001 Tokyo Game Show official poster and i'm like "human Sonic???"

~ Potentially useful JP fact ~

Since April is ending in like 5 days (wtf, i know) and May's coming up, be careful of 五月病 (Gogatsubyou, the "May-itis" like Mondayits) 😩😩😩

Explanation below ↓

I love that Fuecoco (ホゲータ) has become the icon of "no thoughts, head empty" in Japan b/c of the JP name from the moment it was made public and I hope it remains that way ⍩

Amazing LGBTQ+ news from literature world!

JP author Kazusa Kisaragi (@ragi166) just released a new YA novel called 『スペシャルQトなぼくら』 from Kodansha!

The book is about 2 junior high students as they try to figure out their gender identities & sexual orientations! 🏳️‍🌈

this is literally my timeline right now