Kerblomboさんのイラストまとめ

@neokefka_99 I mean, sure, Superman would invade a thinly veiled Iraq and disintegrate a bunch of terrorists from there to save the president.

But those can't be political if they're before 9/11.

@Richmond_Lee Nah, cheering a hot villain cosplay isn't insisting the villain is right. They just horny.

Fans have been horny for manipulative bad boys and bad girls and even monsters for centuries. It's only if they back them in real life (not role play) that's the problem.

@ChariotDaGawd

@HokutoAndy A year before Secret of Mana, Dragon Quest V also introduced to its series the Leather Kilt as sported by one of its main characters, Pankraz. That might have helped it become a trending piece of fantasy gear

@Richmond_Lee Since I didn't know about Big Loo, I figured he and Prince were a parody of a certain console's ad campaign.

With Jim Carrey's The Mask quotes thrown in to cover their tracks and get that Dreamcast port.

Obviously portal spams have been around a while. And I don't know when things like that one Warhammer 40K illustration were drawn.

But if that specific visual has no predecessor, its influence sure went places.

Since Suikoden's spiritually coming back, is now a good time to ask if it started the visual trend of loads of things flying in by portal spam?

Because that's a pretty big pop culture contribution.

The BoF3 & 4 Ninas also dressed kind of like Vivian and had ear piercings. I'm actually not sure BoF3 Nina had studs outside that group shot, but it helps my case to pretend she did.

Baseless theory: Breath of Fire 4's designs and faces were influenced by Shonen Jump gag manga artist Yutaka Takahashi and especially Majokko Vivian (1996)

@chuckspear Also Nadia and Conan, the latter being a big influence on the other two, making it a genealogy of references going back to Miyazaki.