#matota

Gine's Mother: Matota

Felt like coloring the sketch of Gine's mom, Matota, that I made a while ago. I wondered how she'd look like with a dark purple hair, and I honestly loved the result! I think I'll keep it. :D I think I'll draw Arugo in the future to match.

Dragon Ball franchise © Akira Toriyama/Toei Animation.

Headshot: Arugo And Matota, Gine's Parents

These are two characters I created thanks to AnaLee94 and our brainstorming haha. As you can see by the title, these two are Arugo and Matota, Gine's parents in my AU. The pink headband Gine wears was a gift by Matota when the former was eight years old, not too long before the latter's passing. After that, Arugo raised Gine by himself, making sure to not only make his daughter strong, but also give her all the love a father could, so Gine would have many memories to cherish.

It's why Gine values family so much, something Bardock never truly had because his parents passed away when he was too young to remember.

"Arugo" is a pun from "arugula". "Matota" is a douple pun, mix between "potato" and the Japanese name "Madoka."

Dragon Ball franchise © Akira Toriyama.

After the new chapter, I found out that there are ships from the series that I never thought about but others did:

Natori x Tanuma - NaTa - 名田

Matoba x Tanuma - MaTota - 的田

Matoba x Natori - MaTona - 的名

Natsume x Matoba - NatsuMato - 夏的

Natsume x Tanume - NatsuTa - 夏田