#thehole

Happy Birthday Keira 🥳🎂🎈🎁🎉

Merch 26,1985

Buon Compleanno 🥳🎂🎈🎁🎉

I haven’t been doing much 2D art stuff (been knee deep in 3D work) so here’s an old image I drew printed in the Dorohedoro Devil’s Stew Fanzine. 

Dorohedoro’s got an anime with a really good and faithful soundtrack (to the album made years prior) so that’s got my feels up and reminded me I had some fan art lying around (an absolute rarity, mind you).

Hey! Today, I would like to make an exception to talk about something. 2020 is not looking so good now because Covid-19 and oh yeah, the world is on fire! But in this chaos, I managed to find the perfect show to cope with the chaos. Another show about chaos! Let's do this!

What the hell is Dorohedoro?

In simple terms, Dorohedoro is a post-apocalyptic world that is divided between the toxic but living wasteland that is The Hole and The wonderful world of the rich and powerful Sorcerers. The story centers around a memory wiped lizard-headed man named, Caiman and his female friend, Nikaido. Caiman seeks to find the Sorcerer who cursed him while also indirectly attracting the attention of the powerful and ruthless, The En Family.

Throughout the series, Caiman and Nikaido's adventures reveal more layers about the world of The Hole and the world of the Sorcerers. We also get to follow the side characters/enemies and learn things from their perspective.

From the vile and rich En Family to some of the side characters in The Hole. Like the doctor that hired Caiman to help with the Lovecraftian mutant victims and the doctor that doesn’t age.

Let me just say that first and foremost. They are just ruthless but most of them have personalities and hearts. One example is Shin and Noi. (the characters in the picture) While they are the violent and dangerous cleaners for En, they can also be very funny with the interactions they had together and with other characters. Shin was once a poor boy with magical abilities in a place where they are hated and feared. Noi is a jaded, loyal but silly cousin of En who despite having great talent, puts her loyalty to her partner and friends first.

En himself is a rather tragic but also an understandable villain who you hope finds solace by just...asking nicely and learning to take no as an answer. While on the subject of the En family, can we also talk about how crazy the masks are?! They are so outlandish, it kinda builds color into the cast.

Welcome To Chaos...and Gyoza.

But, you may be asking. What are their powers? how does it work? Well, in this world of Sorcerers. Each person can produce "smoke", which has various effects. Some Sorcerers have incredibly weak powers while others are stronger and more uniquely rare. This is where Nikaido comes in! Despite her rejecting her Sorcerer nature, her abilities are the most unique of them all and En wants it.

This story is layered with various absurd plots that somehow, weaves together. While originally it was a Sorcerer head-hunting mission to find the person who cursed Caiman, eventually became a story layered with various complexities of not only Caiman's identity, but also about the En family, the organization that opposed En and Nikadio's past.

I personally like the characters and the around the bush methods and problems they go through to get to the end goal. The characters are lovable and the villains are more rounded than a typical "I'm bad just because" trope. It's a messy but more fun story that even though the main plot is not happening, you can still enjoy it because of the characters.

Also, the openings and endings are Fucking amazing!