#tokusa

My submission for the 2025 d.gray-man iconic moments zine! So glad to be part of another project. Happy 21st birthday Dgm!

These characters don't get much love in the series. They've only appeared in a few chapters, and even then, those chapters weren't nice to them. But here we are today, giving them some much needed attention anyway!

Done with Rebelle 7, the most satisfying digital art program I've ever used.

Springtime antique outfit, featuring a delicate irotomesode showing little birds among budding wild plants* (bracken, dandelion, horsetail, etc.). OP paired it with a glimmering strawberry obi.

*those could be referencing sansai (lit. "mountain vegetables", ie. edible plant foraged in the wild), as bracken and horsetail for example are a springtime delicacies in Japan:

Some more of my "Reborn in the Pokemon World" AU designs Tokusa and Lenalee this time, they both ended up in Hoenn (eventually in Lenalee's case, she and Komui wound up in the Orre region from the Colosseum games at first, before they moved.)

Not sure if many/any of my followers are familiar with it, but I wanted to make this post anyway:

My favorite ships (in order):

(1) Tokusa/Karin

(2) Katsura/Yuri (very close second: often switches places with Tokusa/Karin on my roster)

(3) Hiiragi/Yuzuriha

(4) Tachibana/Yuri

(5) Kuroki/Azami

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My favorite overall/protagonist guy is Tokusa

My favorite overall (often antagonist) girl right now is Yuzuriha (it used to be protagonist/Karin, but I love Yuzuriha's revenge stories more; she's so badass)!

What if instead of Sheryl covering Tokusa's eyes, he covered his mouth? I believe the whole 3rd exorcist arc would turn out differently!

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