#tomei

I took a short break at a service area on the Tomei on my way home.

wagashi that look like they might be glycerine soap

A redraw of an illustration in Junji Ito's Tomei stories, obviously.

Prompt #28 (we’re quickly approaching the end!) in the Cartoonist Kayfabe Kayfabetober challenge (2023 version) is shojo horror and so you get Tomei created by Junji Ito. As I previously stated during this challenge, I don’t know a lot about Japanese culture so I had to research this one as well. Not that that’s a bad thing, it’s fun to learn new things and see different art styles. From what I can surmise, shojo (or shoujo?) is a genre aimed at young women/girls that primarily focuses on romance and personal relationships. I think (correct me if I’m wrong) Sailor Moon falls into this category. Shojo horror is a sub genre of that. The Tomei comic book appears to be quite popular as there were cartoons and a movie made from it. Of course I was drawn (no pun intended) to the aesthetics of the character more than anything else. I’m old and pretty set in my ways and, as I’ve never been particularly interested in manga or anime, but this drawing did lead me into buying my first ever manga book, No Longer Human, an adaptation of a novel by Osamu Dazai drawn by Junji Ito. I haven’t read it yet but it looks great. It will make for good Halloween reading.

note: I hate most ASMR. There are some noises that really bother me. It doesn't linger on the squish-mixing sound so I didn't die. most of the sound is the lovely music

Tomei Subaru EJ20 parts brochure.