“The moon is beautiful” is just extra corny for Tsukiyami and I love it 🌘✨

The Boys and The Old Men (Winter ed.)

All the rabbits you destroyed came to me, so how have you lived through the years since I was gone?

It’s technically Ukoku’s birthday in Japan, and if I sit on this any longer I’m gonna scream, so!

Wine comes in at the mouth And love comes in at the eye

It's said that Ukoku's favorite drink is carbonated drinks and alcohol, but since soda mentioned first, I take it as he'd choose soda over alcohol in pick one situation. He started to like alcohol - particularly, wine, during his time together with Koumyou. I imagined their relationship wasn't like other pair who clicked with good intention, but more Ukoku tolerating Koumyou because Koumyou is the only one who could devour Ukoku. Slowly, Koumyou's everything started growing on him, maybe water tastes like wine when they're together.

(I couldn't find mention about specific kind of alcohol for their favorite drink, but in Saiyuki x HUB collaboration 2023, Ukoku's drink is Whiskey, Kahlua, Cola mix. Koumyou is white wine and apple juice.)

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月闇 2024

This year I also draw another comic for them. Modern, Crime AU -> [Pixiv]

Suit Yourself

Saiyuki - Koumyou / Ukoku - Modern, Crime AU

14p, Published first in Pixiv (2024/11), read left to right

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My bad habit is to make something get out from my system first even it's not clear enough 😂 What if they met in already dark world, where they're not on the side of good guys? Where the most difficult, dangerous thing is to become the mayhem itself?

Most of the time I repeat "beware of the nice ones" personality throughout all my fan comics because I'm not satisfied yet with Koumyou being scary, incorporating with "Koumyou might be a sadist to pair Ukoku's secret masochism".