Luffy And One Piece Anime Flag in Indonesia

 What's wrong with this One Piece's flag in Indonesian 80's independence day celebration on August 17, 2025? 

A few days ago I drew this fan art drawing. With Luffy holding 2 flags facing 3 big characters which represent greed (pig), corruption (rat) and play (clown). Big or giant shapes are as powerful, animals and clowns as their behavior and deeds - being greedy, corrupt and playing with people's lives. Their ears are covered because they don't want to hear and tend to ignore others. and Luffy as a symbol of hope everyone is wishing to have although it is nearly impossible. 

It was meant for criticism, expression and agony of what is currently happening in one big nation close to my heart and mind. Instead of taking care of its citizens and making them live in peace, a bunch of people with power choose to shake their lives badly to the core. Fiction is mostly a reflection of reality and a true hero is needed to turn it upside down for good. However, sadly, in real life it's not that easy and simple with a fairy happy ending. Disclaimer: This drawing is Not having even the slightest intention to do something as to fight or provoke people but to raise awareness and hope that those who have the power will  come to their senses and have a heart to do something better for the sake of this country. 

80 years of independence is not a short amount of time to reflect, learn, revise, rebuild this country for the better. This is a wealthy and super rich country with natural resources and abundant young generations to work together with good leaders. If only they can work this out. Is it a dream? For now, it seems so. A far cry for a bright future and prosperous nation in the hands of shallow minded people who only think of their bellies and families. I pray I can wake up from this nightmare soon. 

As the former 1st president Soekarno once said: My fight was easier because it was to expel the colonizers, but your fight will be more difficult because it is against your own people.

 

*I wrote this in August. 

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4 WAYS TO RECOGNIZE SOMEONE'S TRUE CHARACTER: with famous anime characters

Well, I had this idea to draw a certain quote with anime characters who are fit to be the representation of each sentences. Here is the quote:

" You don't know a person until:

1. You travel with them

2. Money is involved between you

3. Deal with them while they're are angry

4. You live with them "

For the tagline of this quote, I choose Itachi Uchiha from Naruto who is known as mysterious, misunderstood but actually a good character and truly fit for it.

1st point is represented by the trio Tanjiro, Zenitsu and Inosuke from Demon Slayer who are known to travel together so often in the anime. 

The 2nd point is described with Gojo Satoru who is known as one of the most famous characters in Jujutsu Kaisen and it was said that he is rich in the anime.

For the 3rd point, Naruto and Sakura had been famous for being like this where Sakura was always mostly angry and annoyed with him but deep down they shared one of the best friendships in the anime.

The last point, these Spy X Family characters truly fit for it since it is the base of their story. 3 really different characters with their shady backgrounds are just doing fine living together in the anime. So, here are the results of the quote and why I chose them in the drawing.

 

Itachi and Yoriichi in Anaglyph effect 2D drawing

 

I suddenly had this urge to draw Uchiha Itachi from Naruto anime series and Tsugikuni Yoriichi from Demon Slayer/ Kimetsu no Yaiba anime series because I like both characters and somehow they've shared some traits and similarities to one another. They were prodigies, skillful, powerful and only one of the kind in the story as the legacy but both had a tragic life and end. 

Anyway I kind of want to try the anaglyph effect drawing on them as I thought it would be a fascinating challenge. Here is the result as you can see in this post. If you want to see the video, here is the link to it.

Fan Art drawing by me, the characters belong to the rightful owners/authors. 

DEMON SLAYER'S TSUGIKUNI TWIN: YORIICHI & KOKUSHIBO (MICHIKATSU) - Envy and Selfless as Life Choices & its Aftermath

Actually this was meant for collaboration fan art drawing between me and my friend in which she will draw Shanks and his twin. I came up with this idea for drawing twins and I wanted to draw the twin from Demon Slayer manga, Yoriichi and Michikatsu (later turn into Kokushibo) Tsugikuni. Perhaps, I will post it again as collaboration drawings with her later. For now, I will only explain about this twin.

As I've posted in previous article about Yoriichi and the main villain of the series, Muzan, I will discuss further about him here with his older twin brother, Michikatsu. Yoriichi was a selfless brother since his young age. Back then, having twin in the family would bring bad luck unless one of them being cast away from the family. Michikatsu was set to be the heir to their clan and was trained since their younger years of everything there was to it to set for his duty in the future including learning martial art, etc. Meanwhile, Yoriichi did not have the slightest interest but only tending her sick mother until the day she died. One fateful day suddenly came when the martial art and sword trainer found out that he was a prodigy and much more superior compare to Michikatsu and reported the truth to their dad. This reality turned Michikatsu worried for his future and felt a huge inferiority towards his younger twin brother. Yoriichi who realized this situation chose to left the house and disappear to make everything right for his older brother. 

Long story short, Michikatsu actually had a good life, a clan, a perfect family with wife and kids but due to his inferior complex problem after all these years and seeing that his twin was well-respected as demon slayer, highly skilled swordsman who dedicated his life to help other, his envy arose even more. He then follow Yoriichi to be a demon slayer and trained harder although in the end he felt like he can never achieve his brother's level unless he trained harder like hell. That's when Muzan influenced his darker side to turn himself and became a powerful demon for the sake of beating his twin's level sooner and faster. Yoriichi had a bitter faith of losing his new family while he was away, failed to kill Muzan and saw his twin turned into demon. He felt that he miserably failed in everything although it wasn't his fault from the beginning but only a cruel fate he couldn't control. MIchikatsu had ignored these facts and chose to become Kokushibo the six eyed demon and 2nd powerful demon after Muzan. He just feed his ego and inferiority all these years towards Yoriichi. Therefore when one day they met again and he still couldn't beat him in a sword fight but instead only seeing him died of old age in front of him, it didn't move him or made him realized that he had lost more than what he gained for life. He only realized everything was too later hundreds years later after seeing his own reflection in his opponent's sword of how scary, ugly, pathetic monster he had turned to be.   

I like how selfless, humble, sincere and helpful Yoriichi was as a character despite his prodigy nature in the story who can accept everything for himself although sometimes being so afraid of disappointing others. Although being a good and kind person didn't always return to you in a good way but at least his character showed an example of good impact in the society from his deed and he was remembered for his legacy. As for Kokushibo, had turned into nothing but a shell of demon filled with hatred and envy who denied the harsh truth about his life until he saw himself as monster without any notable achievement. Even until the end of his life after hundreds of years passed, he still can't beat his late twin brother but lost everything for nothing.

What we can learn from their characters is, although they shared the same blood but did not necessarily shared the same thought, compassion, vision and  choices in life. Even brothers can turned into sworn enemies despite only one of them succumbed into darkness just for feeding their selfish inferior ego. The moral value from this story  would be; don't ever stop being kind, honest and good person and don't ever feel  envy on other people's achievement or talents. Everyone has their own share of fate in life.  

  

Vampire Knight (Japanese Shojo Manga)

Vampire Knight (VK) is another Japanese shojo (teenage girl) manga written and illustrated by Matsuri Hino from 2004-2013 that I read on around 2011 out of curiosity when a fellow anime fan that I met online really love this manga and also ordered a commission for fan art. 

The story revolved around Yuki, a girl with a strange dream about a pureblood vampire, her shady past and a mysterious childhood friend. Well, when it comes to shojo manga and vampire, you can expect romance, handsome guys, high-school and love triangle because teenage girls a.k.a shojo would love this type of story. Although in this series also deepen a little bit with dark background story related to bloody vampires. I read it for some times until at one point, I dropped it because of boredom and I wasn't fond of the main characters instead I like the villain better. I read the rest of the manga once it is finished just to know how the author wrapped up the ending and yes, I already could guess how it ended since the story was quite predictable from the beginning. The illustration is great though and I draw some fan arts from it because of the villain characters that I like and some of my friends' requests. 

FUNDAMENTAL PAPER EDUCATION - What's this?

Fundamental paper education is a 2d animated Youtube web-series by Kaatie. It's about a bunch of students and teachers at school in paper forms but rather gory and weird which is not suitable for children after I tried to watch it just to know what it is. It suddenly rises to fame like crazy lately. I came to know it because my little niece asked me to draw its characters which got me worry somehow. Please watch out for your kids not to watch this kind if video because it promotes extreme punishment and violence. This is my fan art that I draw for my niece. 

 

DANDADAN (JAPANESE ANIME & MANGA): Highschool teenagers fight alien and ghost story

 

One day, a few weeks ago my little brother suggested me to try drawing Dandadan. I drew it by seeing some references in the internet and then watched the anime after that. I got hooked until I finished watching 12 episodes in a day. Aside from unusual mixed genres story from horror, comedy, romance, shonen-shojo high school, fantasy, I like some of the characters. 

 

Dandadan , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yukinobu Tatsu. It has been serialized in Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ app and website since April 2021, with its chapters collected in 18 tankōbon volumes as of January 2025 and its anime aired from October 2024 which the 2nd season will be aired in June this year 2025. It is about an interesting story of 2 high school teenagers, a boy who disbelief in ghost (Japanese = yokai) and a girl who disbelief in alien. They argued and in the end challenged themselves to prove each other wrong but in the end they got into some troubles after encountering both creatures and needed to fight for their lives from it. 

 

It is funny, scary, full of action, a little bit naughty (some people view this as pervert) although I don't think it is, it is just a pack of full entertainment that can be enjoyed lightly. I can't wait for the next season to come for it. This is my fan art for the male main character Okarun or Ken Takakura plus an extra drawing of granny Seiko crossover with granny Tsunade from Naruto.

13th & 16th ONLINE FRIENDSHIP ANNIVERSARY in Collab Crossover Drawings

These were my and my long time online friend's drawings to commemorate our friendship. We've been online friends since 2008 when we first met and talked in one online fan forum of a famous Manga, Naruto, called Narutofan.com.  

Started from online chatting and discussing over the series itself into talking daily, had made us went through several chatting platform ever since. Especially when the website was finally shut down, we moved to Yahoo messenger, MSN messenger, Skype, Facebook messenger and after all these years, lately we communicate on Insta DM. As years went by, although we mainly discussed about anime but we then had several different series that we follow once Naruto, Bleach, HSDK ended. 

Nonetheless, since we both like whatever related to anime, so it didn't matter if we didn't share the same liking again. The only series that last longer to discuss lately was Attack on Titan / Shingeki no Kyojin before it eventually came to end as well.

 

The collaboration drawings came to mind after one day we discuss over a list of characters that we liked from some anime series we once followed and in the 13th friendship anniversary drawing, it was mainly showed we still had a lot in common and chose some characters from the same series. However, in the 16th friendship anniversary drawings, we chose really different characters and series to show. 

Anyway, it was just for fun and hopefully this will last longer than it is now and became somewhat a tradition for us.

 

13th friendship anniversary - online shaking hands theme - featured: (Me) - L Lawliet from Death Note, Mikasa Ackerman from Attack on Titan, Akame from Akame ga Kill, Shigure from HSDK, Luffy from One Piece, Son Goku from Dragon Ball, Naruto & Sakura from Naruto, Clare from Claymore, Byakuya from Bleach. (Joan) - Ace from One Piece, Light yagami from Death Note, Ichigo & Rukia from Bleach, Itachi from Naruto, Levi Ackerman from Attack on Titan, Oga from HSDK, Vegeta from Dragon Ball, Esdeath from Akame ga Kill, Teresa from Claymore.

16th friendship anniversary - online video chatting theme - featured: (Me) - Yoriichi from Demon Slayer, Arah Yeunseul from one Korean Manhwa, Sesshomaru from Inuyasha, Itachi from Naruto, Gojo from Jujutsu Kaisen, L from Death Note, Denji from Chainsaw Man, Chikage from HSDK, Enma Ai from Hell Girl and Anya Forger from Spy X family. (Joan) - Irene from Claymore, Aizen from Bleach, Shanks from One Piece, Guts from Berserk, Hongo from HSDK, Bulma from Dragon Ball, Ace from One piece, Makie from Blade of the immortals, Levi Ackerman from Attack on Titan and Kakashi from Naruto.

Betty Boop, A Classic Cartoon Character which was Originally an Anthromorphic Poddle

   

   Have you ever came across this unique and classic cartoon character? She is Betty Boop. Betty Boop was created by the author Grim Natwick based on a request back then and at first it was created as an anthromorphic poddle dog but then later on changed into a sexy woman.

   Betty Boop is regarded as one of the first and well-known sex symbols on the animated screen as classic cartoon character. She is a symbol of the Depression era in 1930s and a reminder of the more carefree days of Jazz Age flappers for the viewers that time. Her popularity was mostly came from adult audiences, and the cartoons, while seemingly surreal, contained many sexual and psychological elements which was not suitable for younger/minor audiences. 

   

   The series was popular and once was aired on local TV when I was young but it was short-lived due to improper content for non adults. Betty Boop was way older than Barbie although and truly described her era which some may not be tolerated nowadays. That's all a little bit back to the old time classic animated character. This is my fan art drawing for her character.

ONE PIECE: A Point of View after watching Its Live Action Series on Netflix

   This was my personal point of view or opinion after watching the live action series which was adapted from this famous manga/anime. However, before going there, I'd like to explain how I felt about the manga itself. A few years ago, or exactly a decade ago, the argument about which manga is the best that time was intense between some fans. Especially Naruto and One Piece fans. I personally rooted for Naruto since I already became a big fan. Therefore, it kind of annoyed me when some people underrated the series. It happened so often that the so called OP fans bragged about OP is way better than Naruto. To try to give an objective opinion, I then tried to read the manga and watched some early episodes of OP. However, I eventually dropped it since perhaps it was not to my liking. The art is awesome and the story is not ordinary, however, I found it overwhelming and imaginary to the fullest as I saw it. My friend tried to persuade me to keep on watching or reading but as to the amount of thousands of anime episodes and hundreds of chapters to read, I just give up since it is time consuming and I'm not ready for another heartbreak after Naruto and Bleach ended in a way that made me disappointed. 

   Long story short, I've seen on social medias that Netflix will make an adaptation for OP. I became so curious about it and as to learn that live action will not be as long as the anime or manga, therefore, I will give some times to watch it. However, perhaps, again my expectation was too high on it. I don't  mind about the casting although somehow I expect more from Luffy character. I didn't feel his charisma as the main character. The costume, the set and the story were OK and true to the manga. What bothered me the most was the fighting scenes. Maybe I watched it with a lot of real Japanese live action movies in mind such as Rurouni Kenshin and else with awesome action scenes. I somehow got a bit boring and playing it faster just to know what next til the end of the last episodes of this season 1. The season 2 was already confirmed to be made, but I might just skip it unless, I have more free time for it. The picture is my fan art but the poster is the official poster which is not mine but belongs to the rightful owner.  

PEGASUS: From Mythology to Modern Anime

   Pegasus (Greek: Pégasos) is a winged stallion which said to be the son of Poseidon and Medusa in Greek mythology.  One faithful day in the story, Poseidon forcefully raped virgin Medusa in Athena's temple due to his feud with Athena but instead, Athena turned her poor loyal worshiper into a monster.  Pegasus was born when Medusa got beheaded and this character is often found in works of art in both Greece, Rome and Mesopotamia.  Pegasus is a creature whose form described a relationship between gods and demons or monsters in the ancient and classical world.

   

   Pegasus helped the hero Bellerofon in his fight against the Chimaera and the Amazons as told by Gods.  However, Bellerofon became arrogant and tried to fly the Pegasus to Olympus but the gods punished him and dropped Bellerofon to his demise from Pegasus.  Since then, Pegasus has become a thunderbolt for Zeus.  The word "pegasus" is now used to refer to all kinds of winged horses in general.

   

   Pegasus (Flying Horse) is also known as constellation in the northern hemisphere, named after its mythological story.  This constellation is one of the 88 modern constellations, and also one of the 48 constellations listed by Ptolemy back then.

   

   As quoted from Wikipedia, Pegasus Seiya (Pegasasu no Seiya), simply known as Seiya, is a fictional character and the main protagonist in the Saint Seiya manga series created by Masami Kurumada. He is the eponymous protagonist who makes his debut in the first chapter "The Saints of Athena" (Atena no Seinto), published in Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine on January 1, 1986. Seiya is one of the eighty-eight mythical warriors known as Saints who have served the Goddess Athena throughout the ages, protecting justice and peace on Earth. As a Saint, Seiya dons a powerful armor of divine origins known as a Cloth, the one which represents the constellation of Pegasus. Seiya also possesses superhuman strength and speed, two of the many extraordinary abilities the Saints draw from their guardian constellations and an inner essence called Cosmo. Critical reception to Seiya has been mixed. While many enjoy his character design and call of justice, many reviewers feels he is overshadowed by other characters and the way he handles his fights. In short, he was far less popular compared to other characters.

   I watched saint Seiya or Pegasus Seiya when I was a child and tried to draw the characters directly as I watched it on local television since the information was quite limited and not as the current time with the internet and everything. It was once my favorite anime and I noticed that this series is inspired by Pegasus as the constellation and its relation to zodiac / astrology aspect rather than the mythology itself although it is also took some Greek gods characters such as Athena herself as one of the important character in it. Why? Because as mentioned before, Pegasus was actually the unwanted son of medusa who was once the loyal worshiper of Athena before the horrible wrongdoing by Poseidon to her. I guess that's all I can share about Pegasus and its connection from myth to Anime world.

 

COLLAB DRAWINGS: Anime Crossover - Between Me and My Longtime Online Friend

 

   Me and my friend Joan, we've been online friend for more than 1.5 decade despite we lived in different side of the world. We met through our hobby about anime and manga in one website. We sometimes complimented ourselves by drawing for each other or celebrate our friendship with some sort of fan art drawing challenges. This time we agreed to do this little challenge after a long time due to our own busy life.  We would draw for each other 2 anime characters of our choice to be done by the other person. She chose Casca from manga Berserk and Hange Zoe from Attack on Titan/ Shingeki no Kyojin to be drawn by me and she would draw Yoriichi Tsugikuni from Demon Slayer/ Kimetsu no Yaiba and Satoru Gojo from Jujutsu Kaisen for me. 

 

   It was fun while drawing this on my tab and took roughly a few hours to finish. Here are the results from us as you can see above. The left part is Casca and Hange done by me and on the right side is Yoriichi and Gojo done by her. 

 

Check the complete drawing process video in my YouTube: noodlemie.

DEEP SEA (Chinese Animation Movie 2023) - Imagination x Psychological Problem

 

   Deep Sea (Chinese: 深海; pinyin: Shēn Hǎi) is a 2023 Chinese 3D animated fantasy movie which is written and directed by Tian Xiaopeng, who previously directed Monkey King: Hero Is Back. The movie was released in China on 22 January 2023, exactly on Chinese New Year.

 

   The story revolved around A young girl who explores a strange underwater environment after she experienced a strange phenomenon as she lost in her thoughts amidst the heavy rain on the sea. Shenxiu, a little girl and a victim of her parent's divorce went on a sea trip with her dad and his new family. Still not being able to cope with not having her real mother around, she often hears a hum similar to a song her mother used to sing and as she followed the sound also a weird creatures who suddenly appeared, she unconsciously entered the fantastical Deep Sea Restaurant run by sea animals serving humanoid fishes and met someone who actually become her savior and she finally understood everything. Unfortunately, some questions were remained unanswered 'til the end.

 

   This movie related to mental or psychological problem caused by the trauma which being described as fantasy realm she saw in the process. The premise is deep and the animation is outstanding and kind of heavily reminded me of Van Gogh's starry night painting, Studio Ghibli's spirited away and Disney's magical creatures. However, the way the story line goes, the pace and how the director mixed it all made me super overwhelmed and confused when I watched it. If only they learned the storytelling more understandable the similar way Disney's animation movies did, perhaps it would be perfect. I rated the story as 6-7 and animation 9 out of 10.

The illustration is a random fan art I drew based on its official poster back then.

CHAINSAW MAN (Japanese Anime and Manga short review) - Not Just Another Teenage Boy/Girl Manga

   At first I was just curious why this weird looking character is often shown on my social media. Then I look further for it and watched the anime until I got hooked by it the same way as other manga/anime I've watched and read before. Chainsaw man is even far more bitter and bloody than Attack on Titan series for me.

 

   Chainsaw man Is a Japanese manga/ comic series written and illustrated by Tatsuki Fujimoto with the 1st arc started from December 2018 to December 2020 and the 2nd arc began on July 2022. Its genre is action, comedy horror and dark fantasy. Its animation aired between October to December 2022 with so far only 12 episodes. The story follows the life of Denji, an impoverished young man who had been revived with  fusing his body with a doglike devil named Pochita, granting him the ability to transform parts of his body into chainsaws and work as a devil hunter after the agency found him. His life is far from perfect since he lived poorly and his dad died before him leaving amount of debt which he had to pay to the gangster his late father owed to. Due to that, he has simple dreams but troublesome kind of life until one day he was betrayed and killed and Pochita the real powerful chainsaw devil, want to see his dream through him, revived him again for it. Despite great storytelling, characters and dark humor, it needs to be highlighted on the violent scenes which were shown in it related to the context of the story which won't be appropriate for underage reader or audiences.

   

   I like the idea, but this series is not for all people who used to enjoy manga like Naruto, Bleach or even One Piece. It has this sort of dark bitter story which is similar to Attack on Titan's purpose to show its readers and viewers but closer than ever to real life aside from its fantasy devil characters. One of the manga that is just not for everyone. For me it would be 8 out of 10. 

The illustration is a random fan art I drew based on its official manga cover back then.  

PRINCESS MONONOKE & LAPUTA, CASTLE IN THE SKY (Studio Ghibli Animation movies)

    

   Princess Mononoke or Mononoke Hime is a 1997 Japanese animated epic historical fantasy film from Studio Ghibli by Hayao Miyazaki. It was set in 14th century era where humans, animals and gods live in harmony but all soon start to crumble by the plague, and greed mostly caused by none other than human. It was magical, but at the same time tragic and somehow depicted  and related to the reality of everyday life throughout time. I love how all the characters are described in it and also how beautiful backgrounds shown in the story. Also Mononoke herself as the main character in the movie as if she represented independent feminism way before the era, also the moral values just can't be ignored. I would rated 9 out of 10 for this movie. I have written the article separately before but I would like to highlight it with another movie from the same Studio/ Producer. 

   As for the 2nd film is Laputa, castle in the sky. It is a 1986 Japanese animated fantasy adventure film from Studio Ghibli again by Hayao Miyazaki too. Set in the fictional 19th century, following the adventure of a boy and a girl who try to protect a powerful crystal which hold the secret to a legendary powerful floating castle. It has been cited as the most influential original classic movie in the steampunk and diesel punk genres for numerous films, media and games as years went by. It was as truly mindblowing film to watch. Another 9 out of 10 movie for me.

 

   Actually these two film weren't the only films I've watched from Studio Ghibli. I will put more review of other Studio Ghibli's movie later on when I have more time. The picture in this article is my fan art drawing of them with Princess Mononoke on the left and Laputa, castle in the sky on the right.

DARK-HAIRED SIDE KICKS in Several Famous Anime/ Manga

   Dark haired side kicks from several famous anime/manga series. I need to point out on the title due this specific aspect of the characters which I will explain shortly below. However, first of all, I need to introduce a little bit about each character and from which anime & manga they are from.

1. Dragon Shiryū (Doragon no Shiryū) - 2nd from right in the picture - is one of the important fictional character from the SAINT SEIYA manga & anime created by Masami Kurumada as the side kick and nakama/close friend to Seiya as the main character. He is considered the most mature and wisest of the five saint. Shiryū is the Bronze Saint of the Dragon constellation which possesses legendary defensive and offensive properties on his cloth. He is also one of the ten surviving orphans trained to become Athena's Saints by Mitsumasa Kido. When Kido passed away, Shiryū and his allies become the main guardians of his adopted granddaughter, Saori, as she is Athena's reincarnation.

2. Uryū Ishida (Ishida Uryū) - 3rd from right in the picture - is a Gemischt Quincy who lives in Karakura Town in BLEACH Anime and manga. He is a doctor at Karakura Hospital as a grown up and was a close friend of Ichigo Kurosaki since they were in high school. He is a former Sternritter of the Wandenreich with the designation A: Antithesis, formerly one of Yhwach's Schutzstaffel, and had been named by Yhwach (the last main villain in the series) as his future successor. He was a shady friend turned enemy in the ending of the story who 'betray' Ichigo as the main character.

 

3. Uchiha Sasuke (Sasuke Uchiha) - 1st from right in the picture - One of the famous grey character in NARUTO anime and manga. He famously known as somewhat did not know to be categorized into. A friend or a foe? and since I did not and will not follow or read or watch Boruto, in my mind about him would be the opportunist who should be watched out for. 

4. Aki Hayakawa (Hayakawa Aki) - 2nd from left in the picture - was the deuteragonist character of the Public Safety Saga in CHAINSAW MAN Anime and manga. He was a Public Safety Devil Hunter working under Makima (control devil)'s special squad who had made contracts with the Curse Devil and Future Devil, and a former contract with the Fox Devil and pretty close to Denji as the main character who also joined the same squad. However, During the Gun Devil arc, he was killed and possessed by 20% of the Gun Devil, thus becoming the host of the Gun Fiend (Jū no Majin) and has a tragic end in Denji's hand. Their friendship was interesting since the beginning but they were used by makima for her personal purpose.He was a good guy with a sad ending.

5. Megumi Fushiguro (Fushiguro Megumi) - the 3rd from left in the picture - is the deuteragonist character of JUJUTSU KAISEN anime and manga series. He is a grade 2 jujutsu sorcerer and first-year student at Tokyo Jujutsu High alongside Yuji Itadori (main character) and Nobara Kugisaki. Megumi is also a descendant of the Zenin Clan. Megumi was born outside the clan and was eventually found by Satoru Gojo (the most famous character), who mentored him and enrolled him at Jujutsu High as his student. His fate nearly came to an end when Sukuna, the main villain, possessed his body and mind to then killed many people. However, Yuji managed to beat him and help Megumi back to his senses. 

 

6. Inosuke Hashibira (Hashibira Inosuke) - 1st from left in the picture - is one of the main characters companion of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba and along with Zenitsu Agatsuma, a traveling companion of Tanjiro Kamado and Nezuko Kamado (the center characters in the story). He is also a Demon Slayer in the Demon Slayer Corps. He was raised in the forest since he was a baby, therefore he has the wild and rough attitude towards others but nonetheless, kind and helpful. He is probably the kindest, most naive and easy going also funny side kick among all six characters I've mentioned here. I kind of like him the most.

The thing is, as I noticed closely on to these Japanese anime or manga series and also others too, mostly the side kick to the main characters has always been or mostly has dark hair (black). I don;t know maybe it is referred to the original hair of Asian or Japanese people or it is just a coincidence. But it is like as if it's a must to have at least one aside the main character to have them. Be it a good turn bad guy, a loyal friend or a shady envious character, they somehow represent people in real life to us. After all, some of these stories might be or highly inspired from life itself anyway.  I always wonder about this for so long after watching so many anime and read manga for years. 

The illustration is a random fan art I drew based on its official character drawings back then.

JUJUTSU KAISEN -Japanese Manga and Anime Short Review

 

   I watched Jujutsu Kaisen anime last year as it is recommended by one of my online friend, Mike. Its Japanese original manga is written and illustrated by Gege Akutami and published in 2018 up until now.

It was a good story and premise about the Jujutsu sorcerers and their battle against the gruesome monsters derived from curse which were actually born from human's uncontrollable negative thought and energies. Hence, the only purpose of these spiritual beings is to bring harm upon people themselves, talk about karma, right? What goes around comes around - from human back to human. The problem is, the harm they bring not necessarily on point and that's where the Jujutsu sorcerers part is. OK, I just spoiled the general idea of this manga or anime is all about but I can guarantee that it won't spoil the enjoyment once you follow it. Itadori Yuuji as the complicated easy going main character with mysterious past is also an interesting. Albeit my curiosity won't stop until the next chapter and episodes to come.

 

   To be honest, I did not read the manga attentively as watching the anime episodes, but I do see some spoilers of what to come and learned that many fans glorified Gojo over Yuuji as the main character and Sukuna as the most powerful villain in the series had become the main powerful exaggerated bad guy who seemed to be unbeatable. In the end, I think the Mangaka himself knew better since it was his work to begin with and it is his privilege to do what he wants with it. I would continue watching the rest of the anime episodes later when it was completely done being animated since I don't have much time to read the manga although the manga has ended a while ago. I would say, so far it is 8 out of 10.  

  The picture is my fan art drawing that I made /drew as soon as I started watching it back then.

KIMETSU NO YAIBA or DEMON SLAYER Anime & Manga Review

  

 I started watching this anime about 2years ago. It was unintentional after I watched Jujutsu Kaisen anime as recommended by my online friend. It caught my attention right from the start and I ended up watching the whole season also the movie that time. Some people said the story is not so special based on the manga but the anime has elevated the series to another level by making it more than just alive in motion. I read the manga and watch the anime and personally I like both of it. Of course, anime will make it more interesting in term of entertainment in an easy way compare to appreciating the drawing and details in the manga. However, it was not as an exaggerated as their claimed to be. it was enough to convey the message and what's inside the story in the manga itself.

 

   I have to admit the anime studio who make the anime is really good in translating the plot into animation including the emotion of the characters. I also admire the Mangaka's effort in creating characters, background stories until we can not hate even the bad guys unless it was the main psycho villain and some of his men. Overall, I would give 8.5 out of 10 for this.  

   

This is my fan art drawing of the main characters, Tanjiro and his sister Nezuko.

 

Demon Slayer: Kibutsuji Muzan x Tsugikuni Yoriichi - An example of human's utmost good side and bad side

 Now let's discuss about Kibutsuji muzan and tsugikuni yoriichi.  They are the 2 strongest but opposing characters in the Demon Slayer/Kimetsu no Yaiba story. 

 Kibutsuji Muzan is the main antagonist who represents human nature at its worst which he is a selfish, narcissistic demon who has the principle of living only for himself without caring about how many parties suffer and are harmed by him.  His obsession is the craziest side of humans with all their greed for eternal life, but being young, very strong, able to do whatever they want and being rich.  In fact, he doesn't hesitate to kill anyone who gets in his way.  Even though he still has a fatal weakness that continues to haunt him even though he has lived for more than 1000 years, a weakness that makes whatever he achieves feel meaningless if it disappears without a trace, including himself.  He was a scary figure and hated by everyone.  

Meanwhile, Tsugikuni Yoriichi is 180 degrees opposite to Muzan.  He comes from a prominent family but has great empathy and was willing to give in for his brother, abandoning all ambitions to occupy an important position even though he was born a genius and tragically he also has to lose everyone he loves.  Despite all that, he did not change but remained a selfless person, always helping those around him until the end of his life. He'd never prioritized wealth, power, strength but only wanted to live in peace.  Even though being a good person is not always rewarded in the end, he didn't change.  Thus making him a legendary and memorable figure.  He was also the only figure who made Muzan felt insecure because he would almost perished if he didn't escape quickly like a true coward.  

So what lesson can we take from here?  Always be a good person no matter what happens because karma never makes a mistake and this world is not eternal and life has an end.  Don't follow your desires which will lead you to negative things.

The illustration is a random fan art I drew based on its official characters back then.

Detective Conan/ Case closed: A Manga that had spanned over 30 years!

 I've watched this anime for the first time on local television and it was great. The theme, the story and criminal cases were intriguing. It goes both ways with the main plot and the stand-alone cases.

There are a lot of info for this manga/anime which already published and aired for 30 years this year. There is no sign of stopping anytime soon though. Therefore for those who wait whether the main character will be able to move on with his life or stay the same is still unknown until when. 

Good luck for those who still follow it.

The illustration is a random fan art I drew based on its official poster back then.