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Mango 🥭 back at it again?
@beyondplusultra.bsky.social
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With spooky season upon us, here's a preview of my piece for @knifesedgezine.bsky.social! It was an honor to illustrate @mistresseast.bsky.social's absolutely haunting fic!

Don't miss out on it and all the other terrifying goodies, up for grabs until October 6th...
🔪💀 knifesedgezine.bigcartel.com
October 2, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Summer's in full swing! When you're caught in that heat while walking around Manila, nothing's better than a quick bite of dirty ice cream~

This is my full piece for Winds of Blessing, an Akeshu travel zine. Leftover sales are on until September 7!! ☀️☀️☀️https://shuaketravels.bigcartel.com/
Goro and Akira eating ube and cheese ice cream on a hot summer's day. Both are wearing light summer clothing. The sun shines down hard on them and the mass of foliage behind them as they attempt to cool off. A colorfully hand-painted ice cream cart waits nearby, a popular and familiar sight in the streets of Manila, Philippines.
August 11, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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—you gently covered the mouth that said a false happiness would be enough.

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#akeshu #February2
Profile view of Akira and Goro, their faces close together. Goro's gloved hand covers Akira's mouth. He's kissing Akira over his own hand. There are tears in Akira's eyes. The gems of desire from Royal's opening fall around them, but they only have eyes for each other.
February 1, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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2/2.
Page 4 of 7 Everything is suddenly toned red. The page shows A young Akechi walking into a room to find that his mother has hanged herself. In the background, he is in full view, lit by the doorway, with his mother's dangling feet next to a knocked over chair in the foreground. The text jitters with chromatic aberration now, too. Dialogue: I CARE IF I AM GUILTY! Page 5 of 7 A panel in the same style as the previous one. This time it shows a closeup of an injured Black Mask, holding up a gun, yelling at something or someone behind him. Dialogue: I CARE IF I AM GUILTY! Dialogue: I CARE IF I AM GUILTY! Page 6 of 7 The comic goes back to black and white, with only Akechi still toned red. His figure stands in a mostly black background. Above him, a panel of Maruki's sad face. Below him, a panel of Akira's face, obscured by his glasses. Dialogue: God was silent. Everything was SILENT. Page 7 of 7 The comic is suddenly in full color, and shows Akechi laying in the floor of gems, like the scene from the P5R opening. He's on his back, arms spread out to either side of him. He's expressionless. Azathoth's tentacles encircle the frame. Dialogue: I lay back down in the snow.
February 1, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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An excerpt from the poem "The War of Vaslav Nijinsky," by Frank Bidart.

1/2.

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#akeshu #February2
Page 1 of 7 A panel of Maruki, standing and holding his hand out to the viewer. Azathoth's tentacles fill up the negative space behind him. Everything is mostly in black and white, with the tentacles tinted blue. Dialogue: God said: GOD MADE YOU. Page 2 of 7 The viewer turns out to be Akechi, sitting on the floor and looking up at Maruki's outstretched hand with an unreadable expression. Azathoth's tentacles surround him. Dialogue: GOD DOES NOT CARE IF YOU ARE "GUILTY" OR NOT. Page 3 of 7 A closeup of Akechi's face, full of contempt, disgust, and maybe a hint of fear. His outline jitters. His eyes are red. Dialogue: I said:
February 1, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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⚠️WARNING: Changes you made may not be saved.

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#akeshu #February2
Akechi falls through a void, looking like he's glitching out. His eyes are barely open, his hand almost reaching upwards but not quite, towards Akira's hand that is straining to reach him.
February 1, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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A series of progressive panels showing Goro speaking and Akira progressively getting more and more frustrated. Their eyes are still obscured. Goro: "Don't start with this stupid, sentimental bullshit. I'm just a walking corpse. Spare me the theatrics. Stop wasting time and let me go— Akira, interrupting: "SHUT UP." Goro stands in full view, Akira's dialogue bubbles surrounding him. His face shows plain shock. Akira's words start out big and loud, then waver and turn small. Akira: "Don't you get it?! I love you! I always have. ...So, please. Even if it's only for tonight. Just this once." A shot of Akira's full face. He's crying. Akira: "Stay."
February 1, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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at the end of the day, we're helpless

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#akeshu #February2
A comic. The title, in quotes, is Akechi's line from February 2 "Let's go back to our true reality." The first page is two panels of Akira and Akechi's faces, with their eyes obscured by the frame. Akira: "Akechi, wait." Goro: "What now? Haven't you already said your piece—?" In the first panel, Akira is shown to have grabbed Goro by the hand. In the second panel, A closeup of Goro's infuriated expression. Neither of their eyes can be seen. Goro: "Akira. Are you FUCKING serious. Let go."
February 1, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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I am the son and the heir
of nothing in particular

#worm #parahumans #alecvasil
An illustration of Alec Vasil from the webseries Parahuman. He's wearing his Regent outfit, sitting idly while holding his mask in his right hand, seemingly shielding his face from the light.
November 8, 2024 at 2:42 AM
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a drink for the horror that i'm in
for the good guys and the bad guys
for the monsters that i've been

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happy birthday, akechi.
Prince Crow laughs and clinks a glass of red wine against Black Mask's. The latter's expression is unreadable. Their eyes glow yellow behind their masks. In the background hangs a picture of Goro Akechi giving a static smile, with his eyes obscured. The photo is surrounded by a black funeral frame.
June 2, 2024 at 1:59 AM
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your guilt will not purify you
May 3, 2024 at 10:28 PM
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And here's my second piece for the akeshu #rivalszine, a collaboration with malevolentmango. I had the pleasure of making an illustration for their beautiful fic, 'all the words i couldn't say'.

It's such a lovely read❣️ Make sure to check it out! archiveofourown.org/works/54617059
Goro and Akira hold each other tightly as they share a long overdue kiss. The room is lit by a sunset glowing through the window. Letters written by Goro to Akira are scattered in the air around them.
March 21, 2024 at 12:53 AM
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(reposted because I forgot to include the zine tag in the last one...)

anyway, cropped version!
March 21, 2024 at 12:52 AM
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Your move, detective.

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Here's the cover I made for the akeshu #rivalszine! Thank you to all who contributed!
The image perspective is tilted slightly to the right. Goro and Akira are sitting at a table and playing chess in the attic. The window behind them floods the room with a soft, golden light. Goro is holding one hand to his chin in thought while the other moves a white rook. He smiles at Akira in challenge, and Akira rests his face in one hand while confidently returning the look. He seems to be making some kind of teasing remark. Below the table, Goro's legs are crossed. One of his legs rests flirtatiously between Akira's own, touching against one.
March 21, 2024 at 12:51 AM
beyondplusultra.bsky.social
the fall

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p3r spoilers // I had to get something out of my system, especially after seeing the credits roll and watching the last movie...
A rough, uncolored sketch of Ryoji catching an unconscious Minato as the latter falls down through water. Ryoji has a soft smile on his face.
March 1, 2024 at 10:00 AM
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you can't make it feel right (when you know that it's wrong)

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2/2 akeshu
A close-up profile shot of Goro and Akira. Akira is leaning his forehead heavily against Goro's right shoulder with his hand on the opposite shoulder. A tear streaks his cheek. Goro looks ahead, almost as though he's unaffected.
February 1, 2024 at 11:02 PM
beyondplusultra.bsky.social
I tried going against my own soul's warning

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repaint of an old akeshu piece!
A picture of Persona 5's Joker tenderly kissing Crow's hand. Dozens of candles glow in the background. Crow is out of frame.
January 30, 2024 at 4:32 AM
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why didn't you finish your food

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#dungeonmeshi #mithrun
January 29, 2024 at 3:07 AM
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Here's the post where the quote is from! :')
December 22, 2023 at 10:21 AM
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so what if you're a ghost of yourself? you can haunt me
Two dimly lit close-ups of Akira laying on his back with his hands laced around the back of Goro's neck, pulling him close. In the upper image, they're having a quiet moment looking at each other. Goro has a glassy look in his eyes. In the lower image, Akira has pulled him into a kiss. Goro has closed his eyes, and his tears threaten to fall.
December 22, 2023 at 10:20 AM
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any excuse to challenge you.

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11.11 happy pocky day, akeshu!
Goro and Akira playing the pocky game. Goro's hand holds Akira's face, and both of them are smirking at each other in challenge.
November 11, 2023 at 1:04 PM
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So, you kiss him, and he doesn't move, he doesn't pull away, and you keep on kissing him. And he hasn't moved, he's frozen, and you've kissed him, and he'll never forgive you, and maybe now he'll leave you alone. - Richard Siken

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xuexiao,
October 31, 2023 at 5:49 AM
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You look like you've seen a ghost.

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👻👻👻
It's been a year since @tzviaariella.bsky.social published A Call from the Grave, but I still think about it (and the rest of Brigverse) every day of my life. Happy Halloweekend!

Read the amazing Brigverse series here: archiveofourown.org/series/2626924
The deck of a pirate ship at night. Two bodies, Kamoshida's and Shido's, lay dead on the floor. The vengeful ghost of Goro Akechi glows eerily as he stands in the center of the carnage. The left side of his face is bleeding, and he has one hand over it seemingly to staunch the flow. His other hand, nails grown into inhuman talons, is held out and dripping with blood.
October 27, 2023 at 12:01 PM
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all this effort to make it look effortless
Goro Akechi is on his phone, wearing his school uniform, looking slightly off to the side with a placid smile. Five hands surround his face, all with different makeup and styling tools at the ready.
October 15, 2023 at 12:16 AM
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✂️?
Crow and Joker stand in a cityscape, facing each other in their phantom thief outfits. They have the red string of fate tied between them. Joker reaches out to Crow, who is turned away from the viewer with both hands behind his back. He's loosely holding a pair of scissors out of Joker's sight.
October 15, 2023 at 12:14 AM