 This is not art. This is an animated banner ad. It's pretty cool. There's really not much reason to make banner ads for individual stories, but I like to come up with silly movie-poster-esque catch-phrases like, "What if one started playing by the other's rules?" Ooooohhh. Yeah.
 Her face is kinda weird-looking, yeah. But not so much that I hate the picture. And she would usually have her hair up when she was in uniform. I just wanted to draw it down. Either that or the model I used had her hair down and I couldn't manage to draw it up and make it look good. One of those two options...
 This is a very boring title; Sano looks good, Saitou looks OK, but the design is just blah... and where's Tokio?? This was one of my earlier attempts at drawing on a tablet.
 This is a deliberate rip-off of the picture on the cover of volume 9 of the original manga, and it's kinda cool. Sano looks quite good, Tokio looks very nice, and Katsu looks OK. Saitou would look fine except that somehow he became somewhat blurry and choppy at the same time, and I have no clue how it happened. Kotono, in the lower right, looks really hideous. This is very irritating since she's supposed to be beautiful.
 Here we have Tokio and Katsu. I call it Primary Colors, to parallel, somewhat, Red, White, and Blue - My True Patriotism, though that was not intended as an Aku Soku Zan(za) exclusive.
 Here is Kotono that I drew at work. Kotono is not that interesting to draw because the specifications are "a pretty woman in a pretty kimono." I did not draw the bug. Kotono was looking down somewhat sadly, and my sister decided that she needed to be looking at something and added the bug. It was so cute I decided to leave it. You can see a few images of Kotono drawn by others over at her art exchange profile page. I commissioned Rena-sama to draw the sex scene from chapter 21. Click here to see it.
 Chapter-scribble for the "take a bath" scene of chapter 22. Sano's mouth looks really funny. As a birthday present, my sister Hathor drew me a picture of Katsu and Tokio on their date in chapter 22. Click here to see it. I hadn't actually finished the chapter when she drew it, which is why Tokio's hair is down when it's up in the chapter. Not that... that's really... important.
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Click here for a silly summary of the story so far Sano: Some bastard wrote me a letter and I can't read it. Fuck! Yoita: I'm going to die eventually. I mean, why not take it to that filler episode character in your neighborhood? Sasaki: Check me out; I'm the only filler episode character in this story! And the guy who wrote the letter wants you to fight Saitou Hajime, who used to be in the Shinsengumi. Sano: Fuck him. OK.
Saitou: >_< I hate my job. Tokio: kuroiyousei has a crush on me! Saitou: That just means you'll be tortured more than the rest of us. Tokio: But doesn't she have a crush on you too? Saitou: . . . Sano: I'm so excited to fight you! Do you think that might be foreshadowing of eventual yaoi? Saitou: Hey, he's hot and I've heard interesting things about him. Tokio, go make dinner. Tokio: No. Saitou: Yes. Tokio: >_< Fine, but I'll have my revenge in chapter 7. Saitou: I wonder what she meant by that...
Sano: O_O Hey, no destroying my weapon! Saitou: I'll only give you half the lecture today; if you want the rest, you'll have to come back and let me ogle you again. Sano: Fuck you. Saitou: Hmm...
Tokio: I'm horny and married to a gay man, and Zanza is hot. Sano: You're hot too. I want to fight Saitou again and hear the rest of the lecture. Hey, did my long-lost friend make that print?
Tokio: So guess what! Zanza's a Sekihoutai survivor! Saitou: That explains why he's so gorgeous. Now go away so I can contemplate why I like him.
Tokio: Good morning, Zanza! I met your friend last night when you were drunk; I also set up your fight with Hajime. Plus I'm still horny. Sano: Well, let's have sex right now. Tokio: O_o Not in the second chapter!
Tokio: Some girl died and it's mysterious, but I care more about the lecture I didn't want to hear in the first place and the fight that didn't happen. Sano: Fuck. Saitou: I'll hang out at the police station; Tokio, you go talk to Zanza in some spot where you're conveniently alone. Tokio: ^__^ OK.
Saitou: >_< I hate hanging out at the police station while my wife talks to the guy I like in some spot where they're conveniently alone.
Sano: T__T I didn't really like the rest of the lecture much. Now I have to change my whole life around, dammit.
Tokio: Some dialogue will cheer you up, and then we can make out. ^__^ Sano: ^__^ OK.
Sano: I'm thinking about what it would be like to kiss Saitou, for some reason. Could this hint at future yaoi? Hey, Katsu, what are you doing here? Katsu: I'm worried about these friends of yours, and I have a secret plan. Sano: Cool.
Tokio: ^______________^ Saitou: >_____________< Tokio: I'm worried about Tsukioka. Saitou: I'm obsessing over Zanza.
Tokio: I feel like people have been talking about me all day. Saitou: Me too. But that might just be all my fangirls online. Kukuri: Zanza, you should come join the yakuza again. Sano: No way! Well, I'll think about it. Saitou: It was stupid that you were in that gang. Sano: No, it wasn't. Saitou: Yes, it was. Sano: No, it wasn't. Saitou: Yes, it was. Tokio: Um, Zanza, do you want to work for us?
Katsu: I was the one talking about them all day yesterday. Sano: O_o You're one of Saitou's online fangirls?? Katsu: Ahem. I make bombs. Let's be terrorists. Sano: Nice subject change. I'll think about it.
Tokio: Zanza, you can't be a terrorist! I'M STILL HORNY. Sano: Will one kiss do? Tokio: T__T No. Hajime!!! He's going to do bad bombing stuff with Tsukioka and he still hasn't slept with me!!! Saitou: Go spy on the evil politician. Tokio: T__T
Sano: Katsu, this is a bad idea. Katsu: I am halfway convinced. Punch me in the stomach and take me home. Sano: OK. Saitou: Nice work. Sano: O_O You just came out of nowhere! Saitou: Natural reaction to your presence. Sano: Hey, are you hitting on me? Saitou: Of course not.
Katsu: Debates are better with a sore stomach. Sano: I'm glad you're going to be a good guy. Now Tokio can doubt it for five chapters. Saitou: Let's go have dinner so I can not hit on you some more. Sano: You're a jerk, but OK.
Saitou: ^__________^ Tokio: >__________< Saitou: You were wrong about his plans and I got to have an intelligent conversation with him, nyah nyah. Tokio: Yeah, well, I get to sleep with him. Saitou: . . . Tokio: Wait a second, you like him too? Shit, now I'm conflicted.
Tokio: But I think I'll sleep with him anyway. Once we're both drunk.
Sano: I thought this was a good idea last night. Tokio: So did I. Sano: We can still be friends, though. Tokio: It's not you, it's me.
Tokio: Now I feel really bad. Saitou: Good. Go patrol. Tokio: T__T
Saitou: I hate chatty OC's. Yaoku: I use a lot of flowery language and am completely historically inaccurate. Saitou: You fit right in.
Sano: Now I feel really bad. Kotono: Zanza! My life sucks terribly, but please don't try to help. Sano: T__T
Sano: I work for Saitou. Katsu: I'm publishing a newspaper. Sano: Cool; let's drink sake. Katsu: O_o The last person you drank sake with you then slept with. Sano: At least then there'd be some yaoi in this story...
Tokio: This case is really boring so far. I think I'll spy on Tsukioka instead. Katsu: I am so innocent it's painful. Oh, wait, no, I'm not.
Sano: I'm all drippy and hot from training in the rain! Saitou: I am too, but in a slightly different sense. Sano: I don't need training, though. I'm ready for anything you want to hit me with. Saitou: Tokio's my wife and I'm flaming gay. Sano: O______________O
Sano: Why do I seem to have an overwhelmingly massive subconscious problem with the fact that Saitou is married? Could this be a very slow lead-up to eventual yaoi? Oh, well. Back to work.
Saitou: Have some banter and some money. Sano: Hey, there's extra money in here. Saitou: It goes with the extra banter. Sano: This isn't a present or anything, is it? Saitou: Of course not. What, do you think I'm hitting on you or something?
Tokio: That case got interesting by the end, but I'm going to keep spying on Tsukioka anyway. What better use of my time than on a rooftop in the rain examining my own psyche?
Tokio: >_< I hate paperwork, and I don't want to talk to Zanza, so I'll spend this part of the chapter doing both. Sano: I can't figure out whether subconsciously falling in love with your husband makes this more or less embarrassing.
Saitou: Sano would look really hot if we were to practice today. Next day's nearly as good, though. Not that I'm hitting on him or anything. Sano: I'm getting back in the gang as long as I commit an evil crime. Saitou: I'll do it for you. Sano: Are you sure you're not hitting on me?
Tousaku: I am a disturbingly deliberate setup match for Chou later in the story. I mean, let me fix your zanbatou. Sano: Wow, you really are. OK. Hey, Saitou did this for me?? *__* Could this be a precursor to eventual yaoi?!?
Saitou: I love committing evil crimes. Except for the love part. Are we doing all this the right way? . . . Of course we are. Sano: You have no idea how much I like you now. Saitou: Well, why don't you tell me? Sano: Almost as much as I like my zanbatou! *__* Saitou: . . .
Tairotsu: Zanza, you must think about homosexuality in this chapter. Sano: Make me. Tairotsu: Zanza, you must think about homosexuality in this chapter because I have a gun. Sano: Hmmmm... Some people are gay. Kato: Like me! I'm adorable too. And drunk! Sano: That you are. Drunk, I mean. Kato: Come on, you know you want to think about homosexuality; heck, the guy we're trying to find is probably my boyfriend! Sano: Suuuure. Next you'll be demanding I think about yaoi. Gee, I wish Saitou were here.
Tokio: I am a yaoi fangirl. I mean, what was your question again? Sano: How did you and Saitou meet and get married? Tokio: Do you want the historically accurate version, or kuroiyousei's bullshit? Sano: Which one's likely to get us to the yaoi faster? Tokio: Well...
Sano: T__T I don't want to do this evil crime. Oh, well, I'm going to do it anyway.
Saitou: You did an evil crime all by yourself for the good of the country *__* Sano: T__T Saitou: If I beat you up, will you feel better? Sano: Yes. Kosaburou: Hey, that guy's having an affair with your wife. Saitou: Tell me about it. >_< Kosaburou: OK! Here are the details: Saitou: On second thought, don't. I want soba. >_<
Sano: Summary part! I'm busy playing with gangs, fighting people, feeling bad for Kotono, and thinking about Saitou.
Saitou: Summary part! I'm busy with small, boring cases, wishing to kill Raihishuu, wanting Sano, and wondering about Tokio's feelings for him and Tsukioka.
Tokio: Mine is not a summary part! OMG, Kotono, are you OK? Kotono: I... really don't want to talk to you. Tokio: Of course not; you think I'm Zanza's girlfriend. Let's have some duplicitous conversation anyway, though. Kotono: My life still sucks. Tokio: And you are yet another prospective barrier to yaoi.
Sano: Stupid gang people, trying to attack me in the street. I'm sick of them, and everything is boring. I should go sneak into Saitou's house. To tell him the job-relevant news that I heard tonight, of course.
Saitou: I don't have quite enough UST in my life; excuse me for a second, Sano, while I pretend I'm not groping you. Tokio: o_o Sano: No time for that; we've got to set up a riot so I can rescue Kotono! Tokio: Did he really just totally not notice that and start talking about his gang girlfriend? Saitou: -__- Yeah.
Tokio: But I noticed it. You better sleep with that boy, Hajime. Saitou: No kidding?
Sano: Hey, Saitou's bedroom... yaoi happens in there... I wonder what that's like... Katsu: I like Tokio. Sano: I like being clueless.
Saitou: And I... have a list of things for you to do today. I hope this all goes well. Sano: You're staring at me again. Funny how I don't seem to mind so much these days.
Sano: I AM SO BORED. Kotono: I AM SO HITTING ON YOU. Tonshuu: What was that? Zanza, you want to have a party? Kotono, you want to sleep with Zanza? OK. Sano: Shit.
Sano: So, uh, not that I have any real reason to care, but... be careful. Saitou: ^__^ ...I mean, you be careful. Kotono: Sorry, Zanza, Tonshuu's not here. It's just you and me *__* Sano: And the rest of the yakuza. Excuse me while I go start a riot. Kotono: What???
Raihishuu/Eisatsu/Tonshuu: Strange coincidence! Mysterious conversation! Saitou: Whatever. You all needed to die anyway. Tonshuu: Uh, Kotono's actually the bad guy in this story arc. Saitou: What???
Kotono: I may be slightly insane. Zanza, you'd better ditch this police chick and get with me before I shoot her. Tokio: I'm a better activist than you are. Zanza: Uh..... Kotono: Eat my bullets of feminist wrath! Saitou: Threatening my wife and my love interest at the same time is in very bad taste.
Saitou: OMG YOU'RE OK I LOVE YOU Sano: OMG YOU'RE OK I LOVE YOU Tokio: What? Yaoi?! In this story?!? I might just faint from that surprise. Or maybe from blood loss and pain.
Sano: Holy shit... Kotono was a psycho bitch, I got Tokio shot, and I'm going out with Saitou. Saitou: (Finally) Sano: o.o I don't know how to be gay. Saitou: I will definitely help you with that. Sano: Um.................. OK.
Tokio: You know, Hajime, you're a good friend. A sucky husband, but a good friend.
Sano: Guilt sucks. I think I'll escape. Saitou: Told you I'd help you be gay. Sano: Mmm, sex. Moral dilemma is hardly an issue. Saitou is hot. Saitou: ^__^
Katsu: Hi ^__^ Tokio: Hi ^__^ Katsu: Aren't we kindof a crack pairing? ^__^ Tokio: But we're cute ^__^ Katsu: We are ^__^ Tokio: OK, let's be serious for a moment. Katsu: Right. It's important to wrap up this part of the story with theme-related dialogue. Ahem. Thank you for being awesome and helping Sano become a better person and making this story awesome. Tokio: Damn, we are so cute...
Saitou: We're actually cuter than you hetero people. Sano: You've been carrying lube around since, like, the beginning of the story, haven't you? Saitou: I've been carrying lube around since kuroiyousei got into this pairing back in 2001. Sano: ^__^
Sano: Theme-related paragraphs! Wow, I'm so happy. You'd never think Shishio-related chaos is just around the corner. Saitou: Let's not think about that yet. Sano: Especially since Kenshin is kuroiyousei's favorite love-triangle candidate for us. Saitou: Yeah, let's... definitely not think about that yet. Sano: OK ^__^ Saitou: ^__^
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