Yeah I couldn't help myself, I bought LaLa this month for Kyousou Silent ("Madness Silent" per the English title on the colour page). I don't think the 55-page length gave it enough space to really explore anything beyond the basics of the setting, which is a shame because the setting is probably the most interesting element at play here.
Which isn't to say the rest of it is bad, it's a rollicking little short honestly, but I reeeeeeeally want it to get picked up for serialisation so we can get into more of the 1920s setting stuff.
For now though, Rio is the stand-out of the two leads (no shocks there, I've always found Fujiwara's heroines far more compelling than her heroes) and I absolutely adore her hairstyle. She's a plucky girl with a dream, Hollywood! Watch out!
Jack is a bit more muted, he's got that aloof air since he's already a success and Rio gets under his skin almost immediately (a feeling which is quite mutual, for different reasons). An interesting enough dynamic evolves between the two, but as it's a short story things wrap up fairly quickly once they get started.
Overall, worth the 5 bucks or whatever LaLa costs these days. I've got my fingers crossed that this story strikes a chord with LaLa's readers and gets to be a series, but if it doesn't I'll still be happy I took the time to read about these characters in this brief format.
Day 3: Dodge. When I first saw Tokyo Mew Mew/Mew mew power a scene that stuck with me was when Zakuro pretended to ally herself to Kishu (or he just assumed that she did? lol not sure) only to reveal that she just wanted to be done with him. Then he attacked her with a tons of crows and she was dodging all of them .
That's what I drew. It was fun doing those vaguely bird shape figure. I'm not good at drawing bird, particularly wings, but just the silhouettes were fun 👍🏽